Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Option Business Analytics)

About this programme

The Business Analytics program is designed to help students develop the skills they need to become experts in transforming data into evidence-based action and be a valuable asset in the job market. This option exposes students to the basis of coding and programming in a management environment. Students will learn how to generate interactive visualizations, understand how data can inform policy and discover advanced predictive analytics methods, while gaining hands-on experience with simulations, decision modelling and formulation, software and results interpretation. The option is recommended for students seeking a career as business/systems analyst, data analyst, project manager, operations manager, information systems manager, marketing analyst or data architect. A maximum of 6 course units at the 1000 level can count towards this requirement. Please note that all of the HR option courses have been accredited by the HRPAO as contributing academic credits toward the CHRP designation. Students in the International Management option must complete at least 12 of the 120-unit program requirements abroad as part of an international exchange with one of the international partner institutions of the Telfer School of Management. At least one and at most two full-time semester(s) of study abroad (minimum 12 units per semester abroad) must be completed. During the exchange, students must take business courses or third language courses. The normal load of an international exchange study session is 15 units.