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2024 unit information
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), OnlineTrimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), OnlineTrimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
For S735A students: MIS770 or SIT718
For all other students: MIS770
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
1 x 2 hour on-campus (livestreamed) lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1.5 hour on-campus practical experience (laboratory) each week
1 x 2 hour recorded lecture provided and 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week
^GIFT City (India) offering is available to students enrolled at the GIFT City (India) campus only.
The ‘information age’ has combined with the widespread adoption of digital technology to turn information into a key business asset. Businesses and governments now have access to massive volumes of data and require skills and expertise in making sense of this information for strategic decision making. This unit will provide students with the knowledge and skills to build predictive models and use data mining tools with ‘Big Data’. Students will be given the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with one of the most widely used predictive analytics software tools globally.
Explain predictive analytics concepts and techniques.
Analyse multifaceted real-world business problems, and subsequently propose appropriate analytic solutions using a combination of predictive techniques.
Construct and evaluate integrated predictive analytic solutions using contemporary analysis tools.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacy
Prepare reports that effectively communicate your solution(s) to business problems.
GLO2: Communication
Data analysis file plus 500 words
Data analysis file plus 2500 words
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement: Achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the end-of-unit assessment to evidence a minimum proficiency in the aligned discipline learning outcomes included in this unit.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MIS772 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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