About BCA (Honors) Big Data Analytics

Big Data and its concepts have been utilized for years to examine huge amounts of data to solve hidden patterns, correlations and other insights. Data has become one of the most fundamental aspects of development in the various business, technological, administrative organisations. Information gathering through organising and analysis of data sets provides a wide exposure to the functionality of numerous trends. The Faculty of IT and Computer Science offers a 4 year honors specialization in Big Data Analytics which seeks to provide the students with the essential skillsets and competences which are required to navigate the scope of the field. The final year of the Honors degree provides students with additional project/coursework, research, or other academic activities for refining skill sets and competencies. The program is strategically designed to provide students with the basis of data collection, organising and analysis. In order to expose students to an in-depth practical exposure to this field, the department is equipped with computer facilities and laboratories which allow students to be engaged at a personal level and in the realtime processing of data. The program exposes students to various systems and subjects such as data sciences, business analytics, machine learning, tableau and python amongst others. The program is also taken under the instruction of expert faculties and professors who go on to provide students with an in-depth understanding of how the industry works and functions, in preparation of various streams of careers.