Big Data Coursera

Overview

This Big Data Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with UC San Diego will prepare you to ask the right questions about data, communicate effectively with data scientists, and do basic exploration of large, complex datasets. 

Drive better business decisions with an overview of how big data is organized, analyzed, and interpreted. Apply your insights to real-world problems and questions.

Key facts

• Do you need to understand big data and how it will impact your business? This Specialization is for you. You will gain an understanding of what insights big data can provide through hands-on experience with the tools and systems used by big data scientists and engineers. 

• Previous programming experience is not required! You will be guided through the basics of using Hadoop with MapReduce, Spark, Pig and Hive. By following along with provided code, you will experience how one can perform predictive modeling and leverage graph analytics to model problems. 

• In the final Capstone Project, developed in partnership with data software company Splunk, you’ll apply the skills you learned to do basic analyses of big data.

Advance your subject-matter expertise

• Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts

• Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects

• Develop a deep understanding of key concepts

• Earn a career certificate from University of California San Diego

Skills you'll gain

• Data Analysis

• Big Data

• Data Management

• Databases

• Machine Learning

• Data Analysis Software

• Data Structures

• SQL

• Data Visualization

• Graph Theory

• Probability & Statistics

• Statistical Programming