Advanced Data Analytics Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program graduates will:
- Explore the roles of data professionals within an organization
- Create data visualizations and apply statistical methods to investigate data
- Build regression and machine learning models to analyze and interpret data
- Communicate insights from data analysis to stakeholders
Business Intelligence Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program graduates will:
- Explore the roles of business intelligence (BI) professionals within an organization
- Practice data modeling and extract, transform, load (ETL) processes that meet organizational goals
- Design data visualizations that answer business questions
- Create dashboards that effectively communicate data insights to stakeholders
Cybersecurity Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program graduates will:
- Understand the importance of cybersecurity practices and their impact for organizations.
- Identify common risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, as well as techniques to mitigate them.
- Gain hands-on experience with Python, Linux, and SQL.
- Protect networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access and cyber attacks using Security Information Event Management (SIEM) tools, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and network protocol analyzers (packet sniffing).
Data Analytics Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program graduates will:
- Have working knowledge of essential data analysis platforms (spreadsheets, SQL, Tableau, R programming) and when to use them in the data lifecycle.
- Understand how to translate a business question into a data analysis exercise, including transforming, visualizing, and modeling data.
- Know how to distill findings into actionable takeaways.
- Have the opportunity to complete a capstone project to be shared on their resume or added to their portfolio to showcase their skills to hiring partners.
Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program graduates will:
- Learn the fundamentals of digital marketing and e-commerce, including email marketing, marketing analytics and measurement, SEO / SEM, reaching customers and selling online, and building customer loyalty.
- Apply digital marketing and e-commerce skills to help businesses grow their online presence and sales.
- Get hands-on practice using popular digital marketing and e-commerce tools, such as Canva, Constant Contact, Hootsuite, HubSpot, MailChimp, Shopify, Twitter, Google Ads, and Google Analytics.
- Construct artifacts that can be gathered into a portfolio to show to potential employers.
IT Automation with Python Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program graduates will:
- Learn how to program with Python with no previous knowledge of coding required, and you’ll use Python to automate common system administration tasks
- Learn to use Git and GitHub to troubleshoot and debug complex problems
- Apply automation at scale by using configuration management and the Cloud
- Practice your technical skills with hands-on projects, including a capstone project where you’ll use your new knowledge to solve a real-world IT problem
IT Support Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program graduates will:
- Understand core concepts to all IT Support jobs, including troubleshooting, customer service, networking, system administration, operating systems, and security.
- Know how to assemble a computer, write effective support documentation, route paths and subnets, manage device software, and more.
- Dive into working with Linux, Cloud Computing, and Command-Line Interfaces. Certificate graduates who also pass the CompTIA A+ certification exams will earn a dual credential from CompTIA and Google.
Project Management Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program Graduates will:
- Know how to manage and run agile and traditional projects and programs from initiation to completion.
- Possess a toolbox of templates and artifacts to manage an array of scenarios and essential elements (e.g., schedules, budgets, requirements, etc.).
- Understand organizational structure, business processes, effective communication, and leadership styles. Certificate graduates qualify for over 100 hours of project management education that apply directly to requirements for globally recognized PMI credentials, like the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® certification, at a discounted price.
UX Design Key Competencies and Job Mapping
Program graduates will:
- Have a portfolio website that includes as many as three end-to-end projects: a mobile app, a responsive website, and a cross-platform experience
- Dive into working in Figma, one of the most in-demand design tools by employers.
- Know how to follow the design thinking framework: empathize with users, define pain points, ideate solutions, create wireframes and prototypes, test and iterate on designs.
- Understand the basics of UX research, like planning research studies, conducting interviews and usability studies, and synthesizing research results.