Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics

Practical, driven by real-world needs, and business-focused: our course is a winner. Through a hands-on approach using open-source environments and cloud technology, you will learn new skills, upgrade your current ones and build a solid foundation for career growth.

In an era where information and data are central to business, our graduate certificate teaches skills you can apply every day to solve business problems, create new opportunities and run the market.

You'll discover the principles of data science, data visualisation, machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). You'll benefit from access to open-source environments, R and Python, cloud platforms at AWS and Github, and our global partnership with SAP. More importantly, you'll learn how to turn these principles and tools into business profit.

Building on our strong connections with local businesses and international partners, this business analytics course gives you real experience and a true feel for using data to solve real-world problems. You will develop a portfolio of projects to present in a CV targeted to meet job market demands. Plus, you will have plenty of opportunities to network with industry experts and learn from mentors, supported by our Postgraduate Data Analytics Association.

The Graduate Certificate of Business Analytics course covers:

• data wrangling and visualisation
• predictive analytics and big data
• artificial intelligence and machine learning for business
• cloud technology and data mining.

We live in an era where information and data are central to business. Our Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics - with its SAP component - gives you the knowledge needed for entry roles in SAP and business analytics.

According to Accenture, there are more than 40,000 SAP professionals worldwide, with more roles requiring SAP expertise than any other systems integrator.

Our course prepares you for the following roles:

• SAP-related fields
• analytics
• business intelligence
• business analysis
• information prediction
• financial, logistics, HR, and supply-chain analysis.

Use Labour Market Insights (government website) to find average salaries for ICT business and system analysts in Australia.

To attain the award of Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics, students will be required to complete 48 credit points consisting of:

• 48 credit points of core units

Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.

If you have completed study with another university or institution and believe you are eligible to receive credit for skills and past study, you can apply for advanced standing.

Applications for advanced standing can be made after a discussion with your course chair or academic adviser.

Before applying, you should consider whether you also want to apply for:

• Special admission programs: Depending on your life circumstances you may be eligible for special consideration of your application.
• Advanced standing: If you have significant experience or studies elsewhere you may be eligible for credit for some units of your course and not have to undertake them.

Find out more about applying for our courses.