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Cooperation Study Programme with

Don Bosco School of Management

Master's Study Programme

Big Data & Business Analytics
Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)

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Big Data is becoming increasingly more important

in business practice: from finance to the health
sector, the amount of structured and
unstructured data that companies are providing
nowadays is rapidly increasing. Big Data
specialists bridge the gap between logic and
quantitative methods, programming languages,
frameworks and infrastructure, all the way to the
interpretation and implementation of the results
in business processes.

There is high demand for Big Data analysts in

companies. Therefore, the FOM University has
developed a study programme, which focuses on
the corporate value of data. From the winter
semester 2018 onwards, (economic-)
programmers, engineers, and scientists, as well
as mathematicians and statisticians, can enrol in
the new Master’s programme "Big Data &
Business Analytics".
In cooperation with the FOM University, students
from India now also have the opportunity to
participate in the Big Data & Business Analytics
Master’s programme at the Don Bosco School of
Management in Bangalore, India.

The first two semesters of the study programme

will be held at the Don Bosco School of
Management in India, and the third and fourth
semester will take place at the FOM University at
the German University Center in Essen, Germany.

The Master’s degree in Big Data & Business

Analytics will be completed with the academic
degree Master of Science (M.Sc.). The degree will
be awarded by the FOM University of Economics
and Management.

Information on Master's Programme

"Big Data & Business Analytics"
Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Length: 4 Semester inclusive Thesis

Place of Study: 1st & 2nd Semester: Don Bosco

School of Management, India / 3rd & 4th
Semester: FOM University Essen, Germany

Course Language: English

Accreditation: The FOM - a non-profit-oriented

University of Applied Sciences - and its academic
degrees are staterecognized and all its study
programmes are accredited. FOM University is
Germany’s largest private university with over 20
years worth of teaching and research experience

Cooperation with: Don Bosco School of

Management, India

Admission Requirements +

Curricula -

First Semester at Don Bosco School of

Management
Big-Data-Architecture & -Infrastructure

Enterprise architecture management (EAM)

Technological requirements for big data
Vital infrastructures for data-driven business
models
Complex processing by continuous data sets

Decision Focussed Management

Traditional decision theory

Management decisions from a psychological
perspective
Decisions in a strategy context

Leadership & Sustainability

Leadership as part of normative, strategic and

operative business management and in the
context of diversity management
Leadership styles, techniques and instruments
 Ethics and sustainability

Big Data Analytics

Data sources and data classification

Visual analytics / data discovery / explorative
data analysis
AI methods such as machine learning
Computational intelligence: fuzzy logic,
neuronal networks, evolutionary algorithms

Deutsch

Fundamentals in listening, reading, writing and

speaking
Basic grammatical skills
Application in situations of everyday life

Second Semester at Don Bosco School

of Management
Applied Programming
 Basic principles and application of
programming languages for big data: SQL, R
and Python
Languages and tools for data management
Data integration
ETL v. ELT (data lake)

Analysis of semi- & unstructured Data

Crawling and pre-processing

Text mining / web mining
Social media analysis
Ontologies
Semantic and graphic modelling/technologies

Project management of Big-Data-Projects

Planning, management and control of dig data

projects
Challenges, specific features and success
factors of big data project management
Architectural and technological features
 Introduction of big data applications
Integration and harmonisation of data sources
and planning of data analyses and reporting

Area of application: Business Analytics

Goals and fields of activity for big data

applications
Sector and type of data sources
Application of processes such as association
analysis, decision tree process, neuronal
networks, cluster analysis

Research Methods

Qualitative and quantitative research methods

Quantitative data analysis (applications with R,
statistical test methods, multivariate
processes)

IT-Security
 Data protection and data privacy
Risk analysis / type of threats
Attack vectors and scenarios
IT security guidelines

Third Semester at FOM University

Big-Data-Consulting Project

Selection of an area of application for the

analysis project
Data storytelling
Addressing a management issue
Data acquisition, processing and analysis
Preparing findings for management

Ethics & Law

Ethical aspects of the use of big data

Legal aspects of the use of big data
Compliance

Big-Data-Analysis Project
 Selection of an area of application for the
analysis project
Project work with first independently produced
data analysis

Strategic Business Model Development

Results of big data analyses as drivers of

business model development
Planning of big data strategy/business
analytics strategy
Strategy approaches and strategic planning
and management instruments
Data-based business models and business
transformation
Open innovation/innovation management

Praxisproject I

Fourth Semester at FOM University

Master Thesis
Praxisproject II

Fees & Registration +

Academic cooperation India:

Contact at FOM University

Anna Schlusen B.A.
International Office
+49 201 81004-519
international@fom.de

Michaela Schönherr-Gündogdu M.A.

International Office
+49 201 81004-446
international@fom.de

Studying in Essen, Germany

Lying in the centre of the Ruhr area in Western
Germany, the town Essen has a lot to offer –
from significant industrial cultural monuments
to charming local recreation areas. Students
can enjoy large cultural opportunities such as
museums, theatres, as well as countless
opportunities for going out.

For example, you should not miss a visit to the

Coal Mine Zollverein Industrial Complex. Today,
the former coal mine is part of the UNESCO
World Heritage Site, and with its adjacent park,
it is one of the region’s tourist magnets. As the
greenest city in the German federal state North
Rhine-Westphalia, Essen delights everyone who
wants to enjoy nature after a lecture.

More informations
» Travel Guide Essen
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