Data Analytics with Generative AI
Data Analytics Gen AI Final Detailed Syllabus Table (5 Months / 20 Weeks)
Month 1 – Foundations of Data & Excel
Module 1: Statistical Analysis (Weeks 1–2)
- Introduction to Analytics | DA vs DS vs AI | Industry Use Cases
Descriptive Stats: Mean, Median, Variance, Skewness, Correlation
Probability: Normal, Binomial, Poisson, Bayes’ Theorem (critical for risk modeling)
Inferential Stats: Sampling, Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Testing
Central Limit Theorem | P-values | Type I & II Errors
Experimental Design & A/B Testing (added – must-have for digital/marketing analysts)
New Critical Topic: Causal Inference & Business Experiments (used in finance & growth analytics)
Data Cleaning & Preparation Best Practices
GenAI: GPT for Stats Explanation, Auto-Simulations, AI-Generated Test Scenarios
Module 2: Advanced Excel & Google Sheets (Weeks 3–4)
- Functions: IF, AND, OR, Lookup (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, XLOOKUP)
Advanced Formulas: Array, Dynamic Arrays, TEXT, DATE, LOGICAL (Excel 365 trending)
Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts, Power Query (critical enterprise BI skill)
Dashboards: KPI Cards, Drill-Through Reports, Interactive Filters
VBA Macros for Automation (added – demanded in banking & consulting roles)
Excel Copilot / Google Duet AI for Auto Insights & Narratives
New Critical Topic: Spreadsheet Modeling for Finance & Operations
Project: AI-Powered Sales Dashboard
Month 2 – Databases & SQL
Module 3: SQL for Analytics (Weeks 5–6)
- ER Models, Normalization | Relational Database Design
SQL Queries: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, DISTINCT
Aggregations: SUM, AVG, COUNT, MIN, MAX
Joins: INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL OUTER, CROSS
Subqueries | CTEs | Nested Queries
Window Functions: RANK, ROW_NUMBER, LAG, LEAD (for retention & churn analysis)
Transactions, Views, Stored Procedures (real-world enterprise workflows)
Query Optimization: Indexing, Execution Plans
New Critical Topic: NoSQL Basics (MongoDB/DocumentDB) (added – big data exposure)
New Critical Topic: Data Security & Governance in SQL (critical in BFSI & healthcare)
GenAI: GPT for Query Debugging, EverSQL AI for Optimization
Project: Marketing Campaign Effectiveness with SQL
Month 3 – Programming & Visualization
Module 4: Python for Analytics (Weeks 7–8)
- Python Basics: Data Types, Loops, Functions
OOP Concepts | Error Handling (often tested in interviews)
NumPy (Math, Random, Broadcasting)
Pandas (Wrangling, GroupBy, Merge, Pivot, Time Series)
Data Cleaning: Missing Values, Outliers, Normalization
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) | Business Simulations
Visualization: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly (interactive plots – Tableau/Power BI integration)
New Critical Topic: APIs in Python for Data Ingestion (REST, JSON, CSV feeds)
New Critical Topic: Web Scraping & Real-Time Data Pipelines (Requests, BeautifulSoup)
GenAI: PandasAI for Auto-EDA, GPT for Code Debugging
Project: Customer Segmentation
Module 5: Data Visualization & Storytelling (Weeks 9–10)
Power BI
- Architecture | Data Import | Power Query
Relationships (Star, Snowflake) | DAX: CALCULATE, FILTER, SWITCH
Charts: Bar, Line, TreeMap, Decomposition, Gauges
Advanced Analytics: Smart Narrative, Key Influencers (AI-driven visuals)
Power BI Service | DirectQuery | Live Connection
New Critical Topic: Row-Level Security (RLS) & Governance in BI
Tableau
- Connecting Data (Excel, SQL, Cloud)
Extracts vs Live | Joins, Blends, Unions
Calculated Fields, Parameters, LOD Expressions
Forecasting, Trend Lines, Reference Lines
Dashboards | Drill-Down Reports | Storyboards
New Critical Topic: Embedded Analytics (Tableau in Enterprise Apps)
GenAI: Tableau GPT for Auto-Summaries & Storytelling
Project: Interactive AI-Driven Dashboard
Month 4 – Generative AI & Machine Learning
Module 6: Generative AI for Analysts (Weeks 11–12)
- LLMs: GPT, Claude, Gemini | Enterprise Use Cases
Prompt Engineering: Zero-shot, Few-shot, Chain-of-Thought
AI for Data Cleaning & Anomaly Detection
AI-Powered EDA Automation | Auto-Generated Reports
LangChain Basics | Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
New Critical Topic: AI Agents for Analytics Automation (AutoGPT, CrewAI)
New Critical Topic: Ethics, Bias & Responsible AI in Analytics (companies demand this awareness)
Project: AI-Powered Exploratory Analysis
Module 7: Machine Learning Basics (Weeks 13–14)
- Regression: Linear, Multiple, Lasso, Ridge
Classification: Logistic, Decision Tree, Random Forest
Clustering: K-means, Hierarchical, DBSCAN
Time Series: ARIMA, Prophet (essential for forecasting in retail/finance)
Model Evaluation: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1, ROC, AUC
Explainable AI (SHAP, LIME) (critical for BFSI & healthcare compliance)
New Critical Topic: Recommendation Systems (E-commerce/Media)
New Critical Topic: Feature Engineering Best Practices
AutoML: Google AutoML, Azure ML Studio
GenAI: GPT for ML Pipeline Automation
Project: Churn Prediction / Sales Forecasting
Month 5 – Cloud, Collaboration & Capstone
Module 8: Cloud & Collaboration (Weeks 15–16)
- BigQuery: Large-Scale Querying
Snowflake: Cloud Data Warehousing | Schemas
AWS S3: Data Lake Basics
GitHub: Version Control, Branching, Pull Requests
New Critical Topic: CI/CD for Analytics Pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins basics)
New Critical Topic: DataOps & MLOps Fundamentals (added – modern analytics workflows)
Collaboration: ChatGPT Teams, GitHub Copilot
Cloud Deployment of Dashboards
GenAI: AI-Assisted Cloud Querying & Data Governance
Project: Cloud-Hosted Analytics
Module 9: Capstone Project (Weeks 17–20) End-to-End GenAI-Powered Analytics Project:
- E-commerce: Sales Forecasting & Recommendation Engine
Finance: Fraud Detection & Risk Analytics with Explainable AI
Healthcare: Patient Outcome Prediction + AI Storytelling Dashboard
Marketing: Campaign ROI & Attribution with GenAI Narratives
Banking: Loan Default Prediction with Responsible AI Insights Final Capstone Showcase & Industry Pitch Presentation
Value Added Coures ( Extra)
Module 8: R & RStudio for Analytics
- Introduction to R & RStudio – Setup, Packages, IDE Overview
R Basics – Data Types, Vectors, Lists, Factors
R Programming – Loops, Functions, Apply Family
Data Wrangling with dplyr & tidyr
Data Import/Export – CSV, Excel, Databases
Data Visualization with ggplot2
Advanced Visualization – Facets, Themes, Interactive Plots
Statistical Analysis in R – Hypothesis Testing, Correlation, Regression
R for Business Analytics – Forecasting, Time Series
Project: Business Insights Dashboard in R (ggplot2 + Shiny)