Business Intelligence & Data Analytics Certificate

Built for any major. Add a real, resume-ready credential for $99/semester (4 months).

Why students join

• Resume boost that reads well: Certificate in Business Intelligence & Data Analytics (with Emphasis) — add it to LinkedIn and your CV the day you finish.

• Flexible & beginner-friendly: No prior coding required. Self-paced, short lessons, simple checklists.

• Customize your emphasis: Apply BI skills to your field (health, nutrition, sustainability, psych, media, sports, public service, and more).

• Tangible outcomes: You’ll publish a clean dashboard and a short insight brief you can show in interviews.

What you’ll learn (fast)

1. Data Fluency for Decision-Making

   Reading datasets, cleaning messy data, basic statistics, asking answerable questions.

2. BI Tools You’ll Actually Use

   Spreadsheets → dashboards (e.g., Tableau/Power BI), intro SQL queries, data storytelling.

3. Applied Mini-Capstone (your emphasis)

   You choose the topic, we guide the steps. Build something useful for your field.

Time commitment: 2–3 hrs/week, self-paced.

Support: Templates, examples, and short feedback checkpoints.

Example emphasis: 

Nutrition & Health Analytics

• Build a Nutrition Outcomes Dashboard that tracks intake, activity, and simple health metrics over time.

• Use basic stats (averages, trends, pre/post change) to answer a practical question (e.g., “Did the new meal plan improve energy reports?”).

• Write a 1-page insight brief translating your findings for a coach, clinician, or community program.

(Other popular emphases: Public Health Impact, Sports Performance, Sustainability Metrics, People Analytics, Media/Audience Insights.)

What you’ll leave with

• Shareable certificate + verification link.

• 2 portfolio artifacts: an interactive dashboard and a concise insight brief.

• Interview-ready talking points, e.g.:

  • “Cleaned and analyzed a 5,000-row dataset; built a dashboard to monitor KPIs.”

  • “Used basic SQL and spreadsheet modeling to answer a real stakeholder question.”

  
  

Who this is ideal for

Health, Nutrition, Kinesiology, Public Health, Nursing, Psychology, Sustainability, Journalism/Media, Social Science, Education, and other non-business majors who want practical data skills without a heavy math load.

How it works

Enroll for $99/semester (4 months) → pick your emphasis → complete short modules → finish the mini-capstone → add the certificate & projects to your resume.

Clear next step: If you can spare 2–3 hours a week, you can finish this.

Goal: Make your resume look stronger and show evidence you can turn data into decisions.