Study at your own pace and complete your certificate in 3-6 months with about 10 hours of flexible study time a week.
Learn from experts who have decades of experience and can share the most up-to-date knowledge.
Build real-world skills through hands-on assessments and projects based on actual on-the-job scenarios.
Frequently asked questions
Enrolling in the Google Data Analytics Certificate will teach you the skill set required to become a junior or associate data analyst. Data analysts know how to ask the right question; prepare, process, and analyse data for key insights; effectively share their findings with stakeholders; and provide data-driven recommendations for thoughtful action.
You'll learn these job-ready skills in our certificate program through interactive content (discussion prompts, quizzes, and activities) in under six months, with under 10 hours of flexible study a week. Along the way, you'll work through a curriculum designed with input from top employers and industry leaders, like Tableau, Accenture, and Deloitte. You'll even have the opportunity to complete a case study that you can share with potential employers to showcase your new skill set.
The data analytics courses offered in the Google Data Analytics Certificate are:
- Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere
- Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions
- Prepare Data For Exploration
- Process Data from Dirty to Clean
- Analyse Data to Answer Questions
- Share Data Through the Art of Visualisation
- Data Analysis with R Programming
- Data Analytics Capstone Project: Complete a Case Study
The data analysis tools and platforms included in the certificate curriculum are spreadsheets (Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel), SQL, presentation tools (Powerpoint or Google Slides), Tableau, RStudio, and Kaggle.
A data analyst works with data to solve business problems using tools like SQL, R or other programming languages, data visualisation software, and statistical analysis. A data scientist uses more advanced data techniques to make predictions about the future. They may come up with the questions their team should be asking and determine how to use data to answer them.
The Google Data Analytics Certificate was designed and built by subject-matter experts and senior practitioners at Google. This certificate has been created to equip learners with theoretical and practical knowledge and real-life problem-solving skills to be successful in an entry-level job.
Companies must continually adjust their products, services, tools, and business strategies to meet consumer preferences and demand and to react to emerging trends. Because of this, a data analyst career is an in-demand option with competitive pay.
Data analysts make sense of data and numbers to help organisations make better business decisions. They prepare, process, analyse, and visualise data, discovering patterns and trends and answering key questions along the way. Their work empowers their wider team to make better business decisions.
In Australia the subscription cost is $39 USD2 per month after an initial 7-day trial period at no cost. Google Career Certificates are completely self-paced, and many learners complete their Certificate in three to six months.
In other countries where Google Career Certificates are available, your cost may be lower. To see the exact cost in your local currency, please visit the Coursera page and view the enrollment options.
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