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Data Science Foundations Graduate Certificate at University of Southern California

University of Southern California, United States

Programme overview

A graduate certificate teaching the foundations of data science from a computing perspective, designed for students with strong math and science skills but no formal computer science education. Completers are eligible to be considered for several USC MSc data science programs.

Faculty: Viterbi School of Engineering  |  Duration: 12 units (three courses)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

Three required courses with no substitutions or waivers: Principles of Programming for Data Science, Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science, and Data Science at Scale. Topics include data processing, algorithms, parallel computing, statistical methods, machine learning and Python.

Career pathways

Professional careers in data science.

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Entry requirements

Designed for students with strong math and science skills and no formal computer science education.

Duration: 12 units (three courses)

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