Program Structure

keyboard_arrow_up 1st Semester | 2nd Semester
keyboard_arrow_up Business Analytics Fundamentals

The mandatory courses in Business Analytics provide students with the foundational knowledge necessary for successful Business Analytics. Courses in this area will teach students the best practices in data acquisition, management, and analytics, while also developing their statistical and programing knowledge and skills.

  • Causality & Randomized Experiments
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Management
  • Foundations of Statistics with Applications in R
  • Introduction to Programming
  • Time Series Econometrics
keyboard_arrow_up Analytics in Practice

The two courses (mandatory) in this area will focus on the development of data analytics solutions for actual business challenges.

  • Advanced Topics in Predictive Analytics
  • Predictive Analytics

 

Analytics in Practice Electives:

  • AI Interpretability & Fairness 
  • Big Data Technologies
  • Operations Analytics
keyboard_arrow_up Business Essentials

The two courses in this are focus on the development of the critical skills necessary for successful leadership in organizations.

  • Data Privacy and Ethics
  • Managing People
keyboard_arrow_up Electives

You may take free elective courses to complement your area of expertise or simply explore a topic that interests you. In our MSc in Business Analytics, some electives that you can take are:

Marketing

  • Brand Management
  • Business to Business Marketing Strategy
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • New Value Creation
  • Strategic Marketing

 

Accounting & Finance

  • Finance
  • Financial Decision-Making in a Business Context
  • Management Accounting
  • Performance Evaluation

 

Strategy

  • Advanced Strategic Management
  • International Industry Analysis
  • Strategic Management
keyboard_arrow_up Career Accelerator Lab
keyboard_arrow_up LERNE
keyboard_arrow_up International Experience (optional)

To obtain a valuable international experience and further improve your knowledge, you complete an exchange semester in one of CATÓLICA-LISBON’s prestigious partner schools around the world.

keyboard_arrow_up Summer Internship (optional)

Students are encouraged to complete a summer internship before or during the MSc program.

keyboard_arrow_up 3rd Semester
keyboard_arrow_up Thesis Project or Capstone Project

The program culminates in a project in which students will apply the tools and techniques learned throughout the program to a real world Business Analytics challenge or research topic. This project may be developed collaboratively in teams of students who will then prepare and present an individual report on the team’s project expanding on an aspect or set of aspects of their particular interest or to which they contributed the most.

Beyond the Classroom

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