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The University Of Georgia
Program name: Business Analytics
Study Level: Undergraduate
Program leader: Revaz Papukashvili
Keti Tskhadadze
Study language: Georgian
Qualification: Bachelor of Business Administration
Program capacity: 240
Program permission: Enrollment of students at the first level of academic higher education (undergraduate programs) is carried out based on the results of unified national exams or the order of the Minister of Education and Science of Georgia No. 224/N (December 29, 2011), passing administrative registration and the order of the presidents. Mathematics/History is defined as the third subject of national exams and the minimum threshold is set at 20% +1 and 25% +1 respectively. The foreign language is defined as English, and the minimum threshold is 44% +1.
Program goals:

The Bachelor's program in Business Analytics aims to develop and develop students' decision-making skills based on business processes and data analytics in the era of the digital world. The combination of information technologies, business administration and mathematical methods plays an important role in the program, the main goal of which is to improve and optimize business processes. In accordance with the requirements of the labor market, based on interdisciplinary and practice-oriented components, the program prepares a competitive professional who can be employed in both private and public and international organizations, in positions such as: business management analyst, information technology business analyst, financial and statistical analyst. The bachelor's program in business analytics is designed in such a way that the student has the ability to use analytical techniques.
The goal of the program is for the graduate
to - be able to conceptualize and interrelate areas of interest relevant to the real-world complexities of the organization;
- to be able to process design issues of model-oriented organizational information systems, understand and interpret the results;
- to be able to identify research provided by analytical projects, evaluate them critically, team work, understand own responsibility, ethically plan research, use time and project management competencies.
The graduate of the program has the competence to continue developing in the academic direction. Taking into account his professional interests, to continue his studies and research at the master's level, both in Georgia and abroad.

 

Methods for Attaining Learning Outcomes:

• Lecture-seminars
• Expository method
• Demonstration method
• Interactive lectures
• Discussion/debate
• Team work
• Case studies and analysis
• Problem-based learning
• Action-oriented learning
• Project-based learning
• Literature review
• Written work method
• Work process simulation
• Practical lessons

Learning outcomes:
Outcomes
  •  

    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.

     

  • Date of approval: 11-25-2021
    Approval protocol number: 09/21
    Date of program update: 07-05-2024
    Update protocol number: 09PDC355-05
    Program details:

    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 obtain a Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, a student needs to accumulate 240 ECTS, which means passing the main subjects of the program, which includes 192 ECTS (including the Bachelor's project in Business Analytics 18 ECTS), as well as 18 ECTS from the mandatory optional blocks of the program: 6 ECTS from the STEM block and from humanitarian-social block - 12 ECTS. And the remaining 30 ECTS can be filled by the student from elective subjects of the bachelor's program.

    Humanitarian-Social Block

    Code Subject ECTS Semester
    ANTH3130Basics of Cultural Anthropology6 2,3
    HIST1118Civilizations and Mankind Development6 2,3
    HIST1222History of Russian occupation in Georgia6 2,3
    LAWB1155Debates and Critical Thinking6 2,3
    LAWB1177Thinking and Morality6 2,3
    LAWB1195Citizenship in the modern world6 2,3
    LITR1212The great Books6 2,3
    POLI2260Basics of Political Ideologies6 2,3

    Credits sum:

    12

    STEM Block

    Code Subject ECTS Semester
    STEM0002Ingenuity, entrepreneurship and technology6 3,4
    STEM0003Experiments that changed the world6 3,4
    STEM0005Modern technologies6 3,4
    STEM0007Mathematics and Civilizations6 3,4
    STEM0010Logic6 3,4
    STEM0011Computational reasoning6 3,4
    STEM0012Biology and Health of the Human6 3,4
    STEM10106 1,2
    STEM00146 1,2

    Credits sum:

    6

    Program Core

    Code Subject ECTS Semester
    BUAN1010Introduction to Business Analytics6 1
    BUSN1310Business and Economics6 1
    ENGL3213English Language VI (B2/2)6 1
    INFO1115MS Office6 1
    MATH3010Quantitative methods of business analytics 16 1
    BUAN1015Basics of Business Modeling6 2
    KART1220Academic Writing6 2
    MATH3020Quantitative methods of business analytics 26 2
    MGMT2015Basics of Management6 2
    BUAN2030Financial and Managerial Accounting6 3
    BUAN2040Business Communication for Analytics6 3
    MGMT3211Human Resource Management6 3
    ACCT2210Basics of Managerial Accounting6 4
    BUAN1020User Experience (UX)6 4
    BUAN1025Business Requirements Analysis and Management6 4
    INFO3025Database Basics (MS SQL)6 4
    INFO3212Decision Modeling in MS Excel6 4
    BUAN1030Data Structures and Analysis6 5
    BUAN3015Financial Management6 5
    BUAN3020Business Continuity Management6 5
    INFO3139Programming Language Python6 5
    MATH3040Data analysis6 5
    BUAN2010Functions Analysis: Methods and Techniques6 6
    BUAN2025Data Visualization6 6
    BUAN4015Risk Management6 6
    MGMT3110Basics of Operation Management6 6
    BUAN2015Business Analytics Process Management and Visualization6 7
    BUAN3025Business Intelligence6 7
    INFO3045Management Information Systems6 7
    BUAN4030Project and Thesis in Business Analytics18 8

    Credits sum:

    192

    Program Elective

    Code Subject ECTS
    BUSN42406
    ENGL3149English Language V (B2/1)6
    INFO3020Object Oriented Programming (C #)6
    INFO3035NIT services and project management6
    ENGL2147English Language III (B1/1)6
    ENGL2217English language IV (B1/2)6
    BUAN3010Consumer Behavior and Marketing6
    BUAN3030Basics of Digital Marketing6
    ECON1290Principles of Microeconomics6
    ECON2190Principles of Macroeconomics6
    INFO3030Basics of WEB technologies6
    MATH3030Quantitative methods of business analytics 36
    BUSN4310Business Law6
    INFO3040Artificial intelligence and legal aspects6
    MGMT1515Business Ethics6
    MGMT3221Business Communications6
    BUAN4020Entrepreneurship and Innovation6
    LAWB4991Law of Entrepreneurs6
    MGMT2210Fundamentals of the Strategic Management6
    MGMT2211International Business6
    BUAN4010Cost-benefit Analysis6
    FINA4115Corporative Finances (intermediate)6
    INFO3055Database Warehouse6
    INFO3265Personal Data Protection6
    BUAN4025Internship in Business Analytics12
    MGMT3151Change Management6

    Credits sum:

    162









    Matrix Of Privequisites

    In order to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, a student needs to accumulate 240 ECTS, which means passing the main subjects of the program, which includes 192 ECTS (including the Bachelor's project in Business Analytics 18 ECTS), as well as 18 ECTS from the mandatory optional blocks of the program: 6 ECTS from the STEM block and from humanitarian-social block - 12 ECTS. And the remaining 30 ECTS can be filled by the student from elective subjects of the bachelor's program.


    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



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