Certificate of higher education in data analysis in Open university

Computing and data analysis play an important role in almost all private and public sector employment. The need to understand how to use IT and data to inform business decisions has never been more important. This qualification introduces you to some basic skills in exploring and analysing data sets and solving practical problems using mathematics, statistics and computing. It forms a foundation for further study or employment in the fields of mathematics, statistics, computing or data science.Introduces mathematical, statistical and computing techniques.Covers basic use of a range of appropriate software, including writing code in the Python language.Provides experience of carrying out data analysis and commenting on the results.Builds a solid foundation on which to continue on to a higher qualification in data science or employment in a wide range of sectors, including finance, government, health, education, the voluntary sector, business and commerce.

There is no formal pre-requisite study, but you must have the required mathematical skills to study the compulsory module Essential mathematics 1 (MST124), including:algebraic manipulation and solving equations,quadratics and parabolas,geometry and trigonometry,exponentials and logarithms.

applied mathematician,business analyst,business manager,computer scientist,data analyst,data architect,data engineer,data officer,data scientist,information manager,machine learning application developer,marketing and commerce practitioner,software engineer,statistician

9th Sep