Master of Business Administration in Business Analytics

Business Analytics can be applied to leverage and interpret data from multiple sources to enable business professionals making optimal decisions This specialisation is designed for those who want to pursue a role in Business Analytics as well as business professionals who want to improve the quality of decisions in their business areas Students will be exposed to a range of relevant theory knowledge and approaches to develop and enhance their conceptual and practical understanding of data analytics in business areas such as accounting finance human resource management marketing and supply chain management Students will be given opportunities to work with a range of Business Analytics tools to identify patterns and trends in complex data sets and to visualise them in meaningful waysAs the availability of data increases and the cost of acquiring data decreases organisations are increasingly able to pursue datadriven decisionsLearning OutcomesCommunicate specialised analytics knowledge concepts and skills to a variety of audiences in a discipline or professional fieldApply independent judgement when analysing and evaluating complex problems to generate data analysis solutionsDemonstrate skills in datadriven planning analysis and evaluation tasks in a range of business environments

All applicants are required to have a Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of three years of relevant supervisory/management experience; or equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience of which at least three of these years must be at a supervisory/management level.Successful applicants with a Graduate Certificate qualification or higher in Business/Commerce may seek reduced course duration by applying for recognition of prior learning.One or more of the specialisations in this course has admission requirements. Refer to the specialisation for more information.Academic admission requirements (Band 6) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:Bachelor degree; orEquivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.