The document provides information about the Berkeley Program on Data Science & Analytics, including an overview of the program, details on modules and curriculum, faculty directors, the application process, and benefits of attending. The 6-month program is delivered through a combination of in-person sessions in Singapore, Berkeley, and online modules. It aims to help executives build and lead effective data science teams through applying data-driven decision making approaches.

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Data Science & Analytics
Program Partner

2. Berkeley Program on Data Science & Analytics
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Program Calendar
About UC Berkeley
Faculty Directors
Program Description
Program Curriculum
Application Process
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3. ABOUT UC BERKELEY
WHY BERKELEY EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California.
of disciplines.
Why Berkeley Executive Education?
Learn from world-renowned faculty
Experience curriculum tailored to accomplished professionals
Connect with a network that will challenge and support you beyond the program
Immerse yourself at the iconic Berkeley campus located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay area
Berkeley alumni, faculty and researchers include 91 Nobel Laureates.
They have also won 9 Wolf Prizes, 13 Field Medals, 23 Turing Awards, 45 MacArthur Fellowships, 20
Academy Awards, 14 Pulitzer Prizes and 117 Olympic gold Medals.
Nobel Laureate Ernest Lawrence invented the cyclotron, based on which the UC Berkeley scientists
and researchers, along with Berkeley Lab, have discovered 16 chemical elements of the periodic
table – more than any other university in the world.
Berkeley is considered by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings as one of six
university brands that lead in world reputation rankings in 2016 and is ranked third on the U.S. News’
2015 Best Global Universities rankings conducted in the U.S. a nearly 50 other countries.

4. Shachar Kariv
Faculty Director
Shachar Kariv is the Benjamin N. Ward Professor
of Economics and former Department
Chairperson, and Faculty Director of Berkeley’s
Experimental Social Science Laboratory
(Xlab). Shachar is also the Co-Founder and
Chief Scientist of Capital Preferences, where
he applies his research on individual saving,
investment and insurance choices to help
clients make better decisions about how to
design and market products and services, and
improve customer acquisition, relationship, and
retention.
Steve Tadelis
Co - Faculty Director
Steve Tadelis is the James J. and Marianne
B. Lowrey Chair in Business and Professor of
Economics, Business and Public Policy at Haas.
Steve was a Senior Director and Distinguished
Economist at eBay Research Labs (2011-2013)
and Vice President of Economics and Market
Design at Amazon (2016-2017) where he
applied economic research tools to a variety
of product and business applications, working
with technologists, machine learning scientists,
and business leaders. He continues to advice
Amazon part-time as an Amazon Economist
Fellow.
FACULTY DIRECTORS

7. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Data science and data analytics are at the core
of every modern globalized industry. Working in
today’s technology-centric workforce not only
requires superior leadership skills, but the ability
to translate data problems into the bigger picture
for the organization.
The Berkeley Program on Data Science and
Analytics (BPDSA) is a 6-month learning journey
into the world of applied data science and
analytics. The program leverages 5 modules,
three in-person and two online. The in-person
business hub of Singapore to the Silicon Valley
innovation ecosystem at the UC Berkeley
campus.
The program provides executives tools to build
and lead data science teams through data-driven
decision-making. Led by esteemed Berkeley
Faculty with both cutting-edge research and
industry experience, the program provides a
unique combination of theory and practice to
help you accelerate your career and the data-
driven performance of your organization.
REQUIREMENTS
WHO IT’S FOR
Undergraduate degree
Fluency in written and spoken English
Minimum 8 years of professional work
experience
Directors, VPs
Senior Managers
Functional Business Managers and
Business Heads
Leadership Roles with Oversight of Data
Science Teams
Those with a Need to Understand Data
Analytics

8. PROGRAM BENEFITS
Implement best practices for assembling and leading data science teams
Apply relevant industry data science methods
Drive data-driven business decisions across the organization
Build a data-driven culture and data-driven policy

9. PROGRAM CURRICULUM
d. Forecasting and trends
i. Time series analyses
a. Economic Analysis for Decision Making:
i. Decision Analysis and Decision Trees
ii. Economic Costs vs. Accounting Costs
iv. Strategic Interaction
v. Incentives in Organizations
c. Inference and measurement:
i. A/B testing
ii. Regression models
iii. Multiple regression models
iv. Model selection
v. Micro-econometric methods
e. Applications:
i. Data Driven Health Care / Finance
ii. Data Driven Policy
iii. Behavioral Biases
iv. Industry Panel
b. Data and Decisions:
ii. Probability and Random Variables
iii. Statistical Tests
iv. Linear regressions
v. Building a data-driven culture
Intelligence
i. Supervised Learning methods
ii. Training and feature selection
iii. Unsupervised Learning methods
h.CapstoneProjectandPresentations
g. Assembling a Data Science Team
i. Organizing data science
ii. The skill-set landscape

10. PROGRAM CALENDAR
Module I:
SingaporeMarch 11 -16, 2018
Module III:
BerkeleyJune 4 – 8, 2018
Module IV:
Virtual Sessions
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March - June 2018 Virtual Sessions
Module V:
BerkeleyAugust 27 – 31, 2018
June - August, 2018

11. CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN DATA
ANALYTICS
ALUMNI BENEFITS & EVENTS
BERKELEY RESOURCES
NEWS & COMMUNICATION
BENEFITS & RESOURCES
Ability to join local alumni chapters or clubs in your region
Lifelong access to a 39,000+ network of distinguished Berkeley-Haas Alumni
Invitations to Berkeley Executive Education networking events
Access to the UC Berkeley Long Business Library
Video portal, Haas insights to research highlights, industry speakers
15% discount to all future Executive Education programs
One-year digital subscription to the California Management Review
Berkeley-Haas Alumni newsletter
A Berkeley-Haas email forwarding address

12. APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply to the program kindly send in the following materials to our program partner, Eruditus, at
BPDSA_berkeley@eruditus.com before the application deadlines:
Please note that if a candidate is admitted and accepts the admission. The application fee is adjusted
with the program fee payable.
Please note the admissions to the program are on a rolling basis. We strongly recommend interested
participants apply early.
a) The completed BPDSA application form
b) The application fee
Program Fees: $29,000
Inclusions: Program Materials
Exclusions: Travel Costs
Accommodation in Singapore and Berkeley
APPLICATION DEADLINES: APPLICATION FEES
Round 1: November 20, 2017
Round 2: December 22, 2017
Round 3: January 22, 2018
Round 4: February 12, 2018
Round 1: $200
Round 2: $300
Round 3: $400
Round 4: $500

14. +91 22 61623112 (India)
+971 44302011 (Dubai)
+65 68714030 (Singapore)
bpdsa_berkeley@eruditus.com