MIS6346 - Big Data

MIS 6346 (BUAN 6346) Big Data (3 semester credit hours) This course explores big data analytics and cloud computing, focusing on practical applications. Students will be exposed to the uses of cloud platforms and distributed computing frameworks like Hadoop, Hive, Spark, and Databricks for processing large datasets. Through hands-on projects, they gain experience in setting up big data environments, designing scalable data pipelines, implementing real-time analytics, and optimizing queries. The course covers distributed analytics programming, applying machine learning and deep learning to big data, and addresses data governance, security, and cost management in cloud solutions. Students will use leading big-data tools to develop end-to-end analytics processes. Prerequisite: BUAN 6320 or MIS 6320 or MIS 6326. (3-0) S