Advanced Short Course in Big Data (77070)

Short Learning Programmes

Duration: Semester module

Language medium: English only

Target group:

Master of Business Leadership (MBL) & Master of Business Administration (MBA) students and alumni, practitioners from industry, government, or research organisations

Admission requirements:

NQF 7 level qualification and appointment in a middle or senior manager position and managerial experience of at least 5 years. Alternatively, a portfolio of evidence of prior learning will be considered.

Registration periods:

Quarterly

Course leader details:

Professor Pumela Msweli
Qualifications: PhD, MBA, MPhil Dev Finance
Expertise: Global Business; Research Methods; Big Data Research Design
Graduate School of Business Leadership
Office: 4-25, Cnr Janadel and Alexander Avenues, Midrand 1685
Tel: 011 652 0362
E-mail: mswelp@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Ms Dineo Makgarieetsa
Office No: 2-20
Graduate School of Business Leadership
Cnr Janadel and Alexander Avenues, Midrand 1685
Tel: 652 0000
Email: makgadh@unisa.ac.za

Modules:

BDBDA01 - Big Data Analysis

Content:

Understand the six Vs of big data
Role of theory in big data
Research design and sampling issues in big data
Ontological and epistemological issues in research involving big data
Collect, fuse and integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple sources
Preparing data for machine learning
Basics in computer programming for big data analysis
Machine learning techniques to predict, classify, and cluster large data sets using simple algorithms