Graduate Certificate of Business Analytics
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Business Analytics |
| Deakin course code | M561 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Business and Law |
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Online | Yes |
| Duration | 0.5 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Course Map - enrolment planning tool | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2025 Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central. |
| CRICOS course code | 108877E Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Business analytics is transforming the way organisations make decisions. The Graduate Certificate of Business Analytics enables professionals to create value from big data and solve the decision-making challenges facing business today.
Learn from academics who are experts in the field and become a practitioner with sought-after skills. Whether you’re looking to add expertise to your current role or taking a step towards a new career, this course gives you the foundational skills you need.
Ready to expand your career options with skills in data analysis?
Led by our globally recognised experts, you will learn to:
- apply broad and integrated knowledge of business analytics concepts and existing software, to research, identify and justify solutions for organisations and social contexts.
- apply digital technologies to support research, analysis and information dissemination about the impact of business analytics technologies on business strategies and operations
- think critically in identifying alternative solutions, evaluating options and problem solving
Want to take your study further? This course is a pathway to our industry-leading Master of Business Analytics.
Indicative student workload
You can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, online interactions, or professional experiences for Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units. 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.
Career opportunities
Qualified business analysts are attracting well above average salaries globally across all sectors, from government and information technology to health settings. Possible roles for business analysts include:
- business data scientist
- business intelligence analyst
- business systems analyst
- market research analyst
- statistician.
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.
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.
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.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply broad and integrated knowledge of business analytics concepts and existing software, to research, identify and justify solutions for organisations and social contexts. |
| Communication | Interpret specialised knowledge and effectively communicate complex business analytics findings to both specialists and non-specialists |
| Digital literacy | Apply digital technologies to support research, analysis and information dissemination about the impact of Business Analytics technologies on business strategies and operations. |
| Critical thinking | Analyse and evaluate competing academic, professional and/or stakeholder issues of complex organisation and social contexts where existing Business Analytics software is being considered. |
| Problem solving | Identify and define organisational problems, formulate and evaluate alternatives, and recommend suitable business analytics solutions based on organisational and societal needs. |
| Self-management | Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award |
| Teamwork | Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award |
| Global citizenship | Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award |
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certificate of Business Analytics students must pass 4 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- 2 credit points of core units
- 2 credit points of course elective units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Course structure
Compulsory 0-credit point module
To be completed in the first trimester of study:-
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin |
Core units
| MIS770 | Foundation Skills in Data Analysis |
| MIS710 | Machine Learning in Business |
Course elective units
Plus two credit points from the following units:
| MIS714 | People Analytics |
| MIS771 | Descriptive Analytics and Visualisation |
| MIS772 | Predictive Analytics |
| MIS775 | Decision Modelling for Business Analytics |
| MIS781 | Business Intelligence and Database |
| MIS782 | Value of Information |
| MIS784 | Marketing Analytics |
Work experience
This course does not require students to complete compulsory work integrated learning units.
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.