business-analytics/ug-bus-business-analytics

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18 September 2017 22 November 2024

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Students who commenced study in 2016 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

Monash University

Undergraduate
Major

Commencement year

This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2016 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.

Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Business and Economics component of any bachelors double degrees.

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Managing faculty

Faculty of Business and Economics

Contact details

Visit http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/student/contact/index.html

Websites

Faculty of Business and Economics

Location

Malaysia

With an emphasis on statistical analysis, business analytics refers to the methodological explorations of an organisation's data for supporting the decision making process. Given that information driven organisations are at the forefront of innovation and competitiveness, business analytics is increasingly becoming an important tool for developing new insights and understanding of business performance based on data and statistical methods. Through business analytics, data-driven companies can leverage on their data and make evidence-based decisions to enhance their value propositions.

Outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this major will be able to:

  • use data mining techniques and statistical methods to analyse large complex data, extracting relevant information that will provide meaningful insights for strategic decision making.

Units

Major requirements (48 points)

No more than 12 points at level 1 may be credited to a major and at least 18 points must be credited to the major at level 3.

Students complete:

(a.) The following seven units (42 points):

  • ACW2851 Accounting information systems and financial modelling
  • ETW1000 Business and economic statistics
  • ETW1010 Data modelling and computing
  • ETW2480 Business modelling methods
  • ETW3482 Data mining for business
  • ETW3483 Enterprise resource planning
  • MGX2700 Project management for small to medium enterprises

(b.) One unit (6 points) from the following:

  • ETW3420 Principles of forecasting and applications
  • ETW3481 Econometric methods for finance

Relevant courses

Bachelors

Single degrees

Successful completion of the major can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the following single degree:

  • B2026 Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Students in other single bachelor's degrees may be eligible to complete the major using 48 points of their free electives.

Double degrees

Successful completion of the major can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the Bachelor of Business and Commerce component in the following double degree:

  • B2027 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and bachelor of Communication and Media Studies