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What our graduates say

“Lost Canyon and Passengers owe their successes to the first-rate instructors at UCLA Extension, who provide an unconditionally supportive and stimulating environment.”

- Jill Sim, Feature Film Writing Certificate Graduate. Winner of the 2009 Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Competition.

“The instructors at the Writers’ Program are invaluable. The key to getting better is listening to everything they have to say, getting the work done, and not being afraid of rewrites or starting from scratch.”

- Moisés Zamora, Former Writers’ Program Student, Showrunner (Selena)

Learn to Leverage the Power of Big Data

Today's data scientists are adept problem solvers who combine business acumen with data expertise. They excel at asking the right questions, deriving answers through big data management, programming, and statistical machine learning. The UCLA Extension Certificates in Data Science, provide the essential foundation for a thriving career in this dynamic field.

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Average Salaries in the Accounting Field

Los Angeles

$77,945 per year

California

$73,142 per year

National

$61,020 per year

Why UCLA Extension?

Complete your certificate 100% online or in person in as little as 10 weeks.
Learn from our renowned faculty of industry experts and thought leaders.
Enhance your skills and advance your career.
Standard Format: Complete at your own pace. All courses are offered online and in-person. Most students finish the program in 6-15 months.
Intensive Format: An accelerated course designed for students to earn their certificate in just 10 weeks. Courses are taken together, online three times per week, and offer the same credentials as our standard program.

What You Can Learn

Learn foundational tools and techniques for analyzing data and building forecasting models.
Explore data sets with Python.
Gain expertise in exploratory data analysis (EDA) and advanced data visualization, using R and Tableau.
Understand the management of big data, types of NoSQL data stores, and the Hadoop ecosystem.
Apply machine learning techniques using Python to train, evaluate, improve performance, and present statistical analysis.

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Where Screenwriting Can Take You

Every feature film and TV show has its origin in the mind of a screenwriter. Whether you write feature scripts to sell on spec, write for hire for today’s hottest studios or work as a staff writer on a hit TV show, we can help you.

Refine your story idea, draft the script, polish it like a pro
Learn to pitch ideas for dealmakers and decision-makers
Learn to build your network of managers, agents and studio contacts
Become a self-directed writer with the confidence to carve your own path

Hear more about the Data Science Certificate at UCLA Extension

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What Our Graduates Say

UCLA extension’s Data Science Certificate equipped me with the skills and certification I needed to attain a position in a software company. The instructors are some of the best in the industry, so I learned the skills that are in high demand without having a data science background.

— German Acevedo Canto, Data Science Certificate Graduate