Data Science Curriculum from Microsoft | Microsoft on edX | XSeries About Video

Already considered to be one of the hottest jobs of 2016, the shortage of data scientists continues to grow. For qualified job seekers, this creates a tremendous opportunity. Understanding this, Microsoft has worked closely with leading universities and employers to develop a curriculum that will help prepare the next generation of data scientists.

To begin down the path towards an exciting career in data science, our employer-endorsed curriculum gives graduates an advantage over other job seekers by pairing university-caliber hands on labs with highly rated online courses to help you develop the skills that employers are asking for.

In the following courses, you will apply proven data science methodologies and principles while learning to use a range of common data science technologies to explore, transform, model, and visualize data, and create the next generation of intelligent solution.

You'll Learn To

- Use Microsoft Excel to explore data
- Use Transact-SQL to query a relational database
- Create data models and visualize data using Excel or Power BI
- Apply statistical methods to data
- Use R or Python to explore and transform data
- Follow a data science methodology
- Create and validate machine learning models with Azure Machine Learning
- Write R or Python code to build machine learning models
- Apply data science techniques to common scenarios
- Implement a machine learning solution for a given data problem