Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30
Required Courses:
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Core Courses | ||
BA 5687 | Advanced Professional Development Strategies 1 | 0 |
STAT 5001 | Quantitative Methods for Business | 3 |
STAT 5602 | Visualization: The Art of Numbers and the Psychology of Persuasion | 3 |
STAT 5603 | Statistical Learning and Data Mining | 3 |
STAT 5604 | Experiments: Knowledge by Design | 3 |
STAT 5605 | Decision Models: From Data to Decisions | 3 |
STAT 5606 | Data: Care, Feeding, and Cleaning in Python | 3 |
STAT 5607 | Advanced Business Analytics | 3 |
Electives | ||
Select two from the following: 2 | 6 | |
BA 5685 | Internship or Externship in Business | |
FIN 5001 | Financial Analysis and Strategy | |
FIN 5104 | Advanced Corporate Finance | |
FIN 5115 | Financial Modeling for Investments and Corporate Finance | |
MKTG 5103 | Marketing Research: Techniques and Application | |
MKTG 5111 | Customer Data Analytics | |
MKTG 5617 | Advanced Modalities | |
MKTG 5618 | Quantitative Pricing and Revenue Analytics | |
MSOM 5001 | Operations Management | |
MSOM 5107 | Lean, Six Sigma, and the Science of Improvement | |
MSOM 5108 | Project Management | |
SCM 5101 | Supply Chain Analytics | |
STAT 5170 | Special Topics | |
STAT 5182 | Independent Study | |
STAT 5190 | Special Topics - Stat | |
STAT 8109 | Applied Statistics and Data Science | |
STAT 8111 | Survey Techniques for Business Applications | |
STAT 8116 | Categorical Data Analysis | |
STAT 8122 | Advanced SAS Programming | |
Capstone Course | 3 | |
BA 5685 | Internship or Externship in Business 3 | |
or STAT 5651 | Capstone in Analytics | |
Total Credit Hours | 30 |
- 1
BA 5687 may be waived based on prior academic or professional preparation. Students should consult with the Academic Director.
- 2
Two courses are required. Students should pursue a combination of electives that supports their educational and career goals. Note that in all cases, students are responsible for completing prerequisites. They are also encouraged to consult with the Academic Director or advisor when making their course selections. Alternate courses may be taken with permission from the Academic Director.
- 3
Permission from the Academic Director is required to enroll in BA 5685 Internship or Externship in Business as an elective. This permission, however, does not guarantee that the course will fulfill the capstone requirement. The Academic Director must grant a second permission for BA 5685 to count for the capstone.
Culminating Event:
Capstone Course:
All students in the Business Analytics MS program participate in a capstone experience that is designed to integrate real-world problems into the curriculum. Students may choose between BA 5685 Internship or Externship in Business and STAT 5651 Capstone in Analytics. For STAT 5651, a sponsoring corporation provides a problem and real data, and students divide into teams to work on the problem. At the end of the term, the top several groups as judged by professors present to the program's advisory board and other corporate judges.