Program Requirements

The core module is designed to teach the fundamentals of data and decision analytics, team management, and leadership. The complementary course module is designed to expose students to a variety of management analytics application topics including marketing, retailing, supply chain, healthcare, security, pricing, talent and network analytics. Finally, the experiential module, which consists of a capstone management analytics project plus a community project or internship, is designed to provide students with the experience of hands-on application of the concepts taught in real-world settings and the opportunity to interact with practitioners in leading analytics organizations.

Required Courses (27 credits)

Note: Students take either BUSA 693 D1 and BUSA 693 D2 or BUSA 693 N1 and BUSA 693 N2.

BUSA 693D1 Analytics and Solution Consulting Practicum (3 credits)
BUSA 693D2 Analytics and Solution Consulting Practicum (3 credits)
BUSA 693N1 Analytics and Solution Consulting Practicum (3 credits)
BUSA 693N2 Analytics and Solution Consulting Practicum (3 credits)
INSY 660 Coding Foundations for Analytics (3 credits)
INSY 661 Database and Distributed Systems for Analytics (3 credits)
INSY 662 Data Mining and Visualization (3 credits)
MGSC 660 Mathematical and Statistical Foundations for Analytics (3 credits)
MGSC 661 Multivariate Statistical Analysis (3 credits)
MGSC 662 Decision Analytics (3 credits)
ORGB 660 Managing Data Analytics Teams (1.5 credits)
ORGB 661 Ethical Leadership and Leading Change (1.5 credits)

Complementary Courses (18 credits)

3 credits from the following:

BUSA 600 Analytics Internship (3 credits)
BUSA 649 Community Analytics Project (3 credits)

15 credits from the following:

ACCT 626 Data Analytics in Accounting (1.5 credits)
ACCT 696 Advanced Topics in Accounting Analytics (1.5 credits)
BUSA 611 Independent Studies in Analytics 1 (1.5 credits)
BUSA 613 Independent Studies in Analytics 2 (3 credits)
BUSA 684 Analytics Study Trip (3 credits)
FINE 675 Financial Valuation Analytics for Startups (1.5 credits)
FINE 695 Advanced Topics in Finance Analytics 1 (1.5 credits)
FINE 696 Advanced Topics in Finance Analytics 2 (1.5 credits)
INSY 669 Text Analytics (1.5 credits)
INSY 670 Social Media Analytics (1.5 credits)
INSY 671 Analytics and Open Innovation (1.5 credits)
INSY 672 Healthcare Analytics (1.5 credits)
INSY 673 Security Analytics (1.5 credits)
INSY 695 Advanced Topics in Information Systems (1.5 credits)
MGPO 695 Advanced Topics in Strategy Analytics (1.5 credits)
MGSC 670 Revenue Management (1.5 credits)
MGSC 672 Operations and Supply Chain Analytics (1.5 credits)
MGSC 673 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning (1.5 credits)
MGSC 695 Advanced Topics in Management Science (1.5 credits)
MRKT 671 Advanced Marketing Analytics (1.5 credits)
MRKT 672 Internet Marketing Analytics (1.5 credits)
MRKT 673 Pricing Analytics (1.5 credits)
MRKT 674 Retail Analytics (1.5 credits)
MRKT 696 Advanced Topics in Marketing Analytics (1.5 credits)
ORGB 671 Talent Analytics (1.5 credits)
ORGB 672 Organizational Network Analysis (1.5 credits)
ORGB 695 Advanced Topics in Organizational Behaviour (1.5 credits)