The course objective is to introduce students to the fundamentals of using Tableau Desktop in the context of business and data analytics. The course is focused on project-based learning and covers all of the skills identified in the Tableau Desktop Specialist certification as well as roughly 80 percent of those listed in the Tableau Desktop Certified Associate certification. More specifically, students will explore the role and application of data visualization in the data analysis process using Tableau. They will create and design both static and dynamic tables, data visualizations, dashboards, and stories while incorporating visual design best practices to better communicate insights to the intended audience, such as business stakeholders. Students will also connect multiple external data sources (e.g., Text Files, Excel, SQL databases) to Tableau and optimize large data to efficiently wrangle and analyze real-industry data.