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Learn something new or level up existing skills.

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Whether you’re an educator looking to sharpen your skills and teach SAS or a student eager to develop
in-demand skills, our interactive workshops offer everything you need.

Benefits for All Attendees

  • Free sessions throughout the year. We keep your time and budget constraints in mind by providing free sessions of varying lengths that accommodate your academic schedule.
  • Training on a variety of topics. From predictive modeling to machine learning, you’ll stay on top of the latest technologies and learn today's most valuable skills.
  • Instructor interaction.  Our live web courses offer all the benefits of classroom training without leaving your home or office. Interact with instructors who are industry experts.

Exclusive Benefits for Educators

  • Free course materials. You’ll get PowerPoint slides, course notes and data sets you can use in your own classroom. Access resources via the SAS Educator Portal.
  • Curriculum assistance. We'll help you develop both graduate and undergraduate courses. Plans are intended to encompass one semester of teaching (equivalent to four credit hours; three lecture hours per week plus a weekly lab).

How to Register:

Choose your workshop and enroll

  • Every workshop enrollment opens in a new tab so you can add additional workshops if needed.
  • Be sure workshop selections do not overlap as there are simultaneous tracks.

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  • Your SAS profile must use your academic email to process your registration and access course materials in SAS Skill Builder for Students or the SAS Educator Portal.
  • Priority is given to first-time registrants, so seats are not guaranteed.
  • Courses fill quickly, but new workshops are added regularly.

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  • Next, you'll get an email notifying you that you're enrolled in a course, or waitlisted.
  • If you're waitlisted, a follow-up email will confirm when a seat is available, moving you from waitlisted to enrolled.

Featured Workshop

Educators: Join us this summer for a week of virtual learning

From July 22-25, learn from SAS experts and educator peers about the latest in AI and analytics education. SAS Educate is free for faculty.

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Skills-Focused Workshops

Your SAS profile must use your academic email to process your registration and access your course materials.

Put SQL on Your Resume

SQL programming is the number one skill listed on job postings in many analytic fields. In this course, you’ll learn the basics and create a project that demonstrates your new skills to potential employers.

*Note: Registration means attendance for all sessions in this series. If you register after the series has started, you will be enrolled in all remaining sessions and are encouraged to attend as many as possible for the most comprehensive learning experience.

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June 19
1-3:00pm EDT

SQL Basics
Using SAS' Proc SQL, learn the basics of accessing data, creating simple reports using the most common SQL statements.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

June 26
1-3:00pm EDT

Creating New Tables and Joining Tables
Often the data we need is in multiple tables. Learn how to use SQL to join tables and save those new tables for analysis.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

July 3
1-3:00pm EDT

SQL Case Study: TSA Airport Claims
In this session, we will tackle an actual case study involving TSA claims. We will explore the data, identify and fix data issues, join relevant tables, and produce a report of our findings.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

Project-Based Learner Series

Do you have data that you are excited to explore but aren't sure of the right path to take or which tools to use? Look no further! Join us for our project-based learner series! Bring your data to upload, explore, analyze, and build reports. This is a unique opportunity to combine subject matter knowledge of your data with learned best practices for solving your research question. Don't have data? No worries, we have tons of data to choose from.

*Note: Registration means attendance for all sessions in this series. If you register after the series has started, you will be enrolled in all remaining sessions and are encouraged to attend as many as possible for the most comprehensive learning experience.

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August 29
1-2:30pm EDT

Getting Started with Data and SAS
Join us to kickstart the project-based learning series. We will work to get the software and your data set up. If you don't have data, we'll provide you options to choose from.

Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

September 5
1-2:30pm EDT

Exploring Data Using Visualizations
Explore how to properly handle and use big data to its fullest potential - all while using SAS tools.

Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

September 12
1-2:30pm EDT

Data Wrangling and Descriptive Statistics
Learn how to utilize SAS Studio Tasks to create graphics, produce summary statistics, and perform statistical analysis – all with no programming required!		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

September 19
1-2:30pm EDT

Fitting Machine Learning Models: The Basics
Ever wanted to know which SAS Viya tool is the best to use for your particular predictive analytics problem? Join us as we compare use of SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Model Studio, SAS Studio programming, and SAS Studio tasks in fitting different machine learning models. Come learn the advantages of different SAS Viya tools in performing machine learning analyses.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

September 26
1-2:30pm EDT

Displaying Insights Interactively
Have you discovered insights in your data that you want to show off? Learn how to create a beautiful, interactive reports in Visual Analytics so your patterns jump off the screen!		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

SAS + Open Source = [ Better Together ]

Most data scientists speak multiple coding languages. So, why should you feel obligated to use just one when you’re in a SAS environment? You shouldn’t! Learn how easy it is to use SAS, SQL, R, and Python in a host of SAS tools such as SAS Studio and Model Studio and via Jupyter. It’s (almost always) better together – so learn how to leverage the cloud architecture to better integrate your projects.

*Note: Registration means attendance for all sessions in this series. If you register after the series has started, you will be enrolled in all remaining sessions and are encouraged to attend as many as possible for the most comprehensive learning experience.

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September 4
1-2:30pm EDT

SAS, SQL, R, and Python: We're All Friends
In this session, we'll see how SAS, R, and Python can all be incorporated into a single project. Assuming the role as policy analyst in a SAS On-the-Job activity, we'll explore how COVID19 impacted the labor supply of women. All the while, we'll see how Jupyter in SAS Viya for Learners can incorporate a variety of coding languages - allowing the analyst to use the right tool for the right job.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

September 11
1-2:30pm EDT

Proc SQL, Proc Python, SAS IML - Oh My!
SAS Studio - you may know it as SAS' latest interactive development environment for writing and executing your SAS®9 code. You may use it to tap into SAS Viya's powerful computing power. But don't let the fun stop there. In this session, we will dive into the additional packages available in SAS Studio on SAS Viya for Learners that allow you to utilize SQL, Python, and interactive matrix language code.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

September 18
1-2:30pm EDT

I Spy with My Little Eye: Open-Source Code in my SAS Model Studio Project
SAS Model Studio is the tool of choice for many expert predictive modelers and machine learning experts. Pipelines make it much easier to quickly run a series of competing models and to put a champion model into product. Did you know how easy it is to incorporate open-source models into the pipeline? Join us to learn how.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

Statistical Inference with SAS Studio Tasks

A career in data analytics requires an understanding of how to assess relationships between variables. Learn how to perform inferential statistics techniques such as t-tests, analysis of variance, correlations, and chi-square tests while also generating SAS programming code using SAS Studio tasks. These sessions are perfect for users new to either statistics or SAS software.

*Note: Registration means attendance for all sessions in this series. If you register after the series has started, you will be enrolled in all remaining sessions and are encouraged to attend as many as possible for the most comprehensive learning experience.

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September 25
1-4:30pm EDT

Introduction to Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing
Learn the basics of how statistical inference techniques are used to quantify relationships between variables.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

October 2
1-4:30pm EDT

Analysis of Variance and Correlation for Continuous Outcomes
Learn how to describe relationships with continuous outcomes by comparing group means or constructing a correlation statistic.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

October 9
1-4:30pm EDT

Chi-Square Tests for Categorical Outcomes
Learn how to describe relationships with categorical by constructing hypothesis tests for frequency tables		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

Transforming no-code into YES-CODE!

The recent shift to no-code/low-code software tools greatly benefit non-technical users. However, experienced SAS programmers want the flexibility and control that coding provides. Join us for a mini-series that honors and empowers the coder in all of us.

*Note: Registration means attendance for all sessions in this series. If you register after the series has started, you will be enrolled in all remaining sessions and are encouraged to attend as many as possible for the most comprehensive learning experience.

