APBS

Master’s Degree in Business Intelligence & Big Data

Program overview

This program prepares for the dual Management-Financial competence that allows to master
the concepts, methods and tools of Business Intelligence, a top source of data for Managers in
the Big Data era. It enables the graduate to use the appropriate Business Intelligence solutions
according to the expressed needs and available data. As such, the graduate will be
well-qualified to grow into an important member of the organization, actively assisting decision
making through the use of acquired new techniques.

BUSINESS CORE FOUNDATION COURSES

Semester 1

Semester 1

– Introduction and Fundamentals of Business Intelligence:
– Business Intelligence Methodology
– IT & Operational Training 1: Visual Analytics

– Management accounting
– General Culture and Soft Skills 2: English
– Managerial Economics
– Organizations & people
– Interdisciplinary seminar I
– (Optional Oil & Gas Oil) Oil and Gas Finance and Risk Analysis
– (Optional Banking Services) Contemporary Issues In Banking
– (Optional Pharmaceutical Industries) Managing the Pharmaceutical Sales Organization

Semester 2

Semester 2

– Segmentation of Business Intelligence

– ERP APPLICATION AND BUSINESS PROCESS DEVELOPMENT

– Business game
– General culture and soft skills 2: Professionalization workshop
– General Culture and Soft Skills 3: Communication in a Business Environment
– Strategic Management
– Finance for managers
– (Optional Oil & Gas Oil Companies) Managing Projects and Optimizing Oil & Gas Operations
– (Optional Banking Services) International Banking
– (Optional Pharmaceutical Industries) Pharmaceutical Marketing Research

MAJOR COURSES

Semester 3

Semester 3

– Organization of Business Intelligence
– Applied BI methodology
– Applied BI segmentation

– IT & Operational Training. : Practical Toolbox for Managers
– Financial management – Human resources management
– Interdisciplinary seminar II
– (Optional) Introduction to STATA software
– (Optional) Introduction to Matlab
– (Optional) Introduction to SPSS software

Semester 4

Semester 4

– Preparation of an Internship Report