Professional Certificate in SAS Programming

The Professional Certificate in SAS Programming is an intensive 8-week (48-hour) live online training program designed to help learners master SAS — the global leader in analytics and enterprise-grade statistical analysis. This industry-aligned certification program by Handson System trains you in the complete SAS ecosystem, from data import and manipulation to reporting, visualization, data transformation, and scalable programming techniques.

With live instructor-led classes, 1:1 personalized mentorship, hands-on projects, and real-world case studies, learners gain practical experience in writing SAS programs, building analytics workflows, generating business insights, and automating data processes used in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Engineering roles.

Whether you are a beginner or an aspiring data professional, this SAS course provides the perfect foundation to start your analytics career.

What You Will Learn (Based Entirely on Your Provided Syllabus)

Lesson 1: Overview of the SAS System

• Components of SAS

• Understanding data-driven tasks

• Turning raw data into meaningful information

Lesson 2: Getting Started with SAS

• SAS programs & syntax

• Running programs

• Diagnosing & correcting syntax errors

Lesson 3: Working with SAS Data Sets

• SAS Libraries

• Viewing, creating & managing datasets

Lesson 4: Producing List Reports

• PRINT procedure

• Sequencing & grouping observations

• WHERE statement operators

Lesson 5: Enhancing Output

• Customizing report appearance

• Formatting values

• Creating HTML reports

Lesson 6: Creating SAS Data Sets

• Reading raw data (column & formatted input)

• Assigning and changing variable attributes

• Reading Excel spreadsheets

Lesson 7: Data Step Programming

• Creating variables

• Conditional processing

• Keep/Drop operations

• Managing date fields

Lesson 8: Combining Data Sets

• Concatenation

• Merging

• Additional features for complex joins

Lesson 9: Summary Reports

• Basic & advanced summary procedures

• REPORT procedure

• TABULATE procedure

Lesson 10: Introduction to Graphics

• Bar charts, pie charts, line plots

• Enhancing output visuals

Lesson 11–18: Advanced SAS Programming

• Data step manipulation

• Input/output control

• Summarizing data

• Reading/writing delimited files

• Data transformations

• Debugging SAS programs

• Do loop processing

• SAS Array processing

• Match-merging datasets

• SQL procedure for joins

Why This SAS Programming Certification Stands Out

• Live Online Instructor-Led Training by industry experts

• 1:1 Personalized Mentorship for individualized guidance

• Hands-on Case Studies & Projects designed to build practical expertise

• Peer networking & collaborative learning

• Self-paced videos + LMS access for revision and flexibility

• Placement assistance including resume building, job alerts, and interview preparation

• Beginner-friendly — no programming experience required

Learners from industries such as IT (50%), Healthcare (12%), BFSI (12%), and Consulting (10%) have benefitted from this program, with alumni placed across leading organizations.