Business Analytics, B.S.

Program Overview

The program includes a strong foundation in general business principles, as well as specialized courses in data mining, big data, and business intelligence. Students can choose to concentrate in areas such as cybersecurity, finance, or marketing, and can select electives to tailor their studies to their career goals.

Program Outline

Outline:

General Education Requirements:

• First Year Seminar (3 credits)
• Foundations Requirements:
• Communication: FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication (3 credits), FCO 210 Communication in Professional Cultures (3 credits)
• Quantitative Fluency: satisfied by major (MAT 120 or QBA 260)
• American Citizenship: ECO 201 Principles of Economics (Micro) (3 credits)
• Global Citizenship: ECO 200 Principles of Economics (Macro) (3 credits)
• Disciplinary Perspectives:
• 3 credits from Humanities
• 3 credits from Arts
• 3 credits from Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 3 credits from Natural and Physical Sciences
• Constellation: Requires completion of four courses from at least three disciplines.

Required Major Courses:

• General Business Component:
• ACC 220 Financial Accounting (3 credits)
• ACC 225 Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
• BUS 246 Business Communication (3 credits)
• BUS 260 Legal Environment of Business (3 credits)
• BUS 495 Business Strategy and Policy (3 credits)
• FIN 300 Managerial Finance I (3 credits)
• IFS 100 Information Technology (IT) Competency (0 credits)
• IFS 105 Personal Productivity Computing (3 credits)
• IFS 305 Management Information Systems (3 credits)
• MAT 120 Applied Calculus (3 credits)
• MGT 150 Principles of Management (3 credits)
• MKT 100 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
• QBA 260 Data Driven Decision Making (3 credits)
• QBA 265 Introduction to Analytics (3 credits)
• SCM 300 Operations Management (3 credits)
• Business Analytics Component:
• BUA 275 Big Data and Visual Analytics (3 credits)
• BUA 420 Data Mining (3 credits)
• BUA 480 Big Data & Advanced Data Mining (3 credits)
• IFS 125 Enterprise Data Management (3 credits)
• IFS 465 Business Intelligence (3 credits)
• QBA 330 Supply Chain Analytics (3 credits)
• Business Analytics Electives: 6 credits from a list of 15 courses
• Concentration: 9 credits from one of the following areas:
• Cybersecurity
• Economics
• Finance
• Marketing
• Sport Analytics
• Supply Chain Management

Other:

• Suggested course sequence is provided for each year of study.