Introduction to Business Analytics and Information Economics Coursera

Overview

This Introduction to Business Analytics and Information Economics Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Illinois targets learners who seek to understand the opportunities that data and analytics present for their organization and those interested in the value of and implications for data as an asset to their organization. 

Key facts

• Individuals who manage data and make decisions about how data can be leveraged in their organization will find this specialization of particular value.

• Businesses run on data, and data offers little value without analytics. The ability to process data to make predictions about the behavior of individuals or markets, to diagnose systems or situations, or to prescribe actions for people or processes drives business today. 

• Increasingly many businesses are striving to become “data-driven”, proactively relying more on cold hard information and sophisticated algorithms than upon the gut instinct or slow reactions of humans.

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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Skills you'll gain

• Data Management

• Business Analysis

• Leadership and Management

• Data Analysis

• Big Data

• Data Structures

• Strategy

• Accounting