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Business Analytics

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Business analytics turns raw data into information

With the rapid advances in information technologies, the volume of data generated has tremendously increased in recent years. These data are generated from various sources such as online transactions, mobile applications, sensors, video-capturing systems, and social media, and are arriving at a scale of terabytes or even petabytes. There are ample opportunities for businesses to gain managerial and strategic insights by gathering, cleaning, and analyzing these data.

AREAS OF STUDY

  • Programming
  • Math
  • Business
  • Statistics
  • Visualization
  • Oral and Written Communication
  • Concentration in accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, hospitality or operations management

CAREER OPTIONS

  • Data analyst
  • Business analyst
  • Business systems analyst
  • Process improvement analyst
  • Technical analyst

What’s special about this program?

The Business Analytics (BA) major aims to educate students in the theories and methods of analyzing large volumes of data for gaining competitive advantages and strategic insights in today’s business world.

We focus on the following critical skill areas: Importing and pre-processing data, modeling and evaluating data, visualizing and communicating the results.

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Financial Management Association

Lerner College Student Advisory Board

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Sample curriculum

MATH221

 

Calculus I

ECON101

 

Microeconomics

MISY160

 

Business Computing

BUAD110

 

Basics of Business

ENGL110

 

First-Year Writing

MATH230

 

Finite Math with Applications

ECON103

 

Macroeconomics

 

University Breadth Courses

 

ACCT207

 

Accounting I
MISY261 Business Information Systems
 
STAT200 Basic Statistical Practice
 
ACCT208 Accounting II
 
MISY225 Introduction to Programming Business Apps
 
MISY262 Fundamentals of Business Analytics
 
BUAD345 Decision Analysis and Visualization
 
  University Breadth Courses and/or Foreign Language
BUAD301
 
Introduction to Marketing
BUAD306
 
Service & Operations Management
BUAD309
 
Organizational Behavior
FINC311
 
Principles of Finance
MISY330
 
Database Design & Implementation
COMM212/HOSP230
 
Oral Communication in Business or
Executive Presentations & Professional Development
 
BUAD346
 
Analytical Decision Making
MISY331
 
Machine Learning for Business
  Concentration Course
 
  Analytics Elective
 
BUAD445
 
Business Analytics Capstone
  Concentration Courses
 
  Ethics Course
 
  Analytics Electives
 
  Discovery Learning Experience
 
  University Breadth Courses and/or Foreign Language
 

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