The Master of Science in Business Analytics is a 10-month program that starts in mid-August and ends in May of the following year. This program is designed to be a full-time, on-site program. The program is structured into five modules, including intersession.
One semester of college-level statistics required prior to beginning the program. Upon acceptance into the MSBA program, all incoming students are required to complete a set of preparatory assignments in Python, Database and Statistics, which students must finish before the program starts.
Core curriculum = 36 units
Program Outline
| Module One – Mid August - Early September |
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| MSBA 500 Introduction to Data Analytics & Business Concepts |
| MSBA 501 Applied Statistics |
| Module Two – September - Early October |
| MSBA 502 Analytics Programming I |
| MSBA 504 Data Management |
| MSBA 506 Prescriptive Analytics |
| Module Three – Mid-October - Mid-December |
| MSBA 503 Analytics Programming II |
| MSBA 505 Interactive Data Visualization |
| MSBA 507 Data for Social Good |
| Intersession – January |
| MSBA 510 International Consulting Project |
| Module Four – Late January - Mid-May |
| MSBA 511 Data Mining for Business Analytics |
| MSBA 512 Capstone |
| Complete 3 of the Following Discipline-Specific Courses (Not all classes offered every semester) |
| MSBA 530 Accounting Analytics |
| MSBA 531 Forecasting / Applied Time Series Analysis |
| MSBA 532 Financial Analytics |
| MSBA 533 Digitization and Agile Decision Making |
| MSBA 534 Marketing Analytics |
| MSBA 535 Operations & Supply Chain Analytics |