Certificate in Data Science

Curriculum & Schedule

06 Apr 12-1pm ET
Knowledge@Noon: Project Management  
11 Apr 12-1pm ET
Knowledge@Noon: Addressing Biases in Data Analysis  

Our classes are taught online in real-time by Georgetown instructors using Zoom video conferencing. They are designed to provide our professional learners with a high-quality, engaging educational experience. For more information, please contact Program Support at pdcprograms@georgetown.edu.

You must successfully complete the eight required courses for a total of 10.80 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), which is equivalent to 108.0 contact hours. The program must be completed in sequence as a cohort. Cohort dates are listed below. Click on the course name for more details.

  1. Foundations of Data Analytics and Data Science (1.2 CEUs)
  2. Software Engineering for Data (1.8 CEUs)
  3. Data Sources & Storage (1.2 CEUs)
  4. Data Ingestion & Wrangling (1.2 CEUs)
  5. Data Analysis I: Statistics (1.2 CEUs)
  6. Data Analysis II: Machine Learning (1.8 CEUs)
  7. Visual Analytics (1.2 CEUs)
  8. Applied Data Science (1.2 CEUs)

Course Name Cohort 28 Fall 2022 Cohort 29 Spring 2023
Foundations of Data Analytics and Data Science Aug 13- Aug 20 Jan 28- Feb 04
Software Engineering for Data Aug 26- Sep 10 Feb 10- Feb 25
Data Sources and Storage Sep 17- Sep 24 Mar 04- Mar 11
Data Ingestion and Wrangling Oct 01- Oct 15 Mar 18- Mar 25
Data Analysis I: Statistics Oct 22- Oct 29 Apr 01- Apr 15
Data Analysis II: Machine Learning Nov 04- Nov 12 Apr 21- Apr 29
Visual Analytics Nov 19- Dec 03 N/A
Applied Data Science Dec 10- Dec 17 Jun 03- Jun 10