Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Data Science
Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Data Science
Highlights This double degree combines our new Bachelor of Data Science, and our internationally-recognised Bachelor of Business. The Data Science component has been specifically designed and built from the ground up as a specialist data science degree – the only one of its kind in Australia. Supplement your data science…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Highlights
- This double degree combines our new Bachelor of Data Science, and our internationally-recognised Bachelor of Business.
- The Data Science component has been specifically designed and built from the ground up as a specialist data science degree – the only one of its kind in Australia.
- Supplement your data science knowledge and skills with a business major in accountancy, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
- Develop the knowledge and skills being demanded by employers in emergent roles.
- Analyse and interrogate data to provide meaningful insights, crucial to a multitude of industries.
- Complete two degrees in just four years full-time.
Within your Business component of the double degree, you’ll undertake focused and authentic study in your chosen business discipline, and will equip you to confidently enter the modern business world. It combines key business research and contemporary business best practices, and sets demanding standards to create your future career options. You will choose from one of 10 major study areas:
- Accountancy
- Advertising
- Economics
- Finance
- Financial Planning
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations.
For more information about these majors, please refer to the Bachelor of Business.
The Data Science component of your studies covers the theory and the practical tools for data acquisition, storage, management, processing, analysis and visualisation. Ethical considerations, communication, collaboration and critical thinking skills are all given detailed coverage.
Your course progression has been carefully crafted to cater for the diversity of specialist mathematics skills, to scaffold your development in coding – particularly in data science relevant languages – and to prepare you for a rewarding career in data science.
Why choose this course?
Data scientist, as an occupation, has experienced a growth of 492 per cent from 2015 to 2019 (Burning Glass Technologies, National Skills Commission Analysis, 2020). It is widely acknowledged as one of the most desirable careers, not just in Australia, but globally.
Across the world, we are collecting massive amounts of data. It’s the new currency. But that data means very little if we’re not able derive meaningful insights from it. We need skilled data scientists to create meaning with the data.
Careers and outcomes
Combining business and data science offers diverse and exciting career opportunities in a rapidly-expanding field of data science.
As a graduate, you will be an agile problem-solver, capable of tackling real-world problems by applying the insights gained from extracting knowledge from data. Your comprehensive knowledge of data science tools and techniques will be employed to design new solutions that drive progress and innovation, guided at all times by your appreciation of the ethical considerations concerning the use of data in decision-making.
You’ll be highly knowledgeable and experienced in selecting from, and applying, appropriate statistical, computational and modelling techniques including scalable approaches to big data, and working with complex or unstructured data.
You’ll be confident in the use of appropriate tools to create pipelines for data acquisition, storage, management, processing, analysis and visualisation, and will have a deep understanding of the theoretical foundations underpinning each step.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Study at The University of Queensland. Learn with leading academics in world-class facilities and join the most employable graduates in the state. At UQ you’ll benefit from flexible study options, field trips, lab work, industry placements, research experience, and online study in Brisbane, Australia.
