Excel For Data Analysis
Curriculum
By Temitayo Anifowose: [email protected]
Hi There!
I created this curriculum because I know how overwhelming Excel can feel at first, so many
buttons, functions, and formulas. But once you get the hang of it, Excel becomes a superpower
for anyone working with data.
This 8-week guide breaks things down step by step, no jargon, no pressure, just a simple
roadmap to help you build real skills week by week.
Whether you're learning for work, school, or just curiosity, this curriculum will help you go from
"Where do I even start?" to "I got this."
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Let’s dive in and make Excel make sense!
8 WEEKS EXCEL FOR DATA ANALYSIS CURRICULUM
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟭: 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹
✅ Understanding the Excel Interface: Ribbon, formula bar, navigation
✅ Creating, saving, renaming, and organizing workbooks
✅ Data Entry: Entering data, basic formatting,
✅ Formatting cells: Fonts, colors, borders, alignment, number formatting (currency, date,
percentage, e.t.c)
✅ Introduction to keyboard shortcuts
✅Practice Exercises
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
✅ Introduction to Functions & Formulas
✅ Basic Numerical Function: SUM, MIN, MAX, AVERAGE, COUNT
✅ Basic Text Functions: CONCATENATE/TEXTJOIN, LEFT, RIGHT, MID, TRIM
✅ Cell References: Relative, Absolute & Mixed
✅ Common errors (#VALUE! #REF!,#DIV/0!) and Simple Error handling (IFERROR)
✅Practice Exercises
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯: 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮
✅ Data Sorting: Simple and multi-level sorting
✅ Data filtering - Custom and AutoFilter
✅ Splitting Data with Text-to-Columns
✅ Handling blank cells and Removing Duplicates
✅ Introduction to Conditional Formatting
✅Practice Exercises
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟰: 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘂𝗽 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
✅ Logical Functions: IF, IFS, AND, OR, NOT
✅ Lookup Functions: VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP and introduction to XLOOKUP (if available)
✅ Date & Time functions: TODAY, DAY, HOUR, WORKDAYS, YEAR
✅ Combining Functions for Real-Life Scenarios
✅Practice Exercises
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟱: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
✅ Data Validation: Creating drop-down lists, set data entry rules, adding comments and error alerts
✅ Advanced Logical Functions: SUMIF, COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF, SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, AVERAGEIFS,
✅ Advanced Text functions: FIND, SUBSTITUTE, SEARCH, REPLACE
✅Practice Exercises
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟲: 𝗣𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
✅ Introduction to Charts: Bar, Column, Line, and Pie Charts
✅ Creating Pivot Tables: pivot table fields, basic calculations, cross tabulation, grouping data,
calculated fields
✅ Using slicers for interactive Filtering
✅ Data Visualization: Choosing the right chart type
✅Practice Exercises
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟳: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
✅ Protecting cells, sheet and workbook and controlling access
✅ Hiding formulas, sheets and structure
✅ Workbook sharing and collaboration settings
✅ Adding watermark for branding/protection
✅Practice Exercises
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟴: 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗿𝘆
✅ What is power Query? Why and when to use it
✅ Importing Data from multiple sources: CSV, PDF, WEB
✅ Navigating the Power Query Editor
✅ Cleaning Data: Removing rows/columns, handling headers, replacing values, changing data type,
fill up/down
✅ Data Transformation: Merge, Append, Conditional Columns, Grouping
✅ Loading data into Excel
✅Practice Exercises
Thank you for using this curriculum, I hope it serves as a helpful guide on your journey to
mastering Excel for data analysis.
This is just the beginning. I’m currently working on a more comprehensive version that will
include:
🔹 Step-by-step walkthroughs
🔹 Practice questions and exercises
🔹 Downloadable datasets
🔹 Links to helpful resources and videos
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