Big Data Courses and Certifications

Microcredential

Computational Social Science

129 reviews

Explore the intersection of technology and society with this 26-week course from UC Davis. Learn to use computational tools to understand human behavior, study digital footprints, and simulate hypothetical scenarios.

• Coursera
• 26 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Introduction to Big Data

34 reviews

UC San Diego's 3-week course for beginners in data science, exploring Big Data concepts, applications, and systems, including Hadoop framework. No prior programming experience needed.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

NPTEL;  IIT Patna

Big Data Computing

12 reviews

Dive into Big Data with NPTEL's 19-hour program. Learn Hadoop, Spark, key-value stores, data placement strategies, and machine learning for Big Data analytics.

• YouTube
• 19 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Microcredential

Data Engineering with AWS

7 reviews

Master data engineering with this 21-week course. Learn to design and build data systems using AWS, create data models, build cloud-based data warehouses, and automate data pipelines.

• Udacity
• 4 months
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Big Data

16 reviews

UC San Diego's 35-week course offers hands-on experience with big data tools, predictive modeling, and graph analytics. No prior programming experience required.

• Coursera
• 35 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 6 courses

Algorithms for Big Data

5 reviews

Harvard University offers a 34-hour program on big data algorithms, covering comprehensive lectures to enhance your understanding and skills in handling large datasets.

• YouTube
• 1 day 10 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Stanford Seminar - Big Data Is -At Least- Four Different Problems

Stanford University's seminar explores the four problems of Big Data, including volume, disruption, complex analytics, and velocity. It also covers data integration and future trends.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Graph Analytics for Big Data

6 reviews

Explore graph analytics with UC San Diego's 5-week course. Learn to model, store, retrieve, and analyze graph-structured data, and apply these techniques to your own projects.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Managing Big Data with MySQL

6 reviews

Duke University's 5-week course on managing big data with MySQL. Learn how relational databases work, execute useful queries, and gain a competitive edge in business analysis.

• Coursera
• 1 day 8 hours 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big Data Modeling and Management Systems

2986 ratings at Coursera

Explore big data management with UC San Diego's 6-week course. Learn to collect, store, and organize data using various tools like AsterixDB, HP Vertica, and SparkSQL. No prior programming experience needed.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big Data Integration and Processing

2396 ratings at Coursera

Learn big data integration and processing with UC San Diego's 6-week course. Ideal for beginners, it covers Hadoop and Spark platforms, with no prior programming experience needed.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Data Scientist’s Toolbox

166 reviews

Learn the essential tools and concepts used by data scientists to turn data into actionable knowledge. Offered by Johns Hopkins University.

• Coursera
• 18 hours 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big Data and Education

1 review

Learn the methods and strategies for using large-scale educational data to improve education and make discoveries about learning.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 6-12 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Big Data - Capstone Project

393 ratings at Coursera

UC San Diego's 6-week course offers a hands-on big data project, guiding learners through data acquisition, exploration, preparation, analysis, and reporting using tools like Splunk, KNIME, and Spark's MLLib.

• Coursera
• 20 hours 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Design Thinking and Predictive Analytics for Data Products

62 ratings at Coursera

UC San Diego's 5-week course on predictive analytics and design thinking in Python. Learn statistical learning fundamentals and build predictive models.

• Coursera
• 8 hours 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)