Why Data Science & Analytics?
Data-driven decision making is the backbone of modern business strategy. Data scientists and analysts who can extract, visualize, and communicate insights are essential to every industry. SkillCred's Data Science stream builds these skills through real-world analysis projects.
What You'll Build
Solo Project 1 — Exploratory Data Analysis Report (Weeks 1–2)
Conduct comprehensive EDA of a real-world dataset with statistical tests, correlation analysis, distribution fitting, and a polished Jupyter narrative. Each student selects unique research questions.
Solo Project 2 — Interactive Analytics Dashboard (Weeks 3–4)
Build a Streamlit/Dash dashboard with Plotly/Altair/Folium visualizations, user filters, drill-downs, and a predictive model for what-if scenarios.
Pair Project — Predictive Analytics Suite (Weeks 5–6)
Build a multi-model project: clustering for segmentation + time series forecasting + text sentiment, all integrated into a single Streamlit app.
Group Capstone Options (Weeks 7–8)
Choose from: Student Performance Dashboard, City Transportation Analysis, Customer Segmentation Engine, Healthcare Cost Predictor, or Social Media Trend Analyzer.
8-Week Curriculum Overview
| Week | Phase | Key Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python & EDA | NumPy, Pandas, data cleaning, EDA, descriptive stats |
| 2 | Statistics & Probability | Distributions, hypothesis testing, A/B testing, Bayesian |
| 3 | Visualization & Storytelling | Plotly, Altair, Folium, Streamlit/Dash, chart design |
| 4 | Regression & Classification | Linear/logistic regression, Decision Trees, XGBoost |
| 5 | Clustering & Time Series | K-Means, DBSCAN, ARIMA, Prophet, anomaly detection |
| 6 | Advanced Analytics | Text analytics, TF-IDF, recommendations, PCA/t-SNE |
| 7 | Big Data & SQL Analytics | Window functions, CTEs, PySpark, cloud analytics |
| 8 | Capstone Analytics & Demo | E2E lifecycle, stakeholder storytelling, portfolio, demo |
Career Outcomes
Graduates are prepared for Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Business Analyst, Analytics Engineer, and BI Developer roles.