This is a new certificate program in data mining and business intelligence within the area of Information Systems and Operations Management in the School of Management. The proposed certificate program requires courses in business statistics, data preparation, and data mining leading to a joint SAS Institute/UTD certificate in data mining. The SAS Institute’s platform of software solutions is the market leader in business intelligence and data mining.

Curriculum Requirements

The certificate requires students to complete the following four courses.  Each course is a three credit hour semester long course currently being offered by the university.

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing with SAP

OPRE 6301 Quantitative Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty

MIS 6324 Business Intelligence Software and Techniques

MIS 6334 Advanced Business Intelligence with SAS