Policy Analytics Graduate Certificate
Understand how data, economics, and analytical tools can uncover insights, evaluate policy, and inform better public decisions.
Program overview
The Policy Analytics certificate equips students to harness data to generate insights and solutions to pressing public problems.
Why study Policy Analytics?
With intense additional training in economics, data analysis and visualization, students are prepared to analyze public policy problems using cutting edge techniques and to communicate their insights to a broad audience.
What can you do with a certificate in Policy Analytics after graduation?
The Policy Analytics certificate prepares graduate students to use data, analytics, and visualization techniques to evaluate public policies and address complex public challenges. Graduates may pursue positions with government agencies, consulting firms, nonprofit organizations, research institutions, and private-sector organizations that rely on data-driven decision-making. Common entry-level roles include policy analyst, data analyst, research associate, program evaluator, and business intelligence analyst.
Featured Courses
HBS 513 Data Driven Decisions
Methods and analytic tools used to translate data into models and forecasts to support public decision making. Emphasis on econometrics and simulation approaches including linear regression and maximum likelihood methods.
HBS 514 Policy Communication and Data Visualization
Approaches to communicating complex scientific and policy information to varied audiences, media training, as well as data visualization strategies and techniques.
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