Program Overview
Business Analytics Program
The Business Analytics program helps organizations evaluate their performance, gain operational insight, improve decision making, and forecast market trends by combining 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 Overview
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. The department offers both a Business Analytics major and a combined CIS and Business Analytics dual major. The CIS and Business Analytics dual major is ideal for students who have quantitative problem-solving skills and a strong interest in information technology.
Program Requirements
- A minimum grade of C is necessary to receive major credit.
- The following courses are required:
- BUAN/CIS 205: Intro to Prog for Bus App (3 credits)
- BUAN/CIS 310: Business Data Management (3 credits)
- BUAN 327: Advanced Business Statistics (3 credits)
- BUAN 410: Data Mining for Business Applications (3 credits)
- BUAN 427: Analytical Decision Modeling (3 credits)
- Approved BUAN Electives (6 credits)
- Total Credits: 21
Major Study Plan
The major study plan is outlined below:
First Year
- Fall:
- RELS 110 or ENGL 110 (3 credits)
- MGMT 201 or MKTG 201 (3 credits)
- ECON 203 or ACCT 201 (3 credits)
- CIS 110 or MATH 153 (3 credits)
- SCI Elective (3 credits)
- Spring:
- ECON 204 or ACCT 202 (3 credits)
- ENGL 110 or RELS 110 (3 credits)
- SCI Elective (3 credits)
- MATH 153 or CIS (3 credits)
- PSYC 203 (3 credits)
Second Year
- Fall:
- MKTG 201 or MGMT 201 (3 credits)
- ACCT 202 or ECON 204 (3 credits)
- ACCT 201 or ECON 203 (3 credits)
- ENGL 211 (or ENGL Elective) (3 credits)
- Spring:
- ENGL 211 (or ENGL Elective) (3 credits)
- BUAN 227 or MATH 154 (3 credits)
- MATH 154 or BUAN 227 (3 credits)
- SOC 201 or PHIL 201 (3 credits)
- LAW 203 (3 credits)
Third Year
- Fall:
- BUAN/CIS 310 (3 credits)
- BUAN 327 (3 credits)
- HIST Elective/RELS Catholic Studies (3 credits)
- Spring:
- BUAN 410 (3 credits)
- PHIL 201 or SOC 201 (3 credits)
- RELS Catholic Studies/HIST Elective (3 credits)
- MGMT 307 or FIN 301 (3 credits)
- FIN 301 or MGMT 307 (3 credits)
- Free Elective (3 credits)
Fourth Year
- Fall:
- BUAN 427 (3 credits)
- BUAN Elective (3 credits)
- BUAN Elective (3 credits)
- MGMT 406 or 430 (3 credits)
- Spring:
- MGMT 406 or 430 (3 credits)
- Free Elective (3 credits)
- RELS Global/Contemporary (3 credits)
- Liberal Arts Electives (6 credits)
- Liberal Arts Elective (3 credits)
Total Credits
The total credits required for the program are 120.
