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La Trobe University

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Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics

  • Graduate Certificate

As technology rapidly evolves and global trade becomes more complex, organisations around the world are seeking new business leaders who can help them navigate challenges, understand their potential and innovate new solutions.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 year full-time
Study Mode
Online, In person
Intake Months
May, Jul, Sep
Domestic Fees
$15,100 per year / $15,100 total

About this course

As technology rapidly evolves and global trade becomes more complex, organisations around the world are seeking new business leaders who can help them navigate challenges, understand their potential and innovate new solutions.

If you're keen to give your business career a boost, La Trobe's Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics is the perfect place to gain the latest knowledge in business, programming and artificial intelligence. You'll grow your career in this fast-moving industry as you get inside businesses and understand what they really need.

Learn how to solve business problems with data-based solutions. You'll study with world-class academics and connect with research at La Trobe's Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition (CDAC). Our CDAC staff teach in the Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics and work with international research groups to develop industry-leading research into artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.

Through guest lectures, you'll also connect with business leaders at companies such as SAS, IBM, Microsoft, PwC and Coles and gain their insights. Designed to meet the needs of working professionals, you can choose to participate in lectures and tutorials in person or remotely, or study fully online.

You'll learn:

  • Business analytics
    • Understand the unique needs of businesses and learn how to improve their processes.
  • Statistics and data wrangling
    • Process complex data and use it for the advantage of businesses and organisations.
  • Programming fundamentals
    • Build your skills with key programming languages.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 8 - Graduate Certificate.

Sample course structure

Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.

To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics, students must complete a total of 60 credit points across 1 year.

Please note students planning to pathway into the Master of Business Analytics, you must decide on the specialisation you will complete in this course as this will determine the core choice subjects that you can undertake in level 1 and level 2.

Year 1 requires the completion of 60 credit points including:

  • 45 credit points from chosen Core
  • 15 credit points from chosen Core choice
Study options

Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.

Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE LTU0AIM 1 0 DATA WRANGLING AND R BUS5DWR 1 15 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS BUS5PB 1 15 VISUAL ANALYTICS BUS5VA 1 15

Core choice subjects are one or more subject groups you need to select in your course. Core choice subjects may be specific to your course, major, minor, specialisation or other learning requirements.

Subject name Subject code Year Credit points BUSINESS APPLICATION OF ANALYTICS BUS5AP 1 15 INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING CSE4IP 1 15

Core choice subjects are one or more subject groups you need to select in your course. Core choice subjects may be specific to your course, major, minor, specialisation or other learning requirements.

Students to select one learning pathway from the list below.

Pathway

    For more information on these please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.

    See La Trobe University Handbook for more details

    The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course structures, electives and options. The delivery of this course can vary between campuses.

    • Online

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    Study locations

    City Campus

    Online

    Career pathways

    The need for analytics professionals is at an all-time high. Organisations are seeking to understand the massive amounts of data now at their disposal. After graduation, you could work across a wide range of sectors in roles such as:

    • Junior business analyst
      • Understand how businesses run and use data to solve problems and improve processes.
    • Data wrangler
      • Manage business data and help organisations to improve their operations.

    Graduate outcomes

    Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Computing & Information Systems courses at La Trobe University.
    78.2%
    Overall satisfaction
    78.2%
    Skill scale
    74.7%
    Teaching scale