Big Data Analytics

Explore Mt. San Antonio College's Big Data Analytics Certificate!

- What is Big Data?
  Big data considers all the data a company can collect to make business decisions. It includes the following five characteristics:
  1. Volume: The sheer amount of data that can be collected and analyzed
  2. Velocity: How quickly data changes
  3. Variety: The many types of data that can be collected and analyzed
  4. Veracity: How accurate is the data and how reliable is the data source?
  5. Value: What is the value of the data to the organization
- Where is Big Data Analytics Used?
  Banking & Securities
  
  Communications, Media & Entertainment
  
  Healthcare Providers
  
  Education
  
  Manufacturing & Natural Resources
  Government
  
  Insurance
  
  Retail & Wholesale Trade
  
  Transportation
  
  Energy & Utilities
- Big Data Job Opportunities
  A McKinsey Global Institute study stated that the US will face a shortage of about 190,000 data scientist and 1.5 million managers and analysts who understand Big Data by 2018.
  
  An article titled "20 Reasons Why Big Data Analytics is the Best Career Move" at Dataversity.net stated there will be an estimated 2.7 million job postings for data analytics and data science by 2020.
- Big Data Salaries
  According to Indeed the average salary for big data jobs are:
  Data Warehouse Analyst $112,051
  
  Data Analyst $69,373
  
  Developer $92,445
  
  Data Scientist $121,726
  
  Data Warehouse Architect $136,041
  
  Software Architect $139,062
  
  Senior Data Analyst $85,680
  
  Senior Engineer $115,250
  
  Java Developer $104,286
  
  Application Developer $89,336
  
  Senior Developer $98,318
  
  Architect $107,945
  
  Senior Software Engineer $128,811
- How Do I Learn About Big Data? Earn a Big Data Analytics Certificate
  
  CISD 41 - Introduction to Data Science
  
  Learn how to use tools for acquiring, cleaning, analyzing, exploring, and visualizing data; making data-driven inferences and decisions; and effectively communicating results.
  
  CISD 42 - Big Data Integration and Processing
  
  Use Big Data frameworks and tools. Integrate Big Data and warehouse data using various technologies.
  
  CISD 43 - Big Data Modeling and Analysis
  
  Provides an exposure to data modeling, data mining, text mining, analytics, real-time analytics, and graph analytics from Big Data perspective.
- How Long Will it Take to Earn the Certificate?
  The Certificate can be achieved in two semesters!
  CISD 41 - Fall
  
  CISD 42 - Spring
  
  CISD 43 - Spring
- Contact Us for More Info
  To learn more about our certificate, contact Sohair Zaki at szaki5@mtsac.edu
  
  Search Google for the following topics:
  Big Data Jobs in Demand
  
  Best Big Data Careers
  
  Reasons Why Big Data Analytics is the Best Career Move

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