Syllabus for Business Analytics in Advanced Excel
Introduction:
This course provides an overview of Business Analytics in Excel. The course covers Advanced Excel,
including its interface, working with data, functions and formulas, data visualization, and pivots. The
course is designed to give hands-on experience in function and formulas, pivot table and charts, power
query, and slicers.
Duration: The course is 8 days long, with each day lasting 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Course Outline:
Week 1
Day 1: Introduction to Advanced Excel
Installation
General user interface
Terminology in Excel
Day 2: Data
Working with text and numbers
Different formats
Conditional formatting
Table designs
Day 3: Functions and Formulas
Introduction to functions
Introduction to formulas
Cell referencing
Working with formulas and functions
Day 4: Data Visualization
Introduction to charts
Different types of charts
Interactive charts
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Week 2
Day 1: Pivot Tables and Charts
Data models
Pivot tables
Pivot charts
Formulas in pivot tables and pivot chart
Day 2: Power Query
Importing data from databases
Creation of data models from exported data
Day 3: Slicers
Introduction to slicers
Working with slicers
Day 4: Dashboards
Creation of dashboards from slicers and pivot tables
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Class Format: Each class will be 1 hour and 45 minutes, with 15 minutes dedicated to reviewing the
previous class assignments and 1 hour and 30 minutes for teaching.
Assessment:
Class assignments - 20%
Class participation - 10%
Final Project - 70%
Note: The final project is a real-world data problem that requires the use of Excel to run different
functions, formatting, pivots, and visualizations. The final project will account for 70% of the final grade.
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