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BSc (Hons) - Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics

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What does this mean?

Our BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics degree develops confident, ethically grounded graduates who combine business insight with practical digital capability to solve real problems. Students build strong foundations in analytics and learn how to apply artificial intelligence to generate insight, improve decisions and design solutions that work in real organisations and communities.

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Course Overview

You will learn to make sense of how organisations really work, and how decisions are shaped by fast-changing markets, regulation, sustainability demands and global connections. Throughout the programme you will use creativity, data and digital tools to design solutions that improve customer experience, organisational performance and community outcomes, translating insight into real service improvements.

On this course you will...

  • Develop a confident, integrated understanding of business, digital transformation, data analytics and artificial intelligence across organisational contexts.
  • Build practical capability in coding and computing fundamentals to acquire, manage and prepare data for analysis and solution development.
  • Apply analytical and artificial intelligence methods to investigate business problems, generate insight and design evidence-led solutions.
  • Create, test and refine digital outputs such as applications, prototypes, dashboards and decision-support tools that address real organisational needs and create value.
  • Translate insight into compelling stories and recommendations, communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders and influencing decision making with credibility.
  • Demonstrate critical stakeholder engagement across digital projects, clarifying needs, managing expectations, addressing risks and designing solutions that work for people in real settings.

Course Structure

What you will learn

The BSc (Hons) Artificial Intelligence and Business Analytics programme combines a strong business foundation with computing, analytics and applied AI. It is designed for students who want to work at the intersection of technology and management, using data and AI to improve decisions, services, operations and strategy.

Year one

Modules

  • Business and Corporate Law
  • Management, People and Operations
  • AI in Business
  • Professional and Personal Development
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Computing Fundamentals
Year two

Modules

  • Applied Work Placement
  • People and Culture
  • Business and Analytics with AI
  • Projects Management
  • Negotiated Learning
  • AI and Machine Learning
Year three

Modules

  • Business Project
  • Contemporary AI Development in Business
  • International Marketing
  • Advanced Artificial Intelligence
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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