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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: Business Marketing, Business Operations and Innovation, Consumer Marketing or Strategic Finance

  • Major requirements: Select 12 credit hours total, including your “outside” course. 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 one additional course. Choose any 1.5 credit hour course from the list of outside courses or from one of the two other tracks other than the one you have chosen for major electives.
  • 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.

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Business analytics major requirements (12 credit hours)

For Classes 2025 and forward.

Required courses (6.0 credit hours)

  • BUS-K 507 Intro to Spreadsheet Modeling
  • BUS-K 513 Predictive Analytics/Data Mining
  • BUS-G 572 Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy I
  • BUS-S 523 Enterprise Data Management

Major elective tracks (4.5 credit hours)

Pick 3 courses from one of the following three tracks:

Marketing track

  • BUS-M 503 Applied Marketing Research
  • BUS-M 528 CRM and Digital Analytics
  • BUS-M 549 Marketing Intelligence Management
  • BUS-M 574 Pricing Management

Finance track

  • BUS-F 508 Real Options in Capital Budgeting
  • BUS-F 520 Asset Valuation and Strategy
  • BUS-F 525 Corporate Financial Risk Management
  • BUS-F 526 Derivative Securities
  • BUS-F 536 Financial Data Analytics
  • BUS-F 540 The Firm in the Capital Markets
  • BUS-F 541 Spreadsheet Models in Finance
  • BUS-S 536 Business Analytics Programming

Supply Chain Management track

  • BUS-P 506 Logistics and Distribution
  • BUS-P 520 Strategic Sourcing
  • BUS-P 550 Business Process Design
  • BUS-P 561 Supply Chain Management and Technologies

General electives/outside courses (1.5 credit hours)

Pick any elective totaling 1.5 credit hours from the following list or from courses in the two tracks that you did not choose:

  • BUS-A 545 Introduction to Financial Statements Analysis and Valuation
  • BUS-A 546 Advanced Financial Statements Analysis and Valuation
  • BUS-A 564 Detecting Earnings Management
  • BUS-G 570 Thinking Strategically: Game Theory and Business Strategy
  • BUS-G 579 Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy II
  • BUS-K 515 Application Development in VBA
  • BUS-K 529 Cloud-Based Analytics
  • BUS-K 579 Experimental Courses
  • BUS-S 519 Business Applications of Machine Learning
  • BUS-S 535 The Business of Technology: Technology Trends
  • BUS-S 535 The Business of Technology: The Industry Perspective
  • BUS-S 552 Artificial Intelligence in Business

Requirements for the business analytics minor (6.0 credit hours)

Required courses (4.5 credit hours)

Pick 3 from the following list:

  • BUS-K 507 Intro to Spreadsheet Modeling
  • BUS-K 513 Predictive Analytics/Data Mining
  • BUS-G 572 Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy I
  • BUS-S 523 Enterprise Data Management

Minor elective (1.5 credit hours)

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

  • BUS-A 545 Introduction to Financial Statements Analysis and Valuation
  • BUS-A 546 Advanced Financial Statements Analysis and Valuation
  • BUS-A 564 Detecting Earnings Management
  • BUS-G 570 Thinking Strategically: Game Theory and Business Strategy
  • BUS-G 579 Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy II
  • BUS-K 515 Application Development in VBA
  • BUS-K 529 Cloud-Based Analytics
  • BUS-K 579 Experimental Courses
  • BUS-S 519 Business Applications of Machine Learning
  • BUS-S 535 The Business of Technology: Technology Trends
  • BUS-S 535 The Business of Technology: The Industry Perspective
  • BUS-S 536 Business Analytics Programming
  • BUS-S 552 Artificial Intelligence in Business

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