Major | Business Decision Analytics
商業決策分析 | Degree / Award Title | Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Decision Analytics
工商管理學士(商業決策分析) | Offering Academic Unit | Department of Management Sciences | Mode of Study | Full-time |
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This major offers two streams: Decision Analytics Stream決策分析學 and Data Informatics Stream數據信息學. The Decision Analytics Stream aims to provide students with professional training in business analytics, statistics, business intelligence, risk management, business knowledge and communication skills; develop students’ ability to manage and analyse huge volume of business data using computer software popularly used in the global business world; enable students to solve business problems by a judicious application of technical and practical skills; enable students to obtain internationally recognized professional qualifications including SAS Certification and Financial Risk Manager (FRM) Examinations and prepare students for a statistical and analyst position in the financial, commercial, and government sector. The Data Informatics Stream aims to provide students with professional training in data informatics, business knowledge and communication skills. It is an interdisciplinary study, which enables students to acquire knowledge on both data analytics and information management techniques. (This Stream enables students to obtain internationally recognized professional qualification on SAS Foundation Certification and prepares students to work in the areas which require both data analytics and information management knowledge in the increasingly data-driven economy.) |
Upon successful completion of this major, students
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Discovery-enriched curriculum related
learning outcomes
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Demonstrate key knowledge and skills in business related disciplines.
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Communicate effectively in English and Chinese.
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Apply creative and critical thinking in solving business-related
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Attain personal and team goals using individual and interpersonal
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Demonstrate awareness of ethical and global issues in business.
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Leverage
data to create more efficient business processes and more accurate business
reporting.
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Demonstrate expertise in business analytics to
make rational, systematic, and knowledge-based business decisions and to
develop feasible solutions.
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Analyse, interpret and critically evaluate business
issues and alternatives related to data, information, statistical and
analytical models.
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Attitude
Develop an attitude of
discovery/innovation/creativity, as demonstrated by students possessing a
strong sense of curiosity, asking questions actively, challenging assumptions
or engaging in inquiry together with teachers.
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Ability
Develop the ability/skill needed to
discover/innovate/create, as demonstrated by students possessing critical
thinking skills to assess ideas, acquiring research skills, synthesizing
knowledge across disciplines or applying academic knowledge to real-life problems.
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Accomplishments
Demonstrate accomplishments of
discovery/innovation/creativity through producing/constructing creative
works/new artefacts, effective solutions to real-life problems or new
processes.
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| Requirements |
Normative 4-year
Degree |
Advanced Standing I1 |
Advanced Standing II2 |
| Gateway Education requirement |
30 credit units |
21 credit units |
12 credit units |
| College / School requirement |
42 credit units |
42 credit units |
21 credit units |
| Major requirement |
30 credit units |
30 credit units |
30 credit units |
| Free electives / Minor (if applicable) |
18 credit units |
0 credit unit |
0 credit unit |
| Minimum
Graduation Requirement: |
120 credit units |
93 credit units |
63 credit units |
| Maximum
Credit Units Permitted: |
144 credit units |
114 credit units |
84 credit units |
| Note 1: |
For students with recognised Advanced Level Examinations or equivalent qualifications. |
| Note 2: |
For Associate Degree/Higher Diploma graduates admitted as senior-year intake students. |
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