36-611 Professional Skills for Statisticians I

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

The Professional Skills for Statisticians I course develops essential skills and required competencies for successfully navigating the workplace. Topics in this course include professional written and oral communication, communication approaches for varied audiences, leading practices for enabling high-functioning teams, managing project work, job search leading practices, and managing one's career. There will be a focus on the context of project work, and servicing and interacting with internal and external clients in the workplace. Consultative soft skills are developed via group work and class presentations. This course is for the Master of Science in Applied Data Science students only.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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