MASTER OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS
- March
- July
- IELTS: Overall score of 6.5, with no individual band less than 6.0.
- PTE : Overall score of 58, with no communicative skill score less than 50.
About the Master of Business Analytics
If you’re keen to invest in your career, La Trobe’s accredited Master of Business Analytics will keep you ahead of the trends. Gain advanced skills in business, programming and data engineering, and update your knowledge as you grow in this fast-moving industry.
In this practical course, you’ll take your career to the next level as you learn the latest tools from industry experts. Learn industry-standard programs, including SAS, PowerBI, IBM Cognos, Excel, SQL and R, and understand how to develop data-based solutions for real-life business problems. You’ll also gain high-level skills when you choose a specialisation in your area of interest, including artificial intelligence, data science, digital health and more. Graduate with your specialisation on your academic transcript, so future employers can recognise your expertise.
Study a degree recognised by industry. La Trobe’s Master of Business Analytics is one of the few courses in Australia where you’ll graduate with a Certificate in Business Analytics from SAS.
Understand the complexity of business needs and learn how to solve them with data-based solutions. You’ll learn the highly sought-after skills required to bridge the gap between analytics and non-analytics professionals, and craft innovative solutions for a wide range of businesses and organisations.
Learn from world-class academics and be immersed in research at La Trobe’s Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition (CDAC). The CDAC staff also teach in the Master of Business Analytics and work with international research groups to develop industry-leading research into artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.
Grow your professional networks by connecting with industry leaders at SAS and Microsoft. You’ll also have the opportunity to build your professional experience and apply for a voluntary internship with leading organisations like PwC, IBM, NORTH Link and Coles.
Are you ready to cut your own path through today’s digital disruption? It’s time to create clever solutions.
You’ll learn:
Understand the complexity of business needs and learn how to solve them with data-based solutions. You’ll learn the highly sought-after skills required to bridge the gap between analytics and non-analytics professionals, and craft innovative solutions for a wide range of businesses and organisations.
Learn from world-class academics and be immersed in research at La Trobe’s Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition (CDAC). The CDAC staff also teach in the Master of Business Analytics and work with international research groups to develop industry-leading research into artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.
Grow your professional networks by connecting with industry leaders at SAS and Microsoft. You’ll also have the opportunity to build your professional experience and apply for a voluntary internship with leading organisations like PwC, IBM, NORTH Link and Coles.
Are you ready to cut your own path through today’s digital disruption? It’s time to create clever solutions.
You’ll learn:
- Business analytics
- Understand the unique needs of businesses and learn how to improve their processes.
- Advanced digital skills
- Learn how to harness and leverage the power of new digital technologies.
- Statistics and data wrangling
- Process complex data and use it for the advantage of businesses and organisations.
- Advanced analytical tools
- Develop high-level skills to manage big data using a range of analytics tools.
- Professional communication
- Learn how to connect and communicate with a wide range of professional audiences.
MASTER OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS COURSE AND CAREER OUTCOMES
However you choose to structure your study, La Trobe recognises your hard work. Here are the pathways you could follow as you move through your course.
Master of Business Analytics intended learning outcomes
- Analyse and appraise business objectives, ethics, internal and external stakeholders of analytics initiatives in industrial settings
- Deliberate, implement and evaluate prototypical analytics and artificial intelligence solutions that leverage state of the art technologies for industrial applications
- Demonstrate analytical, practical and technical skills in analytics and artificial intelligence an industry-based project
- Design, formulate and evaluate efficient data wrangling methodologies and effective data visualisations that enable insights generation and advanced analytics applications for organisational decisions
- Conceptualise, create and interpret predictive analytics capabilities and techniques that leverage organisational data for actionable insights
- Determine, corroborate and communicate people and project management functions for analytics initiatives
- Design and adapt analytics techniques, tools and solutions to address decision challenges in organisational verticals
- Assess, adapt and evaluate advanced technology platforms and cloud solutions with IT security management for data, analytics and artificial intelligence applications
- Conceptualise, implement and review data models and technical solutions for data architecture and technology infrastructure in organisational settings
- Contextualise, create and transform analytics, artificial intelligence, automation, IT security and ethics to address challenges in strategic, tactical and operational decision-making
- Theorise, quantify and create advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and automation solution proposals that address organisational strategic objectives and IT security objectives
Master of Business Analytics career opportunities
The need for analytics professionals is at an all-time high. Organisations of all sizes are seeking to understand the massive amounts of data now at their disposal. After graduation, you could work across a wide range of sectors in roles such as:
- Data analyst
- Understand complex data and leverage it to the advantage of businesses and organisations.
- Business analyst
- Understand how businesses run and use data to solve problems and improve processes.
- Market research analyst
- Interpret market research and find data-driven solutions for businesses.
- Business consultant
- Develop business plans and help organisations to improve their operations.
- Management consultant
- Use your unique blend of business and digital skills to create innovative solutions.
- ICT business analyst
- Identify and communicate with users to formulate and produce requirements specifications to create system and software solutions.
MASTER OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS COURSE AND CAREER OUTCOMES
However you choose to structure your study, La Trobe recognises your hard work. Here are the pathways you could follow as you move through your course.
Master of Business Analytics intended learning outcomes
- Analyse and appraise business objectives, ethics, internal and external stakeholders of analytics initiatives in industrial settings
- Deliberate, implement and evaluate prototypical analytics and artificial intelligence solutions that leverage state of the art technologies for industrial applications
- Demonstrate analytical, practical and technical skills in analytics and artificial intelligence an industry-based project
- Design, formulate and evaluate efficient data wrangling methodologies and effective data visualisations that enable insights generation and advanced analytics applications for organisational decisions
- Conceptualise, create and interpret predictive analytics capabilities and techniques that leverage organisational data for actionable insights
- Determine, corroborate and communicate people and project management functions for analytics initiatives
- Design and adapt analytics techniques, tools and solutions to address decision challenges in organisational verticals
- Assess, adapt and evaluate advanced technology platforms and cloud solutions with IT security management for data, analytics and artificial intelligence applications
- Conceptualise, implement and review data models and technical solutions for data architecture and technology infrastructure in organisational settings
- Contextualise, create and transform analytics, artificial intelligence, automation, IT security and ethics to address challenges in strategic, tactical and operational decision-making
- Theorise, quantify and create advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and automation solution proposals that address organisational strategic objectives and IT security objectives
Master of Business Analytics career opportunities
The need for analytics professionals is at an all-time high. Organisations of all sizes are seeking to understand the massive amounts of data now at their disposal. After graduation, you could work across a wide range of sectors in roles such as:
- Data analyst
- Understand complex data and leverage it to the advantage of businesses and organisations.
- Business analyst
- Understand how businesses run and use data to solve problems and improve processes.
- Market research analyst
- Interpret market research and find data-driven solutions for businesses.
- Business consultant
- Develop business plans and help organisations to improve their operations.
- Management consultant
- Use your unique blend of business and digital skills to create innovative solutions.
- ICT business analyst
- Identify and communicate with users to formulate and produce requirements specifications to create system and software solutions.
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