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Data Wrangling and Visualisation (BUSA90520)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville) and Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Summer Term
Derick Lyle: derick.lyle@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 1
Derick Lyle: derick.lyle@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Online Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject provides an introduction to the essential skills for the management of business data to enable the application of analytics and evidence-based decision-making in business. It entails the study of the principles and tools for business data management and modelling. The focus of the subject is enabling business decision-making, and includes consideration of effective presentation and reporting of business data. Data sets will be drawn from multiple industries and business disciplines (accounting, economics, finance and management & marketing).
Intended learning outcomes
- Collect and compile business data from multiple sources
- Manage common issues in the manipulation of business data of different types (e.g., timestamp, textual data)
- Define appropriate business metrics and variables for a given data set
- Explain the principles and issues involved in the effective presentation of business data for decision-making purposes
Generic skills
- Collaborative learning
- Problem solving;
- Team work
- Interpretation and analysis;
- Critical thinking;
- Evaluation of data and other information;
- Use of computer software;
- Application of theory to practice
- Oral communication;
- Written communication;
- Accessing data and other information from a range of sources
- Synthesis of data and other information;
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Option 1:
Admission into the MC-MGMTAFN Master of Management (Accounting and Finance)
OR
Option 2:
One of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ECOM90009 | Quantitative Methods for Business |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90141 | Business Analysis & Decision Making |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AND
One of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACCT90004 | Accounting for Decision Making |
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ACCT90041 | Fundamentals in Accounting |
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ECON90015 | Managerial Economics |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
FNCE90060 | Financial Management |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Semester 1
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Three data projects, to be completed in groups of 3-4 students, with the expectation that all students contribute equally to all projects. Each student will contribute the equivalent of 3500 words for all three projects.
| Throughout the semester | 60% |
Take home exam
| During the examination period | 40% |
Summer Term
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Quizzes, exercises and participation
| Throughout the semester | 15% |
Data project, to be completed in groups of 3-4 students, with the expectation that all students contribute equally to all projects. Each student will contribute the equivalent of 2000 words for the project.
| Throughout the semester | 40% |
Presentation, to be completed in groups of 3-4 students and related to the outcomes of the data project, with the expectation that all students contribute equally to all projects. Each student will contribute the equivalent of 250 words for the presentation.
| Week 6 | 5% |
Take home exam
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 3 hours of online study and one 3-hour in class seminar/workshop per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 January 2021 to 28 February 2021 Last self-enrol date 15 January 2021 Census date 22 January 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 February 2021 Assessment period ends 28 February 2021 Summer Term contact information
Derick Lyle: derick.lyle@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery
Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 Semester 1 contact information
Derick Lyle: derick.lyle@unimelb.edu.au
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022