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Business Analytics MBA major or minor

Business analytics majors leverage data to create more efficient business processes and more accurate performance reporting—helping businesses compete globally. If you have a penchant for mathematics, statistics, modeling or information systems, you should consider a major or minor in Business Analytics.

Academies to consider: Strategic Finance, Consumer Marketing, Business Marketing or Supply Chain

  • Major requirements: Select 15 credit hours total, including your “outside” courses. All four required courses must be completed.
  • Major electives: Select one of three tracks, then choose three courses from the electives for that track.
  • Outside courses: Select any three additional courses. Choose any courses totaling 4.5 credit hours from outside courses, or from the other two tracks other than the track you have chosen.
  • Minor requirements: A total of at least six credit hours are required. Three of the four required courses must be completed.
  • Minor electives: You may choose the remaining required course or any one of the outside courses listed below.

STEM-designated major

This major is STEM-designated by the US government, reflecting the curriculum’s focus on analytics, technology, and data-driven decision making. Learn more about this certification and what it means for US and international students.

Explore Kelley's STEM MBA

Business analytics major requirements (15 credit hours)

Given this structure the requirements for the major are as follows:

Required courses (6.0 credit hours)

Major elective tracks (4.5 credit hours)

Pick 3 courses from one of the following three tracks:

Marketing track

Finance track

NOTE: BUS-S536 replaces BUS-F579 Financial Data Analytics I: Intro to Python. BUS-F536 is forthcoming and will replace BUS-F579 Scraping, Cleaning, Organizing, and analyzing Data in Python.

Supply Chain Management track

General electives/outside courses (4.5 credit hours)

Pick any electives totaling 4.5 credit hours from the following list or from courses in the other two tracks from the one you have chosen:

Requirements for the business analytics minor (6.0 credit hours)

Required courses (4.5 credit hours)

Pick 3 from the following list:

Minor elective (1.5 credit hours)

Pick the remaining course from the above list or one elective from the following list:

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