Business Intelligence
Why choose business Intelligence?
Business intelligence is an area that deals with methods and techniques for collecting, organizing and analyzing data to support decision making. This track offers a unique combination of courses in systems analysis and information systems. Decision making is a core activity in enterprises and in many professions – from strategic decision making in management of companies to decision making made by the individual manager. Major decisions require that adequate information is available and structured in usable ways. Key competences for someone working with business intelligence include decision and risk analysis, data gathering, structuring and analysis.
The business intelligence track contains courses in information systems and system analysis, such as data warehousing, data and web mining, decision and risk analysis, and statistical programming. In addition to the core courses, the student can also take courses in adjacent areas such as systems analysis or knowledge management. The thesis work prepares you for work within business intelligence, or in similar positions requiring analytic skills combined with
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* One of these may be replaced by Strategic management of IT
** Choose from Master pool
For a brief overview of the courses in the track, you may have a look here.
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Credits: 120 hp
Language: English
Duration: 2 years
Starts: Autumn 2011
Application deadline: April 15 Enrollment code: Apply at studera.nu
We welcome applications from graduates of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
The program trains professionals in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. As a graduate of masters of computer and systems sciences, you will develop and gain a wide range of industry-related engineering skills. The programme allows you to get practical experience, which is a major add-on to your curriculum vitae.
Program Director: Stefan Möller
E-mail: master@dsv.su.se
Phone: +46 8 16 20 00
Address:
Stockholm university
DSV
Forum 100
SE-164 40 Kista, Sweden
