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Postgraduate ECU-BUA-GCE-2023

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

$13,550

Study method

100% Online

Assessments

100% online

Credit available

Yes

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QS Ranking 2023

28

Times Higher Education Ranking 2023

28

  • 2023

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.

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