Graduate Diploma
Over the last 10 years, the amount of data created, captured and consumed has grown exponentially.* As we enter a new age of data-led transformation, organisations of all sizes are seeking to get a complete view of their data and create insights that make a meaningful difference for their customers and communities.
Carefully designed to keep you ahead of the trends, La Trobe's Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics will help you develop valuable new skills and allow you to develop advanced knowledge in business, programming, data engineering and artificial intelligence.
Grow your career in this fast-moving industry and understand how to develop data-based solutions for real-life business problems. In this practical course, you'll learn the latest tools from industry experts, including industry-standard programs like SAS, PowerBI, IBM Cognos, Excel, SQL and R.
Get inside businesses and understand what they really need. Learn how to solve their problems with data-based solutions. You'll develop the highly sought-after skills required to bridge the gap between analytics and non-analytics professionals, and craft innovative solutions for a wide range of businesses and organisations.
Learn from world-class academics and be immersed in research at La Trobe's Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition (CDAC). Our CDAC staff teach in the Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics and work with international research groups to develop industry-leading research into artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.
Through extensive 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 study on campus or online, or a blend of both. Face-to-face classes are delivered at our Collins Street campus, in the heart of Melbourne's CBD, and your core subjects will be offered as evening classes.
You'll learn:
The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 8 - Graduate Diploma.
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 Diploma in Business Analytics, students must complete a total of 120 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 120 credit points including:
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 CLOUD PLATFORMS AND ANALYTICS BUS5001 1 15 CUSTOMER ANALYTICS AND SOCIAL MEDIA BUS5CA 1 15 DATA WRANGLING AND R BUS5DWR 1 15 PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS BUS5PA 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 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FUNDAMENTALS CSE4002 1 15 BUSINESS APPLICATION OF ANALYTICS BUS5AP 1 15 INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING CSE4IP 1 15 MANAGING IT PROJECTS BUS5MIP 1 15 STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE BUA4004 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.
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.
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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: