Business and Leadership
Continuing & Professional Education

Course Series
in Data Science

Start exploring connected careers. People in these types of occupational fields may benefit from this program:

Database Analyst and Data Administrator
114 positions open annually
employment snapshot

All 3 courses are part-time and also open to current practitioners
Program enrolment is optional – register without applying

Take a course
  • data analysts

The need for data sci­ence and ana­lyt­ics skills is grow­ing rapid­ly for a wide range of pro­fes­sions in all sec­tors. Our Data Sci­ence series will pro­vide you with the knowl­edge and skills need­ed to per­form data analy­sis tasks.

This three-course series cov­ers top­ics such as prob­a­bil­i­ty and data dis­tri­b­u­tions, descrip­tive and infer­en­tial sta­tis­tics, mul­ti­vari­ate sta­tis­ti­cal tools, and R Lan­guage. All cours­es will be intro­duc­to­ry, with the aim to demys­ti­fy pro­gram­ming lan­guage and sta­tis­tics, and have a focus on under­stand­ing rather than sim­ply apply­ing con­cepts and tools.

This series is com­prised of three three-day cours­es, each of them designed to stand alone in pro­vid­ing spe­cif­ic data sci­ence skills. Cours­es can also be tak­en togeth­er to pro­vide stu­dents with a com­pre­hen­sive data sci­ence skill set.

                                                                   

No prerequisites or entrance requirements

Demystify programming language and statistics

A note about COVID-19 measures

If you see a program on our website announced as an in-person or downtown Edmonton offering, please disregard the format—but not the program. Winter, Spring, and Summer 2021 courses have been converted to remote delivery platforms. Register for a course online or apply to a program via email, and keep learning!

  • Can be completed in 6 months
  • Pay as you go
  • Start today – no need to apply for admission
Earn a Series Record of Achievement
in Data Science

Complete all three

1. Start by registering in any of the courses listed above.

2. Once all courses completed, request an official Series Record of Achievement.

  • Tuition is paid on a course-by-course basis as you reg­is­ter for your classes.
  • Eli­gi­ble for the Cana­da-Alber­ta Job Grant.
  • Cor­po­rate mul­ti-reg­is­tra­tion pack­ages are avail­able for most Exten­sion cours­es. Con­tact us at excorp@​ualberta.​ca for pre­ferred pricing.
  • Mate­ri­als are includ­ed in course fee.
Bursaries and funding opportunities
Funding source
Eligibility
Amount
Apply by
Canada-Alberta Job Grant 

Available for businesses in all sectors across Alberta

 Two-thirds of the training costs (up to 100% if hiring an unemployed Albertan)
any time
Canada Training Benefit 

Residents of Canada, 25-65 years old, who have $10,000-150,000 in earnings for work.

 $250+
income tax return
Alumni Professional Development Grant 

Any alumnus of the University of Alberta

 75% of course fee
monthly deadline
HRDF 

Employed by the University of Alberta as Non-Academic Staff (NASA)

 $750 annually
Dec / Mar / Jun / Sep

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