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Learn Excel From Scratch to Expert. Starting from zero knowledge of Excel, you'll learn basic spreadsheet skills and apply them in to several exciting projects in the capstone "Projects" course.
Instructor: Charlie Nuttelman
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Beginner level
While helpful, no previous background nor experience with Excel is an absolute necessity to undertake this specialization.
In this specialization, you'll learn a variety of Excel tools, techniques, and functions, which you'll apply to real-world, "open-ended" projects.
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This Specialization is for learners wishing to learn Microsoft Excel from beginner level to expert level. The first two courses will teach learners the basics of Excel through the use of dozens of educational screencasts and a series of quizzes and in-application assignments. Finally, in Part 3 (Projects), learners will complete several "real world", somewhat open ended yet guided projects. In the Projects course, special emphasis is placed on dynamic array functions, which are new in Office 365 and have revolutionized the way that worksheet calculations are performed.
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In Part 3 (Projects), learners choose three "warm-up" projects (chosen from five potential projects), three intermediate projects (chosen from six potential projects), and three main projects (chosen from five potential projects). Thus, learners have liberty to tailor their experience through choice of projects. Screencasts are provided that show hints and previews for each project.
Navigating Excel, editing the worksheet (including inserting/deleting cells, columns, and rows), and cell formatting.
Expression entry and common Excel formulas (including logical functions, text functions, and financial functions).
Data management (sorting, filtering, consolidating, removing duplicates, data validation, and one-way lookups).
Data visualization (scatter plots, column charts, pie charts, Slicers, Sparklines, and Pivot Tables).
Advanced data management techniques
How to implement financial calculations in Excel
How to use advanced tools in Excel (Data Tables, Goal Seek, and Solver) to perform and solve "what-if" analyses
How to create mathematical predictive regression models using the Regression tool in Excel
In this course, you'll apply Excel functions and tools to solving broad, somewhat open-ended problems through a wide variety of "guided" projects.
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The time required for this specialization will vary dramatically depending upon the amount of time that learners can devote to it each week. If you can spend 3-5 hours per week on the courses, you should be able to complete the specialization in about 10-12 weeks. The time required to complete the specialization is much less if you're able to spend a significant amount of time each week on the courses.
It is beneficial to have a basic understanding of computers and navigating around computers, but other than that you will learn Excel from "scratch to expert". A basic knowledge of math is helpful, but not a lot of time is spent on mathematical formulas.
Yes, it is recommended that you take the courses in order: Part 1, Part 2, followed by Part 3.
It depends upon university, but most likely not (at least until things change with course credit, etc., which is in the near future!).
Upon completing this specialization, you'll be able to perform a wide variety of techniques in Excel and utilize many functions and tools that are built into Excel. You'll be able to manage large data sets and sort, filter, and search through the data for items of interest. Many learners have received job promotions and/or new careers as a result of completing courses in the specialization.
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
If you subscribed, you get a 7-day free trial during which you can cancel at no penalty. After that, we don’t give refunds, but you can cancel your subscription at any time. See our full refund policy.
Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.