Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| BA 5687 | Advanced Professional Development Strategies 1 | 0 |
| STAT 5001 | Quantitative Methods for Business | 3 |
| STAT 5602 | Visualization: The Art of Numbers and the Psychology of Persuasion | 3 |
| STAT 5603 | Statistical Learning and Data Mining | 3 |
| STAT 5604 | Experiments: Knowledge by Design | 3 |
| STAT 5605 | Decision Models: From Data to Decisions | 3 |
| STAT 5606 | Data: Care, Feeding, and Cleaning in Python | 3 |
| STAT 5607 | Advanced Business Analytics | 3 |
| Capstone Course | ||
| STAT 5651 | Capstone in Analytics | 3 |
| Electives 2, 3 | ||
| Select two (2) from the following: | 6 | |
ACCT 5001 | Accounting for Managerial and Investment Analysis and Planning | |
BA 5002 | Socioeconomic Context of Business | |
BA 5119 | Real World Problems and Cases for Managers: An Interdisciplinary Approach | |
BA 5685 | Internship or Externship in Business 4 | |
FIN 5001 | Financial Analysis and Strategy | |
MIS 5001 | Information Technology Management | |
MKTG 5108 | Data and Financial Driven Marketing | |
MKTG 5111 | Customer Data Analytics | |
MSOM 5001 | Operations Management | |
MSOM 5107 | Lean, Six Sigma, and the Science of Improvement | |
MSOM 5108 | Project Management | |
RMI 5051 | Managing Risk | |
SCM 5101 | Supply Chain Analytics | |
SGM 5051 | Business Strategy in a Global Environment | |
STAT 5170 | Special Topics | |
STAT 5182 | Independent Study | |
STAT 5190 | Special Topics - Stat | |
STAT 8109 | Applied Statistics and Data Science | |
STAT 8123 | Time Series Analysis and Forecasting | |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
- 1
BA 5687 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 BA 5685 Internship or Externship in Business as an elective course. But permission to enroll in BA 5685 as an elective does not guarantee that the course will fulfill the capstone requirement. A second permission is required by the Academic Director for BA 5685 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 BA 5685 Internship or Externship in Business and STAT 5651 Capstone in Analytics. For STAT 5651, 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.