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| Data Management | Students will be able to apply methods, tools, and software for acquiring, managing/storing, and accessing structured and unstructured data. Students will also demonstrate knowledge of the strategic uses of data. |
| Foundational Statistical/Quantitative Skills | Students will be able to prepare data for statistical analysis, perform basic exploratory and descriptive analysis as well as employ foundational statistical techniques needed to analyze data. |
| Advanced Statistical/Quantitative Skills | Students will be able to build and interpret advanced predictive models. Students will be able to combine business rules and mathematical models to optimize business decisions from data. |
| Ethical Awareness | Students will be able to articulate an understanding of ethical issues in all phases of business analytics with particular emphasis on the new possibilities afforded by the emergence of big data. |
| Professional Communication | Students will be able to explain complex analytical models and their results orally and in writing to technical and non-technical/lay audiences. |
| Knowledge Integration | Students will be able to apply the three key types of analytics (descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive) in a business domain to add value to business decision-making. |
MS in Business Analytics Curriculum (Effective Spring 2022 entry;
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Fall 2021 entry students are recommended to follow the Spring 2022 curriculum; Students entering prior to Fall 2021 should scroll down for prior curriculum)
| Preliminary Courses (3 Credits)Students with appropriate background will be able to reduce the number of preliminary requirements. | ||
| STA 9708 | Managerial Statistics | 3 credits |
Courses in Specialization (33 - 34 credits) Required (21 credits) | ||
| BUS 9551 | Business Communication I | 1.5 credits |
| BUS 9425 | Ethics in Business Analytics | 1.5 credits |
(OR) | Applied Statistics for Business Analytics OR Software Tools for Data Analytics | 3 credits |
| CIS 9340 | Principles of Database Management Systems | 3 credits |
| CIS 9650 | Programming for Business Analytics | 3 credits |
| CIS 9660 | Data Mining for Business Analytics | 3 credits |
(OR) | Management Science (OR) Intro to Quantitative Modeling | 3 credits |
| BUS 9430** | Business Analytics Project Lifecycle Management | 3 credits |
*MGT 9500 is now being offered as OPM 9500. Credit is given for MGT 9500, OPM 9500, or OPR 9721; students may not receive credit for more than one of these courses. ** Required Capstone course | ||
Concentration in Data Analytics (12 Credits: 6 credits in required courses below, 6-7 credits in Free Electives) Required Courses for the Data Analytics concentration (select two courses to complete the concentration): | ||
CIS 9760*** (OR) | Big Data Technologies (OR) Data Warehousing and Analytics | 3 credits |
| CIS 9655 | Data Visualization | 3 credits |
| CIS 9665 | Applied Natural Language Processing | 3 credits |
| ***Students who completed STA 9760 may count this course in place of CIS 9760. STA 9760 is no longer offered. | ||
Concentration in Marketing Analytics (12 Credits: 6 credits in required courses below, 6-7 credits in Free Electives) Required Courses for the Marketing Analytics concentration (select two courses to complete the concentration): | ||
| MKT 9737 | Marketing Analytics | 3 credits |
(OR) | Web Analytics and Intelligence (OR) Marketing Analytics with Big Data | 3 credits |
Concentration in Accounting Analytics (13 Credits: 6-7 credits in required courses below, 6 credits in Free Electives) Required Courses for the Accounting Analytics concentration (select two courses to complete the concentration): | ||
| ACC 9886 | Data Analytics in Accounting | 4 credits |
OR | Financial Statement Analysis and Reporting OR Special Topics in Accounting | 3 credits |
| Free Electives (6 credits) | ||
| Choose 6 credits of 9000-level courses from the graduate offerings of the Zicklin School of Business, except for courses applied towards a prior master's degree. Students may take up to 3 credits of internship (BUS 9801-9803 or BUS 9811-9813) toward their business electives. Please see program website for a full list of recommended electives. Students may also review the prior version of the curriculum below for elective suggestions. | ||
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