If you are interested in earning a data science certificate, California State University Fullerton has just announced a new data science certificate program.

The program is entirely online and runs 1 course at a time starting in late February 2015. The 5th and final course should complete sometime in late 2015. Thus, the entire program lasts less than a year. Below are some more details on the program.

What do you need to get into the program?

• Bachelor’s Degree in math, CS, stats, business, science, or other related field
• A couple year’s work experience

What type of people should attend this program?

• Someone intested in transitioning to data science career
• Managers whom wish to better understand data-driven decisions
• Programmers and Statisticians looking to become data scientists
• Analysts looking to move beyond Excel

Full Disclosure: I am a member of the Advisory Board for this program.