Education

We conduct many classes, boot camps, workshops, and informational sessions usually led by TDA members to teach our membership the necessary technology & analytics skills to succeed while on the job. These sessions supplement the academic classes taught by our professors and are designed to be shorter with a focus on the tools & applications you will use on the job.

Some of the courses & boot camps offered in the past:

  • Intro to SQL

  • Intro to Tableau

  • Intro to Python

  • Intermediate Python

Some of the educational workshops & programming offered in the past:

  • Intro to Data Analytics

  • How to create effective presentations

  • Intro to Agile

  • Industry panels (Blockchain, Edtech, etc.)

Programming is only available to TDA members. Please keep a lookout on the slack and email to register for these opportunities.


No matter what your planned career path is, there are classes CBS offers that will help prepare you for that field. Did you know that Columbia Business School offers the largest elective class selection of any top Business School? And don’t forget, there are workshops that TDA hosts that teach relevant technical and data analytics skills for the job.

For careers in Product Management:

  • Intro to UX

  • Intro to Product Management

  • Digital Literacy for Decision Makers

  • Web App Programming in Python

  • Applied Regression Analysis

  • Data Driven Dollars

  • Strategy & Analytics classes also useful

For careers in Marketing:

  • Market Research & Analytics

  • Applied Regression Analysis

  • Internet Wars

  • Brand Management

  • Digital Marketing: Strategy & Tactics

  • Media Marketing and Entrepreneurship

For careers in Strategy:

  • Internet Wars

  • Tech Strategy

  • Operations Strategy

  • Corporate Strategy

  • Advanced Marketing Strategy

  • Media Platforms and Content: A Foundations Course

  • Pricing Strategies

For careers in Corp Development/Finance:

  • Capital Markets

  • Advanced Corporate Finance

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Tech Strategy

  • Financial Planning & Analysis

  • Foundations of Private Equity

  • Foundations of VC

  • Digital Investing

For careers in Operations:

  • Operations Strategy

  • Service Operations Management

  • Supply Chain Optimization

  • Other courses with Professor Singh

For careers in Business Development / Sales:

  • Entrepreneurial Selling

  • Research to Revenue

  • Building the Sales Machine

For careers in Business Analytics:

  • Applied Regression Analysis

  • Modern Econometrics for Business 

  • Business Analytics II

  • Analytics in Action

  • Data Analytics in Python

  • Intro to Programming in R

  • Intro to Programming in Python

  • Intro to Databases

RELEVANT CURRICULUM


resources

A collection of links to tools, resources, and articles related to Technology & Data Analytics.

Data Analysis/Visualization Tools
R / RStudio
Python (Anaconda Distribution)
Tableau (FREE Student Licenses)

Learning Resources
Coursera: Machine Learning – Most popular Machine Learning MOOC
UC Irvine’s Introduction to Machine Learning Class – Slides and Videos covering basics of ML (somewhat technical)
R For Excel users – helpful if you’re an Excel wiz learning R
Datacamp – Online courses (some free) covering basics to advanced concepts in R and Python

Misc
Data Viz Done Right (blog) – just say no to pie charts
The Netflix Recommender System: Algorithms, Business Value, and Innovation – minimally technical primer on Netflix’s recommender system
Big data: are we making a big mistake? (Financial Times) – On the potential downsides and dangers of over-relying on data/ML
The Great A.I. Awakening: NYT Magazine