10156128Big Data Fundamentals
Course Information
Description
This course provides an introduction to the burgeoning world of data beyond relational databases. The course will cover data lakes, data cleansing (ETL), cluster computing, data warehousing and a primer on basic statistical concepts. Students will learn the  Python programming language and how to use it to solve and visualize analytic problems.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Translate math equations into Python

  2. Create visualizations in Python

  3. Utilize basic statistical concepts to solve problems now and in the future

  4. Identify the correct solutions for data-related business problems

  5. Identify the correct toolset for the particular business need at hand

  6. Maintain a data lake over a cluster

  7. Perform basic distributed computing

  8. Create a simple data warehouse and accompanying data cube

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