Program Overview

Business Analytics Concentration (MBA/MSIS)

Overview

The Graduate Concentration in Business Analytics provides graduate students within the Hankamer School of Business exposure to concepts and techniques critical to success in the area of business analytics. The purpose of the Graduate Concentration in Business Analytics will enable graduate students to gain the skills necessary to understand and interpret big data and business analytics.

Admission

Admission to the Business Analytics Concentration is contingent on admission into the Master of Business Administration and the Master of Science in Information Systems degrees. Additional admissions requirements can be found under the Business School Admissions.

Degree Requirements

The degree requirements for the Business Analytics Concentration are as follows:

• Required Framework Courses:
  • BUS 5401: Business Frameworks (4 hours)
• Required Core Courses:
  • ACC 5300: Accounting Tools for Management Decision Making (3 hours)
  • BUS 5050: Graduate Business Colloquium (0 hours)
  • BUS 5101: Focus Firm I (1 hour)
  • BUS 5111: Professional Career Development for First Semester Graduate Students (1 hour)
  • BUS 5112: Professional Career Development for Second Semester Graduate Students (1 hour)
  • BUS 5385: Strategic Management (3 hours)
  • BUS 5390: Management Communication (3 hours)
  • ECO 5340: Economic Tools for Management Decision Making (3 hours)
  • FIN 5360: Seminar in Corporate Finance (3 hours)
  • MGT 5310: Management of Organizational Behavior (3 hours)
  • MGT 5320: Manufacturing and Service Operations (3 hours)
  • MGT 5325: Leadership in the Global Marketplace (3 hours)
  • MKT 5310: Seminar in Marketing Strategy (3 hours)
  • QBA 5330: Business Analytics for Decision Making (3 hours)
• Business Analytics Courses:
  • MIS 5342: Business Intelligence (3 hours)
  • MIS 5340: Database Management Systems (3 hours)
  • MIS 5343: Seminar in Data Visualization (3 hours)
  • MIS 5390: Ethics in Data Analytics (3 hours)
  • Select two courses from the following:
    • ECO 5347: Econometric Theory and Methods
    • ECO 5349: Causal Inference and Research Design
    • ECO 5351: Data Science I
    • ECO 5352: Data Science II
    • MIS 5322: Advanced Python for Analytics
    • MKT 4360: Customer Analytics
• Required MSIS Courses (Non-thesis):
  • MIS 5355: Management of Information Systems (3 hours)
• As a part of the MSIS curriculum, all MSIS students are required to demonstrate competency in four core content areas:
  • Programming (MIS 5301 is required and any one of the following: MIS 5315, MIS 5317 or MIS 5322)
  • Systems Analysis and Design (MIS 5335)
  • Database (MIS 5340)
  • Information Security (MIS 5305)
  • This competency may be shown by successful completion of specific courses as a part of their matriculation in the MSIS program, or by successful completion of these courses in previous undergraduate information systems or computer science programs:
    • MIS 5301: Seminar in Object-Oriented Business Programming
    • MIS 5315: NET Systems Development
    • MIS 5317: Seminar in Java Development
    • MIS 5322: Advanced Python for Analytics
    • MIS 5335: Information Systems Analysis and Design
    • MIS 5340: Database Management Systems
    • ISEC 5305: Seminar in Information Security Foundations
• Other MBA Requirements:
  • 1-hour internship required for students without 2 years of full-time work experience
  • Students with more than 2 years can choose to take an elective
• Total Hours: 74

Graduate Program Directors

• MBA Graduate Program Director: Patsy Norman
• Graduate Program Director: Johnny Bhojwani