Duration: 6 weeks-10hrs/Week

Rollout format: Online

Prerequisite:  ANALYTICAL BACKGROUND.

Overview

This course teaches learners how to work in Python to manipulate large data sets and perform calculations on them in order to analyse the data for insight. From simply ‘running a for loop’ to building advanced algorithms we cover a broad range of subject matter to get you comfortable with one of the most powerful programming languages used today.

Data is at the heart of our digital economy and data science has been ranked as the hottest profession of the 21st century. Whether you are new to the job market or already in the workforce and looking to upskill yourself, this five course Data Science with Python Professional Certificate program is aimed at preparing you for a career in data science and machine learning. No prior computer programming experience required!

You will start by learning Python, the most popular language for data science. You will then develop skills for data analysis and data visualization and also get a practical introduction in machine learning. Finally, you will apply and demonstrate your knowledge of data science and machine learning with a capstone project involving a real life business problem.

This program is taught by experts and focused on hands-on learning and job readiness. As such you will work with real datasets and will be given no-charge access to tools like Jupyter notebooks in the IBM Cloud. You will utilize popular Python toolkits and libraries such as pandas, numpy, matplotlib, seaborn, folium, scipy, scikitlearn, and more.

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This qualification has been designed to provide the student with a national certificate and multiple certifications, both locally and internationally recognized by industry for maximum employability.