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Federation University Australia

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Bachelor of Information Technology (Big Data and Analytics)

  • Bachelor

Big data is utilised to make informed decisions in business. Learning skills to identify interpret and analyse data trends makes our graduates job ready and in demand upon graduation.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
3 years full-time
Study Mode
Online, In person

About this course

Big data is utilised to make informed decisions in business. Learning skills to identify interpret and analyse data trends makes our graduates job ready and in demand upon graduation. Learn appropriate methods and tools that are applied to retrieve transform organise visualise and analyse data and study areas such as information and data analysis allowing you to discover and quantify patterns using statistics statistical inference regression analysis. You may also complete the SAS undergraduate joint certificate course (JCP) curriculum in data analytics and visualisation. SAS software gives you the tools and opportunity to excel in using and applying SAS technologies to solve real-world business problems. Achieving the JCP gives you a competitive advantage as you move into a career in data analytics. In final year you will undertake a project analysing large data sets. You may uncover hidden patterns unknown correlations market trends customer preferences and other useful business information. Your analytical findings can lead to marketing that is more effective new revenue opportunities better customer service improved operational efficiency competitive advantages over rival organisations and other business benefits.

The Federation University Co-operative Model will accelerate your career by putting you at the heart of education and industry.
Federation Co-op creates a direct connection between students and employers, via paid placements, career preparation and workplace skill development, supported by a leader in student support, skills development and social equity.
Our industry stakeholders are excited about Federation Co-op as it addresses skill shortages by inviting them to collaborate on our courses, to identify the real skills that our students need to succeed in their chosen industry.
Co-op means you can succeed wherever you start on your study journey.
Federation has the know-how to deliver Co-op through our award-winning relationships with industry, including our 25+ year partnership with IBM, and our extensive research into the co-op model's success in the USA, Canada and Europe for generations of students.
* Work and world ready graduates. We prepare our students through mandatory career development units, so you will be ready to enter the workforce during your co-operative placements, and through transferable World Ready Skills, so you are workforce ready when you graduate, regardless of your background before going to uni.
* Real experience in your chosen profession. Every Co-op student completes a minimum of 60 days' paid placement relevant to their course - contributing directly to course credits - either full time over one semester, part time over an extended period or in blocks embedded into your subjects. Co-op offers flexibility to suit our students' commitments and course.
* Co-design, co-develop and co-delivered with industry. We work with employers, industry, students and alumni to co-design, co-develop and co-deliver a comprehensive set of structured, assessed Co-operative Experiential Learning activities.

Study locations

On-line Learning

Berwick

Ballarat - Mt Helen

Online

Career pathways

  • Data scientist
  • Database administrator
  • Business analyst
  • Systems analyst
  • ICT consultant
  • Data analyst

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Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Computing & Information Systems courses at Federation University Australia.
75.4%
Overall satisfaction
80.8%
Skill scale
71.7%
Teaching scale
72.7%
Employed full-time
$62k
Average salary