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BrainStation's AI Data Analytics course: format, tools, time and the questions to ask first
BrainStation's AI Data Analytics Certification is a part-time, eight-week live course for beginners and working professionals who want to learn Excel, SQL and Tableau with AI tools.
Classes run live online or in person in New York, and finishing the course earns BrainStation's own credential, the AI Data Analyst Certification (DAC™).
BrainStation lists three hours of live instruction a week plus two to four hours of project work, so plan on roughly five to seven hours a week. The course page says no prior experience is required, but it does not publish the tuition, the refund terms or the class times.
This is an independent guide and is not affiliated with BrainStation. It sets out what the course covers, what it asks of you and what you still need to confirm with BrainStation before you commit time or money.
At a glance
- Provider
- BrainStation, founded in 2012, headquartered in New York
- Format
- Part-time, live instructor-led classes, online or in person in New York
- Time
- 8 weeks: 3 hours of live class plus 2–4 hours of project work a week
- Level
- Beginner-friendly; no coding or data background required
- Tuition
- Not verified: not published on the course page (checked September 30, 2026)
What you'll learn
- Collect, clean and analyze data in Excel, with AI tools such as Claude helping with preparation
- Understand database structure and write SQL queries in MySQL
- Build interactive Tableau dashboards and present findings as a data story
- Finish a portfolio project and a final presentation that explains your process
Who it suits
- Beginners who learn better in a live class with an instructor than from self-paced video
- Working professionals who can keep a fixed weekly class slot for eight weeks
- People whose employer might pay; BrainStation offers a sponsorship package to show a manager
- US learners who can join live online or get to BrainStation's campus in New York
Check before you decide
- Tuition, refund rules and class times are not on the course page, so you have to ask BrainStation for them.
- The DAC is BrainStation's own credential, not a degree, and the course page does not mention college credit.
- Eight weeks is short, and Python is not among the tools the course lists.
- The online page's sign-up form asks for a company and a number of participants, so confirm that you can enroll as an individual.
- No job or salary outcome is promised, and hiring depends on you and the job market.
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