PROGRAMS
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Program details:
- Right at the start of the semester students will get familiar with the field of business analytics, Students will learn to solve business problems by combining data analytics and mathematical modelling geared toward practice.
- As business, mathematics and programming form an essential part of the work as a future business analytics professional, the focus of the program is to go through theoretical foundation in mathematics and programming.
- Moreover, students will participate in projects where they will apply their knowledge to practical and business oriented case.
- In the upcoming years of studies, students will deepen into the key subjects of the business analytics program.
- Medium of the Program is Fully English.
Program Goal
Business Analytics is a multidisciplinary program aimed to improve and optimize business processes. The combination of business administration, information technological and mathematical methods play an important role in this program. In addition to basic courses in these disciplines, a number of interdisciplinary courses and practice-oriented components are part of the study. Students will be trained in identifying and solving problems in very diverse fields.
Students will study the relevant theories, but also work on challenging projects in small groups. They will develop communication, consulting and presenting skills.
Based on interdisciplinary and practice-oriented components, the program prepares competitive professionals who can be employed in both private, public and international organizations, in the following positions: business management analyst, information technology analyst, financial and statistical analyst. The bachelor’s program in business analytics is designed in such a way that students have the ability to use analytical techniques.
Considering the complexity of business analytics, the program is designed to meet the following requirements:
– The graduate will be able to conceptualize and interrelate areas of interest which are relevant to the real-world complexities of the organization;
– The graduate will be able to process design issues of model-oriented organizational information systems, understand and interpret the results.;
– The graduate will be able to identify the research provided by analytical projects, evaluate them critically, work in teams, understand own responsibilities, plan ethically responsible research, use time and project management skills.
Graduates will also be able to disclose their professional interests and improve their knowledge at higher level of studies.
Outcomes
Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes:
• Lecture-seminars
• Explanatory method
• Demonstration method
• Interactive lectures
• Discussion/debates
• Team Work
• Case study and analysis
• Problem solving exercises
• Action-oriented learning
• Project based learning
• Literature review
• Written work methods
• Work process simulation
• Practical studies
Learning outcomes:
Outcomes
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1. Describes the main functional areas of business management, processes in functional areas, discusses the fundamental concepts and vital tools of modern business analytics.
2. Analyzes the activities of the organization, describes in detail the business environment through SWOT and PESTEL analysis
3. Appropriately uses mathematical, statistical and probabilistic tools when solving business problems, including data analysis methods and tools for data visualization and results modeling
4. Using the vital tools of modern business analytics, outlines the problems faced by the business and describes the ways to solve them. Also analyzes and graphically depicts business processes, which implies the use of analytical methods during business decision-making
5. Complying with the standards and principles of financial accounting, constructs financial sources, calculates the company’s profitability and evaluates the company’s financial indicators through the analysis of ratios.
6. Develops and conducts a research/practical project/work and presents it using appropriate technologies
7. Follows the principles of leadership and/or cooperation while working in a team
8. Uses modern information and communication technologies
9. Evaluates the importance of social responsibility of business and corporate ethical norms/principles
10. Determines his professional interests independently, in order to understand the peculiarities of the learning process and to highlight the need to continue to the next level of education.
Teaching Process Characteristics:
In order to earn a bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, student is required to collect 240 ECTS, which includes:
the program core courses – 192 ECTS in total (which includes project and thesis in business analytics 30 ECTS) and the remaining credits (48 ECTS) can be filled from the elective courses of Business Analytics.
