Business Analytics

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 7.31 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 14.3 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jun 1, 2024
StudyQA ranking:3237 Duration:1 year

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The MSc in Business Analytics provides students with the skills and knowledge to manage and develop business analytics within
organisations. The programme is designed as a specialist course, which assists students in blending their existing talents with the technological skills and business knowledge needed to use and manage big data and business analytics in modern knowledge-based organisations.

The programme is a taught Masters programme and consists of lectures, workshops, guest lectures from industry experts, and hands-on technology tutorials. Modules are assessed via continuous assessment, written assignments, applied projects and written examinations. The programme is comprised of the following modules

  • Database Systems (5 ECTS [credits])
  • Business Applications Programming (5 ECTS)
  • Strategic Management (5 ECTS)
  • Decision Systems & Business Analytics (5 ECTS)
  • Statistical Techniques for Business Analytics (5 ECTS)
  • Decision Theory & Analysis (5 ECTS)
  • Advanced Applications Programming (5 ECTS)
  • Enterprise Systems (5 ECTS)
  • Information Systems Security & Ethics (5 ECTS)
  • Information Systems Strategy & Innovation (5 ECTS)
  • Applied Customer Analytics (5 ECTS)
  • Data Science & Big Data Analytics (5 ECTS)
  • Business Intelligence with SAP (10 ECTS)
  • Project (20 ECTS).

Requirements

  • Applications are made online via The Postgraduate Applications Centre (PAC). 
  • Applicants should normally hold a qualification from a university or other internationally recognised academic institution or authority, corresponding to Level 8 of the Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), to a minimum standard of Second Class Honours (or equivalent). The qualification must include an element of quantitative techniques, for example, graduates of Business Studies, Engineering, Computer Science, other Sciences, Mathematics or other courses that have some quantitative content.
  • Minimum Grade Required: 3.8 CGPA
  • All applicants, whose first language is not English, must present one of the following qualifications in the English language. IELTS 6.5. TOEFL 92
  • Statement of intent
  • Transcripts
  • CV
  • Academic letters of recommendation

Scholarships

  • Postgraduate Merit Scholarships
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