Degree
Specialisation
40 credit points
Specialisation in Business Analytics
Overview
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Degree/s offering this specialisation
Master of Commerce
Summary
Key features
- Discover how to exploit analytics to enhance business success
Learn how to use business analytics to identify new business opportunities and enhance business operations.
- Develop advanced and integrated theoretical knowledge
Learn how to apply creative and innovative strategies to evaluate, manage and resolve complex business analytics challenges.
- Augment your classroom learning with independent research
Undertake an individual research project that allows you to apply what you’ve learned in the classroom to a genuine analytics issue.
- Study in our state-of-the-art facilities
Access our Finance Decision Lab and incubator, and participate in simulations and workshops.
Career outcomes
With a rapidly evolving job market, it’s vital that you have the right skills to evolve with it. We’ll help you upskill or reskill so you can take the next career step in your current industry, or move to one that matches your changing interests. View professions and potential employers.
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About Business Analytics at Macquarie University
Macquarie Business School
Macquarie Business School rethinks, reimagines and rewrites the rules of business to deliver solutions with global impact. Through our cross-disciplinary approach to teaching, we empower you to make a real and positive impact on the world using the power of entrepreneurship, collaboration, creativity and business acumen.
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Studying at Macquarie
Our vibrant and leafy campus forms part of one of the largest business and technology precincts in Australia. To ensure you have the right skills when you graduate — whether you're starting your first job or taking your career to the next level — we offer flexible study options, personalised degrees and practical experiences.
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Specialisation structure
What you’ll study
A specialisation allows you to focus on an area of study, such as Business Analytics, within more generalist degrees. It’s recorded on your testamur and academic transcript.
Specialisation requirements
40 credit points
Essential units
40 credit points
Complete each unit below
Essential units are units that you must complete to qualify for your degree.
How can I study this specialisation?
Business Analytics is available as a specialisation as part of the below degree/s:
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Career outcomes
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Professions
- Brand analyst
- Business development manager
- Business systems analyst
- Credit risk analyst
- Cybersecurity analyst
- Data analyst
- Data visualisation analyst
- Database analyst
- Financial adviser or analyst
- Financial crime analyst
- Information technology analyst
- Intelligence analyst
- Management information systems analyst
- Market analyst
- Population analyst
- Quantitative analyst
- Statistical analyst
Employers
- Banks and financial institutions
- Business analysis firms
- Businesses and corporations
- Consulting firms
- Cybersecurity and intelligence agencies
- Government agencies and departments
- Insurance firms
- Market research firms
- Retail and e-business companies
- Risk management groups
- Statistical analysis companies
Career information
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