NUS Computing (Business Analytics)

[klebbb]

Hellohello, I'm graduating from poly (comp eng) this year. Looking through the courses offered by NUS SOC and quite intrigued by the modules that they offer for business analytics. It's quite a new course so I can't find lots of infomation anywhere..

I went through this thread about NUA BS pros and cons (not enough post count to post links lol) but still not provided enough information cause that thread died halfway.

If I'm not wrong.. we get to deal with big data in this course. Since big data is a recent hype (or overhype), will it affect the usefulness of this course in the long run once the hype settles? Take for eg. 3D printing.. it was a hype many years back, now rarely u hear people talking about it. (??)

Also, a very noob question.. since it's has got to do with data - data mining & analysis. Will it be affected by data privacy?

in short, because this course is quite specialized, is it stable yet?

 

[Darkzi0n]

i think the course is more rojak rather than specialized by mixing in so many modules from different discipline making u a jack of all trades but master of none...

n i think the course is more geared towards producing business analyst rather than data scientist (which typically are phd holder)

if u wan to play with data analytics.. doing a double major/deg in statistics and computing may be a better option... i think developing technical skills will be more important than gaining business acumen which u can pick on while on the job.

n i dun think there is any data privacy in singapore one lar.. even in the US i think big data and data privacy is still a very grey area. and sometimes not all data have privacy issue... especially if the data is in-house or if the data are things like sensor input along the production line.



jus my opinion from my very brief exposure to this field.

 

[klebbb]

i think the course is more rojak rather than specialized by mixing in so many modules from different discipline making u a jack of all trades but master of none...

n i think the course is more geared towards producing business analyst rather than data scientist (which typically are phd holder)

if u wan to play with data analytics.. doing a double major/deg in statistics and computing may be a better option... i think developing technical skills will be more important than gaining business acumen which u can pick on while on the job.

n i dun think there is any data privacy in singapore one lar.. even in the US i think big data and data privacy is still a very grey area. and sometimes not all data have privacy issue... especially if the data is in-house or if the data are things like sensor input along the production line.



jus my opinion from my very brief exposure to this field.

Ok thanks! Then may I ask what's the difference between a business analyst and a data scientist? as much as I know, business analyst will help company gain insights from data, no?

 

[Darkzi0n]

a biz major using excel to find mean, standard deviation, plotting bar chart or pivot table and throwing out words like 'synergy', 'sustainability' or 'paradigm shift' is using data in a business setting too... but that dosnt mean they are data scientist

if u wan to know the difference jus google it loh

some table i found online:

 

[mgx-alander]

u will almost nv touch big data.. if u do, its touch and go kind..

to be a data scientist, u will have to go masters at least NUS MSc Business Analytics Programme

and are u good in mathematics? if u are not, you are probably gonna kill urself in faculty of science.

 

[klebbb]

ahhh, alright. thanks guys!

my maths isn't super strong, but I don't mind doing it tho. hahaha.

now hearing some feedbacks from you all.. feeling really uncertain to apply for this. it's like a really broad-based kind of learning. In uni level, should I still go for the jack-of-all-trades kind of learning or just focus on 1-2 areas, and why? (eg, BA offers quite a bit of stats vs pure stats course in school of science)

 

[mgx-alander]

being a sexpert is better than master of none imo..

 

[MoxLotus]

ahhh, alright. thanks guys!

my maths isn't super strong, but I don't mind doing it tho. hahaha.

now hearing some feedbacks from you all.. feeling really uncertain to apply for this. it's like a really broad-based kind of learning. In uni level, should I still go for the jack-of-all-trades kind of learning or just focus on 1-2 areas, and why? (eg, BA offers quite a bit of stats vs pure stats course in school of science)

as u go higher, u will become more and more specialized, this world dun need generalist, we need specialist.

 

[Geforce3]

being a sexpert is better than master of none imo..

Then I ish behkan riao