Graduate Certificate in Applied Machine Learning

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Advance your career with the power of machine learning

The graduate certificate in Applied Machine Learning comprises courses that teach statistics geared toward data science needs, and important concepts in business analytics, machine learning and natural language processing necessary for business applications.

Students pursuing this certificate will be exposed to:

  • Statistical methods to analyze data from observational studies and experimental designs, and to communicate relevant findings to a business audience.
  • Approaches that extract actionable intelligence from firms’ business data for various applications, including (but not limited to) customer segmentation, customer relationship management (CRM), personalization, online recommendation systems, web mining, and product assortment.
  • Machine learning approaches focused on applications to business data, including text mining, non-linear regression models, resampling methods, neural networks.
  • Natural language processing and related approaches that help gain actionable insights in real-world applications (for example, through the analysis and interpretation of language in the contexts of social media and business text/unstructured data).

Courses

Required Courses

Electives – Pick One

Mandatory Course Requirements

  • Students may choose to take either online or classroom based courses.
  • Courses typically are offered in the evening to accommodate working professionals.
  • Please note that you must have a 3.0 average in the required certificate courses in order be awarded the certificate.

Process – Application and Graduation

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For more information about the Jindal School Certificate Process, please visit the JSOM Graduate Certificate Programs page.

Application and Deadlines

Apply Now Form 2C – Intent to Graduate
Deadlines for Domestic Applicants
Term Priority Deadline* Regular Deadline**
Fall Full-Term January 15 May 1
Spring Full-Term May 15 October 1
Summer Sessions October 15 March 1

* Priority Application and Documentation Deadline (Complete Admissions Application File Due)

** Regular Application and Documentation Deadline (Complete Admissions Application File Due)

Texas residents can expect to pay approximately $10,200 (assumes two courses per term) to complete the four classes (UT Dallas tuition and fees apply).

No additional Test scores are needed for non-degree applications.

Gaurav Shekhar

Gaurav Shekhar

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Information Systems
Director, MS Business Analytics – Flex and Online

gaurav.shekhar@utdallas.edu | (972) 883-5147 | JSOM 3.709

Contact Gaurav Shekhar for additional questions.

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