# Graduate Certificate: Management Analytics

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**Accelerate Your Career with Analytics-Driven Strategy**

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[Contact Us](mailto:gradcert@haskayne.ucalgary.ca)

## Upgrade your Business Skills

In today’s fast-moving business world, data isn’t just numbers—it’s the key to making smarter decisions, solving complex problems, and staying ahead of the competition. **The Graduate Certificate in Management Analytics**gives you the tools to turn raw data into actionable insights, giving you a competitive edge in any industry.

Through four graduate-level courses, this program helps you:

- Transform complex data into clear, strategic business recommendations
- Build predictive models to optimize operations, marketing, logistics, and finance
- Solve real-world business challenges and communicate insights with confidence

With hands-on learning and industry-relevant tools like data mining, optimization, and simulation, you’ll develop the expertise to navigate today’s data-driven economy. Whether you’re looking to sharpen your decision-making skills, step into a leadership role, or future-proof your career, this certificate gives you the edge to make an impact.

## Haskayne is Ranked

### Top 10 Business School

**Macleans (2023)**

### Top 5 Research University

**Re$earch InfoSource Inc. (2022)**

### Data Analyst Job Growth in Canada

**Between 2022 and 2031, approximately 29,300 new job openings are anticipated for data analysts in Canada.**\
 - [Toronto Northeastern University (2024)](https://toronto.northeastern.edu/101-of-a-data-analyst-career-in-canada/)

### Increased Investment in Data Analytics

**In 2024, nearly 76% of Canadian IT decision-makers reported plans to increase spending on data analytics.**\
[- Toronto Northeastern University (2024)](https://logitgroup.com/strategies-for-enhanced-roi/)

## Fast-Track Your MBA

Earning the Graduate Certificate in Business Intelligence and Data Analytics isn’t just an opportunity to build in-demand skills—it’s also a stepping stone toward your [Haskayne MBA](https://haskayne.ucalgary.ca/future-students/mba-programs). With 12 units of graduate coursework, you can seamlessly ladder your certificate into the full MBA program, giving you a head start.

This flexible option allows you to gain specialized expertise now while keeping the door open for future career growth and leadership opportunities.

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## What Will I Learn?

To earn a certificate, students must complete four required courses. This in-person program can be completed in 8 to 10 months, with the flexibility to take two courses per term to fit your schedule.

### Two required courses:

#### [Data Analytics I](#collapse592459655)

Discover tools, methods and software packages used in data analytics to collect, organize, and prepare clean data for analysis.

#### [Predictive Analytics in Business](#collapse1476315546)

Application of data-driven predictive models to solve real-life business problems in operations, marketing, finance and other business functions. Techniques covered include decision trees, classification and association rules, and cluster analysis.

### Two elective courses:

#### [Fintech](#collapse153204532)

Explore and understand the fast-moving and recent technological improvements in various industries and how they change the conventional thinking and trading in the banking and finance industry.

#### [Prescriptive Analytics in Business](#collapse1692716268)

Advanced quantitative decision-making and problem-solving skills in business environments with data and fact-based analysis. Techniques such as data-driven optimization, deterministic and probabilistic modeling, and simulation are covered through case studies.

#### [Marketing Analytics](#collapse527100815)

Develop and implement marketing strategies driven by data analytic techniques. Key marketing concepts will be integrated with segmentation analytics and social media analytics.

#### [Supply Chain Analytics](#collapse659518328)

Optimal design and management of supply chains with analytical tools. Topics include network design, inventory management, transportation, contracting, coordination and collaboration, capacity management, and customer-supplier relations.

#### [Analytics of International Business Environment](#collapse676260337)

A data-driven approach to the analysis of the international business environment. Use of data analytics to appraise emerging trends in a country/region/world business environment and derive strategic implications for business enterprises.

## Admissions

To be admitted into this graduate certificate program, applicants must have completed either (a) an undergraduate degree with a GPA of 3.0 (out of 4.0) in a quantitative-focused area such as Business/Commerce, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or Technology, or (b) Master of Business Administration, Master of Management, or (c) an equivalent degree with a GPA of 3.0 (out of 4.0) from a recognized/accredited post-secondary institution. Prior work experience is not a requirement for admission.

**Applicants for whom English is not a first language must complete either:**

- IELTS: a minimum of 7.0 on the Academic version, with at least 6.0 in each section.
- TOEFL: a minimum of 97 (iBT version) with at least 20 in each section.

For additional information on admission criteria, please refer to the university's [Academic Calendar.](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/BIDAGCERT)

For additional information, contact: [gradcert@haskayne.ucalgary.ca](mailto:gradcert@haskayne.ucalgary.ca)

*Note that the certificate program accepts new students for each fall term. Applications open September 15 and close on June 1 each year.*

## Meet your Faculty

### Dr. Raymond Patterson, PhD

Dr. Patterson, Professor of Business Technology Management (BTM), holds the Haskayne Research Professorship in BTM and serves as the BTM Area Chair at the Haskayne.

[Profile](https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/raymond-patterson)

### Dr. Osman Alp, PhD

Dr. Osman Alp is a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and serves as the Program Coordinator for the Digitization for Innovative Supply Chains (DISC) Consortium at the University of Calgary.

[Profile](https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/osman-alp)

## Meet your Recruiters

Choosing the right graduate program is a big decision — our recruitment team is here to help. Our dedicated team is ready to answer your questions and guide you through the application process.

### Amanda Ramsey

Recruitment Specialist

[Email Amanda](mailto:amanda.ramsey@ucalgary.ca?subject=Graduate Certificates)

### Kofi Manu

Recruitment Specialist\
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[Email Kofi](mailto:kofi.manu@ucalgary.ca?subject=Graduate Certificates)

## Apply Today

Applications are now being accepted.

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