DA 320 - Data Acquisition and Management

5 CR

Learn concepts of data collection and management. Topics include collecting data ethically from different sources, assessing data quality, learning techniques to clean, process, and store the big data while maintaining privacy and security. Students research real world examples, using cloud techniques and common statistical software to produce reports and presentations.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BAS Data Analytics program and BUSIT 103 with a C or better; or admission to the BAS Information Systems and Technology Business Intelligence program and BUSIT 103; or ISIT 331 with a grade of C or better; or permission of the instructor.

Course Outcomes

Utilize data management to enable analysis and insights

Evaluate the merits of cloud computing and big data storage to select an appropriate data handling method
Establish data pipelines and recommend approaches for connecting external data sets to an internal data solution
Apply an array of data tools to process and store high-velocity data
Employ new data skills to craft a full end-to-end process of data capture, analysis and recommended next steps

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