Program Overview

Business Analytics Graduate Option

The Business Analytics graduate option supports a rapidly-growing interest from organizations that need people who can integrate data sets and tools to address opportunities and risks. The information value of both in-house and third-party data sets can now be leveraged using powerful emerging technologies. Increasingly, organizations leverage advances in software interoperability, data exchange mechanisms, and data mining and visualization techniques to better understand their operations, customers, and markets. This trend has become known as data mining, business analytics, business intelligence or, nowadays, big data'.

Overview

Candidates with an undergraduate business major or minor can complete an MBA with business analytics in nine intensive months as full-time students. Other college graduates can take core-1 courses over the summer and join the cohort in the fall. Part-time students can complete the MBA over a longer time frame. A final capstone project and oral exam demonstrate a student's ability to apply learned concepts.

Requirements

The Business Analytics graduate option requires 60 credits of course work, including:

• 15 credits of Core-1 courses
• 27 credit hours of Core-2 courses
• 15 credits within the Business Analytics graduate option
• 3 credits for an elective

Course List

• Core-1 Course Work
  • BA 513: BUSINESS LEGAL ENVIRONMENT (3 hours)
  • BA 514: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3 hours)
  • BA 515: MANAGERIAL DECISION TOOLS (3 hours)
  • BA 516: CREATING VALUE IN EXCHANGE (3 hours)
  • BA 517: MARKETS AND VALUATION (3 hours)
• Core-2 Course Work
  • BA 528: FINANCIAL AND COST ANALYSIS (3 hours)
  • BA 540: CORPORATE FINANCE (3 hours)
  • BA 550: ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (3 hours)
  • BA 555: PRACTICAL BUSINESS ANALYSIS (3 hours)
  • BA 561: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (3 hours)
  • BA 569: ADVANCED STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (3 hours)
  • BA 572: ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3 hours)
  • BA 590: MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3 hours)
  • MGMT 559: MANAGING ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (3 hours)
• Business Analytics Graduate Option-Specific Courses
  • BA 573: DATA ANALYTICS FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE (3 hours)
  • BA 574: DATA MANAGEMENT (3 hours)
  • BA 575: DATA EXPLORATION AND VISUALIZATION (3 hours)
  • BA 576: DATA AND TEXT MINING (3 hours)
  • BA 577: INTEGRATED BUSINESS ANALYTICS PROJECT (3 hours)
• Unrestricted Elective Course
  • Select 3 credits (3 hours)

Option Code

The option code for the Business Analytics Graduate Option is 2059.

Availability

This option is offered within the following major:

• Business Administration - College of Business It is also available via Ecampus.