MIS772 - Predictive Analytics

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, GIFT City (India)^

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

For S735A students: MIS770 or SIT718

For all other students: MIS770

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 2 hour on-campus (livestreamed) lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1.5 hour on-campus practical experience (laboratory) each week

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 2 hour recorded lecture provided and 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week

Note:

^GIFT City (India) offering is available to students enrolled at the GIFT City (India) campus only.

Content

The ‘information age’ has combined with the widespread adoption of digital technology to turn information into a key business asset. Businesses and governments now have access to massive volumes of data and require skills and expertise in making sense of this information for strategic decision making. This unit will provide students with the knowledge and skills to build predictive models and use data mining tools with ‘Big Data’. Students will be given the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with one of the most widely used predictive analytics software tools globally.

Hurdle requirement

Hurdle requirement: Achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the end-of-unit assessment to evidence a minimum proficiency in the aligned discipline learning outcomes included in this unit.

Unit Fee Information

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