Naveen Jindal School of Management
Master of Science in Business Analytics
36 semester credit hours minimum
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Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MS BUAN) is an STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) degree program (18-24 months) at the Naveen Jindal School of Management that provides students with a broad foundation in the business intelligence and analytics area. The program includes core courses and analytics electives organized into different tracks such as Marketing Analytics, Decision and Operations Analytics, Financial Analytics, Healthcare Analytics and IT for Analytics.
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
BUAN 6312 Applied Econometrics and Time Series Analysis
or ECON 6306 Applied Econometrics
OPRE 6301 Quantitative Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty in Business
BUAN 6398 Prescriptive Analytics
BUAN 6320 Database Foundations
BUAN 6324 Business Intelligence Software and Techniques
BUAN 6390 Analytics Practicum
MKT 6337 Marketing Predictive Analytics Using SAS
and
Choose one course from 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
Students may choose a track from the following areas to obtain in-depth analytics knowledge:
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 and Statistical 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 or MKT 6340 Marketing Projects Lab*
MKT 6323 Database Marketing
MKT 6309 Marketing Research
MKT 6362 Marketing Models
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.
* Program director approval required.