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.

Business analytics

Undergraduate
Minor

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 Information Technology 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 Information Technology

Websites

Faculty of Information Technology

Location

Clayton

In Business analytics you will learn how to use analytical tools and simulation software to model, analyse, understand and design business processes. You will learn how to apply quantitative methods, data mining and visualisation to 'add value' to businesses and organisations. Data and case studies will be drawn from diverse sources including health, life sciences, web traffic and social networking, business data including transactions, economic data, customer traffic, scientific research and experimental data. This area of study will be of interest to IT students who want to work in business or finance, and to students wanting to complement their business or commerce studies with IT-based methods.

Availability

Business analytics is listed in the Bachelor of Information Technology at Clayton as a minor.

Units

Minor requirements (24 points)

No more than 12 points at level 1 may be credited to the minor.

Students complete:

FIT1006 Business information analysis*
FIT2090 Business information systems and processes
FIT3158 Business decision modelling
FIT3003 Business intelligence and data warehousing or FIT3152 Data analytics

* This unit has a prerequisite of any Year 12 Mathematics study or a foundation mathematics unit.

Relevant courses

Bachelors

Single degrees

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

C2000 Bachelor of Information Technology

Students in this course can complete the minor by using 24 points of their free electives or, where, relevant prescribed FIT electives.*

Students in other single bachelor's degrees may be eligible to complete the minor by using 24 points of their free electives.

Double degrees

Successful completion of the minor can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the Bachelor of Information Technology component in the following double degrees:*

B2017 Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Information Technology
B2018 Bachelor of Business Specialist and Bachelor of Information Technology
B2025 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Information Technology
B2015 Bachelor of Commerce Specialist and Bachelor of Information Technology
F2005 Bachelor of Design and Bachelor of Information Technology
D3009 Bachelor of Education (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Technology**
F2006 Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Information Technology
C2002 Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Arts
C2003 Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science

* Depending on units completed it may be possible for students to complete a minor and a major by using, where relevant, prescribed FIT electives. Students cannot complete both a minor and a major in the same area of study.

** Students studying the secondary education specialisation in this double degree cannot complete a minor.