Data Organization from Florida State University

National CAE Designated Institution

Classroom
Online, Instructor-Led

Students will learn core concepts associated with electronic data, both structured and unstructured, and its representation, relationships, organization, and use. Students will learn about knowledge structures and standards used to represent data and ensure interoperability and scalability. This course is a complement to database management and will help prepare students to engage in effective data analytics and data science.

Learning Objectives

Apply appropriate methods to represent electronic data.
Analyze use cases for data to determine appropriate representation (e.g., metadata, ontologies).
Explain how data organization works in contexts of data creation and use.
Locate existing standards for data organization and apply them appropriately in context.
Demonstrate how data organization methods scale in contexts of size, heterogeneity, and time.