Business - Data Science

Overview

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.

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.

A significant and accelerating challenge for modern business is managing fast incoming, voluminous and varied data that is increasingly being relied on to make decisions in today's business environment. The Business - Data Science program at Queensland University of Technology will equip you to become a leader in data science, of particular relevance to your chosen field of business.  You'll be confident and capable to translate information into advice to be applied in the real world.