You’ll learn about decision trees for structuring decision problems under uncertainty, Monte Carlo simulation for simulating decision situations with many uncertainties, and optimization for finding the best possible solution in problems with many decision variables and constraints. Gain an overview of modeling frameworks and the art and science of modeling decisions. You'll learn supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques such as classification, clustering, and text mining.
Data Science for Businessĭeeply explore the interplay between data science and business decisions. In this course, you’ll explore the fundamentals of data storage, cleansing, and retrieval in order to facilitate data usage in your organization, examining structured, relational database design, and data integrity issues. Data InfrastructureĮnsuring the validity and availability of data is critical to leveraging it within an organization. You’ll acquire probabilistic and statistical tools for understanding, analyzing, and interpreting data. This course has two goals-to provide a roadmap for understanding how organizations function and to provide basic concepts you can build on later in your career.Įxamine a framework for data-driven decision making under conditions of partial information and uncertainty.
Knowing how to analyze and improve performance in organizations and exert your influence for positive results at any level in your organization is important for long-term career success. Collaboration, because today’s problems are best tackled in teams where members differ in expertise and specialization.Communication, as a tool, to accurately deliver results.Critical thinking, to ask good questions and explore data from multiple perspectives.This course provides a grounding in three skills that will serve you well in both analysis and in life. Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration Master team presentations where your analysis and recommendations must hold up to audience challenges, present persuasive recommendations, use narrative structures to enhance coherence, ask and answer questions effectively, and polish interpersonal communication. Hone your skills and build on the concepts of Business Communication 1 as you prepare to succeed in your capstone project and your career. You’ll learn and practice crucial communications skills such as clear communication, strategic management communication, giving and receiving feedback, using influence and advocacy, presentation skills and career management skills. Business Communication 1īegin building your foundation in effective communication in a business setting.
This course introduces you to a wide range of principles to ensure you have a basic understanding of issues in accounting, finance, marketing, and strategy. Designed as a core platform that supports your career track studies, these courses provide a broad perspective on business.