Is the Data Science Academy certificate accredited?

No. It is a non-credit-bearing certificate of completion. It is not registered on the NQF and does not carry SAQA credits, but it shows that you completed the 18 lessons and passed the online assessment.

Do I need to know programming?

No. Every lesson runs as a visual simulation in your browser, and the DataSheet works like a spreadsheet with formulas such as =AVERAGE, =CORREL and =SLOPE.

How is the final assessment protected?

The assessment runs in full screen with copy and paste disabled. Leaving the page, switching tabs or apps, exiting full screen, screenshot shortcuts or developer tools end the session immediately and are treated as AI usage.

Data Science Academy · statistics, machine learning and finance

Learn data science by running it.

Eighteen simulated lessons take you from the mean and the bell curve to regression, decision trees, neural networks, Monte Carlo risk and credit scoring. Change the data and watch every model react. Finish the course, pass the assessment and download your certificate.

Start lesson 1 Open the DataSheet

18 lessons 37 challenges Live spreadsheet Certificate of completion

The course · about 30 hours

From the fundamentals to neural networks.

Each lesson has three steps. Learn the idea in plain language, run the lab and complete its challenges, then check yourself with three questions. Score at least two out of three to complete the lesson.

A · Mathematical statistics B · Machine learning C · Deep learning D · Finance in data science E · Capstone

0 lessons complete

0 XP · level 1 · Cadet

DataSheet · a spreadsheet that recalculates live

Change a number. Watch the statistics move.

Click a cell and type a value or a formula. Averages, correlations, the regression line and the chart update as you type. Select a range to see its sum, mean and count.

Import CSV

Functions: SUM · AVERAGE · MEDIAN · MODE · MIN · MAX · COUNT · COUNTA · COUNTIF · SUMIF · AVERAGEIF · STDEV · STDEV.P · VAR · VAR.P · CORREL · RSQ · SLOPE · INTERCEPT · FORECAST · SUMPRODUCT · PERCENTILE · QUARTILE · NORM.DIST · NORM.S.DIST · IF · AND · OR · NOT · ROUND · ABS · SQRT · POWER · LN · EXP · LOG10 · PI · RAND

Final assessment · certificate of completion

Prove it, then frame it.

The assessment has 30 questions drawn from all five modules. You have 45 minutes and need 70% to pass. It runs in full screen under integrity monitoring. Pass, and you can download a certificate of completion with a unique verification number.

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The certificate is non-credit-bearing. It is not registered on the NQF and carries no SAQA credits.

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Learn data science by running it.

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