Requirements
Skills and Experience Required
- Computer literacy, file management skills and basic familiarity with web browsing
- Some prior experience working with data sets
- Basic concepts in math and statistics
- Basic understanding of working with data and creating charts in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Some prior experience building and giving presentations with PowerPoint
- Beginner-level experience delivering presentations to an audience
- English proficiency. If you're not a native English speaker, you’ll need to have at least basic English language skills to enroll.
Textbooks
- Cool Infographics: Effective Communication with Data Visualization and Design by Randy Krum (ISBN-13:978-1118582305 ISBN-10:1118582306)
- Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic (ISBN-13:978-1119002253 ISBN-10:1119002257)
Technical Requirements
- Computer (Windows or Mac) with high-speed internet connection
- Webcam and microphone for participation in all live class sessions
- Microsoft Office 365
- Adobe Acrobat Reader (or other PDF reader)
- Modern web browser (Firefox or Chrome recommended)
- You need the authority to install applications on your computer
- Technical software used throughout the Certificate program
- Microsoft Excel
- Tableau Public
- Batch Geo
- Office 365
