Academic Specialization

Colleges and universities can integrate SAS^® into their curriculums – and prepare students for analytics careers.

Check out the benefits for each tier.

Benefits that provide a strong foundation for student success.

One speaker per year per program (in person or via live web).
SAS Academic badge with co-branded logo.
$75 SAS certification exams for students and educators.
Access to SAS customers for talent connections through Handshake.
Access to the SAS Academic Hub, a virtual environment for e-learning and teaching kits for course development.
Access to free SAS software for teaching and learning.
Support for teaching SAS, including faculty training and curriculum consultations.

REQUIREMENTS

At least one required or recommended reading material that uses SAS per course. Does not need to be SAS-owned material.
Programs require that students select any one of the following hands-on components:
- Lab with hands-on skill development where SAS is the primary tool (50%).
- Practicum, thesis or capstone that uses SAS (may also fulfill course credits).
- Course project that uses SAS.
- Internship that uses SAS.
- Presentation or poster accepted at a regional, national or international conference (e.g., SAS Global Forum or a SAS users group).
- Innovative learning approach proposed by the program and approved at the discretion of SAS.

Students must have a clear understanding of the value of SAS certification and are informed of available resources for learning SAS (e.g., communities or users groups).
At least one graded assignment with applied SAS usage per course.
Students encouraged to attempt any SAS certification exam.
At least six credit hours of required courses that use SAS in each course at least 50% of the time, measured by number of weeks.

Level up to get all the basic benefits, plus a few additions.

One SAS speaker or workshop on campus per year.
Eight fee waivers for in-person or live web commercial courses per year per program for educators at all our US SAS training centers.
Discount on Cortex analytics simulation game.
$75 SAS certification exams for students and educators in the program taking an exam independently.
$50 SAS certification exams for students and educators who are taking an exam hosted and proctored on your campus.
Priority access to customers for talent connections.

REQUIREMENTS

At least one required or recommended reading material that uses SAS per course. Does not need to be SAS-owned material.
Programs require that students select any one of the following hands-on components:
- Lab with hands-on skill development where SAS is the primary tool (50%).
- Practicum, thesis or capstone that uses SAS (may also fulfill course credits).
- Course project that uses SAS.
- Internship that uses SAS.
- Presentation or poster accepted at a regional, national or international conference (e.g., SAS Global Forum or a SAS users group).
- Innovative learning approach proposed by program and approved at the discretion of SAS.

Students must have a clear understanding of the value of SAS certification and know about available resources for learning SAS (e.g., communities or users groups).
At least one graded assignment with applied SAS usage per course.
Students encouraged to attempt any SAS certification exam.
At least nine credit hours of required courses should use SAS at least 50% of the time in each course, measured by the number of weeks.

The most advanced programs receive the best benefits.

Tier 3 benefits include everything featured in tiers 1 and 2, plus:

One certification prep webinar per program (for students and educators) per certification exam hosted and proctored on your campus.
Success story co-developed with SAS to promote the program every three years.
12 fee waivers for in-person or live web commercial courses per year for educators per program at all our US SAS training centers.
$75 SAS certification exams for students and educators in the program taking an exam independently.
$25 SAS certification exams for students and educators who are taking an exam hosted and proctored on your campus.
One complimentary faculty registration to SAS Global Forum.
One customer labor market report provided by Emsi annually to examine skill and industry alignment.

REQUIREMENTS

At least one required or recommended reading material that uses SAS per course. Does not need to be SAS-owned material.
Programs require that students select any one of the following hands-on components:
- Lab with hands-on skill development where SAS is the primary tool (50%).
- Practicum, thesis or capstone that uses SAS (may also fulfill course credits).
- Course project that uses SAS.
- Internship that uses SAS.
- Presentation or poster accepted at a regional, national or international conference (e.g., SAS Global Forum or a SAS users group).
- Innovative learning approach proposed by the program and approved at the discretion of SAS.

Students must have a clear understanding of the value of SAS certification and know about available resources for learning SAS (e.g., communities or users groups).
At least one graded assignment with applied SAS usage per course.
Students encouraged to attempt any SAS certification exam.
Academic institution offers at least one SAS practice or certification exam.
At least 12 credit hours of required courses that use SAS at least 50% of the time in each course.

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