Nanodegree Program
Data Foundations for Enterprise
Turn Data into Insights
Start building your data skills today by learning to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data with Excel, SQL, and Tableau.
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Timeline
Approx. 3 months
Skill Level
beginner
Nanodegree Program Syllabus
project 1
Interpret a Data Visualization
In this project, you’ll explore an interactive data dashboard to uncover insights. You’ll write a short report explaining each insight, and how you found the information to reach your conclusion from the dashboard.
project 2
Analyze Survey Data
In this project, you’ll use statistics and Excel to summarize the results of a survey sent to Udacity Nanodegree program alumni. You'll clean the data, adjust for common data issues, use statistics and visualizations to explore the data, and communicate your findings with data visualizations.
project 3
Build Data Dashboards
In this project, you’ll build interactive dashboards with Tableau and use them to discover and communicate insights from data. You’ll use a dataset of flight delays in the US to visualize the quality of airlines and airports, find the best times to fly, and more.
project 4
Query a Digital Music Store Database
In this project, you will query a digital music store database which holds information regarding the store’s media, employees, and customers. You will use the database to help the store gain an understanding of the types of music that are purchased, where customers live, and how the company might optimize their business practices.
Why Take This Course
This program is perfect for beginners. You’ll learn data analysis skills and tools that will help you throughout your career, whether you’re in engineering, sales, marketing, operations, etc. You’ll learn to use Excel, SQL, and Tableau to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data with the end goal of making better, data-informed decisions.
What do I get?
What is a Nanodegree Program?
A Nanodegree program is an innovative curriculum path that is outcome-based and career-oriented. Every program has a clear end-goal, and the ideal path to get you there. Courses are built with industry leaders like Google, AT&T, and Facebook, and are taught by leading subject matter experts. Students benefit from personalized mentoring and project-review throughout, and have regular access to instructors and course managers through moderated forums.
Graduates earn an industry-recognized credential and benefit from extensive career support. The ultimate goal of a Nanodegree program is to teach the skills you need, for the career you want, so you can build the life you deserve.
Prerequisites and Requirements
General Requirements:
- No prior experience required!
- Basic computer skills like managing files, navigating the Internet, and running programs will be useful.
- We’ll teach you everything you need to know, but the difficulty level of the projects may vary based on your familiarity with some of the content that is covered.
- Successful completion of this program requires a commitment to stay on pace, complete projects, and finish the program within 3 months.
Hardware Requirements:
- Computer running OS X or Windows
See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.
Program Leads
Josh Bernhard
Content Developer
Dana Sheahen
Content Developer
Mat Leonard
Content Developer
Derek Steer
Content Developer
Sam Nelson
Product Lead
Jared Polivka
Product Lead