Text and Social Media Analytics

Course aim

To explore and apply text and social media analytic methods and tools.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include: principles of text analytics, information retrieval; acquiring data from social media; content analysis, sentiment analysis; using text analytics methods; and analysing social media-sourced text data to address a business question.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 Students must complete one of the following courses in addition to INFS 3075:
INFS 3076	Predictive and Descriptive Analytics
INFS 3081	UO Predictive Analytics

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFS 3075	Analytics for Decision Making

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Seminar	2 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	1 hour x 12 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	2 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	1 hour x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
Online	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Project, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.