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Westfield University
Curriculum Alignment Overview
Jobs Searched This Month
12,847
+14%vs last month
Unique Skills Required
438
distinct skills in searched jobs
Skills Missing From Curriculum
74
warning: immediate review
Overall Alignment Score
68%
+6%vs last quarter
Skills Gap Analysis

Skills You Teach

Well covered

SQL82%

Courses: DATA 201, BUS 350

Well covered

Data Analysis79%

Courses: STAT 210, DATA 260

Well covered

+3 more

Skills With Gaps

Needs reinforcement

Tableau67%

Coverage: Only in elective

Make Tableau foundational in analytics track.

Power BI61%

Coverage: Limited workshop coverage

Add required lab in sophomore curriculum.

+3 more

Skills Not Taught

Missing from curriculum

dbt43%

Not in curriculum

Add transformation workflow unit.

Prompt Engineering39%

Not in curriculum

Create AI analytics fundamentals module.

+3 more

Curriculum Recommendations

High Priority Actions

Make Tableau required in analytics pathway

Impact: 67%Effort: MediumTimeline: Next semester

Add Power BI lab with portfolio deliverable

Impact: 61%Effort: MediumTimeline: Next semester

Launch dbt transformation module

Impact: 43%Effort: HighTimeline: Semester planning cycle

Medium Priority Actions

Embed data storytelling checkpoints in core courses

Impact: 56%Effort: LowTimeline: 6-8 weeks

Create data governance applied workshop

Impact: 52%Effort: MediumTimeline: This academic year

Expand experiment design with A/B labs

Impact: 47%Effort: MediumTimeline: Spring term

Lower Priority (Monitor)

Pilot prompt engineering elective

Impact: 39%Effort: LowTimeline: Pilot next term

Scope data product thinking mini-course

Impact: 34%Effort: MediumTimeline: Future planning

Assess Snowflake demand quarter over quarter

Impact: 31%Effort: LowTimeline: Monitor for 2 quarters
Trending Skills

Emerging Skills (Rising)

Generative AI analytics

+203%

Current prevalence: 29%

Integrate applied AI analysis in intermediate coursework.

AI-assisted reporting

+167%

Current prevalence: 24%

Add rubric-driven report automation assignments.

Data governance

+148%

Current prevalence: 33%

Prioritize compliance and stewardship case studies.

Cloud computing

+126%

Current prevalence: 34%

Add cloud infrastructure practicum across STEM programs.

Declining Skills (Falling)

Legacy SSRS reporting

-41%

Current prevalence: 9%

De-emphasize in required curriculum; keep as optional context.

Manual spreadsheet reconciliation

-33%

Current prevalence: 14%

Replace with automation-focused data workflow practice.

Legacy ETL scripting

-24%

Current prevalence: 12%

Transition instruction toward modern orchestration tools.

Static dashboard publishing

-19%

Current prevalence: 17%

Shift to interactive and iterative analytics storytelling.

Comparison By Major

Computer Science

284 students searching jobs

Alignment Score: 72%
Top Job Titles
Data Analyst
BI Analyst
Analytics Engineer
Top Skills Status
SQLtaught
Pythontaught
Tableaupartial
dbtmissing
Data Storytellingpartial

Promote Tableau from elective to core and add dbt in junior-year sequence.

Business Analytics

241 students searching jobs

Alignment Score: 66%
Top Job Titles
Business Analyst
Operations Analyst
Product Analyst
Top Skills Status
Exceltaught
SQLtaught
Power BIpartial
Experiment Designpartial
Data Governancemissing

Add required Power BI lab and governance practicum by sophomore year.

Economics

198 students searching jobs

Alignment Score: 62%
Top Job Titles
Research Analyst
Market Analyst
Policy Analyst
Top Skills Status
Statisticstaught
Rtaught
Data Visualizationpartial
Prompt Engineeringmissing
Data Product Thinkingmissing

Expand visualization modules and add AI/data product literacy components.

Public Health

167 students searching jobs

Alignment Score: 58%
Top Job Titles
Health Data Analyst
Program Evaluation Analyst
Research Coordinator
Top Skills Status
Statisticstaught
SQLpartial
Cloud computingmissing
Data Governancepartial
Power BImissing

Create cross-listed health analytics pathway with cloud + BI coverage.

Insights

Curriculum alignment from labor market to classroom decisions

Data-driven program decisions for what to keep, improve, add next semester, and monitor by major.