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University Catalog 2020-2021 
    
University Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Big Data


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The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate program in Big Data provides students with the essential skills of managing large volumes of data and, through methodological approaches and software applications, making data-intensive computing and business decisions. This program serves students with a solid quantitative background (i.e., science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and business) and also entry to senior-level professionals whose job duty requires performing data analysis, visualization, and prediction.

Admission Requirements

  • A baccalaureate degree with 2.5 or higher GPA. Or Professionals with at least 4 years of IT and its related industry
  • Background in intermediate-level management information systems (CIS 3010 ), which includes fundamental knowledge of SQL and programming.

Certificate Requirements:

  • Complete 12 units of the required courses
  • A 3.0 GPA is required to receive the certificate

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U.S Department of Education Gainful Employment Disclosure


U.S Department of Education Gainful Employment Disclosure

  1. Program: Certificate Program in Big Data Analytics
  2. Occupations that this certificate program prepares students to enter:

15-1111.00

Computer and Information Research Scientists https://www.onetonline.org/find/match/1/15-1111.00?s=data%20scientist

15-1121.00

Computer Systems Analysts https://www.onetonline.org/find/match/12/15-1121.00?s=data%20scientist

 19-1029.01

Bioinformatics Scientists https://www.onetonline.org/find/match/4/19-1029.01?s=data%20scientist

 15-1121.00

Computer Systems Analysts https://www.onetonline.org/find/match/12/15-1121.00?s=data%20scientist

15-1133.00

Software Developers, Systems Software https://www.onetonline.org/find/match/16/15-1133.00?s=data%20scientist

15-1141.00

Database Administrators https://www.onetonline.org/find/match/18/15-1141.00?s=data%20scientist

15-1199.06

Database Architects https://www.onetonline.org/find/match/19/15-1199.06?s=data%20scientist

  1. On-time graduation rate for students completing this program: 80%
  2. Cost of Attendance for the entire normal duration of this certificate program:

 

Tuition and fees: Based on Fall 2016 at http://www.calstatela.edu/sfinserv/fall-semester-2016-tuition-and-fees

Fall 2016 Tuition and Fees

0-6 units

6.1 units or more

Graduate/BP Total

$2,394.44

$3,810.44

Books and supplies:

  1. Median loan debt incurred by students who completed this program:

NA

     2. The job placement rate for students completing the program:

NA

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