Minor

About this minor

The Business Analytics minor is designed to equip you with practical skills in data analysis, helping you apply analytics to your chosen area of study and future career.

Through this minor, you will address an important challenge in today's business environment: organisations have more data than ever before, but need people who can turn that data into clear insights, better decisions and practical action.

The minor introduces analytics step by step, starting from practical business questions and building your confidence in working with data, models and analytical tools. You will learn how to ask useful questions, interpret evidence, communicate insights and support decisions in real business settings.

A distinctive feature of this minor is its balanced approach to analytics. You will learn statistics to understand data, quantify uncertainty and make evidence-based conclusions; optimisation to compare choices and find principled solutions; and machine learning to discover patterns, make predictions and work with complex or large-scale data.

Graduates who complete this minor will be positioned to bring valuable analytical capability to a wide range of business roles. By combining analytics with your primary area of study, you will be prepared to work effectively with data, communicate insights to decision-makers, and contribute to data-informed strategy, operations and innovation.

Career pathways

In a data-rich business environment, professionals who can combine analytical thinking with knowledge of their chosen business area are increasingly valuable across industries. Graduates who complete the Business Analytics minor will be equipped to use data to support evidence-based insights, better decisions and practical business outcomes.

The minor supports career pathways that combine analytics with a student's primary area of study. These may include roles or fields in:

  • business analytics
  • data analysis
  • business intelligence
  • analytics consulting
  • operations and decision analytics
  • logistics and supply chain analytics
  • forecasting and risk analytics
  • market, customer and retail analytics
  • commercial and investment banking
  • government, policy and public sector analytics

Graduates may apply their analytical capability in consulting firms, financial institutions, technology companies, government departments, or business functions such as marketing, operations, strategy and supply chain management. They will be well positioned to work effectively with data specialists and business decision-makers, and to bring an analytical perspective to a wide range of professional roles.

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