AA/AS in Data Processing

This applied associate degree, taught at Lamar Institute of Technology in Texas, trains students for starting jobs in analysis and business intelligence. It responds to the growing reliance of organizations on evidence when they make decisions. Half of the curriculum is general education, covering subjects like composition, math and speaking. The rest is technical: visualizing data, statistics, programming, spreadsheets, database management and business statistics. Together these courses give students the theory behind analytics as well as the standard tools used to do the work. Because analytical skills are useful across banking, health care, marketing and online retail, graduates can aim at machine learning, big data, business intelligence or a particular sector. Students must earn at least a C in each course of the suggested plan and retake any course that falls short.