Program Overview

Data Analytics, BSBA

Degree Requirements

The Data Analytics, BSBA degree requires a minimum of 120 hours. The minimum overall grade-point average is 2.50.

Course List

The following courses are required for the degree:

• English Composition:
  • ENGL 1113: Composition I (3 hours)
  • ENGL 1213: Composition II (3 hours)
• American History & Government:
  • HIST 1103: Survey of American History (3 hours)
  • POLS 1113: American Government (3 hours)
• Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q): 3 hours of MATH or STAT designated "Q"
• Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H): 6 hours of courses designated (H)
• Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N): 7 hours of courses designated (N) with one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course
• Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S):
  • MGMT 3013: Fundamentals of Management (S) (3 hours)
• Diversity (D): 3 hours of courses designated (D)
• Global Cultural Competency (G): 3 hours of courses designated (G)
• Additional General Education: additional general education credit hours may be required to meet the total 40-hour minimum of general education credit
• MSIS 2233: Business Analytics Fundamentals (Q) (3 hours)

College/Departmental Requirements

• UNIV 1111: First Year Seminar (1 hour)
• BADM 2111: Career Planning for Business Success (1 hour)
• BADM 3111: Professional Development for Business Success (1 hour)

Major Requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.20 is required in these 64 hours.

• Common Body 2:
  • ACCT 2003: Survey of Accounting (3 hours)
  • BADM 3113: Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills (3 hours)
  • ECON 2003: Microeconomic Principles for Business (3 hours)
  • EEE 2023: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 hours)
  • FIN 3113: Principles of Finance (3 hours)
  • LSB 3213: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (3 hours)
  • MGMT 4513: Strategic Management (3 hours)
  • MKTG 3213: Marketing (S) (3 hours)
  • MSIS 2103: Business Data Science Technologies (3 hours)
  • MSIS 3223: Principles of Data Analytics (3 hours)
• Data Analytics Major Requirements:
  • A GPA of 2.00 is required in these 34 hours of Data Analytics requirements
  • 19 of these 34 hours must be in residence at OSU
  • MSIS 3293: Business Analytics Programming (3 hours)
  • MSIS 3333: Database Systems Development (3 hours)
  • MSIS 4010: Applied Analytics and Information System Studies (3 hours)
  • MSIS 4111: Technology Success Skills Application (1 hour)
  • MSIS 4333: Data Wrangling (3 hours)
  • Select 12 hours from the following:
    • MSIS 3233: Management Science - Prescriptive Analytics
    • MSIS 3243: Descriptive Analytics
    • MSIS 3253: Supply Chain Operations and Analytics
    • MSIS 4263: Business Intelligence and Predictive Analytics
    • MSIS 4443: Advanced Topics in Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
    • MSIS 4623: Data Science Programming
    • MSIS 4673: Data Visualization
    • MSIS 4943: Sports Management Analytics
  • Select 6 hours from the following:
    • MKTG 3653: Marketing Analytics
    • MKTG 4333: Marketing Research
    • ECON 4213: Econometric Methods
    • ECON 4223: Business and Economic Forecasting
    • ECON 4233: Econometric Applications
    • FIN 4550: Selected Topics in Finance
    • MGMT 4543: Management Analytics
  • Select 3 hours from the following:
    • Any upper-division ACCT, ECON, FIN, EEE, MKTG, MGMT, MSIS, HTM, MATH, and STAT
    • Any CS courses except CS 1111, CS 4113, and CS 4883

Electives

Select 13 hours from any upper- or lower-division area except activity courses in LEIS and PE and lower-division AERO and MLSC.

Other Requirements

1. A minimum of 50 percent of the business hours required for a degree must be OSU delivered in residence or OSU online courses.
2. Forty-five hours of upper-division courses required.

Additional State/OSU Requirements

• At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
• Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
• Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
• Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2031.

Finish in Four Plan of Study

The plan below is an example of how students can successfully complete degree requirements in four years.

Freshman

• Fall:
  • UNIV 1111: First Year Seminar (1 hour)
  • ENGL 1113: Composition I (3 hours)
  • HIST 1103: Survey of American History (3 hours)
  • MSIS 2103: Business Data Science Technologies (3 hours)
  • 3 hours of MATH or STAT designated "Q" (3 hours)
  • 'G' designated course (3 hours)
• Spring:
  • ENGL 1213: Composition II (3 hours)
  • MSIS 2233: Business Analytics Fundamentals (Q) (3 hours)
  • ECON 2003: Microeconomic Principles for Business (3 hours)
  • MSIS 3293: Business Analytics Programming (3 hours)
  • 'LN' designated course (4 hours)

Sophomore

• Fall:
  • EEE 2023: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 hours)
  • ACCT 2003: Survey of Accounting (3 hours)
  • BADM 2111: Career Planning for Business Success (1 hour)
  • MSIS 3223: Principles of Data Analytics (3 hours)
  • MKTG 3213: Marketing (S) (3 hours)
  • MSIS 3333: Database Systems Development (3 hours)
• Spring:
  • MGMT 3013: Fundamentals of Management (S) (3 hours)
  • POLS 1113: American Government (3 hours)
  • 'H' designated course (3 hours)
  • 'N' designated course (3 hours)
  • 'D' designated course (3 hours)

Junior

• Fall:
  • BADM 3111: Professional Development for Business Success (1 hour)
  • FIN 3113: Principles of Finance (3 hours)
  • 'H' designated course (3 hours)
  • 3 hours from 12 hour list in major (3 hours)
  • 3 hours from 6 hour list in major (3 hours)
  • 3 hours of electives (3 hours)
• Spring:
  • LSB 3213: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (3 hours)
  • BADM 3113: Practical Business and Interpersonal Skills (3 hours)
  • MSIS 4333: Data Wrangling (3 hours)
  • 3 hours from 12 hour list in major (3 hours)
  • 3 hours from 12 hour list in major (3 hours)

Senior

• Fall:
  • MSIS 4111: Technology Success Skills Application (1 hour)
  • 3 hours from 12 hour list in major (3 hours)
  • 3 hours from 6 hour list in major (3 hours)
  • 3 hours upper division business (3 hours)
  • 3 hours of electives (3 hours)
• Spring:
  • MGMT 4513: Strategic Management (3 hours)
  • MSIS 4010: Applied Analytics and Information System Studies (3 hours)
  • 3 hours of electives (3 hours)
  • 3 hours of electives (3 hours)
  • 1 hour of elective (1 hour)

Total Hours

The total hours required for the degree is 120 hours.