DS 6130 Big Data Analytics
The business world is now in the era of Big Data, with Big Data analytics emerging as a key trend in data mining. This course introduces the technologies, algorithms, and tools essential for performing Big Data analytics. It explores the core concepts behind Big Data challenges, applications, and systems, while introducing widely used Big Data frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Students will gain a foundational understanding of how these technologies are applied to solve complex data problems in the modern business environment. Three semester hours credit.