Program Overview

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Business Analytics, MS

Overview

The MS in Business Analytics program is a 30-credit hour program designed to be completed in 12 months. The curriculum is structured around a common set of core courses focused on the fundamental business analytics skills (e.g., descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics) and a set of elective courses designed to deepen these business analytics skills within a specific business domain.

Admissions

All students registering for Costello College of Business graduate courses must have graduate standing. Non-degree student status is not available.

Full eligibility and admission requirements can be viewed on the Costello College of Business website.

Policies

For policies governing all graduate degrees, see AP.6 Graduate Policies.

Graduate level courses offered by the Costello College of Business cannot be audited.

Degree Requirements

Total credits: 30

Required Courses

• MSBA 601: Statistics and Software for Business Analytics 1 (0 credits)
• MSBA 610: Essentials for Business Analytics: From Data Ethics to Data Driven Decision-making (3 credits)
• MSBA 615: Database Management for Business Analytics (3 credits)
• MSBA 618: Programming for Business Analytics (3 credits)
• MSBA 625: Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization (3 credits)
• MSBA 738: Data Mining for Business Analytics (3 credits)
• MSBA 757: Prescriptive Analytics (3 credits)
• MSBA 795: Business Analytics Applied Capstone (3 credits)

Electives

• Select 9 credits from the following:
  • ACCT 661: Advanced Accounting Analytics I
  • ACCT 665: Advanced Accounting Analytics II
  • ACCT 673: Advanced Accounting Information Systems
  • MBA 720: Marketing Analytics
  • MBA 721: Marketing Research
  • MBA 739: Advanced Data Mining for Business Analytics
  • MBA 740: People Analytics
  • MKTG 652: Customer Analytics
  • MSBA 639: Supply Chain Analytics
  • MSBA 663: Pricing Analytics
  • MSBA 655: Retailing Analytics
  • MSBA 692: Practicum in Business Analytics
  • MSBA 697: Special Topics in Business Analytics
  • MSBA 743: Business Forecasting
  • Other courses in analytics offered outside of the Costello College of Business may be taken with approval.

Bachelor's Degree (any)/Business Analytics, Accelerated MS

Overview

This BAM Pathway will provide the opportunity for Mason undergraduates to further their education by offering a specialized accelerated program that helps them develop the fundamental knowledge (e.g., descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics) to deepen business analytics skills within a specific business domain.

BAM-MS Business Analytics Pathway Admission Requirements

Applicants in all graduate programs at George Mason University must meet the admission standards and application requirements for graduate study as specified in Graduate Admissions Policies and Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Degree policies.

Accelerated Master's Admission Requirements

Students already admitted in the BAM pathway will be admitted to the MS in Business Analytics program if they have met the unit-specific criteria.

BAM MS in Business Analytics Pathway Requirements

Students who are accepted into the MSBA BAM pathway will be allowed to register for graduate level courses after successful completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credits and MSBA 601 (0 credit hour primer course).

Accounting, MS and Business Analytics, MS Dual Degree

Admissions

All students registering for Costello College of Business graduate courses must have graduate standing. Non-degree student status is not available.

Policies

For policies governing all graduate degrees, see AP.6 Graduate Policies.

Requirements

Total credits: 48

Accounting Courses

• ACCT 633: Advanced Issues in Financial Reporting (3 credits)
• ACCT 636: Fraud Examination (3 credits)
• ACCT 651: Advanced Issues in Taxation (3 credits)
• ACCT 661: Advanced Accounting Analytics I (3 credits)
• ACCT 673: Advanced Accounting Information Systems (3 credits)
• ACCT 795: Global Accounting Environment (3 credits)

Business Analytics Courses

• MSBA 618: Programming for Business Analytics (3 credits)
• MSBA 625: Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization (3 credits)
• MSBA 738: Data Mining for Business Analytics (3 credits)
• MSBA 757: Prescriptive Analytics (3 credits)
• MSBA 795: Business Analytics Applied Capstone (3 credits)
• MSBA Elective (3 credits)

Shared Courses

• MSBA 610: Essentials for Business Analytics: From Data Ethics to Data Driven Decision-making (3 credits)
• MSBA 615: Database Management for Business Analytics (3 credits)
• ACCT 665: Advanced Accounting Analytics II (3 credits)
• ACCT 771: Audit Analytics (3 credits)