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Business Analytics (BUSA90493)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | July |
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Fees | Look up fees |
The aim of Business Analytics is to present students with a range of modern methods for extract relevant information from data to make improved business decisions.
Big data is big business, but there are not enough managers who can ask the right questions and interpret the results of analysis effectively. Business Analytics is the science of extracting useful information from datasets, large and small. Many of the methods have been around for decades but only recently has the value that lies in business data repositories been realised.
Effective analytics is about knowing which type of data to use for solving a business problem, and how to influence the organization to move from a ‘decision‐based evidence making’ mode to an ‘evidence‐based decision making’ mode.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject the student should be able to:
- Be able to formula a business problem in terms of measureable variables and their relationships and distributions.
- Understand the data generation process and then think about causality coherently.
- Convert raw data into relevant information for management decisions.
- Predict future outcomes, and prescribe appropriate management action based on those predictions.
- Develop presentation skills to convey this information to non‐technical audiences.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90026 | Business Strategy |
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90074 | Global Business Economics |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90093 | Finance |
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90001 | Financial Accounting |
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90243 | Marketing |
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90227 | Operations |
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90224 | Managing People |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90193 | Managerial Economics |
January (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BUSA90481 | Managerial Ethics & Business Environment |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
BUSA90480 | Leadership |
April (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
June (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
AND
70% or above in below subject:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90060 | Data Analysis |
September (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
April (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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Contribution to class learning | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Syndicate assignment
| Mid semester | 30% |
Quizzes x 2; Staggered throughout the term
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Final examination
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- July
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 27 June 2022 Pre teaching requirements students are required to complete approximately 15 hours of readings to prepare for the subject during pre-teaching period Teaching period 4 July 2022 to 9 September 2022 Last self-enrol date 24 April 2022 Census date 15 July 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 August 2022 Assessment period ends 16 September 2022
Additional delivery details
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BA, MC-BAPT, or students with permission of the MBA course coordinator
This subject is a quota subject and places are limited. Students may provisionally enrol via the Student Portal, but places are not guaranteed until selection is completed. You will be notified in writing by the Student Centre if you are selected.
The students will be selected on the first come, first served basis. If any student is approaching the course completion date, s/he will get priority in enrolment.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students admitted to MC-BA, MC-BAPT, or students with permission of the MBA course coordinator
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Business Administration Course Master of Business Administration Course Master of Business Administration/Master of Marketing - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024