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Business Data Analysis

BSc(Hons)
UCAS code: G530

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Flexible admissions criteria
Final year group case study brings all the topics together
Optional placement year
Accredited by the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS).
British Computer Society - Chartered IT Professional (CITP) accreditation.

What it’s about

The first year of the course introduces you to a variety of IT aspects including analysis, design and development of systems, website publishing, and hardware and network elements.

Level 2 covers the use of IT systems for decision-making, including planning and forecasting, spreadsheet modelling techniques, networking and databases.

An optional one-year placement period can be integrated into your award, or alternatively, you may choose to undertake a shorter work experience module that develops your ability to apply your knowledge of data analysis in a business context.

In the final year, you will concentrate on the role of IT for financial modelling and decision-making, including operational research, problems in using IT and the use of IT for innovation. You will also undertake a major project that allows you to simulate the application of IT in a business situation. A choice of options will allow you to develop an interest in a specific area of IT.

Further award and module information can be found here.

This award is part of the Applied IT Degree Scheme.

What you do

Putting together your business and computing knowledge will allow you to use computers to meet the needs of business in a variety of work situations.

After a common first year introducing you to business and computing concepts, tools and techniques, Level 2 covers the development of user-centred systems including legal issues, networking, databases and the web and human computer interaction and usability.

An optional one-year placement period can be integrated into your course, or alternatively, you may choose to undertake a shorter work experience module that develops your ability to apply IT solutions to business problems.

In the final year, you will concentrate on the role of IT for financial modelling and
decision-making, including operational research, problems in using IT and the use of IT for innovation. You will also undertake a major project that allows you to simulate the application of IT in a business situation. A choice of options will allow you to develop an interest in a specific area of business and technology.

Qualification:	BSc(Hons)
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology
Location:	Stoke Campus
Course Start:	September.
Course Length:	Normally three years without a placement and four years with a placement; up to eight years part-time.
Attendance:	Typically, a full-time student will have 16 hours per week of class contact time. In addition, you will need to spend time reading around the subject, researching topics, and completing assessed work.
Entry Requirements:	All applicants are individually assessed on their qualifications, skills and experience. However, a typical three A level or BTEC National Diploma offer will be 240 UCAS tariff points. Please click here for further information.
Application:	Via UCAS. For more information about how to apply, please click here.
UCAS Code:	G530
Fees and Bursaries:	Standard undergraduate tuition fees and bursaries. Please click here for further information.

Contact

For more information about Business Data Analysis (G530) please contact:

Chris Mann
Faculty of Computing,
Engineering & Technology
Brindley Building
Leek Road
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 2DF
t: +44 (0)1782 294275
f: 01782 294026
e: c.m.mann@staffs.ac.uk