The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) will waive up to twelve (12) units of MSBA requirements for USD undergraduate students with a declared business major, enrolled in the BBA/MSBA Combined Degree Program, who meet the criteria below.

For USD undergraduate, non-business (BBA) students, the MSBA program will waive up to six (6) units of MSBA coursework as long as the criteria below is met.

Effective for the cohort entering Fall 2024, the MSBA program will waive coursework based upon successful completion of undergraduate coursework as follows:


Undergraduate Course Number and Name	Units	Equivalence to MSBA Course Number and Name	Units
BUAN 390/ECON 390 Business Analytics Strategy	3	MSBA 500 Introduction to Data Analytics and Business Concepts	2
ECON 370 Applied Econometrics OR ISYE 480 Data Science and Analytics OR MATH 351 Mathematical Statistics OR PSYC 305 Advanced Statistics	3	MSBA 501 Applied Statistics	2
BUAN 371 Analytical Decision Modeling OR ISYE 440 Operations Research II	3	MSBA 506 Prescriptive Analytics	2
ECON 471 Business Cycles and Forecasting	3	MSBA 531 Forecasting and Applied Time Series Analysis	3
FINA 409 Financial Modeling and Analytics	3	MSBA 532 Financial Analytics	3
MKTG 411 Marketing Analytics	3	MSBA 534 Marketing Analytics	3
BSCM 307 Supply Chain Analytics OR ISYE 460 Operations and Supply Chain Management	3	MSBA 535 Operations and Supply Chain Analytics	3
ITMG 320 Data Design and Business Intelligence Implementation	3	MSBA 504 Data Management	2

Criteria to have MSBA coursework waived:

Undergraduate students must apply and confirm enrollment into the MSBA program before finishing the undergraduate degree. Applications are accepted during a student’s senior year as an undergraduate, following the standard application procedure for admission to the MSBA program.
Grades of B or better are required for the undergraduate courses above to waive MSBA courses.
Students must fulfill all other requirements for the MSBA degree.