Data Analytics Foundation CompTIA Data+

This program is aimed at professionals looking for a career in Data Analytics. It is a foundation level program that prepares individuals for jobs in fast growing areas of data engineering, data mining, statistical data analytics and data visualization. The program also prepares students to successfully complete the CompTIA Data+ certification exam.

The course will cover the following topics

Data Concepts & Environments
Data Quality
Data Analysis and Statistics
Data Analytic Tools
Data Visualization
Data Governance & Controls
Data Mining

This is a hands-on course that will introduce students to multiple data analysis tools and programming languages such as R, Python, SQL and SPSS. While there is no formal pre-requisite, familiarity with data analysis using spreadsheet tools such as Microsoft Excel will be helpful.

Pre-requisites

There are no formal pre-requisites for this course. However, students should ideally have 18–24 months of professional experience in a report/business analyst job role, have familiarity with databases, data analytical tools such as Excel, and, have a basic knowledge of statistics.