Graduate Certificate in Analytics

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

About

Analytics is an established quantitative field within both industry and higher education.

With exponential growth in available data, the analytics discipline has emerged as a key field requiring skilled analysts.

The Graduate Certificate in Analytics is designed to enable you to develop your critical knowledge of analytics and statistics, and your ability to apply this knowledge across a range of professions.

The program will provide you with a foundation to develop your analytical capability further through your professional practice and/or further study.This program is delivered on campus;

some courses may be available online.

Structure

Year One of Program

Complete the following Three (3) Courses;

Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Applied Analytics 12 MATH1324 City Campus
Data Wrangling 12 MATH2349 City Campus
Database Concepts 12 ISYS1055 City Campus

Select and complete One (1) of the following Courses;

Course Title Credit Points Course Code Campus
Essential Mathematics 12 MATH2267 City Campus
Machine Learning 12 MATH2319 City Campus
Time Series Analysis 12 MATH1318 City Campus
Data Visualisation and Communication 12 MATH2270 City Campus
Introduction to Statistical Computing 12 MATH1322 City Campus
Introduction to Information Security 12 INTE1120 City Campus

Entry requirements

Program Entry Requirements: An Australian Bachelor degree (AQF 7) or equivalent from a recognised tertiary institution OR No formal qualification but a minimum of 5 years full time work experience in an industry setting

International qualifications are assessed according to the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).

English language Requirements:

IELTS - 6.5+ (no band less than 6.0) For equivalents to English entry requirements, see the English equivalents web page

Learning outcomes

You are expected to develop the following Program Learning Outcomes:

Personal and professional awareness

  • critically reflect on your own practice to support your continual improvement and become a life long learner.

Knowledge and technical competence

  • demonstrated knowledge of appropriate and relevant, fundamental and applied mathematical and statistical knowledge, methodologies and modern computational tools.

Problem-solving

  • bring together and flexibly apply knowledge to characterise, analyse and solve a wide range of problems

Information literacy

  • locate and use data and information and evaluate its quality with respect to its authority and relevance.

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