491739-HS2026-0-Business Analytics using Excel





Root number 491739
Semester HS2026
Type of course Lecture
Allocation to subject Business Administration
Type of exam Oral exam
Title Business Analytics using Excel
Description This course covers the design, development, and implementation of Excel-based decision support systems using various techniques from business analytics. The first part of the course consists of lectures and exercises, including an introduction to programming in Visual Basic for Applications, and a project; the latter consists of the development and implementation of a decision support system for a given planning situation.

To participate, please apply via email to bae.pqm@unibe.ch and include an up-to-date transcript. The successful completion of one of the courses, "Quantitative Methoden der Betriebswirtschaftslehre," "Methoden und Anwendungen des Operations Research," or "Combinatorial Optimization," is a prerequisite. There is a limited number of places, and priority will be given to students of the UniBE Master in Business Administration with special qualification in Business Analytics.

Please note that students should be able to implement a given optimization model in Microsoft Excel, use the solver add-in to find an optimal solution, and interpret the results.
ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course) Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible). ILIAS
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Lecturers Prof. Dr. Norbert TrautmannChair of Quantitative Methods in Business Administration 
ECTS 4.5
Recognition as optional course possible No
Grading 1 to 6
 
Dates Tuesday 15/9/2026 13:15-15:00
Monday 21/9/2026 14:15-18:00
Tuesday 29/9/2026 13:15-15:00
Monday 5/10/2026 14:15-18:00
Wednesday 25/11/2026 08:15-10:00
Wednesday 9/12/2026 08:15-10:00
 
Rooms Seminarraum 104, Hauptgebäude H4
Seminarraum 117, Hauptgebäude H4
Seminarraum A 015, UniS
Seminarraum A 027, UniS
 
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