The Qlik Academic Program provides qualified university professors, students, and researchers with complimentary Qlik software and learning resources so more people, everywhere become data and analytics experts.
One of the popular offerings of the program is the Data Analytics Curriculum available to Professors who wish to teach data analytics in their classroom. The Data Analytics Curriculum focuses on the importance of teaching data analytics. Improving data analytics hones students’ decision-making skills. Students learn to ask the right questions of their data, interpret their findings and take informed action.
The Academic Program courses can be incorporated into your curriculum to help you teach data analytics. Both instructor-led and on-demand materials are available for flexible teaching and learning options. Each course contains lecture notes, on-demand videos, a use case, and activities
Broadly, following topics are included in the data analytics curriculum:
Data visualization
This course examines the theory and concepts relating to the effective display of data and the psychology behind it, with a focus on data, visual encoding, and usage
Introduction to data analytics
This data analytics course introduces students to the fundamentals of data, charting and evolution to modern day analytics processes and data literacy.
Advanced topics in data analytics
This course teaches theories behind analytics methodologies, including: critical and analytical thinking, you predictive modeling and theory, Bayesian statistics, and hypothesis testing.
If you wish to incorporate the data analytics curriculum, you could consider the following teaching suggestions for your classroom:
· Use the curriculum to help you teach data visualization or data analytics courses.
· Use the curriculum to help you introduce data visualization and data analytics into other subjects of study.
· Assign the course’s corresponding prerequisite QCC training videos as homework and add additional training videos as needed
To know more about the data analytics curriculum offered by the Qlik Academic Program and other resources including training, qualifications and certifications, visit: qlik.com/academicprogram or reach out to academicprogram@qlik.com
