Business Analytics
The business analytics specialization equips future business leaders with an understanding of the fundamentals of business analytics, exposure to concepts of analytics and information-driven decision making in various functional business domains, and experience in applying concepts of business analytics in a variety of industry-leading software platforms.
Coursework in the specialization balances theoretical concepts with applied exercises, cases, and projects. Students have the opportunity to apply concepts of business analytics to a real-world project addressing substantive business questions. These experiences enable the student that specializes in business analytics to emerge with a fundamental grounding in:
- Concepts of business analytics
- Process of designing and executing appropriate analyses based on the business issues involved
- Delivery of findings to a management audience
In addition to the MS in MIS core requirements (CMIS 526, 538, 540, 564, 570, 580, and MBA 521), students choosing the specialization in business analytics must complete nine credit hours including:
- (3) CMIS 566 - Introduction to Business Intelligence and Analytics
- (3) CMIS 567 - Business Analytics Capstone
And at least one of the following:
- (3) CMIS 527 - Information Security and Analytics
- (3) CMIS 568 - Advanced Database Programming in Oracle
- (3) CMIS 562 - Data Visualization in Business
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Accelerated Online MS in MIS with a Business Analytics Specialization
