Naveen Jindal School of Management
Master of Science in Business Analytics
36 semester credit hours minimum
Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS BSAN) degree requires a minimum of 36 semester credit hours, consisting of a set of core courses, and a set of analytics electives organized into different tracks. The core courses provide a broad and strong foundation in the business analytics area. The core covers statistics and econometrics, predictive modeling, decision and optimization (prescriptive) modeling, and data management. The analytics electives provide students with an opportunity to obtain in-depth analytics knowledge in a specific domain/industry. The specialization tracks that a student can choose from include Marketing Analytics, Decision and Operations Analytics, Financial Analytics, Healthcare Analytics, and IT for Analytics. Students can contact the advising office for the recommended courses for these tracks.
Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average in both core courses and in aggregate courses to qualify for the MS degree.
Course Requirements
Core Courses: 24 semester credit hours from the following
MECO 6312 Applied Econometrics and Time Series Analysis
or ECON 6306 Applied Econometrics
OPRE 6301 Quantitative Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty in Business
OPRE 6398 Prescriptive Analytics
MIS 6320 Database Foundations
MIS 6324 Business Intelligence Software and Techniques
MIS 6390 Analytics Practicum
MKT 6337 Marketing Analytics Using SAS
and
One of the following Track-Specific courses
FIN 6301 Financial Management
HMGT 6320 The American Healthcare System
MIS 6308 Systems Analysis and Project Management
MKT 6301 Marketing Management
OPRE 6302 Operations Management
Analytics Electives: 12 semester credit hours
Healthcare Analytics Track
HMGT 6323 Healthcare Informatics
HMGT 6334 Healthcare Analytics
HMGT 6327 Information and Knowledge Management in Healthcare
HMGT 6325 Healthcare Operations Management
Financial Analytics Track
FIN 6381 Introductory Mathematical Finance
FIN 6306 Quantitative Methods in Finance
FIN 6352 Financial Modeling
FIN 6382 Numerical Methods in Finance
IT For Analytics Track
MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing
MIS 6334 Advanced Business Intelligence (with SAS)
MIS 6344 Web Analytics
MIS 6373 Social Media and Business
Marketing Analytics Track
MKT 6338 Enterprise Systems and CRM
MKT 6323 Database Marketing
MKT 6309 Marketing Research
MKT 6365 Marketing Digital Applications
Decisions and Operations Analytics Track
OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis
OPRE 6377 Demand and Revenue Management
OPRE 6378 Supply Chain Strategy
Other Analytics-related courses can be approved on a case-by-case basis.