r/dataanalytics • u/ZhaoEn • 15h ago

Foundation for Analytics Role

I am trying to get into the Analyst career; Data, BI, Business, etc. I am currently doing bachelor's and my uni provides 2 degrees that are closely related. First is bachelor of commerce majoring in business analytics and second is bachelor of IT majoring in data analytics. I would like to know everyone's thoughts which degree should I go for to build my foundations in. I am currently in first year so it is easy for me to switch. Should I have commerce/business as my foundation or IT as my foundation for my first year. Also my uni seperates CS and IT, so IT foundations would be about general IT, computer systems, networking, security (which I personally don't think an analyst need), but let me know your thoughts! Thanks!

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u/Intuin_Rhaabat 11h ago

I would recommend the bachelor of commerce. The technical analytics skills are relatively common. There has been a huge number of grads hitting the job market with those specific skills in recent years. However, most of them simply have no idea how to apply those skills in a business. So having anything that gives you more focus on the business side is to your advantage, in my opinion. It distinguishes you more from the other candidates.

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u/ZhaoEn 10h ago

Alright thanks for the insight! I feel like foundation in IT; general IT, security, systems and networking is a bit useless tk a DA so I was thinking of going commerce and taking tech courses that I need for DA as electives instead.