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Postgraduate ECU-BUA-GCE-2022

Graduate Certificate of Business Analytics

Use big data to make big decisions

Help businesses use data to drive strategy. You’ll gain knowledge in data analysis and visualisation to apply to your current or future analyst career. Focus your learning within the context of a business area, including logistics and marketing.

Available loans

Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)

Total subjects

3

Price

From

$12,850

Study method

100% Online

Assessments

100% online

Credit available

Yes

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ECU has been ranked one of the world’s best young universities and Australia’s best public university for teaching quality. That quality extends to more than 6,000 students studying online. ECU offers the same quality of teaching to you, regardless of where you’re studying in the world. Their flexible study solutions include a huge range of online courses, recognising your need to juggle work, family or other commitments.

QS RANKING 2022

30

Times Higher Education Ranking 2022

27

  • 2022

Degree structure

2

Core subjects

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0

Major subjects

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1

Elective subjects

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Degree

Degree details

What you'll learn

At the end of the program, students of the Graduate Certificate of Business Analytics can:

  1. Communicate specialised analytics knowledge, concepts, and skills to a variety of audiences in a discipline or professional field.
  2. Apply independent judgement when analysing and evaluating complex problems to generate data analysis solutions.
  3. Demonstrate skills in data-driven planning, analysis and evaluation tasks in a range of business environments.
Career opportunities

Graduates will be well-placed to seek employment in business analytics roles in every industry sector including human resource management, marketing and supply chain management.

Possible future job titles include Business Analyst, Business Consultant, Data Analyst, HR Analyst, Marketing Analyst, Research Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst

Entry requirements

Higher education

Academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of the following:

  • Bachelor degree

Work and Life

Alternatively, Applicants can apply with Equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience.

English Proficiency Requirements

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

  • IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0);
  • Bachelor degree from a country specified on the English Proficiency Bands page (Band 4);
  • Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
  • Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience; or
  • Other tests, courses or programs defined on the English Proficiency Bands page (Band 4).
Credit for previous study or work

If you have completed units of study at University or have relevant professional experience, you may be eligible for Credit and Recognition of Prior Learning (CRPL).

To assess your eligibility for credit, we first need you to apply for and accept an offer in your course of interest with us. You can then submit an Application for Credit and Recognition of Prior Learning via your Student Portal. 

Description

This course 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 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 ways.


Degree structure details

Award Requirements

Students are required to complete three units

  • SBL6055 Big Data, Analytics and Business Decision Making
  • MAT6206 Data Analysis and Visualisation

Plus one of the following Electives

  • MAN6728 People Analytics
  • MAN6927 Supply Chain Analytics
  • MKT5325 Applied Digital Marketing

Choose your subjects

Electives

One elective unit will be selected from the following:

  • People Analytics
  • Supply Chain Analytics
  • Applied Digital Marketing
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