Curriculum 194

Data Analytics for Defense Management - Curriculum 194 (DL)

Brief Overview

This program empowers defense managers with basic tools to use data in decision making and an understanding of how data creates value in defense organizations. The program builds basic data literacy for defense managers, enabling them to do basic descriptive and prescriptive analytics with available tools and to better manage data-intensive projects and processes. Students learn how to identify and collect data that is informative for a given managerial context. The four courses take students from no prior data science background through understanding the terminology and concepts underlying complex data bases and algorithms in machine learning.  They study specific applications in areas such as manpower, budgeting and logistics. Mathematical literacy is a requirement for entry, but no prior probability, statistics, use of statistical software or programming is required.

Program Length

Four consecutive quarters


Certificate Requirements


Quarter 1

Course Number Title Lecture Hours Lab Hours
MN3911 Introduction to Data Analytics for Defense Management 3 0

Quarter 2

Course Number Title Lecture Hours Lab Hours
MN4912 Multivariate Data Analysis 3 0

Quarter 3

Course Number Title Lecture Hours Lab Hours
MN4913 Advanced Model Building for Causal Inference and Prediction 3 0

Quarter 4

Course Number Title Lecture Hours Lab Hours
MN4914 Applications of Data Analytics in Defense Management 3 0