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Major Requirements

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

A student majoring in Business Analytics is required to complete the following courses totaling at least 30.0 hours.

Five required courses:

Course Title Quarter Hours
BUA 250CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS2
BUA 301DESCRIPTIVE AND DIAGNOSTIC BUSINESS ANALYTICS4
BUA 302PREDICTIVE AND PRESCRIPTIVE BUSINESS ANALYTICS4
BUA 303DATA VISUALIZATION4
BUA 304DATA MANAGEMENT4

One required course chosen from the following list of courses:

Course Title Quarter Hours
ACC 300ACCOUNTING ANALYTICS4
ECO 304ANALYTICS FOR ECONOMICS4
FIN 315DATA ANALYTICS IN FINANCE4
MIS 300DATA MINING AND ANALYTICS4
MGT 314BUSINESS ANALYTICS FOUNDATION TOOLS4
MKT 315STRATEGIC TOOLS FOR MARKETERS4

Two required courses chosen from the following list of courses:

Course Title Quarter Hours
BUA 320ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COGNITIVE TECHNOLOGIES4
BUA 321TEXT ANALYTICS FOR BUSINESS 4
BUA 322 MACHINE LEARNING FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS 4
BUA 340QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN 4

Career Management Course​

Students are required to complete the Career Course (250) associated with the major. Students who double major may choose the Career Course (250) associated with either major provided that hours for graduation are satisfied. Students should take the Career Course as soon as possible.

Open Electives

Open elective credit (26.0 hours) is needed to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

Graduation Requirements

All Business Analytics (BUA) courses and any courses used toward the Business Analytics major must be completed with a minimum grade of C- and with a combined GPA of 2.000 or higher.

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