COP4434 IBM Big Data and AnalyticsBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOCIOLOGYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOCIOLOGY
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
COP4434 IBM Big Data and Analytics Fall 3 0 3 6
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi CEMAL OKAN ŞAKAR
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. TAŞKIN KOÇAK
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi CEMAL OKAN ŞAKAR
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The students will take lectures from senior executives from IBM. Each lecture will focus on a different subject and the lecturer will share his/her own experiences together with the theoretical basis of the subject.
The courses will include Business Analytics & Big Data capabilities and service areas including key concepts, services, IBM software, hardware offerings and IBM assets. In addition, industry use cases are used to illustrate effective use of Big Data services. The courses will help students to prepare for a successful professional career.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Expected benefits are multidimensional such as:
- Graduating engineers being much more ready for the professional work
- Directing academic research (including thesis) to real life problems and business needs
- Creating new industry projects formed as the application of new technologies
Hence, this course will be another good addition to our activities in industry-academia partnership.

Course Content

The course will include Big Data and analytics capabilities and service areas including key concepts, services, IBM software, hardware offerings and IBM assets. In addition, industry use cases are used to illustrate effective use of Big Data services.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Big Data & Analytics for Better Business Outcomes
2) Industry Aligned Big Data, Top Use Cases
3) Overview of Big Data Technology & IBM Big Data Platform
4) IBM Big Data Platform, Data Explorer
5) Data Warehousing
6) Information Integration, Master Data Management, Guardium, OPTIM
7) Hadoop Technology
8) Midterm
9) Master Data Management for Customer
10) Integrating Unstructured Data in the Enterprise
11) Text Analytics
12) Infrastructure for Big Data & Analytics
13) Infrastructure for Big Data & Analytics
14) Recap

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die by E. Siegel
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Quizzes 2 % 5
Project 1 % 25
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 35
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 65
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Project 1 20 20
Quizzes 2 14 28
Midterms 1 25 25
Final 1 30 30
Total Workload 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.