Graduate Diploma of Business Analytics
2019 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2019 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Diploma of Business Analytics |
| Course Map | This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2019. This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2019. Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser. |
| Campus | |
| Cloud Campus | No |
| Duration | 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS course code | 088855C Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Deakin course code | M661 |
| 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 8. |
Please note: Students commencing in Trimester 3 cannot complete this course in two study periods. Further information on Business Analytics | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
Course overview
Learn advanced skills and analytics techniques to interpret data, analyse business environments, and develop solutions for authentic problems. Complementing your undergraduate degree in any discipline, Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Business Analytics is designed to provide you with the most up-to-date skills for business performance analysis.
Businesses and governments now have access to massive volumes of data and require skills and expertise to analyse this information for strategic decision making. This course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to build predictive models and use data mining tools with ‘big data’. You’ll get the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with one of the most widely used predictive analytics software tools globally.
Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Business Analytics is a collaborative education program developed with industry. You’ll be trained with a broad skill set that enables you to develop analytics based solutions for business.
The course introduces you to a range of internationally-recognised business intelligence and analytics tools and you’ll have access to analytics certification programs by market leaders IBM, SAS and Microsoft.
You’ll find out how to take data driven, evidence-based approaches to business decision making and business performance analysis. Plus, you’ll get an understanding of business metrics and the analytical techniques that transform both structured and unstructured data into meaningful information for the purpose of decision making and understanding and reviewing business performance.
Other skills you’ll develop include problem solving, business metrics, and quantitative reasoning so that you can review business performance to find problems or areas of opportunities, and identify patterns and trends in data using descriptive analytics. You’ll also learn how information and communication technologies (ICT) investments including business analytics generate value for a business.
On completion of the Graduate Diploma of Business Analytics you will have developed a broad set of business analytic skills highly sought after in every industry sector, particularly within professional services firms and government.
The course allows articulation into Deakin’s Masters of Business Analytics.
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.
Career opportunities
As a Graduate of the Graduate Diploma of Business Analytics you will have developed a broad set of business analytic skills highly sought after in every industry sector, particularly within professional services firms and government.
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.
Placement can occur at any time, including during the standard holiday breaks listed here: https://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/key-dates.
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.
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 | Demonstrate an advanced understanding of contemporary body of knowledge of business analytics to work in professional contexts |
| Communication | Interpret and effectively communicate complex business analytics findings to both specialists and non-specialists |
| Digital literacy | High level of use of business analytics technologies to source information, analyse complex business data and disseminate findings |
| Critical thinking | Evaluate complex business information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment |
| Problem solving | Use advanced skills and analytics techniques to interpret data, analyse business environments, and develop solutions for authentic (real world and ill-defined) problems. |
| Self-management | Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award. |
| Teamwork | Collaborate constructively in teams to produce and share specialised and integrated analytic solutions to complex business problems. |
| Global citizenship | Engage ethically in a business analytics professional context with diverse communities and cultures in a global context. |
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Diploma of Business Analytics, students must attain a total of 8 credit points, consisting of 6 credit points of core units and 2 credit points of elective units which may be selected from any postgraduate units offered by the University, subject to eligibility, plus completion of MAI010 Academic Integrity (0 -credit point compulsory unit). Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. Students are encouraged to use the electives units to gain depth or sector expertise.
Course structure
Core units
| MAI010 | Academic Integrity (0 credit points) |
| MIS770/MIS770A | Foundation Skills in Data Analysis ^ |
| MIS784 | Marketing Analytics |
| MIS771 | Descriptive Analytics and Visualisation |
| MIS772 | Predictive Analytics |
| MIS781 | Business Intelligence |
| MIS782 | Value of Information |
^MIS770A is a Start Anytime unit.
Course structure
Elective units
Plus 2 credit points of general postgraduate elective units.
Work experience
This course provides students the opportunity to complete one or more elective work integrated learning units.
More information: WIL Programs
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.