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October 16
1-2:30pm EDT

Recreate Pretty Dashboard Graphics with Code
Standard dashboard graphics are visually appealing but coding them gives us more flexibility and creative control. We'll learn about graphing procedures and options to recreate these from scratch.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

October 23
1-2:30pm EDT

Using SAS Macros to Automate Programming
Avoid the repetitive clicking and dragging required in no-code tools and use macros instead. From simple macro variables to full data-driven macros, we'll look at the ways in which macros can help us build programs with ease.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

October 30
1-2:30pm EDT

Better (Prompt) Engineering: Leveraging ChatGPT to get started with SAS Coding
Learning a new coding language can be daunting. But, with your personal research assistant, ChatGPT, it doesn't have to be. In this session, we'll meet you where you're at as a coder. Perhaps you know R or Python well and want to write SAS code. Or perhaps you're truly getting started with SAS coding. Either way, learn how we can leverage large language models to write the first round of code for us.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

Just Enough SAS Programming

Does learning a programming language seem too intimidating? We'll get you started with the basics and give you the confidence to build a valuable skill for your resume.

*Note: Registration means attendance for all sessions in this series. If you register after the series has started, you will be enrolled in all remaining sessions and are encouraged to attend as many as possible for the most comprehensive learning experience.

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November 6
1-3:00pm EST

The Basics: Semi-colons, Libnames, and the Data Step
This workshop focuses on the basic concepts of SAS programming. We'll use SAS Studio to write a basic program and learn the SAS syntax rules. We'll also learn how to use libraries to access data and write data to a particular location.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

November 13
1-3:00pm EST

Data Step Basics: Creating New Columns
Often the data we have is not sufficient for reporting or analysis. Learn how to create new columns from existing data using assignment statements.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

November 20
1-3:00pm EST

Transforming and Summarizing Data in SAS
We may need to summarize the data we are given. Learn how to accumulate totals using the data step and SAS functions. Also, explore some basic procedures in SAS that can provide descriptive statistics on our data.		Registration closes one business day before the course begins.

SAS Certification Mini Courses

Prove your analytics skills to employers with a SAS certification! We'll dive into ten SAS certification exams over the course of five weeks. Each session will provide an overview of free certification prep materials available in both the SAS Educator Portal and the SAS Skill Builder for Students, including comprehensive course materials and a practice exam.

Your SAS profile must use your academic email to process your registration and access your course materials.

September 6
1-3:30pm EDT

SAS Viya Programming Certifications

SAS Certified Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS Viya
Learn how to work with data tables and SAS procedures using Cloud Analytics Services (CAS),  the cloud-based run-time environment for SAS Viya software.

SAS Certified Specialist: Intermediate Programming Using SAS Viya

Continue your learning with CAS to explore how to write CAS language (CASL) programs to access, explore, prepare and analyze big data with SAS Viya software.		Enroll now
Registration closes September 5 at 12:30 pm EDT

September 13
1-3:30pm EDT

SAS 9.4 Programming Certifications

SAS Certified Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4
Demonstrate the fundamentals of using SAS programming to manipulate datasets and produce reports via a multiple-choice exam. This is a great place for students to start!

SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4
Demonstrate mastery of data manipulation using SAS programming via a performance-based exam.

SAS Certified Professional: Advanced Programming Using SAS 9.4
Solve complex data manipulation problems using advanced SAS programming techniques, SQL, and the SAS macro language.

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Registration closes September 12 at 12:30 pm EDT

September 20
1-3:30pm EDT

SAS Viya Visual Analytics Certification

SAS Certified Specialist: Visual Business Analytics Using SAS Viya
Analyze and manipulate data and create reports and dashboards using SAS Visual Analytics.

Enroll now
Registration closes September 19 at 12:30 pm EDT

September 27
1-3:30pm EDT

SAS 9.4 Advanced Analytics Certification

SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst: Regression and Modeling
Demonstrate proficiency in both statistical inference and predictive modeling using SAS programming.

Enroll now
Registration closes September 26 at 12:30 pm EDT

October 4
1-3:30pm EDT

SAS Viya Advanced Analytics Certifications

SAS Certified Associate: Modeling Using SAS Visual Statistics
Fit predictive regression models for a variety of business use cases using SAS Visual Statistics.

SAS Certified Associate: Applied Statistics for Machine Learning
Learn the statistical background necessary for fitting machine learning models with SAS Viya. Concepts are illustrated with SAS Studio software.

SAS Certified Specialist: Machine Learning Using SAS Viya
Prepare, develop, compare, and deploy advanced analytics models using model pipelines in SAS Model Studio in SAS Viya.

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Registration closes October 3 at 12:30 pm EDT

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