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DePaul University
IBM Academic Initiative, Enterprise Systems







DePaul University

243 S Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
USA 60604

- School URL: http://cdm.depaul.edu
- Enterprise systems URL:
www.cdm.depaul.edu/academics/Pages/MS-In-
Predictive-Analytics.aspx
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/CDMDePaul


Quick view
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Faculty
Raffaella Settimi
rsettimi@cdm.depaul.edu

Daniela Raicu
draicu@cdm.depaul.edu

Enterprise technologies
Business analytics
- SPSS
Programming languages
- Python

Recruiters
Allstate
Amazon
Dotomi
Facebook
Leo Burnett
Ogilvy
Reyes Holdings
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The MS in Predictive Analytics program at DePaul
provides students with the knowledge and skills
necessary to become successful professionals in the
field of predictive analytics. The degree prepares
students for a career as a data scientist, data miner or
predictive modeler.
Enterprise Systems curriculum


IT223 Data Analysis
Application of statistical concepts and techniques to a variety of problems in IT areas and other
disciplines, using a statistical package for simple data analysis. Course topics include descriptive
statistics, elementary probability rules, sampling, distributions, confidence intervals, correlation,

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regression and hypothesis testing.

IT403 Statistics and Data analysis
Introduction to univariate data analysis methods. Descriptive statistics and data visualization
methods. Overview of sampling techniques for data collection, and introduction to statistical
inference methods for decision making including simple linear regression, estimation procedures
using confidence intervals and hypothesis testing.

CSC424 Advanced Data analysis
The course will teach advanced statistical techniques to discover information from large sets of
data. The course topics include visualization techniques to summarize and display high
dimensional data, dimensional reduction techniques such as principal component analysis and
factor analysis, clustering techniques for discovering patterns from large datasets, and
classification techniques for decision making. The methods will be implemented using standard
computer packages.

IS567 Knowledge Discovery Technologies
An introduction to the Knowledge Discovery Technologies covering all stages of a data mining
process: domain understanding, data collection and selection, data cleaning and transformation,
dimensionality reduction, pattern discovery, evaluation, and knowledge extraction. The course
provides a comprehensive overview of data mining techniques used to realize these stages,
including traditional statistical analysis and machine learning techniques. Students will analyze
large datasets and develop modeling solutions to support decision making in various domains
such as healthcare, finance, security, marketing, customer relationship management (CRM), and
multimedia.