S152 - BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA COURSE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: The course covers Big Data Fundamentals, including the characteristics of Big Data, the sources Big Data (such as social media, sensor data, and geospatial data), as well as the challenges imposed around information management, data analytics, privacy and security, as well as platforms and architectures. Emphasis will be given to non-relational databases by examining techniques for storing and processing large volumes of structured and unstructured data, streaming data as well as complex analytics on them. Data warehouses will also be presented as a solution to handling big data and business intelligence applications. Business Intelligence (BI) systems in terms of its tools, current practices and impacts .The students should acquire knowledge on how to design BI solutions for different BI targets and users. COURSE OUTCOMES: At the end of this course, you should be able to: CO1: Outline basic concept