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MIS41230

Academic Year 2024/2025

Machine Learning for Business (MIS41230)

Subject:
Management Information Systems
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Mr Allen Higgins
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Machine Learning for Business: a hands-on approach will introduce you to current commercial/industry Machine Learning practices. The module gives you the opportunity to develop a range of skills and knowledge of the technologies and business applications of Machine Learning, a central technology in the recent advances in Artificial Intelligence. Classes employ practical experimentation and reflection using Python and current open source tools and public domain-data resource based on ‘Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow’ (Geron, 2019).

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will have: Knowledge of the main ideas and techniques of Machine Learning; Knowledge and understanding of a range of industry settings in which firms deploy machine learning tools and related frameworks used in these contexts. You will be able to: Identify Machine Learning techniques relevant to specific business contexts and data; Research an unfamiliar industry or firm context in order to establish the nature of an analytical problem; Formulate a machine learning plan and comment critically on machine learning strategies adopted by others; Explain both findings and the strengths and weaknesses of the methods used to arrive at these findings.

Indicative Module Content:

Lessons will refer to the book “Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow”.
We identify business cases and adapt provided code to analyse these datasets.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

60

Autonomous Student Learning

110

Lectures

30

Total

200


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures, tutorial/workshops.
Short coding assignments.
Presentations.
Teams conduct and write-up independent research.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Essay responding to a business problem and dataset. Week 12 Graded Yes
100
Yes

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Formative feedback is offered during tutorials in class.

Name Role
Sidra Bashir Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Claire Hughes Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Yossi Lichtenstein Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Linus Wunderlich Lecturer / Co-Lecturer