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Description:
This course is an overview of data analytics and their use in making business decisions, covering a broad selection of topics along the life-cycle of data analytics (business objective; data collection, cleansing, transformation; data analysis, data visualization/storytelling; data-based decision making). Professional skills, such as communication, presentation, and data storytelling, will be presented. Students will acquire a basic working knowledge of data analytics through hands-on projects and study in a variety of business, engineering, social sciences, or life sciences domains. Issues of ethics, leadership, and teamwork will be highlighted.
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Prerequisite:
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Corequisite:
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Advisory:
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Repeatability:
Not Repeatable.
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Hours:
4 hours lecture per week. 48 hours total per quarter.
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Foothill GE Area:English
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Transferability:
Both
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Transfer GE:
Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
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Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
For more information about the Business department, contact one of the two co-chairs directly: Professor Natasha Mancuso at (650) 949.7577 (mancusonatasha@foothill.edu) or Laurence Lew at (650) 949.6138 (lewlaurance@foothill.edu). The department's website can be found at: https://foothill.edu/business
