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Course dates and registration deadlines for all courses offered within the Institute for Analysis and Industry Advancement (IAIA).


Data Science Undergraduate Certificate

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17978 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Achraf Cohen
16013 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Achraf Cohen

Course Description:

Throughout the course, there will be hands-on exercises with computing resources. The course will include introductions to several packages in R, particularly Tidyverse, libraries in Python such as Pandas/NumPy/Statsmodels, SQL clauses and summary statistics, and Spark framework for distributed computing.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17979 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Ann Aksut
17980 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2024 Ann Aksut

Course Description:

Organizations can generate copious amounts of data. Extracting useful knowledge from data Warehouses to utilize in decision-making can provide a competitive advantage for an organization by identifying strengths and weaknesses. In this course, you will learn data warehouse organization, how to analyze data through analytical queries, and apply machine learning algorithms to build predictive models.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
16062 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Aletheia Zambesi-Middleton
16063 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Aletheia Zambesi-Middleton

Course Description:

This builds the fundamentals of statistics necessary for students to perform and interpret appropriate hypothesis tests using software based on the data and research questions at hand.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
16180  Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Samantha Seals
16418 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Samantha Seals

Course Description:

Statistics for Data Science II is a second course in statistics for students in data science. This course covers the application of regression analysis techniques using softwares for statistical analysis. Broadly, students will learn how to construct statistical models and disseminate results to a wide audience. There will be a focus on choosing the appropriate modeling strategy for the data and research questions at hand.

Data Science Graduate Certificate

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
15802  Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Achraf Cohen
15803 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Achraf Cohen

Course Description:

Gain hands-on knowledge of tools for data science using R, Python, SQL, and Spark. The course provides introductions to several packages in R, particularly Tidyverse, libraries in Python such as NumPy and Pandas, SQL clauses and summary statistics, and Spark framework for distributed computing. You will also learn about RStudio, GitHub, and RMarkdown. To end this course, you will conduct a final project to work on real-world problems.

CRN Term Dates Length  Registration Deadline Instructor
15805  Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Ann Aksut
15806 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Ann Aksut

Course Description:

Organizations can generate copious amounts of data. Extracting useful knowledge from data Warehouses to utilize in decision-making can provide a competitive advantage for an organization by identifying strengths and weaknesses. In this course, you will learn data warehouse organization, how to analyze data through analytical queries, and apply machine learning algorithms to build predictive models.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
16064 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Aletheia Zambesi-Middleton
16065 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Aletheia Zambesi-Middleton

Course Description:

This builds the fundamentals of statistics necessary for students to perform and interpret appropriate hypothesis tests using software based on the data and research questions at hand.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
16684 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Samantha Seals
16685 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Samantha Seals

Course Description:

Statistics for Data Science II is the second course in statistics for students in data science. This course covers the application of regression analysis techniques using software for statistical analysis. Broadly, students will learn how to construct statistical models and disseminate predictions and results to a wide audience. There will be a focus on choosing the appropriate modeling strategy for the data and research questions at hand

Advanced Data Science Graduate Certificate

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17594 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 TBA

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17595 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Shusen Pu

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17596 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 TBA

Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17619 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Peggy Carnley

Course Description:

Examines the importance of building security into the design, implementation and testing phases of software development. Covers coding techniques that avoid known vulnerabilities and test strategies that can uncover previously unknown weaknesses. Includes discussion of security policies and design principles. Prior to taking this course students should have knowledge and skill in software development.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
11784 Spring POT1 1/8-5/3 16 Weeks 1/7/2025 Sikha Bagui
14262 Spring POT1 1/8-5/3 16 Weeks 1/7/2025 Shashi Bhushan Jha

Course Description:

Introduction to database systems and database management system architectures. Various database models are discussed with emphasis on the relational model and relational database design. Case applications using fourth-generation languages, such as SQL are included. This course requires completion of graduate foundations courses in computer programming or the equivalent undergraduate coursework.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
13690 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Meng Yu
16883 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Ezhil Selvam Kalaimannan

Course Description: 

This course introduces students to topics in cybersecurity. It provides information related to threat models, vulnerability analysis, and security-policy formation and enforcement. In addition, the course covers information assurance controlling laws and guidelines as well as introduces students to broad topics in network and system security, Internet services, and digital forensics.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
15808 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Eric Ackerman

Course Description:

Database Security is designed to teach students how database systems are used, managed, and issues associated with protecting the associated data assets are resolved. This course will cover various methods to ensure information confidentiality, integrity, and availability on various data storage systems. This graduate course is an elective for graduate Cybersecurity and Information Technology programs.

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
12475 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Ezhil Selvam Kalaimannan

Course Description:

This course will provide a solid foundation for performing a digital forensic examination; introduces tools and techniques required for conducting a forensic analysis on systems and data pertaining to evidences in civil, criminal or administrative cases. It introduces systematic problem-solving techniques and applies them to digital investigations. The techniques directly correlate to methods used to recover/restore data for various requirements, ranging from litigation to fraud-based investigations.

Data in the Workplace Undergraduate Certificate

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17607 Spring POT3 3/3-5/3 8 Weeks 3/2/2025 Aletheia Zambesi-Middleton

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17606 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Samantha Seals
17606 Spring POT2 1/8-3/1 8 Weeks 1/7/2025 Achraf Cohen

Six Sigma Certification

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
17982 Spring POT1 1/8-5/3 16 Weeks 1/7/2024 TBA

SOLIDWORKS Professional

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
16989 Spring POT1 1/8-5/3 16 Weeks 1/7/2025 Richard Hand
  Non-credit Open Enrollment      Richard Hand

Fundamentals of Engineering ME

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
16990 Spring POT1 1/8-5/3 16 Weeks 1/7/2025 Michael Reynolds

Fundamentals of Engineering ECE

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
15669  Spring POT1 1/8-5/3 16 Weeks 1/7/2025 Jeffrey McGuirk

CompTIA Security+

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
15125 Spring POT1 1/8-5/3 16 Weeks 1/7/2025 Baha Al-Abed

AutoCAD

CRN Term Dates Length Registration Deadline Instructor
NA NA NA 16 Weeks NA NA