Overview

This unit will prepare you for the rapidly evolving work environment by exploring business and accounting analytics. You will engage with analytical techniques including prescriptive, predictive, descriptive, and visual analytics. Using hands-on techniques, you will learn to process big data, including data location, extraction, cleansing, integration, modelling, and visualisation. You … For more content click the Read More button below.

Offerings

S1-01-CAULFIELD-EVENING
S1-01-CAULFIELD-ON-CAMPUS
S2-01-CAULFIELD-ON-CAMPUS
T2-57-CAULFIELD-ON-CAMPUS

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Associate Professor Ly Fie Sugianto

Notes

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Scheduled teaching activities and/or workload information are subject to change in response to COVID-19, please check your Unit timetable and Unit Moodle site for more details.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

appraise the different roles of analytics in organisations

2.

apply appropriate analytical techniques to business problems in the accounting, finance and audit contexts

3.

evaluate available data and determine how data from various sources and formats can be useful for accounting and business decision making purposes

4.

develop skills for collecting, extracting, cleansing, integrating, and modelling data to facilitate analytics

5.

discuss potential risks and ethical issues associated with data collection and use.

Teaching approach

Peer assisted learning
Research activities
Active learning

Assessment

1 - Within semester assessment
2 - Examination

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Laboratories
Lectures
Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

Recommended resources
Technology resources

Other unit costs

Costs are indicative and subject to change.
Electronics, calculators and tools: $40
This unit uses a software program which has a free 15 day trial period. After this time, should students wish to purchase a 140 day licence, a cost of USD $25.00 applies.