The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) - Management Track focuses on developing capabilities and mastery in leading analytics initiatives.
The MSBA is a 30-credit course work program. Students must complete 8 required courses (24 credit hours) and select 2 elective courses (6 credit hours) from an approved list. Both tracks require a Statistics Foundation course as a prerequisite. This can be waived if a student had a similar course in their prior undergraduate or graduate de
Prerequisite Course
All students admitted to the MSBA program must have a Statistics Foundation course from their previous studies or must take the following course in their first semester when they enroll.
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Busniness Statistics | 3 |
Required Courses (24 credit hours)
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Python Programming for Business | 3 | |
| Business Acumen for Technical Professionals | 3 | |
| Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 | |
| Data Mining for Business Analytics | 3 | |
| Advanced Business Analytics | 3 | |
| Business Analytics Capstone | 3 | |
| Data Visualization | 3 | |
| Quantitative Analysis of Business Conditions and Forecasting | 3 | |
| or | Forecasting and Analytics | |
Electives (6 credit hours)
Select six (6) credit hours from the following.
| Course | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning | 3 | |
| BSAN 735 | Advanced Machine Learning and Deep Learning | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Cloud Computing | 3 | |
| Database Management Systems | 3 | |
| or | Database Planning & Management | 3 |
| Finance Analytics: Contemporary and Traditional Topics | 3 | |
| Advanced Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management | 3 | |
| Project Management | 3 | |
| Perspectives on Data Science | 3 | |
| Supply Chain Analytics | 3 | |
| Analytics and Decision Making In Sport | 3 | |
| Introduction to Mathematical Data Analysis | 3 | |
| Business Decision Making and Analysis | 3 | |
| or | Marketing Analysis | |
| Any course with program director consent | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
* Substitute for Required Courses
There are two required MSBA courses, see below, that may be substituted for elective courses under the following conditions:
BSAN /ECON 710 鈥� Python Programming for Business. This course can be substituted for an elective if students took an equivalent 3-credit course in their previous studies.
BSAN 810 - Business Acumen for Technical Professionals. This course will be substituted for an elective if students have an undergraduate in business or MBA from a US accredited school.
Substitutions are granted by the program director in the first semester when students enroll and upon showing their official transcript during orientation. This substitution will be also reflected on the student鈥檚 Plan of Study.