Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| µþ´¡Ìý5687 | Advanced Professional Development Strategies 1 | 0 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5001 | Quantitative Methods for Business | 3 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5602 | Visualization: The Art of Numbers and the Psychology of Persuasion | 3 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5603 | Statistical Learning and Data Mining | 3 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5604 | Experiments: Knowledge by Design | 3 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5605 | Decision Models: From Data to Decisions | 3 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5606 | Data: Care, Feeding, and Cleaning in Python | 3 |
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5607 | Advanced Business Analytics | 3 |
| Capstone Course | ||
| ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5651 | Capstone in Analytics | 3 |
| Electives 2, 3 | ||
| Select two (2) from the following: | 6 | |
´¡°ä°ä°ÕÌý5001 | Accounting for Managerial and Investment Analysis and Planning | |
µþ´¡Ìý5002 | Socioeconomic Context of Business | |
µþ´¡Ìý5119 | Real World Problems and Cases for Managers: An Interdisciplinary Approach | |
µþ´¡Ìý5685 | Internship or Externship in Business 4 | |
¹ó±õ±·Ìý5001 | Financial Analysis and Strategy | |
²Ñ±õ³§Ìý5001 | Information Technology Management | |
²Ñ°°Õ³ÒÌý5108 | Data and Financial Driven Marketing | |
²Ñ°°Õ³ÒÌý5111 | Customer Data Analytics | |
²Ñ³§°¿²ÑÌý5001 | Operations Management | |
²Ñ³§°¿²ÑÌý5107 | Lean, Six Sigma, and the Science of Improvement | |
²Ñ³§°¿²ÑÌý5108 | Project Management | |
¸é²Ñ±õÌý5051 | Managing Risk | |
³§°ä²ÑÌý5101 | Supply Chain Analytics | |
³§³Ò²ÑÌý5051 | Business Strategy in a Global Environment | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5170 | Special Topics | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5182 | Independent Study | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5190 | Special Topics - Stat | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý8109 | Applied Statistics and Data Science | |
³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý8123 | Time Series Analysis and Forecasting | |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
- 1
µþ´¡Ìý5687 may be waived based on prior academic or professional preparation. Students should consult with the Academic Director.
- 2
Two courses/6 credits are required. Note that in all cases, students are responsible for completing prerequisites.
- 3
Alternate courses may be taken with permission from the Academic Director. Students should pursue a combination of electives that supports their educational and career goals. Students are encouraged to speak with their Academic Director or Advisor when selecting courses.
- 4
Permission from the Academic Director is required to enroll in µþ´¡Ìý5685 Internship or Externship in Business as an elective course. But permission to enroll in µþ´¡Ìý5685 as an elective does not guarantee that the course will fulfill the capstone requirement. A second permission is required by the Academic Director for µþ´¡Ìý5685 Internship or Externship in Business to fulfill the capstone requirement.
Culminating Event:
Capstone Course:
All students in the Business Analytics MS program participate in a capstone experience that is designed to integrate real-world problems into the curriculum. Students may choose between µþ´¡Ìý5685 Internship or Externship in Business and ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5651 Capstone in Analytics. For ³§°Õ´¡°ÕÌý5651, a sponsoring corporation provides a problem and real data, and students divide into teams to work on the problem. At the end of the term, the top several groups as judged by professors present to the program's advisory board and other corporate judges.