Decision Science at SBS covers a mix of subjects from Information Technology, Operations, Analytics & Data Science. It prepares students for roles in industry / academics across all above areas including preparation of students for research work towards PhD in top universities across the world. Subjects starting from foundation building to advanced topics like deep learning are covered as part of Decision Science at SBS. Multiple faculties with varied experience and industry interface teach students across the Year 1 & Year 2. Specialization has subjects which are compulsory & offered in Year 1 plus electives offered in Year 2. Compulsory subjects like Excel & Statistics, Workshop on Digital Analytics, Operations Research are covered in Year 1 followed by electives in Year 2. Subjects are updated annually in consultation with industry leaders
Decision Science as a Specialization
Electives Available at SBS
- R Programming
- Python Programming
- Data Mining
- Deep Learning
- Artificial Intelligence
- Project Management
- Advanced Operations Research
- Advanced Data Mining
- Systems Engineering
- Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- Total Quality Management
- Contemporary Issues in Analytics & Decision Science
Unique feature of Decision Science being taught at SBS
- Multiple faculties with industry interface and 15+ years of experience
- Coverage from fundamental to advanced topics
- Year on year good placements
- Coverage of technical, functional and managerial aspects of Decision Science
- Pedagogy for teaching the subjects includes case studies, workshops, industry lectures, practical programming sessions, contemporary issues analysis, projects, industry visits and more
- Summer Internship Project Assistance
- Grand project offered in relevant area under various faculties at SBS – Examples of Project areas: Deep Learning, Interpretable Machine Learning, Automatic Machine Learning and similar
- All areas of Decision Science around Operations, Analytics, Data Science & Information Technology are covered resulting in the student being a well-rounded professional
- Cross specialization collaboration between Decision Science, Finance, HR & Marketing students for subjects in terms of grand project and more resulting in lot of domain-based learning
- Career path across both technical and functional roles opens in industry for students post this specialization.
- Technical programming based and non-technical or functional roles like Data Analyst, Product Manager, Domain Consultant among other both become available for students
Career Opportunities for Decision Science
Career opportunities span across technical, functional and other types of roles for students as below:
Technical roles
- Data Scientist
- Data Engineer
- Supply Chain Professional
- Data Analyst
- Programmer
Functional roles
- Project Manager
- Business Analyst
- Domain Consultant
- Product Manager
- Quality Consultant / Manager
- Management Trainee
- Operations Trainee / Executive / Manager
- Functional Consultant
- Digital Marketing / HR / Finance Analytics Manager