Program Overview

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Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Applied Analytics

Master of Arts (M.A.) or Master of Science (M.S.)

Program Type

• Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Applied Analytics

Format

• On Campus
• Online
• AOP

Estimated Time to Complete

• 2 years

Credit Hours

• 30

The next decade and beyond belongs to analytics. Prepare yourself for the future with UNT.

Program Description

How does a large bank differentiate its customers based on credit risk, usage, and other important factors, and then target these customers with highly focused offerings? How does a winery quantitatively analyze the appeal of its wines and try to make them better? How do large consumer-goods conglomerates use point-of-sales information to optimize their inventory and save billions of dollars? How do major sports franchises decide on game strategy? The common factor in all these cases is analytics and the sophisticated use of data and quantitative techniques to provide actionable information to an organization.

Requirements

With the guidance and combined expertise of UNT’s professors in Business, Economics, Mathematics, and other departments, you could increase your value in the workforce as you engage in a wide variety of courses related to analytics. Even public agencies and academic institutions — almost any type of large organization — need well-trained professionals who know how to efficiently collect, analyze, interpret, and present data. Applied Analytics focuses on the practical application of advanced techniques to data rather than on developing theoretical expertise.

With the approval of the program coordinator and cooperating departments, you will select classes from Business Analytics (Decision Science), Economics, and an additional related area of interest, such as Educational Psychology, Mathematics, Merchandising, Engineering Systems, Engineering Management, or Political Science. Knowledge of at least one foreign language or an acceptable equivalent is required for the Master of Arts degree, but not for the Master of Science.

Marketable Skills

• Work independently across two or more disciplines
• Teamwork
• Function across organizational silos through discipline integration
• Synthesize information and results
• Write in a professional and coherent manner

Program Highlights

• The program allows you to take classes in person at our Frisco or Denton campuses, or you can choose to complete it 100% online.
• Our online master’s in Interdisciplinary Studies is ranked a Top 25 Program in the Nation by MyDegreeGuide.com.
• Through UNT’s Interdisciplinary Studies program, you will learn to sift through information and produce a body of work that synthesizes multiple perspectives, arriving at a more comprehensive understanding of the important issues.
• The interdisciplinary studies program offers students a high degree of flexibility in designing a program of study that cuts across disciplinary boundaries.
• The M.A. or M.S. candidate must complete a minimum of 30 hours from Business Analytics, Economics, and a supporting quantitative or application area.

Career Opportunities

In the Applied Analytics program, we aim to prepare you for a wide variety of employment opportunities, such as data analyst, operations research analyst, quantitative marketing specialist, predictive analyst, research and modeling analyst, statistician, and the like. Potential places of employment could include retail and investment banks, healthcare providers, insurance providers, e-commerce portals, airlines, market research firms, sport consulting, telecommunications firms, petroleum and renewable energy industries, institutions of higher education, and government agencies including the FBI and the CIA.

Professionals in this area will experience high visibility, higher than average salaries, and greater mobility between various sectors of the global workforce.