{"id":598,"date":"2021-03-05T14:09:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nccedu.com\/?page_id=598"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:45:38","slug":"data-science-2","status":"publish","type":"courses_cpt","link":"https:\/\/www.nccedu.com\/qualifications\/professional-development\/data-science-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Course in Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"full_content single-text-column white_bg pt_none pb_none\"> <!-- Full Content -->\r\n  <div class=\"mw_700 no_text_center\"> <!-- MW -->\r\n                  <\/div> <!-- \/ MW -->\r\n<\/div> <!-- \/ Full Content -->\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"full_content accordion-list white_bg pt_sm pb_none\"> <!-- Full Content -->\r\n  <div class=\"mw_700 no_text_center\"> <!-- MW -->\r\n              <div class=\"accordion_list_block\"> <!-- Accordion List Block -->\r\n        <ul>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <div class=\"accordion_btn\"> <!-- FAQ Btn -->\r\n                <a class=\"accordion-list__block-title\"  href=\"#\">\r\n                  <div class=\"button_border\" ><\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"accordion_icon\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n                  Overview                 <\/a>\r\n              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Btn -->\r\n              <div class=\"accordion-cont\"> <!-- FAQ Cont -->\r\n                                  <p>Data science is the study of extracting meaningful insights from data. It is a forward-looking approach with the focus on analysing the past or current data and predicting the future outcomes with the aim of making informed decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of industry or size, organisations that wish to remain competitive in the age of big data need to efficiently develop and implement data science capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Short Courses in Data Science have four levels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Short Course in Data Science: An Introduction<\/li>\n<li>Short Course in Data Science: Intermediate<\/li>\n<li>Short Course in Data Science: Advanced<\/li>\n<li>Short Course in Data Science: Expert<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n                              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Cont -->\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <div class=\"accordion_btn\"> <!-- FAQ Btn -->\r\n                <a class=\"accordion-list__block-title\"  href=\"#\">\r\n                  <div class=\"button_border\" ><\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"accordion_icon\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n                  Topics                <\/a>\r\n              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Btn -->\r\n              <div class=\"accordion-cont\"> <!-- FAQ Cont -->\r\n                                  <p>The following topics will be covered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Statistics<\/li>\n<li>Coding<\/li>\n<li>Modelling<\/li>\n<li>Data Visualisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Cont -->\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <div class=\"accordion_btn\"> <!-- FAQ Btn -->\r\n                <a class=\"accordion-list__block-title\"  href=\"#\">\r\n                  <div class=\"button_border\" ><\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"accordion_icon\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n                  Entry Requirements                <\/a>\r\n              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Btn -->\r\n              <div class=\"accordion-cont\"> <!-- FAQ Cont -->\r\n                                  <p>The Short Courses in Data Science has four levels with each covering topics in Statistics, Coding, Modelling and Data Visualization verticals. Entry requirements:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Couse in Data Science: An Introduction\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Individuals who are just embarking on the data science journey either as a \u201cSTEM\u201d (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fresh graduate or those looking to upskill into data science. Knowledge of either computer science, programming or strong mathematics background is essential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Couse in Data Science: Intermediate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The intermediate course is designed to provide individuals who have 2-3 years experience working in a data analytics or analysis discipline such as finance, business planning, marketing or sales who are looking to develop an understanding of data science. Basic practical knowledge of computer science, programming or strong mathematics background is a must. The individual must have attended and passed the Beginner Data Science course or other associated data science course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Couse in Data Science: Advance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Analytics practitioners who have more than 3 years of experience operating in a data analytics or analysis team looking to increase their knowledge in data science. They must have attended and passed the Intermediate Data Science course or other associated data science course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Couse in Data Science: Expert\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Data Science team leaders looking to step into senior management role. Must have attended the Short Course in Data Science: Advanced<br \/>\nor other associated data science course.<\/p>\n                              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Cont -->\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <div class=\"accordion_btn\"> <!-- FAQ Btn -->\r\n                <a class=\"accordion-list__block-title\"  href=\"#\">\r\n                  <div class=\"button_border\" ><\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"accordion_icon\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n                  Learning Framework                <\/a>\r\n              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Btn -->\r\n              <div class=\"accordion-cont\"> <!-- FAQ Cont -->\r\n                                  <p>Produced and delivered by specialists and practitioners in the industry, our data science short courses are for anyone looking to develop their knowledge or learn new skills in this domain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nccedu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/dd.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n                              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Cont -->\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                      <li>\r\n              <div class=\"accordion_btn\"> <!-- FAQ Btn -->\r\n                <a class=\"accordion-list__block-title\"  href=\"#\">\r\n                  <div class=\"button_border\" ><\/div>\r\n                  <div class=\"accordion_icon\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n                  Learning Objectives                <\/a>\r\n              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Btn -->\r\n              <div class=\"accordion-cont\"> <!-- FAQ Cont -->\r\n                                  <p><strong>Short Course in Data Science: An Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand computer instructions and data types<\/li>\n<li>Know how to manage a digital project<\/li>\n<li>Be able to structure, manipulate and represent data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Short Course in Data Science: Intermediate<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be able to describe the data science process and how its components interact<\/li>\n<li>Understand database systems concepts, concepts associated with the relational model, use structured &amp; unstructured data<\/li>\n<li>Develop database system using SQL<\/li>\n<li>Learn to apply different types of data related questions and analytics patterns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Short Course in Data Science: Advanced<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be able to extract, transform and load (ETL) data<\/li>\n<li>Be able to explain ETL testing process and types of ELT testing<\/li>\n<li>Be able to create the ETL test case in a given scenario<\/li>\n<li>Setting up the data analytics team structures, roles and responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>Be able to represent unstructured text documents with appropriate format<\/li>\n<li>Be able classify text to classes or categories (Na\u00efve Bayes, k Nearest Neighbour (kNN), Logistic Regression)<\/li>\n<li>Be able to identify the clustering structure of mass text<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Short Course in Data Science: Expert<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be able to explain ethical and privacy issues in data science conduct and apply ethical practices<\/li>\n<li>Understand the life of a data scientist \u2013 identify problem, define question, define ideal dataset, obtain and analyse data, and distribute results<\/li>\n<li>Setting up the data analytics team structures, roles and responsibilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                              <\/div> <!-- \/ FAQ Cont -->\r\n            <\/li>\r\n                  <\/ul>\r\n      <\/div> <!-- \/ Accordion List Block -->\r\n      <\/div> <!-- \/ MW -->\r\n<\/div> <!-- \/ Full Content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[173,169],"Courses_cat":[12,14],"Courses_subject":[866],"Courses_accrediting_body":[851],"class_list":["post-598","courses_cpt","type-courses_cpt","status-publish","hentry","tag-data-science","tag-short-course","Courses_cat-professional-development","Courses_cat-short-courses","Courses_subject-data-science","Courses_accrediting_body-ncc-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Short Course in Data Science - NCC Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore NCC&#039;s Short Course in Data Science course. 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