Table of undergraduate units of study: The University of Sydney Business School
The University of Sydney Business School subject areas
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Quantitative Business Analysis
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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| For the award of a major in Quantitative Business Analysis, students complete: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points in junior units of study: BUSS1020* (or ECMT1010); | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points in compulsory senior units of study: QBUS2310 and QBUS2810; and | |||
| (ii) 24 credit points in elective senior QBUS units of study. | |||
| * For students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce, BUSS1020 is completed as a core unit for the degree. Students complete this unit rather than the ECMT alternative. | |||
Junior units of study |
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Compulsory unit of study for the major |
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| BUSS1020 Quantitative Business Analysis |
6 | N ECMT1010, ECOF1010, MATH1005, MATH1905, MATH1015, STAT1021, ENVX1001 This unit of study is a compulsory part of the Bachelor of Commerce, combined Bachelor of Commerce degrees. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECMT1010 Business and Economic Statistics A |
6 | N ECMT1011, ECMT1012, ECMT1013, MATH1015, MATH1005, MATH1905, STAT1021, ECOF1010, BUSS1020, ENVX1001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
Senior units of study |
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Compulsory units for the major |
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| QBUS2310 Management Science |
6 | P BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or equivalent N ECMT2720, ECMT2620 |
Semester 2 |
| QBUS2810 Statistical Modelling for Business |
6 | P BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or equivalent N ECMT2110 |
Semester 1 |
Elective units for the major |
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| BUSS2100 Business Placement A (Internship) |
6 | P For Bachelor of Commerce (and all combined courses administered by the Business School): 48 credit points, including 5 x junior core units; For Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies): 48 credit points, including 2 junior core units. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Permission is required to enrol in this unit. Contact the Careers and Employment Relations Office for details: business.placements@sydney.edu.au |
Int February Int July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| QBUS2320 Methods of Decision Analysis |
6 | P BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or equivalent N ECMT2730, ECMT2630, ENGG1850, CIVL3805 |
Semester 1 |
| QBUS2330 Operations Management |
6 | P BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or equivalent N ECMT2640 |
Semester 1 |
| QBUS2350 Project Planning and Management |
6 | P BUSS1020 or ECMT1010 or equivalent N CIVL3805, ECMT3640 |
Semester 2 |
| QBUS2820 Predictive Analytics |
6 | P QBUS2810 or ECMT2110 |
Semester 2 |
| QBUS3310 Advanced Management Science |
6 | P QBUS2310 or ECMT2620 N ECMT3610, ECMT3710 |
Semester 1 |
| QBUS3320 Supply Chain Management |
6 | P ECMT2640 or QBUS2330 |
Semester 1 |
| QBUS3810 Business Risk Analysis |
6 | P ECMT2110 or QBUS2810 N ECMT3180 |
Semester 1 |
| QBUS3820 Data Mining and Data Analysis |
6 | P ECMT2110 or QBUS2810 |
Semester 2 |
| QBUS3830 Advanced Analytics |
6 | P QBUS2810 |
Semester 1 |
| Note: Students must have approval from the Discipline of Business Analytics to count BUSS2100 towards a major. | |||
Honours year units of study |
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| For the award of the Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies) or any other non-Business School degree with Honours in Quantitative Business Analysis, students complete an additional honours year of study comprising the following five honours units. | |||
| BUSS4000 Honours in Business |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| BUSS4001 Business Honours Research Methods |
12 | P A minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 65% across all senior units taken within an undergraduate degree and a minimum of 70% in units completed in the subject area of the discipline of intended honours study (including pre-honours units or pass stream units). Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS4002 Business Honours Specialisation A |
12 | P A minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 65% across all senior units taken within an undergraduate degree and a minimum of 70% in units completed in the subject area of the discipline of intended honours study (including pre-honours units or pass stream units). Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS4003 Business Honours Specialisation B |
12 | P A minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 65% across all senior units taken within an undergraduate degree and a minimum of 70% in units completed in the subject area of the discipline of intended honours study (including pre-honours units or pass stream units). Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| BUSS4004 Business Honours Thesis |
12 | P A minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 65% across all senior units taken within an undergraduate degree and a minimum of 70% in units completed in the subject area of the discipline of intended honours study (including pre-honours units or pass stream units). Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |