2023-2024 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Badge in Data Mining Fundamentals
The School of Computing's data mining fundamentals badge (not a degree or certificate) is designed to prepare students to accomplish tasks such as:
- Assess the most important models, methods, and concepts used in data mining and knowledge discovery in the life sciences
- Evaluate data mining software used in bioinformatics and medicine.
- Apply algorithms for biomedical data mining and biosequence analysis, including statistics, database search programs, multiple alignment methods, motifs, hidden Markov models, and sequence clustering and classification.
- Formulate database queries to the most common databases in the field.
Admission
Completion of a bachelor's degree and evidence of basic object-oriented programming skills are required for admission.
Program Location
Classes are offered fully online, in a hybrid format, or in-person in the late afternoon or evening in downtown Grand Rapids.
Requirements
The badge comprises one course (three credits).
Students must take: