Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Finance and Business Analytics aims to enable participants to:
Develop quantitative, analytical and ICT skills to carry out data and financial analysis tasks.
Communicate and interpret the output of their analysis.
Exhibit curiosity, in a critical manner, in evaluating analysis undertaken by themselves or others.
Develop their careers within their current employment or as an initial stepping stone to a career as a financial analyst/data analyst.
The course offers students the opportunity to develop their understanding of the theories underpinning core phenomena in business analysis while allowing students to work with ‘live’ data, facilitated through the availability of the newly developed Finance Lab.
The course will be delivered in-person and on-campus in concentrated blocks. Students are required to attend lectures on campus over 3 days, complemented with independent self-learning. The programme will be delivered using a mix of lectures and practicals (IT lab based). Practice-based training will be central to this with candidates receiving specialised training in PL-SQL, Real Stats, Eikon, Stocktrak and Qlikviews. There is also an opportunity to be part of a broader community of graduate business students. Some of the modules may be shared with other graduate courses.
Delivery
The delivery approach will be in person and on campus over two semesters, with students engaging in an Internship or Financial Data Analysis Project in semester three.
The PGD in Finance and Business Analytics is fully accredited by the Institute of Analytics (IoA) which is the Professional Body for Analytics and Data Science professionals in the UK and Internationally.
The following modules will be delivered over the lifetime of the course:
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
Data Modelling and Analytics
Business Intelligence Fundamentals
Internship
Statistics for Data Analytics
Trading the Financial Markets
Or
Programming for Data Science
Financial Regulation and Compliance Management
Financial Data Analysis Project
Contemporary Issues in Business
Corporate Financial Analysis
Information Systems Project Management and Analytics
Distributed Ledger Technologies and Blockchain
The current minimum entry requirements for students to be accepted on the Postgraduate Diploma in Business in Finance and Business Analytics are as follows:
Applicants must hold at least a Level 8 qualification in business/finance/economics/IT.
Students holding a non-business/IT honours degree of the type listed above are eligible to apply. However, this does not guarantee entry to the programme, applicants may be considered for interview/advising and short listing. Candidates that can display strong numeracy skills will be considered more favourably.
Students without a Level 8 qualification may qualify under RPL as per SETU Waterford academic guidelines.
International students must meet the SETU Waterford requirements for postgraduates in IELTS or equivalent. This programme resides in the School of Business (this is important when determining the appropriate English language competency criteria to apply).
The courses provides students with the opportunity to professionally develop. On completion of the course students will exhibit quantitative, analytical and ICT skills to carry out data and financial analysis tasks in their current employment or perhaps provide students with the stepping stone for a career in financial/data analysis.
Applications for this programme are made online through PAC
