About Analytics For Business Decision Making Program in George Brown College

FULL DESCRIPTION

The need for graduates with skills in the area of business analytics is growing rapidly across all industry sectors. Harnessing the power of big data analytics, the Analytics for Business Decision Making graduate certificate program prepares students to do data analysis specific to multi-faceted business decision making needs. It is about developing information into knowledge and converting that intelligence to action. The goal is to prepare the student to engage and be competitive across various business divisions with the ability to “tell stories” about data, which assist decision-makers in their own activities. Through in-depth data analytics courses and business analytics courses, graduates will be prepared to work in the high demand area of business intelligence in Toronto, in Canada and beyond, and learn the knowledge and skills needed to support real-world business decision making and planning through data insights, data management, and data science.

Program Requirements

The Analytics for Business Decision Making program is offered approximately 40% online. Students will require a laptop computer. The minimum computing requirements of the computer are:

• A PC running Windows 8 or higher with 8MB RAM and a i5 processor
• Microsoft Windows® 10 or Server 2016 +
• 64-bit versions of Windows
• Web camera and microphone
• PC Version Microsoft Office including Access (as provided by George Brown via limited Student Office 365 versions)

For students who prefer Apple/Mac environments, it is necessary to ALSO have the following:

• Bootcamp/Parallels
• A copy of Windows 10
• Microsoft Office including Access (students should have a PC version from GBC Apps Anywhere as Mac versions sometimes do not have the same depth in capability.)

YOUR CAREER

Graduates of this program will be prepared for careers in a variety of organizations such as marketing research firms, polling firms, branding/design firms, insurance and finance firms, loyalty programs (marketing), healthcare, public sector, manufacturing and supply-chain.

Potential positions may include:

• Business Analyst
• Data Analyst
• Market Risk Analytics Officer
• Web Analytics Manager
• Decision Support Specialist
• Web Analyst
• Data Reporting Analyst

Academic qualification equivalents 

• Have graduated from senior secondary school or equivalent (those applying for a postgraduate program must have graduated from a university or college).

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS             :            6.5, minimum 6.0 in each skill band
• TOEFL           :            88 (online) minimum 22 in each skill band
• PTE                :            60, overall minimum 55 in each skill band

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