OVERVIEW
Launch a career in the booming world of business insights with Deakin's Bachelor of Business Analytics. With hands-on experience in real-world projects, you will become a confident business analytics translator capable of unlocking innovative solutions for businesses using data insights.
In Victoria's longest running specialised business analytics course, you will learn practical commercial skills to interpret data and information, so you can solve complex organisational problems and create opportunities for businesses. Work on real-world projects, practise with the analysis tools used by professionals and get industry experience translating insights into impact. Better still, the strategic input of our industry partners, including IBM, Deloitte and PwC, feeds into course content. This ensures you graduate with a degree that is built for the needs of business, today and into the future.
COURSE STRUCTURE
To complete the Bachelor of Business Analytics, students must attain a total of 24 credit points plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point module, MAI010 Academic Integrity Module. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester, and usually undertake 2 trimesters each year.
To complete the course you must include:-
- 16 credit points of core units (including one Work Integrated Learning unit or an approved international learning experience)
- completion of DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory module)
- 8 credit points of elective units (which may include a 6 or 8 credit point major sequence*)
- Level 1 - no more than 10 credit points
- Level 3 - at least 6 credit points.
WORK EXPERIENCE
This course provides students the opportunity to complete one or more work integrated learning units.
More information: WIL Programs
This course includes Work Integrated Learning (WIL) formally registered as part of the course on the CRICOS register. The total work integrated learning hours will differ depending on the WIL unit you choose. For more information about WIL hours, please check the unit information in the handbook or the unit guide. For information about how working for WIL units impacts student visa holder work rights, please visit https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/trav/stud/more/work-conditions-for-student-visa-holders. This information from the Department of Home Affairs states that work formally registered as part of your course is not included in the 40 hours per fortnight limitation (viewed September 2018)
CAREER OUTCOMES
As a business data analyst , you will play a key role ensuring organisations achieve real impact from analytics initiatives. By 2026, there is projected to be a 12.9% increase in business and systems analysts jobs in Australia.*
As a Deakin graduate, you will have the business mindset and practical experience needed to meet this demand. You’ll be set up for success in a variety of roles including:
- artificial intelligence specialist
- big data engineer
- business analytics translator
- business analyst
- business intelligence specialist
- computer system analyst
- data analyst
- digital transformation consultant
- information analyst
- information manager/officer
- market analyst
- predictive modeller
- social media analyst
Deakin's graduate learning outcomes describe the knowledge and capabilities graduates can demonstrate at the completion of their course. These outcomes mean that regardless of the Deakin course you undertake, you can rest assured your degree will teach you the skills and professional attributes that employers value. They'll set you up to learn and work effectively in the future.
