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Modern technology has brought about vast volumes of data that can be harnessed for analytics. Business analytics presents a range of opportunities for accountants by adding further value to the work they currently do. Through the ISCA-SUSS Certification Programme:

• Practical Business Analytics Techniques
  

  You will acquire practical skills that can be applied directly at work, in areas such as customer relationship management, estimation of demand, production and cost.

• Customised to Your Needs
  

  As professional accountants, the expanded competencies in the area of business analytics will supplement the core technical competencies of an accountant in financial and management reporting. Based on insights gained through data mining, predictive modelling and business forecasting, individuals can provide relevant information to facilitate data-driven decision making analysis.

• Integration with Technology
  

  From day-to-day Excel to business intelligence tools (such as Tableau, Sage etc), application software is integrated into the courses. Individuals gain hands-on experience at performing business analytics using technology which has evolved to be very user-friendly. 

Programme Structure

The ISCA-SUSS Business Analytics certification programme allows you to have the flexibility to complete it at your own pace, by courses or by certificates. After completing the Business Analytics courses, you will achieve the following certificates:

• ISCA-SUSS Certificate in Business Analytics
• ISCA-SUSS Specialist Certificate in Business Analytics

Please note that the time stated in the above diagram refers to the estimated minimum time taken to complete the courses in the  programme.

Individuals have the flexibility to complete the courses at their own pace, by course or certificate. They are strongly encouraged to enrol for a maximum of two (2) courses per semester (6 months) depending on their work and personal commitments.

Please refer to the following links to SUSS website for more information on the courses outlines and assessment components for the courses offered under the programme.

• ANL201 Data Visualisation for Business
• ANL303 Fundamentals of Data Mining
• ANL305 Association and Clustering
• ANL307 Predictive Modelling
• ANL309 Business Analytics Applications
• ANL311 Selected Topics in Business Analytics
• ANL317 Business Forecasting
• ANL321 Statistical Methods
• ANL488 Business Analytics Applied Project (ANL488 Business Analytics Applied Project is a 10CU project with a different set of course work and assessment components. Please contact us to find out more.)

Assessment Component

The courses in the certification programme are mostly level three courses of the SUSS undergraduate degree programme with each course (except ANL488 Business Analytics Applied Project) lasting for 6 weeks (1 term). You are strongly encouraged to enrol for a maximum of two (2) courses per semester (6 months) depending on your work and personal commitments.

Typically, within the 6 weeks of the term and 1 week of term break, you are required to complete all 3 quizzes and 2 assignments for each course. Assessment components vary from course to course and you will be graded on at least two (2) of the following assessment components:

• Pre-course Quizzes
• Pre-class Quizzes
• Tutor-marked Assignment
• Group-based Assignment
• Presentations
• Individual Case Study
• End of Course Assessment 
• Written exam / Timed Online Assignment

Course Fees

Course fees updated as of 2020.

Please note:

• One-time application fee of $64.20 (inclusive of GST) applies.
• Course fees listed are applicable for Year 2020. The course fees are reviewed annually and may be revised. The course fees for Year 2021 will be released in November 2020. Singapore University of Social Sciences​ reserves the right to amend and/or revise the above schedule and course fees without prior notice.
• Individuals are required to achieve at least 75% attendance, take all prescribed examinations/assessments or submit any course/project work (if any) under the course requirements and have not previously received a government funding for the same course.
• SSG Funding is approved for January 2021 semester. For subsequent semesters, funding is subject to funding agencies’ renewal, and approval.

The course fee is not inclusive of other additional items such as additional recommended textbooks, examination fee for resits, etc.

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