Requirements for the MS in Business Analytics (MSBA)
Business analytics MS students must complete a three-course core, as follows:
MIS 584 Business Intelligence
OIE 552 Modeling and Optimizing Processes
MIS 502 Data Management for Analytics
Business analytics MS students must complete two three-course specialties, selected from the following specialties:
Specialty in Advanced Business Analytics Methods
MIS 587 Business Applications in Machine Learning
OIE 559 Optimization for Business Analytics
MKT 562 Marketing Research
Specialty in Marketing Analytics
Select one of the following two courses (the other two courses are required):
MKT 500 Marketing Strategy (recommended for students with no marketing background)
MKT 561 Consumer Behavior and Analytics
MKT 565 Digital Marketing
MKT 568 Data Mining Business Applications
Specialty in Operations Analytics
Select three of the following courses:
OIE 501 Designing Operations for Competitive Advantage (recommended for students with no operations background)
OIE 542 Risk Management and Decision Analysis
OIE 544 Supply Chain Analysis and Design
OIE 548 Performance Analytics
OIE 558 Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
Note: Additional specialties are likely to be developed in the future.
Business analytics MS students must complete a two-course capstone project experience, as follows:
OBC 505 Teaming and Organizing for Innovation
BUS 596 Master of Science Capstone Project
Additional Recommendation
On-campus international students are encouraged to complete up to three additional credits of internship to ensure their readiness for employment in the U.S.