该证书旨在帮助学生准备在各种专业环境中进行应用计量经济分析：银行，电信公司，咨询公司等。拥有经济学学位的人在企业或政府，企业，对具有较高计量经济学技能并了解如何在实际环境中应用这些技术的学生的需求甚至更高。应用计量经济学证书旨在提供在企业或政府中担任分析职务所需的教育。该证书将吸引具有定量重点的经济学专业，（应用的）数学专业以及其他社会科学专业的学生。
Those with economics degrees are in high demand in a large number of occupations, whether in business or government; students with advanced econometrics skills who understand how to apply these techniques in real-world settings are in even higher demand. This Certificate in Applied Econometrics and Data Analysis is designed to provide the education needed for employment in analysis positions in business or government. The Certificate is a valuable credential for economics majors with a quantitative focus, (applied) math majors, and selected students from other social sciences.<br>The Certificate consists of 6 courses met through 3 required courses and 3 electives which must be selected from the list below. At least 4 of these courses must be completed in residency at UMSL.<br>(Note that all of these courses have prerequisites that the student must complete before taking the selected course.)