Bachelor of Business Analytics

2020 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2020 course information
Award granted	Bachelor of Business Analytics
Course Map	This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2020. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2020. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.
Campus	Offered at Burwood (Melbourne)
Cloud Campus	Yes
Duration	3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code	098469G Burwood (Melbourne)
Deakin course code	M340
Approval status	This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Launch a career in the booming world of business insight with Deakin's Bachelor of Business Analytics. Through rigour and applied study, you’ll learn how to become a data translator creating innovative solutions for common business.

Ready to lead critical business decisions with data-driven insights?

In Victoria’s only specialised business analytics course, you’ll learn practical commercial skills to interpret data and information, so you can solve problems and create opportunities for businesses. Work on real-world projects, use the analysis tools needed in business and get industry experience translating insights into impact.

Business analytics requires people who understand how businesses structure their information architecture and how technology can improve processes, products and services. You will get exposure and practice in packages including Python and Tableau.

Through this course, you'll develop critical thinking and analysis skills through topics like:

business intelligence and data warehousing
data analysis
information architecture
information security and governance
planning commercial systems
processes and workflows
professional and business ethics
project management.

You’ll also have the opportunity to get hands-on experience with a work-integrated learning unit, with options for community-based volunteering, team projects or business internships.

Your world-class business education will be supported by teachers who are active field professionals with industry connections. Our business analytics program has been developed in partnership with some of the biggest names in the industry, including IBM, Microsoft, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PwC. You’ll benefit from the latest knowledge, strategies and approaches to learning and the opportunity to grow your professional network before you graduate.

Indicative student workload

As a student in the Faculty of Business and Law, you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.

Professional recognition

Deakin Business School is accredited by AACSB International, the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools in the world. Only 5% of business schools worldwide are AACSB accredited.

Completion of the Bachelor of Business Analytics and associated double degree courses grants eligibility for entry as a professional member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

Career opportunities

The key role business analysts play in ensuring organisations achieve real impact from their analytics initiatives is increasingly sought after. In 2018, 62% of Asia-Pacific companies had plans to hire data analytics graduates, up from 35%in 2017.* Deakin graduates have the business mindset and practical experience needed to meet this demand. You’ll be set up for success in a variety of roles including:

business analyst
business intelligence specialist
computer system analyst
data analyst
digital transformation consultant
information analyst
information manager/information officer
market analyst
predictive modeller.

_{*Graduate Management Admissions Council, 2017 and 2018, Corporate Recruiters Survey Report}

Participation requirements

Units in this course may have participation requirements that include compulsory placements, work-based training, community-based learning or collaborative research training arrangements.

Mandatory student checks

Units which contain work integrated learning, a community placement or interaction with the community may require a police check, working with children check or other check. These requirements will be detailed in unit guides upon enrolment.

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, your fee category and the year you started. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Graduate Learning Outcome	Course Learning Outcome
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities	Develop and apply broad and coherent knowledge of the foundation theories, concepts and practice of business analytics within an organisation or social setting.
Communication	Communicate ideas and concepts, with consideration to impacts and outcomes, to specialist and non-specialist audiences (using appropriate tools, technologies and techniques).
Digital literacy	Use appropriate business analytics technologies to source, evaluate and analyse information relevant to organisational or social settings.
Critical thinking	Apply critical and creative thinking skills in a variety of business analytics settings.
Problem solving	Identify and model problems and articulate broad business analytics solutions related to authentic situations in organisational or social settings.
Self-management	Demonstrate intellectual independence and reflect on self-performance to identify and plan future professional development.
Teamwork	Work collaboratively in diverse teams to produce and share business analytics solutions to problems in organisational or social settings.
Global citizenship	Apply ethical frameworks and principles in the development and deployment of business analytics solutions to meet stakeholder needs.

Course rules

To complete the Bachelor of Business Analytics, students must attain a total of 24 credit points plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point units, MAI010 Academic Integrity and MIS010 Academic Induction for the Bachelor of Business Analytics. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester, and usually undertake 2 trimesters each year.

To complete the course you must include:-

16 credit points of core units (including one Work Integrated Learning unit or an approved international learning experience)
MIS010 Academic Induction for the Bachelor of Business Analytics (0 credit point unit)
completion of MAI010 Academic Integrity (0-credit-point compulsory unit)
8 credit points of elective units (which may include a 6 or 8 credit point major sequence of your choice*)
Level 1 - no more than 10 credit points
Level 3 - at least 6 credit points.

*Please speak with a student adviser for further advice.

Course structure

Core units

MIS171

Business Analytics

SIT112

Data Science Concepts

MIS201

Business Requirements Analysis

MIS202

Managing Data and Information

MIS211

Information Security, Governance and the Cloud

MIS231

Professional Ethics in the Digital Age

MIS271

Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

MIS272

Predictive Analytics

MIS275

Decision Analytics

MIS362

Social Media Analytics and Data Driven Innovation

MIS313

Strategic Supply Chain Management

MIS384

Marketing Analytics

MIS398

Project Management

MIT399/MIS399

Applied Business Project

MIS373

Artificial Intelligence for Business

plus one unit of Work Integrated Learning chosen from:

MWL316

Consultancy Experience

MWL317

Entrepreneurship Experience

MWL318

Internship

or an approved international learning experience (study program, student exchange, overseas short course)

Course structure

Compulsory 0-credit point units

To be completed in the first trimester of study.

MIS010

Academic Induction for the Bachelor of Business Analytics

MAI010

Academic Integrity

Course structure

Elective units

Plus eight credit points of general elective units

Work experience

This course provides students the opportunity to complete one or more work integrated learning units.

More information: WIL Programs

This course includes Work Integrated Learning (WIL) formally registered as part of the course on the CRICOS register. The total work integrated learning hours will differ depending on the WIL unit you choose. For more information about WIL hours, please check the unit information in the handbook or the unit guide.

For information about how WIL units may impact student visa holder work rights, please visit https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au. See Schedule 8 (8102)Visa Conditions.

Other course information

Course duration - additional information
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

Contact Student Central