Core Course
BAN700 – Project in Business Analytics Applications
Course Unit Code: BAN700
Type Of Unit: Core
Level of Course Unit: Graduate
Year of Study: 1
Semester: Semester 3
Number of ECTS Credits: 10
Class Contact Hours: 12
Mode of Delivery
Distance Learning
Prerequisites
None
Course Objectives
This course will guide you to the completion of your Project in Business Analytics Applications. The project is required for the
completion of your degree as per the degree requirements. Through the project, you will develop an ability to organize and carry out an extended, independent and novel industry-oriented research work at the postgraduate level, employing concepts and methods learned during your study in the program. You will acquire skills that will enable you to synthesize concepts and methods learned in your other courses, and exhibit awareness of previous work in the area of
study. Through the work and write-up of your project you will gain deeper knowledge of the subject at hand and to gain insight into the working processes used within a company, other institutions or within a department. Your skills and knowledge will be extended through the taught components of the courses of the program and you will become prepared for future independent work as a Master of Science.
Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate written and oral technical research skills.
2. Select and justify an applied Business Analytics project.
3. Manage a project and explain the relevant techniques and tools needed in order to
complete it successfully on time and within budgeted resources.
4. Identify real-world problems to which academic concepts and methods can be realistically
applied to improve or resolve the problem situation.
5. Recognise and describe legal, social or ethical obligations.
Course Content
Course Features
Although this course does not have a final exam, the written report is defended during a public defense through the online platform. The
instructors involved are called the Evaluation Committee, and they should all be present during
the project’s defense.
The project is orally defended through teleconference software, before the student’s assessment board, as noted above. The defense process is open to the academic community, and any people that want to observe the defense should communicate this to the project advisor at least one week prior to the defense day, so that the advisor will have ample time to provide access codes to the teleconference. It is advised that the defense be recorded, but for this to occur, the student and the Evaluation Committee need to provide their explicit consent.
According to the departmental guidelines for thesis submission, a final draft of the project report should be sent to the Evaluation Committee at least 2 weeks before the deadline of the submission of the final thesis. This allows the Evaluation Committee members to examine the project report and provide their comments. The comments of the Evaluation Committee should be taken into account by the student, who should edit and possibly amend the report with the appropriate corrections, before the submission of the final report. The final report is the only document that is graded in the way discussed below.
The specific deliverables for each individual’s thesis must be discussed and decided upon in consultation with the academic and, if they exist, industrial supervisors. However, each thesis must involve deliverables falling into the following general categories:
a) A proposed solution to a real-world problem.
b) A proof of concept, which demonstrates the validity of the proposed solution.
c) Clear indication of knowledge of relevant work by others in the field.
d) The selection and application of appropriate theoretical concepts and methods.
e) A project report of between 12,000 to 16,000 words.
The course is graded in two parts. One part which carries 80% of the total grade of the course is allocated to the actual written report. The second part, which carries 20% of the total grade of the course is allocated to the project presentation.
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