Online Bachelor of Business – Business Analytics minor

Online Bachelor of Business – Business Analytics minor

Your guide to minoring in Business Analytics with the Online Bachelor of Business at RMIT.

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Duration:
36 months
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7 July, 29 Sept 2025
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Online
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Introduction to the minor

Learn how to interpret and present information and drive data-driven decisions with our Business Analytics minor.

Drive powerful analysis, build data visualisations, and effectively forecast business decisions using data modelling. Establish yourself as a strong business graduate with hybrid capabilities with this in-demand skillset.

Who this minor is for

  • Early-mid level professionals who are either working full, or part-time, looking to gain the relevant business skills and knowledge to future proof and pursue a successful career in business.  
  • Mid-level professionals either working full or part-time, looking to gain proficiency in business fundamentals, successfully navigate business teams, and fill in knowledge gaps within their career.  

Why choose to minor in Business Analytics with the Online Bachelor of Business?

Flexibility in learning

With the flexibility to customise your degree, you’re able to study a choice of majors, minors, or a unique combination of courses that align to your personal or professional interests and ambitions. Designed 100% online, you won’t be locked into sitting through traditional lectures or tutorials. Have full control over your study and change, pause, or even accelerate your program to suit your needs. Study anywhere, anytime around your work and life commitments.

Graduate with a career-focused degree

Our Bachelor of Business is focused on sustainable, high growth disciplines to future-proof your career. With an emphasis on research, analysis, and problem solving, you’ll delve into ideation, solution generation, and testing. Partnering with some of the industry’s most iconic brands, gain confidence in your industry-relevant and best practice skills and graduate with a highly recognised degree with employers.

Learn vital interdisciplinary skills

Step away from a traditional business degree and gain hybrid skills that extend into other areas outside of business, such as IT or health, and open the doors to diverse career opportunities with a breadth of knowledge.

Course structure

Our flexible Bachelor of Business means that you can customise your degree and study a number of majors, minors, or a unique combination of subjects to align with your personal and professional aspirations.

This course contains 24 subjects that can be undertaken through a variety of different study loads that suit your work and lifestyle needs. For example: 

  • If you choose to do a full-time study load, you’ll complete 8 subjects per year (2 per term) for 3 years or;  
  • If you choose to study part-time, you may choose to complete 4 subjects per year (1 per term) over 6 years. 

Or, you can choose a study load that aligns with your personal situation and take longer to study for your degree if you need to. Please reach out to Student success team if you need additional support. Note, you must complete the Bachelor of Business within a maximum period of 10 years.

Subjects in this degree

Within the first 8 subjects of this course, you must complete the following foundational core subjects: 

  • BUSM2562 Understanding the Business Environment
  • BUSM2567 Business Decision Making     
  • BUSM2572 Business in Society 
  • BUSM2577 Integrated Perspectives on Business Problems

For the remaining 18 subjects within the Online Bachelor of Business, you’ll have the opportunity to choose from 3 majors and 5 minors.

For this Business Analytics minor, you'll complete the 4 subjects that make up the minor, with the opportunity to choose another major, a selection of minors, or a unique combination of courses to make up the 24 courses within your program.

For this Business Analytics minor, you must complete all 4 of the following subjects:

  • ISYS3446 Introduction to Business Analytics
  • ISYS3449 Advanced Business Analytics
  • ISYS2421 Business Data Management
  • OMGT2146 Supply Chain Analytics

After completing your Business Analytics minor, you can choose from the following majors and minors for the remaining subjects in your course:

Marketing major/minor

Effectively capture your audience’s attention, communicate your product or company’s value, and successfully convert and retain customers with our Marketing major/minor.

If you choose to do Marketing as your major, you'll need to complete all the following 8 subjects:

  • MKTG1025 Marketing Principles
  • MKTG1050 Buyer Behaviour
  • MKTG1041 Marketing Communication
  • MKTG1045 Market Research
  • MKTG1415 Digital Marketing
  • MKTG1071 Strategic Marketing
  • MKTG1080 Applied Brand Management
  • MKTG1092 Product Innovation and Management

If you choose to do Marketing as your minor, you must complete the following 4 subjects:

  • MKTG1025 Marketing Principles
  • MKTG1050 Buyer Behaviour
  • MKTG1041 Marketing Communication
  • MKTG1045 Market Research

Human Resource Management major/minor

Maximise your company or team’s most valuable resource – humans, to ensure that your organisation achieves success through people.

If you choose to do Human Resource Management as your major, you will need to complete all the following 8 subjects: 

  • BUSM3119 Human Resource Management 
  • BUSM1137 Human Resource Development 
  • BUSM2449 International Human Resources Management 
  • BUSM1228 People Analytics 
  • BUSM1080 Employment Relations 
  • BUSM3122 Work, Health, Safety, and Wellbeing 
  • BUSM1074 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 
  • BUSM2616 Managing People for the Future 

  If you choose to do Human Resource Management as your minor, you must complete the following 4 subjects: 

  • BUSM3119 Human Resource Management 
  • BUSM1137 Human Resource Development 
  • BUSM2449 International Human Resources Management 
  • BUSM1228 People Analytics 

Management and Change major/minor

Learn how to tackle complex and conflicting issues, successfully inspire and lead teams, and make robust business decisions with our Management and Change major/minor.

If you choose to do Management and Change as your major, you will need to complete all the following 8 subjects:

  • BUSM4558 Work in Global Society
  • BUSM1094 Organisations
  • BUSM1202 Managing Change
  • BUSM4177 Leadership
  • BUSM4550 Innovation Management
  • BUSM3125 Strategy
  • BUSM4687 Global Corporate Responsibility
  • BUSM4547 Organisational Experience

If you choose to do Management and Change as your minor, you must complete the following 4 subjects:

  • BUSM4558 Work in Global Society
  • BUSM1094 Organisations
  • BUSM1202 Managing Change
  • BUSM4177 Leadership

Business and Technology (minor only)

Effectively leverage technology to underpin organisational success. Understand how developments in technology help solve complex problems, improve decision making, customer service, marketing, resource management and more.

If you choose to do the Business and Technology minor, you must complete all 4 of the following subjects:

  • INTE2584 Introduction to Cybersecurity Governance
  • LAW2605 Legal Considerations and Big Data Project
  • ISYS3443 Introduction to Enterprise Artificial Intelligence
  • ISYS3408 Blockchain for Business

BUSM4471 Business Internship (optional)

This optional subject is an application-of-knowledge subject that includes a virtual industry project, preparing you with industry-ready skills upon completion of the course. While not mandatory to complete your degree, we recommend that you complete this subject after having completed your major(s) or minor(s).

BUSM2582 Business Graduate Folio – Capstone subject (mandatory)

This practically based final subject integrates outcomes of your self-directed journey and is where you will complete your employer-ready portfolio.

Online Bachelor of Business full course information

This is just one of the 3 majors or 2 minors that you can choose from. Visit the Online Bachelor of Business course page to find full course information, explore your study options, and get details on entry requirements, pathways, fees, plan structure and how to apply.

Learn with industry experts

Dr Jonathan Boymal – Program Director

Dr Jonathan Boymal is Head of Teaching and Learning at the College of Business and Law and an Associate Professor of Economics. With over 23 years of educational leadership in online, face-to-face, and international education, he is committed to learning in real-world contexts, ensuring graduates are equipped with the personal and professional capabilities that are highly valued in industry and transferable to emerging worlds of work.

This course is not available for international students intending to study on a student visa.

Information for international students

Sorry, this course is not available for international students intending to study on a student visa. If you hold a different visa type, you may be eligible. Please contact Study@RMIT for more information.

 

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