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BUSO8090 – Data and Visualisation for Business
2024 – Term 4, Online-scheduled-weekday
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Geng Sun
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to GradCertAppBusAnalytics
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
This unit prepares students for the world where "data is the new oil". Numerous business case studies are treated in depth so students emerge with a clear understanding of the "unreasonable effectiveness of data".The journey starts with the Linux command line. Along the way students will develop the skills necessary to tease data out of relational databases using SQL. Data visualisation is also a focus of the unit, which treats its analysis and design as well as its implementation using a variety of open source and commercial tools. |
Important Academic Dates
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Devise programming language code for data analytics and visualisation using a variety of computer tools.
- ULO2: Formulate SQL language approaches to relational database problems.
- ULO3: Assemble statistical learning techniques to tackle data science problems.
- ULO4: Examine and employ a variety of data visualisation techniques.
- ULO5: Evaluate various popular data visualisation solutions.
General Assessment Information
In Assessment 1 you will design and develop a database for a real-world business scenario. You will wirte a report to address the business concerns and provide business insights using the databse you created.
In Assessment 2 you will clean and visualise data from a dataset provided, and report your findings along with business recommendations in a report.
In Assessment 3 you will carry out a case study based on the business story of a world-class company, Kodak.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Project | 40% | No | Week 7 |
| Assignment 1 | 30% | No | Week 9 |
| Assignment 2 | 30% | No | Week 10 |
Project
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 40%
Students will work on a project.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Assemble statistical learning techniques to tackle data science problems.
- Examine and employ a variety of data visualisation techniques.
- Evaluate various popular data visualisation solutions.
Assignment 1
Assessment Type 1: Programming Task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 30%
Practical coding assignment using SQL.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Devise programming language code for data analytics and visualisation using a variety of computer tools.
- Formulate SQL language approaches to relational database problems.
Assignment 2
Assessment Type 1: Modelling task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 30%
Practical coding assignment using data visualisation packages.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Devise programming language code for data analytics and visualisation using a variety of computer tools.
- Assemble statistical learning techniques to tackle data science problems.
- Examine and employ a variety of data visualisation techniques.
- Evaluate various popular data visualisation solutions.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
- the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
- the Writing Centre for academic skills support.
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery and Resources
Seminar will be held online weekly.
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Unit information based on version 2024.05 of the Handbook