Syllabus

Business Intelligence

Code
AMI295
Points
7.5 Credits
Level
Second Cycle
School
School of Information and Engineering
Subject field
Microdata Analysis (XYZ)
This course can be included in the following main field(s) of study
Microdata Analysis1
Progression indicator within (each) main field of study
1A1N
Approved
Approved, 12 June 2023.
This syllabus is valid from 12 June 2023.
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Learning Outcomes

The overall goal of the course is for students to gain knowledge about the concepts and methods behind the implementation of business intelligence. Upon completion of the course, students shall be able to:

  • implement the decision making process and the role of decision support tools for BI,
  • design and implement the key elements of a successful BI program,
  • design and implement storage facilities,
  • extract and transform data from operational databases to data warehouses,
  • use tools for business analysis and benchmarking,
  • integrate BI into daily business decisions,
  • use algorithms to optimise processes,
  • apply a BI meta-model that transforms outcomes into actions.

Course Content

The course provides an introduction to Business Intelligence, analytics and decision support. It shows how problems in business can be solved by collecting business data and converting these into data warehouse form. Data warehousing, together with data integration, extraction and transformation (ETL), will be presented. Data mining tools, such as classification, clustering and association rule, will be covered in the course. There will be study of predictive models, such as neural networks. The course will also cover text analytics such as text mining, sentiment analysis and web mining. Automated decision systems and expert systems will form part of this course. Knowledge management will also be presented.

Assessment

  •  Labs, 3 credits 
  • Assignments and written examination, 4.5 credits

Grades

The grading scale used for the final course grade is U–VG.

Grades are reported as follows:

  • Labs - 3 Credits | U–G
  • Assignments and written exam - 4.5 Credits | U–VG

Prerequisites

  • Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Science or Informatics comprising at least 180 credits and English 6

Other Information

Replaces AMI23B.

This course cannot be counted towards the same degree along with courses that have equivalent content.

If the student has received a decision/recommendation granting study support from Dalarna University because of a disability, then the examiner has the right to offer an alternative examination arrangement. The examiner takes into account the objectives in the course syllabus when deciding whether the examination can be adapted in accordance with the decision/recommendation.