IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate (Coursera)
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What you'll learn
You build analyst skills in Excel, Cognos dashboards, Python and SQL, then apply generative AI across data preparation, analysis, visualization and storytelling and finish a capstone.
- Excel basics for data analysis
- Databases and SQL for data science with Python
- Data analysis with Python
- Generative AI: enhance your data analytics career
- IBM Data Analyst capstone project
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about 180 hrs.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will payPrice not publishedThe provider does not publish a price. Ask before you commit.Starts with a free trial that turns into a paid subscription. Set a reminder to cancel if you stop.
- Time
- 11 courses, about 180 hours; about 4 months at 10 hours a week.
- Before you start
- None; basic computer literacy and high school math recommended.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced, with labs and a capstone.
- Renewal
- None stated.
- Full cost details
- Coursera subscription or Coursera Plus; price not shown on the program page. Financial aid available. A free trial is not free.
- Where it applies
- Online and open globally; ACE recommends up to 12 college credits, at each school's discretion.
Checked at the source Oct 23, 2026
Sources and what we verified
Coursera program page: 11 courses, hours, generative AI course, IBM badge ↗What we verified: Course 10 is Generative AI: Enhance your Data Analytics Career. Price not displayed on the page.
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