School of Data Intelligence and Technology
Graduate

Term: Spring 2026
Session: 1st 8 Week On-ground (Jan 20 - Mar 13)
Start Date: Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026
End Date: Friday, Mar 13, 2026
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Wed.
Time: 06:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Big Data Technologies offers an introduction to technologies algorithms and tools necessary to perform Big Data Analytics. This course covers the core concepts behind Big Data problems applications and systems. The course also introduces common Big Data frameworks including among others: Hadoop Spark and Amazon Web Services (AWS). By the end of the course students should be able to: discuss and apply Big Data Analytics concepts setup Big Data analytics platforms using AWS cloud-based services use MapReduce to process and analyze Big Data and use Spark to process and analyze both structured and unstructured Big Data in the cloud.