University of Montana Catalog 2023-2024

Data Visualization Certificate

The Data Visualization Certificate brings together courses from diverse disciplines to provide the knowledge and skills required to build meaningful data visualizations. Students discover how artistic design, Big Data analytics, and research methods come together with the help of data visualization software tools to effectively communicate information.

Post-secondary Certificate - Data Visualization

Summary

Technology Component3
Analytic Component3
Design and Communication Component3
Research Methods Component3
Total Hours12

Degree Specific Credits: 18

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Technology Component

Complete the following course:
ANTY 491Special Topics (Data Visualization Tools)3
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Analytic Component

Complete the following course:
BMIS 326Introduction to Data Analytics3
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Design and Communication Component

Complete the following course:
ARTZ 380Data Arts3
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Research Methods Component

Complete one of the following courses:3
Anthropological Data Analysis
Advanced Anthropological Statistics
Osteology
Ethnographic Field Methods
Artifact Analysis
Research Methods
Introduction to Econometrics
Statistical Procedures in Education
Investigations
Linguistic Field Methods
Media, Public Opinion, Polling
Introduction to Psychological Research Methods
Psychological Statistics
Social Statistics
Sociological Research Methods
Introduction to Statistics
Total Hours3

Minimum Required Grade: C-