Manage My Education (MME)- New Zealand - Wellington Central

Overview:

From sales figures and account balances to photos, customer reviews and social media comments, data is waiting to be collected, organized and analyzed. Every industry is using technology to generate new data and they need analysts to interpret that data to understand customers, develop new products and enhance revenue.

The MS in Business Analytics will provide you with a holistic approach to the field and develop expertise in data management, machine learning and predictive analytics, along with a strong business foundation. You will gain the skill set necessary to analyze large data sets and generate insights through techniques in data visualization, statistical modeling and data mining. The program curriculum emphasizes industry experience, exposure and collaboration across a variety of analytics projects.

Curriculum

The MSBA curriculum includes courses covering current topics on business intelligence, applied statistics, data mining, machine learning, text analytics, data visualization, optimization and ‘big’ data analytics. The curriculum integrates knowledge and training on technical topics with business applications and functions, such as finance, marketing and operations to understand analytics strategy and practice in organizations. Various analytics-related business electives allow students to focus on specific business areas.

Cutting-Edge Curriculum
Fast-paced program
The 32-credit hour program can be completed in one year of full-time study, or more than one year of part-time study.
Students may be assigned additional prerequisite coursework depending upon their academic and professional background.*

Exposure to technology
Through intense coursework, you will gain experience in using current tools such as R, Python, Hadoop, Spark, Tableau, IBM/SPSS and others. With hands-on projects, you can learn to analyze live data from digital marketing and social media, finance, accounting, supply chain management, healthcare and e-commerce.

Experiential learning
The MSBA includes a capstone experience providing you with the opportunity to work with a client organization to analyze a business issue and develop analytics solutions.

Who should enroll?
We encourage applicants from all majors and backgrounds who want to combine skills in data management, technology and analytics to create business solutions to apply. Our program is also flexible for working professionals and entrepreneurs seeking to develop new skillsets in business intelligence with the goal of becoming data-driven decision makers.

More Information
*For a full list of requirements including prerequisites, visit the UIC Catalog
Full a full list of courses offered, visit the Course Catalog
For tuition and fees information, visit the Tuition page

Program Outcomes
The UIC Business Liautaud Graduate School Master of Science in Business Analytics program helps you develop skills and training to work in data-rich environments, and enables you to develop capabilities in business intelligence, machine learning and analytics. After completing the program, you will be able to bring together information technology, AI, data science and business so that you will be able to analyze and communicate the value of data.

Career Outcomes:

Opportunities in business analytics abound and promise to grow exponentially for the next decade. Our program prepares students for analyst, data scientist roles in the areas of accounting, finance, digital marketing, supply chains, revenue management, risk management, among others. If you are a current working professional, the program can open up managerial opportunities such as product manager for information and corporate level positions including chief data officer, analytics officer or information officer.

More than 94 percent of recent graduates (2018-2019) had been employed within six months of graduation, with 52 percent completing an internship during their time in the program. The average starting for the these MSBA graduates was $87,300.