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Students are introduced to computers and computerized information systems, computer hardware and its uses and interactions; software, software packages and programming languages; the basics of analyzing, and designing business information systems; data communications and networking, distributed data processing and access to the Internet and hands-on uses of microcomputers for spreadsheet and database business applications using the latest, most popular software.

This course introduces fundamentals of business analytics. Students are exposed to the basic concepts and modern tools related to explanatory and predictive models for decision making in a business context. Data collection, transformation, filtering, and basic analysis methods are discussed. Legal and ethical aspects concerning privacy and confidentiality in the current regulatory environment are reviewed. This course does not require students to have prior familiarity with the business analytics related concepts and tools.