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Excel Skills for Business Specialization
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Macquarie University 
Overview

Learn Excel Skills for Business. Master Excel to add a highly valuable asset to your employability portfolio

Duration

3 months

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Excel Skills for Business Specialization
 at 
Macquarie University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate from Macquarie University
  • Financial aid available
  • Learn from industry experts
  • Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects
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Excel Skills for Business Specialization
 at 
Macquarie University 
Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • Anyone interested in leveraging data analysis and visualization for better decision-making
What are the course deliverables?
  • Be comfortable navigating the Excel user interface, entering, manipulating and formatting data
  • Use formulas and functions to perform calculations on data. Automate choices and data lookups using functions
  • Analyze data and present the results in a user-friendly way. Create charts and tables that effectively summarize raw data
  • Create easy-to-use spreadsheets. Validate data, find and correct errors. Create navigation aids for large workbooks
More about this course
  • The Excel Skills for Business Specialization is a comprehensive program designed to equip you with the essential and advanced skills needed to utilize Excel effectively in a business setting
  • This comprehensive program, offered on renowned platforms like Coursera, delves into the core functionalities of Excel, empowering you to manage, analyze, and visualize data with ease

Excel Skills for Business Specialization
 at 
Macquarie University 
Curriculum

Excel Skills for Business: Essentials

Excel Skills for Business: Intermediate I

Excel Skills for Business: Intermediate II

Excel Skills for Business: Advanced

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Excel Skills for Business Specialization
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Macquarie University 
Faculty details

Dr Prashan S. M. Karunaratne
Dr Prashan Karunaratne is an inspirational and innovative lecturer of commerce, economics, and business analytics – and is well-known for his catchphrase, #EveryoneSayWow. He is also a curriculum developer and an instructor of the hugely popular Excel Skills for Business course that received the Coursera Outstanding Educator Award for Student Transformation in 2018.

Excel Skills for Business Specialization
 at 
Macquarie University 
Entry Requirements

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Tips: If you're heading to Macquarie, the first thing you need to realize is that nobody is going to hand you success on a silver platter. The campus is absolutely massive and packed with incredible resources, industry connections, and clubs, but you have to be the one to actually get off your butt and chase them. If you just go to class and head straight home, you're going to miss out on the best parts of MQ. You have to actively talk to your tutors, show up to networking events at the incubator, and put yourself out there. You also need to get a grip on your time management fast. The academic workload here can get incredibly intense, and if you don't stay on top of your weekly readings and assignments, you’ll find yourself completely buried before finals. You’ve got to learn how to survive the workload without losing your mind. It’s all about getting your study done so you actually have time to grab a cheap pizza and a schooner at the UBar, or just chill out with mates in the central courtyard. Everyone here is from completely different walks of life, so just show up with an open mind. Some of the best experiences you'll have will come from just chatting with people from completely different backgrounds who you'd normally never interact with. Honestly, looking back, I'm so glad I chose MQ. The campus vibe and the modern facilities are top-tier, and the career support team is actually useful. The course itself has been awesome because it isn't just dry theory. They actually teach you stuff that is highly relevant to the industry today, finding a really solid balance between heavy concepts and hands-on, practical execution.
Total Monthly ExpenseAUD 2050
Prepping time for classes42 hours/Week
Expected Annual SalaryAUD 65000
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