FIT5235 Business intelligence and analytics
Faculty of Information Technology
FIT5235 Business intelligence and analytics is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology, offered in 2027 in Semester 2 at Clayton and Malaysia. It needs FIT5234.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2027
- Semester 2
- Clayton, Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
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Requisites
Before FIT5235
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After FIT5235
No unit lists FIT5235 as a prerequisite in the 2027 handbook.
Overview
This unit provides you with an understanding of the development and use of data, IT tools and techniques for modelling and decision support in business. The main focus, besides working with business data and the traditional analytic modelling of business decision making process using spreadsheets or self-service business intelligence (BI), will be IT tools and related techniques that can aid in the analysis and interpretation of real business problems confronting an enterprise with evidence-based solutions. You will apply design and systems thinking concepts, along with principles and techniques of BI and analytics, to a decision support challenge.
Offerings in 2027
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Second semester | Malaysia | Evening |
Assessment
- Business intelligence / analytics reportWritten25%
- Business intelligence / analytics projectProject45%
- ReflectionWritten25%
- Continuous applied class assessmentExercise5%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain a variety of business intelligence/analytics concepts, techniques, and applications in the real-world practice
- 2
Analyse a business problem and its solution requirements, and critically apply the appropriate analytical tool to design solutions and to derive insights
- 3
Interpret analytics outputs, convey analytical information and provide recommendations to a non-technical audience to address relevant business problems and/or aid decision-making
- 4
Identify, formulate, and solve decision problems using analytics in different business contexts
Workload and teaching
- Applied sessions22 hours
- Seminars24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online and face to face learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated reading and preparation for scheduled teaching activities.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Heah Theng Chye
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Caddie Gao
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for FIT5235?
You need FIT5234 before you enrol.
When is FIT5235 offered?
In 2027, FIT5235 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton and Malaysia.
How much work is FIT5235?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does FIT5235 have an exam?
No. FIT5235 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.