Program Overview

MSc Business Analytics (Access)

The MSc Business Analytics programme will provide graduates with in-depth knowledge and skills in business/data analytics through practical teaching to generate valuable insight and foresight that can assist with business decision making. Students will learn how to identify patterns, visualize, and extract meaningful insights from data to facilitate the business decision-making process. The programme is carefully crafted to ensure that graduates acquire a firm grounding in important areas such as Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, and Text Analytics. The programme will enable graduates to assume management roles such as Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Data Scientist, HR Analyst, Marketing Analyst, Financial Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst, and Management Consultants.

Course Contents

Semester 1

• Codes | Core Courses | Credits
  • MSBA 601 | Unsupervised Machine Learning | 3
  • MSBA 603 | Data Wrangling | 3
  • MSBA 605 | Programming for Analytics | 3
  • MSBA 607 | Statistics for Business Analytics | 3
  • Electives | (3 credits to be taken)
    • MSBA 609 | Strategy for Analytics | 3
    • MSBA 611 | Database Management (Required) | 3
    • MSBA 613 | Marketing Management | 3
    • MSBA 615 | Human Resource Management | 3
    • MSBA 617 | Financial Management | 3
    • MSBA 619 | Accounting for Managers | 3
    • MSBA 621 | Supply Chain Management | 3
  • Total Credits: 15 - 18

Semester 2

• Codes | Core Courses | Credits
  • MSBA 602 | Business Intelligence | 3
  • MSBA 604 | Data Governance, Policy, and Regulations | 3
  • MSBA 606 | Research Methods in Business Analytics | 3
  • MSBA 608 | Supervised Machine Learning | 3
  • Electives | (3 credits to be taken)
    • MSBA 610 | Advanced Text Analytics | 3
    • MSBA 612 | Analytics for Marketing | 3
    • MSBA 614 | Analytics for Accounting | 3
    • MSBA 616 | Analytics for Human Resource Management | 3
    • MSBA 618 | Analytics for Finance | 3
    • MSBA 620 | Analytics for Supply Chain | 3
  • Sub-total for all Semester 2 Coursework: 15-18
  • MSBA 600 | Project Work: Business Analytics Project | 6
  • MSBA 622 | Seminar: Issues in Business Analytics | 3
  • Sub-total for research work: 9
  • Sub-total for all Semesters Coursework: 30-36
  • Overall Total for Graduation: 39-45

Admission Requirements

Applicants should have a good first degree (at least second-class lower division) or its equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution in social sciences and other related disciplines. In exceptional instances, applicants with a third class with a minimum of five years working experience in public service management may be considered for admission.

Programme Details

• Department: Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS)
• Duration: 1 year
• Fees: 11,624.00 per semester