Program Overview

Business Analytics Overview

Business Analytics helps organizations evaluate their performance, gain operational insight, improve decision making, and forecast market trends. It combines the study of analytical and statistical data analyses, data management, modeling, and visualization. The underlying analytics tools and techniques emerge from a variety of disciplines such as operations research, statistics, computer science, and traditional business fields.

Program Description

The Business Analytics major allows students to develop the skills needed to pursue a data-related career in financial services, healthcare management, telecommunications, retail, media, or one of the many other industries where data analytics skills are in high demand.

Requirements for a Major in Business Analytics

• BUAN/CIS 205: Introduction to Programming for Business Applications (3 credits)
• BUAN/CIS 310: Business Data Management (3 credits)
• BUAN 327: Regression & Forecasting Modeling for Business Applications (3 credits)
• BUAN 410: Data Mining for Business Applications (3 credits)
• BUAN 427: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (3 credits)
• Approved BUAN or CIS Electives (6 credits)
• Total Credits: 21 A minimum grade of C is necessary to receive major credit.

Internship Experience

Students majoring in Business Analytics are encouraged to complete a business internship. Students can complete an approved internship experience for academic credit. Free Elective credit may be used to complete BUAN 375: Assimilating the Internship Experience in Business Analytics.

Recommended Course Sequence

First Year

• Fall:
  • RELS 110 or ENGL 110 (3 credits)
  • ECON 203 or ACCT 201 (3 credits)
  • MATH 153 (3 credits)
  • PSYC 203 or CIS 110 (3 credits)
• Spring:
  • ENGL 110 or RELS 110 (3 credits)
  • ECON 204 or ACCT 202 (3 credits)
  • MATH 154 (3 credits)
  • CIS 110 or PSYC 203 (3 credits)
  • PHIL 201 or SOC 201 (3 credits)

Second Year

• Fall:
  • ACCT 201 or ECON 203 (3 credits)
  • ACCT 202 or ECON 204 (3 credits)
  • MKTG 201 or MGMT 201 (3 credits)
  • ENGL 211 or BUAN 227 (3 credits)
  • SCI Elective or BUAN/CIS 205 (3 credits)
• Spring:
  • ACCT 202 or ECON 204 (3 credits)
  • MGMT 201 or MKTG 201 (3 credits)
  • BUAN 227 or ENGL 211 (3 credits)
  • BUAN/CIS 205 or SCI Elective (3 credits)
  • LAW 203 or HIST Elective (3 credits)

Third Year

• Fall:
  • BUAN/CIS 310 (3 credits)
  • BUAN 327 (3 credits)
  • ENGL Elective or RELS Catholic Studies (3 credits)
  • BUAN 410 (or BUAN Elective) (3 credits)
  • ECON 305 (3 credits)
• Spring:
  • MGMT 307 or FIN 301 (3 credits)
  • FIN 301 or MGMT 307 (3 credits)
  • Free Elective or BUAN Elective (3 credits)
  • SCI Elective (3 credits)

Fourth Year

• Fall:
  • BUAN 427 (3 credits)
  • BUAN Elective or BUAN 410 (3 credits)
  • Free Elective or BUAN Elective (3 credits)
  • MGMT 406 or 430 (3 credits)
• Spring:
  • BUAN Elective or Free Elective (3 credits)
  • MGMT 430 or 406 (3 credits)
  • RELS Global/Contemporary (3 credits)
  • Liberal Art Electives (6 credits)

Total Credits

Total Credits: 120