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Study Details: 1 year
Our Business Analytics (MSc) programme allows you to develop a range of practical in-demand skills for extracting and handling ‘big data’, with a specific focus on the application of data analytics for decision-making in real-life business contexts.
You’ll learn from experts in Cardiff Business School and the School of Mathematics who specialise in various applications of data science, operational research and analytics across a range of manufacturing and service industries, discovering and communicating meaningful patterns from the data, and applying analytical tools to help private and public sector businesses make better strategic and operational decisions.
You’ll work with advanced software and core business and mathematical theory and practice, preparing you for employment and ensuring your success in an interconnected, diverse and rapidly evolving global business arena. The programme provides excellent grounding for careers in a range of analytics, data management and consultancy roles.
In order to be considered for an offer for this programme you will need to meet all of the entry requirements. Your application will not be progressed if the information and evidence listed is not provided.
With your online application you will need to provide:
A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:2 honours degree in a relevant subject area such as computer science, engineering, finance, management or mathematics, or an equivalent international degree. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates.
A copy of your IELTS certificate with an overall score of 6.5 with 5.5 in all subskills, or evidence of an accepted equivalent. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.
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An employability focus is embedded throughout, including case studies and assessments that mirror the challenges you’ll face in the workplace.
Combining academic depth with real-world relevance, you’ll develop and apply the key technical and soft skills required to become an effective specialist in business analytics. Your expertise will build cumulatively across the programme while you are given multiple opportunities to explore research and practice and respond to practical challenges. This will give you an advantage as you enter or return to the workplace as a business analytics specialist.
Core Modules:
Research Project in Business Analytics
Business Data Analytics
Digital Enterprise Laboratory
Foundations of Operational Research and Analytics
Foundations of Statistics and Data Science
Optional Modules:
Circular Economy Operations
Managerial Decision Making in Operations
Risk and Resilience in Supply Chains
Statistics and Operational Research in Government
Healthcare Modelling
Financial Mathematics and Modern Actuarial Risk Theory
Time Series
Statistical Programming with R and Shiny
Mathematical Methods for Data Mining
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