UWM School of Continuing Education

Get to know SQL in this three-day, beginner-level course. This course, which leads to data analysis certification, gives participants the tools they need to query databases and get accurate answers. Specific course topics include relational database management, statement selections, column manipulation, conditional and logical operations, expressions, nulls, outer, inner, self, and mixed joins, function aggregation, and slicing data.

Take your SQL database skills up a level in this two-day intermediate course. Participants with a working knowledge of SQL usually benefit most from this course. Specific topics include outer and inner data joins, conditional subqueries, sorting columns, testing, and linking data.

Optimize your daily workflow with the skills you acquire in this two-day Microsoft Excel introductory course. Participants become proficient in some everyday Excel tasks. Specific course topics include an Excel overview, performing basic calculations, and creating, modifying, formatting, managing, and printing worksheets.

Advance your Microsoft Excel skills in this two-day intermediate course. The curriculum focuses on data manipulation and analytical applications. Specific course topics include customizing Excel spreadsheets, advanced formulas, conditional formats and functions, data organization and visualization, and using charts to analyze information.

This two-day Microsoft Excel advanced course enables participants to tackle almost any business data problem. The sophisticated skills participants develop are applicable in a wide variety of commercial and personal areas. Specific course topics include managing multiple workbooks, protecting, sharing, and automating workbooks, conditional formulas, data audits, automated analysis, and data presentation.

Jumpstart your project management career in this four-day Agile project management introductory course. Participants learn to design projects that rapidly generate positive results. Specific course topics include adaptive/iterative development and design, Agile fundamentals, Scrum basics, Kanban applications, and project management tips.

Build a strong foundation as a business project manager professional in this four-day introductory course. This class, which could lead to a project management or business analysis certificate, helps participants develop the techniques and tools they need for every phase of a project’s life cycle. Specific course topics include defining a project, building a team, scheduling the work, designating resources, managing stakeholders, and minimizing risk.

Create powerful business documents with the skills you acquire in this two-day introductory business writing course. The curriculum focuses on email, the preferred business communication tool in almost every enterprise. Specific course topics include email conventions, commercial communications etiquette, optimizing email content, communications syntax, formatting, and structuring, and refining emails through word choice, clarity, style and tone.

Take the mystery out of Microsoft Power BI with this two-day introductory course which leads to a data analysis certificate. This platform converts raw information into effective data visualizations. Specific course topics include extracting, modeling, visualizing, and sharing data and reports.

Begin your journey to a Data Analysis Certificate with this two-day Python introductory course. This simple and powerful program enables users to work smarter instead of harder. Specific class topics include a Python overview, essential capabilities and commands, installing and using packages, and importing and manipulating data in order to empower decision makers.