C04412v2 Master of Business Analytics
Award(s): Master of Business Analytics (MBusAnalyt)Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 72
Course EFTSL: 2
Location: Online campus
Notes
This course is offered fully online.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Pathway course
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The UTS Online Master of Business Analytics is a unique transdisciplinary program of study in business analytics. With subjects drawn from UTS Business School, the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, students are provided with a course structure that fits for their background and experience, as well as flexible specialisations to meet new needs and career interests. The course is delivered fully online, part-time, enabling students to continue to work full-time while attaining the business analytical skills to take control of their career and apply the skills their learn in the course immediately at work, regardless of their industry.
The Master of Business Analytics is tailored to professionals who want to diversify their career options and gain the agility, confidence and competence to influence organisational decisions through data. Unique to UTS Online, students apply industry relevant skills to their professional situation in the Foundation and Innovation Studios. Regardless of the type of industry they are in, the studios provide a space to apply their learnings and identify, design and facilitate data-driven solutions to influence organisational change.
Course aims
This course develops students' learning agility to secure a career in a world where it’s essential to harness the power of data. Demand for business analytics professionals is rapidly growing across industries, broadening career opportunities like never before.
Career options
The course is suitable for students from both business and IT backgrounds looking to upskill and develop the skills required to meet the growth in emerging careers in business analytics. Career options are incredibly varied as most companies across all industries collect huge amounts of data that needs to be interpreted and analysed to inform key decision-making. Graduates from this program are able to provide valuable insights on matters including fraud detection, and logistics optimisation through to customer acquisition and retention and demand forecasting.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.1 | Research, identify and evaluate the assumptions implicit in data and apply analytical techniques to facilitate business decision making |
| 1.2 | Create innovative business solutions utilising data for a range of business stakeholders |
| 2.1 | Convey information and decisions clearly in written, verbal and visual form to business stakeholders |
| 2.2 | Interact with colleagues and stakeholders to work effectively towards agreed outcomes |
| 3.1 | Critically evaluate and apply professional ethical standards, the principles of sustainability, social responsibility, and Indigenous values as business analysts |
| 4.1 | Integrate advanced data analysis techniques with business practices to generate actionable knowledge to inform and facilitate effective decision-making in local and international contexts |
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
The bachelor's degree should be in a related field within the business or information technology disciplines.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Pathway course
Students who do not meet the requirements to gain entry into the Master of Business Analytics may be eligible for entry into the Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics (C11305). Satisfactory completion of the UTS Graduate Certificate allows students to articulate into the Master of Business Analytics.
Recognition of prior learning
Students in the Master of Business Analytics are not granted exemptions for any prior studies.
Course duration and attendance
The course can be completed in a minimum of two years of online study (i.e., 1 x 6 credit point subject (or equivalent) per session over 12 x 7-week teaching sessions). A 6 credit point subject requires an average of 15-20 hours of study per week.
Approval to study more than one six-credit point subject (or equivalent) per session will be subject to Faculty approval
Course structure
The course comprises a total of 72 credit points and consists of a combination of core and foundation stream subjects.
Students with a business background select STM91450 Foundation in IT stream (Business Analytics) (information technology foundation subjects) and students with an information technology background select STM91451 Foundation in Business stream (Business Analytics) (business foundation subjects).
Course completion requirements
| CBK91894 Foundation Option (Business Analytics) | 12cp | |
| 260776 Foundation of Business Analytics | 3cp | |
| 260777 Data Processing Using SAS | 3cp | |
| 570100 Data Ethics and Regulation | 6cp | |
| STM91454 Business Analytics (Level 2) | 24cp | |
| STM91455 Business Analytics (Level 3) | 24cp | |
| Total | 72cp |
Course program
For a tailored study program, download a course guide and speak to a UTS Online Student Enrolment Advisor about entering in any one of the six admission points per year to study fully online.
Articulation with UTS courses
This course is part of an articulated program comprising the Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics (C11305) and the Master of Business Analytics.
Other information
For more information, speak to a UTS Online Student Enrolment Advisor:
telephone 1300 477 423
email enquire@studyonline.uts.edu.au
UTS Online