Ireland

Master of Science (MSc) in Business Analytics

Ireland

Dublin Business School

Leinster, Ireland

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About Course


Key information
Duration
: 1 Year
Study Type
: Full Time
Tuition fees
: 12,500 EUR / Per Year
Conditional Scholarship
: NA
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Overview

Given the ever-increasing volume of data that businesses have access to today, there is a demand for employees who have computational, analytical and business strategy skills who can inform business decisions to increase efficiency and an organisation’s value. This Master of Science in Business Analytics has been developed with the aim of providing learners with the knowledge, skills and research capability to critically analyse, implement and evaluate big data concepts and techniques in order to generate valuable insights, thereby assisting with strategic business decisions, increasing productivity, profitability and an organisation’s value and market share.

This is an interdisciplinary programme that focuses on business management, data analytics and computing. It is designed to appeal to graduates seeking to gain exposure to the technology and data-enabled business model.  The programme is constructed as a one year full-time or two year part-time programme of nine taught modules of 65 ECTS and a research project of 25 ECTS, leading to an award of Master of Science in Business Analytics.

Aims and Objectives

This new programme aims to provide learners with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to critically analyse, evaluate and implement big data concepts and techniques in order to generate valuable business insights. These insights will inform strategic business decisions designed to increase productivity, profitability and an organisation’s value and market share.

It has been designed with an integrated delivery from end‐to‐end covering a wide range of business strategy, analytics and technology topics whilst providing a focus on application and the regulation required in this area. The programme focuses on theoretical and contextual knowledge in core areas such as statistics, decision theory, business strategy and finance while also offering applied practical skills in contemporary topics such as data analytics, visualisation, modelling, simulation and forecasting, project management, big data and business application development. Learners who complete the full Master of Science programme (including the 25 ECTS capstone research project) will also develop and enhance their research capability through critical enquiry and detailed analytical problem solving.

The specific programme objectives are to:

  1. Enable learners to develop in-depth knowledge and critical awareness of the current and developing business analytics field.
  2. Provide learners with a deep and systematic understanding of research and analysis relating to business analytics.
  3. Provide learners with specialised technical knowledge of the management of data and the mining of data to provide insights into business propositions/solutions/ strategy.
  4. Equip learners with advanced skills directly complementary and relevant to the business analytics workplace.
  5. Enable learners to identify, develop and apply detailed analytical, creative, problem-solving and research skills in business analytics. 
  6. Enable learners to develop and enhance autonomous learning skills.
  7. Position learners with a comprehensive platform for career development, innovation and professional learning in the business management and data analysis field.

Overall, the programme aims to create in learners a critical understanding of core business analytics and strategic business management, while also enhancing the research capability and practical technical skills of the learners.

Course Content

The Master of Science (MSc) in Business Analytics has the following content:

Stage 1

Stage 2

Programming for Analytics

Requirements Analysis and Software Engineering

Data Analytics and Machine Learning

Data Mining

Business Intelligence and Visualisation

Decision Modelling and Project Management

Financial and Business Analytics

Business Strategy

Research Methods

Research Project

Structure

The programme is constructed as a one year full-time or two year part-time programme of nine taught modules of 65 ECTS and a research project of 25 ECTS, leading to an award of Master of Science in Business Analytics.

Full-time

For full-time students, the taught component consists of nine modules. Successful completion of the taught component stage allows you to move on to the research project stage.

Part-time

For part-time students, delivery of the programme is structured over four taught semesters. During each semester, students are typically required to attend lectures on two evenings per week and occasional weekend workshops

The course has six key components:

  1. Class room lectures
  2. Case Based learning
  3. Practical Skills Sessions
  4. Workshops
  5. Tutorials
  6. Individual and Group work

Entry Requirement


Applicant must have Bachelor's degree.

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