Offered autumn. Prereq., STAT 341, and one of M 221 or M 273, or consent of instructor. This is a methods course supporting the Big Data Certificate Program. The course provides the students with the essential tools of data analytics. The content consists of data dictionaries and data mappings, distributed computing, and related methods. Other topics may include data visualization, regression, and cluster analysis. This course may be used to satisfy the course requirements of the Big Data Certificate Program. Level: Undergraduate. Co-convenes with M 561.