Program Overview

If you're keen to develop valuable skills and advance your business career, La Trobe's Graduate Diploma in Business Information Systems will give you everything you need to develop your career in this exciting field.

Go beyond the foundations and develop advanced analytical skills. Delve into the potential of artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, while you learn how to use data to build powerful information systems and databases. You can also put these skills to the test – working in small teams, you'll design a real-world business system.

Learn how to process and present data so it's understandable to others. Discover trends and tell stories using data wrangling techniques. Designed in collaboration with industry experts, our Graduate Diploma in Business Information Systems will give you advanced skills and the ability to understand the needs of the rapidly evolving world of business.

Use the latest tools to analyse data, turn it into insights, then use this information to drive real business value. You'll learn through practical, team-based business intelligence projects and use industry tools such as R Studio.

Learn from world-class academics and be immersed in research at La Trobe's Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition (CDAC). The CDAC staff also teach in the Graduate Diploma in Business Information Systems and work with international research groups to develop industry-leading research into artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.

After successfully completing the Graduate Diploma in Business Information Systems, you could receive up to one year of advanced standing. This lets you transfer directly into the second year of La Trobe's Master of Business Information Systems, should you decide to further your studies.

Through guest lectures, you'll connect with business leaders at companies such as SAS, IBM, Microsoft, PwC and Coles, and gain their insights. Develop your professional networks and graduate ready to advance your career in this exciting area.

You'll learn:

• Business analytics: Understand the unique needs of businesses and learn how to improve their processes. Learn how to use R and SQL to perform a wide variety of data wrangling tasks.
• Programming: Learn the language of computers. Understand how to analyse problems and use Python to build software-based solutions.
• Statistics for business and finance: Learn how to use statistics to solve practical problems in business and finance using Microsoft Excel.
• Artificial intelligence fundamentals: Explore the fundamental concepts and different applications of AI. Design and develop AI models for real-world problems in our labs.
• Sustainable management and marketing:Learn how to use a variety of frameworks to understand how customers behave and businesses function. Use this information to make sustainable business decisions.
• Predictive analytics: Learn how to use data to predict future events. You'll build and use predictive models in real business scenarios and learn how to use one of the most widely used predictive analytics software tools.