Database Design and Analytics Certificate

Earn a Database Design and Analytics Certificate, along with your undergraduate degree

Mercer’s Database Design and Analytics certificate is a 15-credit program that equips students with the practical skills to design, create, and lead the administration of database management systems. This program empowers students to apply computational and statistical tools to identify trends and generate insights from large data sets. Students may complete the certificate fully online, or in a blended combination of online and in-person classes on Mercer’s Atlanta campus. This certificate is available to all Mercer undergraduate students, and covers a range of topics that will develop in-demand database design skills including:

Graduates can create and manage databases, manipulate and query large data sets, and analyze data scientifically. They can then make data-driven decisions based on their findings. Graduates may pursue database administrator jobs and other roles in the field, including:

The certificate is designed to seamlessly integrate with Mercer’s Informatics bachelor’s degree studies. This certificate also serves as a valuable add-on for bachelor’s degrees in technology, with a specialized focus on Database Design and Analytics.

B.S. in IT and Informatics students can use the certificate as a cognate area or a major. B.S. in Health Informatics students can complete one course as an elective requirement and earn the certificate, and B.S. in Software Application Development and Human-Computer Interaction students can take two more courses as electives to complete the certificate.

Who is eligible for this certificate?

• All undergraduate students at Mercer University, who have elective hours to spare and are interested in a career related to data analysis
• Students who are not degree seekers and who are interested in building foundational knowledge and skills in database designing and data analysis

Admission requirements

Certificate students must be admitted to Mercer University as either degree-seeking or non-degree-seeking students. For credit-bearing certificates 12 credits or more, at least two of the three courses used to complete the certificate must be earned at Mercer University. Students need to have completed INSY 102, or equivalent, and Math 120, or equivalent. Non-degree students who enroll in the certificate program can use the certificate credits and their possible transferred credits towards bachelor’s degrees in Health Informatics, Information Technology and Informatics, and Software Application Development and Human-Computer Interaction from Mercer University.

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Students who complete the certificate will gain foundational knowledge in data analytics and statistical learning to analyze data and draw meaningful conclusions. Those who complete the certificate will also develop basic skills in using relational databases, along with data access, manipulation, and reporting through query and programming languages. Students may complete the certificate fully online, or through a blended combination of online and in-person classes on Mercer’s Atlanta campus.

Complete five courses: 15 hours

MATH 220 Applied Statistical Methods
INFM 204 Digital Logic and Programming
INFM 312 Data Base Design and Data Processing I
INFM 313 Data Base Design and Data Processing II
INFM 316 Data Analytics

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