About Business Administration + Information Technology (data Science) in Murdoch University

Course Description

As data-driven decision-making is becoming essential for organisations of all sizes, a question that arises is whether managers of the future should pursue a Data Science or a Business Administration postgraduate degree. This course uniquely lets you combine both.

As an IT professional, you need both business acumen and highly-specialised discipline skills to take your career into the future. This combined qualification will give you the skills you need to address a gap in the market and boost your IT career opportunities.

You’ll develop specialist skills in business and data analytics so you can work with big data and combine data science with business management. The industry is always changing – so we collaborate with industry, advisory boards and integrate feedback from students to make sure the course content keeps up with the needs of today’s workplace.

You’ll gain valuable knowledge and business insights, and also develop greater self-awareness as you learn to reflect on your leader identity and leadership attributes. You’ll work closely with our academic team, and choose electives from business management and economics to create a specialist qualification to suit your goals and career aspirations.

10 reasons to study a combined MBA and Master of IT in Data Science at Murdoch

• This is the only combined course of its kind in Australia.
• Complete two Masters qualifications in just two years. Along the way, you’ll gain a competitive advantage in your career and the skills you need for success in a challenging environment.
• We have received a 5-star rating for student support and learner engagement in our Business and Management programs.
• Make use of our brand new IT Innovation Hub, a cutting-edge learning teaching and research facility, fitted out with the latest mixed and augmented reality equipment, operational data centre and high performance computing capabilities.
• Murdoch has received a 5-star rating for overall quality of educational experience in Computing and Information Systems.
  Source: The Good Universities Guide, 2019
• Choose full-time, part-time, on-campus or online options to help you fit study into your working life. If you’re an international student, you’ll need to study full-time to meet your visa requirements.
• Most of our classes take place after work hours during the week, starting after 4.30pm or on weekends.
• Take advantage of free workshops and seminars to help you with writing, statistics and data analysis, ethics, how to run surveys and research as a postgraduate student.
• Be taught by leading academics of international standing and with industrial experience.
• Put theory into practice with professional placements through our Work Integrated Learning program. MBA and IT students have the possibility to undertake internships with leading companies and industries in WA and Australia.

Develop your skills

Build essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals. Topics you’ll cover include:

• IT project management
• organisational behaviour and management
• artificial intelligence
• strategies for growth and excellence
• big data.

Your career

A postgraduate qualification can help you further your current career and move into a more senior role or help you change career paths to pursue new opportunities. Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) reports that postgraduates earn on average $20,000 more than those with an undergraduate degree.

Depending on your own situation and career aspirations, there are many careers and positions that this course can lead to. Careers could include:

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
• Strategy Director
• Business Operations Manager
• Artificial Intelligence or Data Scientist
• Statistician
• Business Intelligence and Research Manager.

Academic qualification equivalents:

• Entry into a masters degree requires you to have completed an undergraduate qualification that is comparable to
  an Australian bachelor degree, honours degree or graduate diploma..

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS     :   overall score of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0
• TOEFL   :   90 with no band less than 20
• PTE         : 58 with no band below 58

Murdoch University Highlights

Murdoch University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

The tuition fee varies with course and degree. The cost of the complete program for some courses is tabulated below:

Cost of Living depends upon the lifestyle and preferences of the person. Approximately living expenses in Perth can be estimated to 500 AUD per week. Let us have a look at various expenses estimated per week: