QB1004: Data, Information and Knowledge for Business

QB1004: DATA, INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE FOR BUSINESS (2025-2026)

Last modified: 19 Jan 2026 13:16

Course Overview

This course aims to equip students with the foundational academic and practical skills to enable the further study of business, finance, statistics, and economics.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	1
Term	First Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Offshore	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Munshi Haq

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
Programme Level 1
One of Master Of Arts In Business Management (Qatar) or Master Of Arts In Politics & International Relations (Qatar) or Master Of Arts In Accountancy-Finance (Qatar)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Through business-themed lectures and tutorials/workshops, students will be introduced to:

- Theoretical concepts of data, information, and knowledge and their application in business decision-making

- Common marketplace analysis systems such as SWOT, VCA and PESTEL analysis modelling

- Electronic systems for data storage and use

- Methods describing how to prepare and present information such that it becomes knowledge-of-value for business decision-making

- Excel spreadsheet software and a range of associated functions for the manipulation and presentation of data

- Practical information on working and collaborating in teams

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	75
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	1,200-word essay worth 75% of the overall grade.	Word Count	1200

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Class Test - Multiple Choice Questions

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	25
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Multiple-Choice Questions class test worth 25% of the overall grade.

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	1,500-word resit essay.	Word Count	1500

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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