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MSDS 472-DL : Analytics Consulting

Description

This course introduces concepts, processes, tools, and techniques of analytics consulting. This includes winning consulting work, executing engagements, communicating with clients, and managing client relationships. Working in teams, students simulate a real-world consulting engagement, developing critical thinking, listening, speaking, and written communication skills. Students construct consulting presentations, communicating key findings and client impacts while employing data visualization best practices. The course is appropriate for students considering analytics consulting as a profession as well as students with internal subject matter expert or consultant roles.

Prerequisites: MSDS 400-DL Math for Data Scientists, MSDS 401-DL Applied Statistics with R, and MSDS 402-DL Introduction to Data Science or MSDS 403-DL Data Science in Practice.