Diploma in Business Intelligence & Analytics

 Course Introduction

Do you aspire to tap on social media technologies to gather data and prescribe business analytics solutions to improve business performance? Do you see yourself as a strategist who uses data analysis to influence business strategies and your company's decision-making process?

If your answer is 'Yes', then the Diploma in Business Intelligence & Analytics  is THE course for you.

The Diploma in Business Intelligence & Analytics is about empowering you with the skills to creatively leverage IT and social media technologies to develop innovative applications to harness, correlate and analyse data across various IT systems, social media platforms and mobile channels. You will acquire skills to understand business problems and gain expertise in various business analytics tools. Discover useful patterns and trends to predict and improve business performance.

The Diploma in Business Intelligence & Analytics is designed to provide you with focus in four areas of training: Business, Social Media, IT and Analytics.

You will learn to:

• Create innovative social media, web and mobile solutions and making them work for people and businesses to harness and aggregate data

• Strategise and influence business decisions through data analysis and insights

• Derive useful knowledge from relevant information that allows organisations to ensure smooth operation, improve performance and predict future trends

Through participation in hands-on real-world projects and case studies, you will learn how business concepts, analytical concepts, IT and social media solutions come together to empower businesses to make smarter decisions with IT in today's globalised world.

The value-added IT-plus+ learning experience for students is enhanced through:

• a full-time industry project to sharpen their technical knowledge, business acumen and project management skills

• local or overseas industrial attachment at companies or R&D centres to gain real-life work experience and industry exposure

• overseas immersion opportunities to broaden their horizons and help them cultivate a global mindset

• various professional certifications offered by technology leaders such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Cisco Systems, Red Hat, etc.

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Course Aims

The course aims to develop and equip students with:

• essentials of social sciences and business concepts such as psychology, sociology, communication skills and consumer behavior;

• the ability to conceptualise and develop innovative applications delivered through social media channels and/or mobile platforms;

• the techniques and concepts on data modelling, analytics and visualisation techniques to visualize, analyse and interpret data to derive useful insights for developing corporate strategies;

• the ability to design enterprise collaboration applications to enable collaboration and networking across departments and divisions.

Duration: 3 academic years on a full-time basis.

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Career Prospects

With an NYP Diploma in Business Intelligence & Analytics, graduates will be highly sought-after in virtually all sectors of the business world. They can expect to enjoy dynamic and rewarding careers with industry leaders. Career opportunities include:

• Applications Specialists

• Business Analysts

• Web & Social Media Developers

• Analytics Associates

• Research Analysts

• CRM Analysts

• Business & Social Media Strategists

• Entrepreneurs

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Further Studies

With the Diploma in Business Intelligence & Analytics, graduates will have opportunities to pursue further studies with good advanced standing in relevant degree courses at reputable universities in Singapore, the UK, Australia, the US, Canada and New Zealand.

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