Program Core |
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| Code | Subject | ECTS | Semester |
| BUAN1010E | Introduction to Business Analytics | 6 | 1 |
| BUSN1210E | Basics of Business and Economics | 6 | 1 |
| INFO1133E | MS office | 6 | 1 |
| MATH3010E | Quantitative Methods in Business Analytics 1 | 6 | 1 |
| BUAN1015E | Basics of Business Modeling | 6 | 2 |
| INFO3015E | Business Process Visualization using MS Visio | 6 | 2 |
| MATH3020E | Quantitative Methods in Business Analytics 2 | 6 | 2 |
| MGMT2110E | Basics of Management | 6 | 2 |
| BUAN1020E | User Experience (UX) | 6 | 3 |
| BUAN2030E | Financial and Managerial Accounting | 6 | 3 |
| BUAN2040E | Business Communication for Analytics | 6 | 3 |
| INFO3212E | Decision Modeling in MS Excel | 6 | 3 |
| MGMT3211E | Human Resource Management | 6 | 3 |
| BUAN1025E | Business Requirements Analysis and Management | 6 | 4 |
| BUAN3015E | Financial Management | 6 | 4 |
| BUAN3020E | Business Continuity Management | 6 | 4 |
| INFO3020E | Object Oriented Programming (C#) | 6 | 4 |
| INFO3025E | Database Management Systems (MS SQL) | 6 | 4 |
| BUAN1030E | Data Structures and Analysis | 6 | 5 |
| MATH3040E | Data Analysis | 6 | 5 |
| MGMT3110E | Basics of Operation Management | 6 | 5 |
| BUAN2010E | Functional Analysis: Methods and Techniques | 6 | 6 |
| BUAN2025E | Data Visualization | 6 | 6 |
| BUAN3025E | Business Intelligence | 6 | 6 |
| INFO3035EN | IT Services and Project Management | 6 | 6 |
| BUAN2015E | Business Analytics Process Management | 6 | 7 |
| INFO3045E | Management Information Systems | 6 | 7 |
| BUAN4030E | Project and Thesis in Business Analytics | 30 | 8 |
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Credits sum: |
192 | ||
Program Elective |
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| Code | Subject | ECTS | |
| BUAN3010E | Customer Behavior and Marketing | 6 | |
| BUAN3030E | Basics of Digital Marketing | 6 | |
| ECON1290E | Principles of Microeconomics | 6 | |
| ECON2190E | Principles of Macroeconomics | 6 | |
| INFO3030E | Fundamentals of WEB Technologies | 6 | |
| MATH3030E | Quantitative Methods in Business Analytics 3 | 6 | |
| INFO3040E | Artificial Intelligence and Legal Affairs | 6 | |
| LAWB4310E | Business Law | 6 | |
| MGMT1515E | Business Ethics | 6 | |
| BUAN4020E | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 6 | |
| KART1141 | Georgian, as a second language I | 6 | |
| LING0015 | Georgian as a Foreign Language I (General) | 6 | |
| MGMT2111E | International Business | 6 | |
| MGMT2210E | Fundamentals of the Strategic Management | 6 | |
| BUAN4010E | Cost-Benefit Analysis | 6 | |
| BUAN4015E | Risk Management | 6 | |
| FINA4115E | Corporative Finances (intermediate) | 6 | |
| INFO3055E | Data Warehouse | 6 | |
| INFO3265E | Personal Data Protection | 6 | |
| KART1241 | Georgian, as a second language II | 6 | |
| LING0017 | Georgian as a Foreign Language II (General) | 6 | |
| ACCT2210E | Basics of Managerial Accounting | 6 | |
| BUAN4025E | Internship in Business Analytics | 12 | |
| MGMT3151E | Change Management | 6 | |
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Credits sum: |
150 | ||
Matrix Of Privequisites
In order to earn a bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, student is required to collect 240 ECTS, which includes: the program core courses – 192 ECTS in total (which includes project and thesis in business analytics 30 ECTS) and the remaining credits (48 ECTS) can be filled from the elective courses of Business Analytics.
| Point | GPA | The university assessment | The general assessment in Georgia | |
| 97-100 | 4,00 | A+ | A | Excellent |
| 94-96 | 3,75 | A | ||
| 91-93 | 3,50 | A- | ||
| 87-90 | 3,25 | B+ | Very good | |
| 84-86 | 3,00 | B | B | |
| 81-83 | 2,75 | B- | ||
| 77-80 | 2,50 | C+ | C | good |
| 74-76 | 2,25 | C | ||
| 71-73 | 2,00 | C- | ||
| 67-70 | 1,75 | D+ | D | Satisfactory |
| 64-66 | 1,50 | D | ||
| 61-63 | 1,25 | D- | ||
| 51-60 | 1,00 | E | E | Sufficient |
| Not passed | ||||
| 41-50 | FX | FX | Insufficient | |
| <40 | F | F | Failed | |