Aug. 16, 2023
Next Start Date
4
Courses Required
$820
Cost Per Credit Hour
12
Total Credit Hours
Program Details
Overview
The Business Data Science Graduate Certificate requires 12 hours of course work taken over the span of one and one-half semesters.
The coursework unifies statistics, machine learning and information technology to make discoveries otherwise out of sight. The methods emphasized in this certificate are capable of discovering hard-to-find trends in large, population-sized data sets.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this certificate, students will be able to:
- Organize and securely retrieve data from data warehousing infrastructure.
- Perform advanced predictive analytic techniques using statistical software and communicate their results.
- Deploy machine learning for mining big data.
Admissions
- Enter the WVU Application portal.
- Create a username and password.
- Once an account has been created, applicants can edit the application at their discretion. Please complete all questions asked.
- Upload an up-to-date resume: Your resume should include enough information for the admissions committee to trace your entire professional work history and should indicate any relevant affiliations.
- Pay application fee.
- Submit application.
- Applicants will then need to send their transcripts to WVU's Office of Admissions.
If the applicant's undergraduate school offers "e-script" (an official
electronic copy of transcripts), email the transcripts to
GraduateAdmissions@mail.wvu.edu. This will help expedite the admissions
process. If they do not offer this service, please have your official transcripts
mailed to:
West Virginia University Office of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment
PO Box 6510
Morgantown, WV 26506-6510 - For applicants submitting GMAT/GRE scores, the program GMAT code is C2S-6D-25 or 5904 for GRE.
- International Students are required to submit a TOEFL or IELTS score. The WVU John Chambers School of Business and Economics TOEFL requirement is higher than the University’s - applicants must have a TOEFL score of either 580 (paper prior to July 27) or 68 (paper after July 27), 237 (computer), or 92 (Internet-based). If you have taken the IELTS instead of the TOEFL, the minimum score must be 6.5. English language exam scores should be sent to the Office of Admissions, West Virginia University, PO Box 6009, Morgantown, WV 26506-6009
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis once all parts of the application are received including transcripts, test scores, and letters of recommendation.