Business Analytics and Risk

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically evaluate the appropriate application of different analytical approaches;
• Apply a range of business analytics to support business decisions.
• Analyse and evaluate business risk scenarios, based on relevant data and statistical techniques;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• A range of analytical modelling approaches to support business decisions.
• The impact of risk and uncertainty in a range of business scenarios;
• The different uses of data analytics to inform business decisions.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Use problem structuring methods to analyse complex problems.
• Thinking critically and arguing effectively;
• Interpreting and analysing quantitative data related to business issues, using appropriate financial and/or statistical skills and models to solve problems;
• Information technology and computing using commercial software;

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class formative opportunities

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Individual feedback on exercises will be provided for students in class.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.