FGCU Innovate · Skills Training Course: Analytics

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Format: Online / Self-paced

Duration: 15 Weeks

Schedule: Online | Structured into 3 modules (5 weeks per module)

Course Overview:

The Analytics Skills Training Course is a 15-week, non-credit professional development program designed to build core, intermediate, and advanced analytics skills needed in today’s data-driven workplaces. Delivered fully online and asynchronously, this three-module program provides hands-on experience with leading analytics tools, statistical methods, data visualization platforms, and machine learning fundamentals. 

Participants develop a strong foundation in data handling, dashboard creation, predictive modeling, and applied analytics techniques used across business, supply chain, healthcare, government, and technology sectors. 

Scholarships and Grants are available for residents of Lee, Collier, Hendry, Glades, and Charlotte counties. 

*If you are a resident of one of the above counties, please select Grant - DOL as your payment method and you will receive a follow-up communication to complete additional tasks to be reviewed for funding. 

Topics Covered:

Module 1: Introduction to Analytics
- Fundamentals of Data
- Descriptive Statistics 
- Excel Skills for Analytics 
- Excel Skills for Visualization 
- Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts 

Module 2: Intermediate Analytics 
- Tableau Skills for Analytics and Visualization 
- Excel Power Bl skills for Analytics and Visualizations 
- Rapid Miner skills for Analytics and Visualizations 
- Python skills for Analytics and Visualizations 
- R skills for Analytics and Visualizations 

Module 3: Advanced Analytics 
- Fundamentals of Big Data Analytics 
- Predictive Analytics 
- Machine Learning with Python 

*Grant funded students must complete a Work-Related training component*

Instructor: Dr. Anurag Agarwal is a Professor of Analytics at FGCU and the Director of the Graduate Program in Analytics at FGCU. He has over 30 years of international teaching experience in Analytics. 

Add/Drop Policy: Students are eligible for a full refund if communicated within week 1 via email to our office as well as the instructor of record. Students dropped from the course will no longer have access to course materials and are ineligible for any credentials related to the course if/when a refund is provided.

Students are required to complete introductory assignments or acknowledgment of enrollment within 1 week of the course start date. Failure to do so will result in the student being dropped from the course/program without refund.

Cancellation Policy

If a program is canceled, you will be notified by email and phone and issued a full refund within 20 business days. Individuals who cancel after the start of a program will not receive a refund. No refunds will be granted after a student accesses the online course materials or 30 days after registration, whichever comes first.