Every industry is generating more data than ever.
Drury University’s Data Driven Leadership Graduate Certificate is designed for working professionals who want practical skills, not a programming degree.
✔ 100% online
✔ Complete in just 9 months
✔ One course at a time in convenient 8-week blocks
You’ll learn how to:
• Make smarter, data informed decisions
• Build a culture that values data over guesswork
• Create compelling dashboards and visualizations
• Use AI insights to communicate with confidence
• Manage projects from strategy through execution
• Strengthen your advanced Excel skills for real world business applications
Whether you work in healthcare, finance, manufacturing, education, government, nonprofit, or business, the ability to lead with data is becoming an essential leadership skill.
Course descriptions:
Data Literacy & Data-Driven Culture: This course develops an understanding of fundamental data concepts, types, and sources, and fosters skill in interpreting data critically. The course addresses data quality, awareness of biases, and risks in decision making contexts. Emphasis on building confidence in interpreting data concepts and learning strategies for fostering a
data-driven culture so that teams and organizations rely more on data and less on intuition. Ethical and
legal implications of data collection, protection, and use will also be explored.
Data Visualization, AI Insights & Storytelling: This course develops skill in translating data and AI insights into clear, compelling visuals and narratives that support informed decision-making and drive buy-in across the organization. Topics covered include
basics of data visualization, AI-powered visualization tools, and dashboards, using dashboards for ongoing data monitoring and evaluation, and approaches to crafting impactful narratives that allow leaders to communicate key insights to target audiences and stakeholders.
Apply today, classes start August 17.
