MSc Business Analytics
Business Analytics is at the heart of the modern digital skillset, interpreting the data that shapes an organisation’s decision making. With the increasing influence of data on a business’s operations, combining an understanding of data science with a subject discipline can provide a significant employment advantage.
On this MSc Business Analytics course, students will gain cutting edge and high demand digital skills from industry leading software systems such as AWS Cloud Computing, Alteryx Designer for data wrangling and Tableau Software for data visualisation to enable them to make qualified, real world business decisions. The course is designed with future business managers in mind, so no prior coding experience is required, instead focusing on ‘drag and drop’ software to interpret large datasets for analysis.
The course is also designed to enhance student employability, by providing highly sought-after digital skills in the following areas:
These skills will allow students to understand the benefits and develop the practical elements in cloud computing required for future managers, using the AWS platform and other key data analytics software systems, to predict and influence future business performance.
The job capabilities embedded in the curriculum will be dedicated towards research, writing, story-telling, problem solving, teamwork and creativity to help bring interpreted data to life, contributing to the integration of digital skills with business domain knowledge, to provide solutions to modern-day business problems.