Naveen Jindal School of Management

Master of Science in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

36 semester credit hours minimum

Faculty

FACG> jsom-business-analytics-ms

Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Riki Takeuchi @rxt173730, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Michael Hasler @mxh190031, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Rafael Copat @rxc190027, Soraya Fatehi @sxf200005, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Jason Kautz @jdk200000, Tongil Kim @txk200012, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Christopher Mace @cxm200014, Samir Mamadehussene @sxm200118, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Jedson Pinto @jpp200002, Ignacio Rios Uribe @iar200000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Kirti Sinha @kxs190050, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Hongchang Wang @hxw140930, Pingle Wang @pxw200007, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Yingjie Zhang @yxz180067

Associate Professors Emeriti: J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Jane Salk @jes025000, David J. Springate @spring8

Visiting Professor: Emily Choi @exc113230

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Paul Convery @pxc141930, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos @clb120030, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jerome Gafford @jmg171130, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Jason Parker @jap090020, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Vivek Arora @vxa081000, Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130

Professors of Practice: Gregory Ballew @geb011100, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000

Associate Professors of Practice: Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, David Parks @dxp153830, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Steven Haynes @sxh102420, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Edward Meda @exm150330, Paul Nichols @pxn120030, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000

Senior Lecturer: Juliann Chapman @jgc160130

Degree Requirements

The Master of Science in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (MS BUAN) is a 36 semester credit hours STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) degree program that provides students with a broad foundation in the business analytics and data science area. The program prepares students for professions in data science, big data, and analytics space. The core courses are designed to provide the foundation of tools and techniques to be used in the analytics domain whereas the electives allow for business application of the core techniques in Accounting, Finance, Cybersecurity, Healthcare, IT, Marketing, Social Media, and Operations. The program provides three options:

1. The Flex Program allows students the flexibility to complete the program at their own pace and tailor their degree in preparation for specific career goals by selecting electives from various fields, including Accounting, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, Data Science, Finance, Healthcare, IT, Marketing, Social Media, Operations and Product and Innovation Analytics. The purpose of the program is to equip students with the technical tools and professional communication skills needed to practice in business analytics. Multiple elective tracks are offered in the Flex Program. Admission to the program occurs in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.
2. The Cohort Program is a two-year program in which students from various backgrounds gain knowledge to pursue opportunities in business analytics. The purpose of the program is to develop effective leaders in business analytics. Students may complete the Accounting Analytics track or the Data Science track. The Accounting Analytics track is offered in a face-to-face Cohort Program on campus, while the Data Science track may be completed in either a face-to-face Cohort Program on campus or an Online Cohort program. Special tuition, fees, and admissions requirements apply and the program is supported entirely by participant tuition/fees. Admission to the program occurs in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.
3. The Online Program allows students the flexibility to complete the program completely online at their own pace, and tailor their degree in preparation for specific career goals by selecting electives from the Data Science and Data Engineering track. The purpose of the program is to equip students with the technical tools and professional communication skills needed to practice in business analytics. Admission to the program occurs in Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.

To apply for this degree program, an undergraduate degree is required (all majors are considered). Students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) in both core courses and in all graduate courses taken in the degree program, excluding program prerequisites to qualify for the MS degree.

Prerequisites

Students pursuing the Master of Science in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence degree program are required to fulfill one semester credit hour of MAS 6102 Professional Development course. In addition, knowledge of calculus is required and students who have not completed an undergraduate calculus course may satisfy the prerequisite by completing OPRE 6303 Quantitative Foundations of Business. Degree credit is not earned for program prerequisites, however, the grade achieved in prerequisites will count toward the student's grade-point average (GPA). All program prerequisites must be satisfied within the first semester of graduate study as a degree-seeking student.

Course Requirements

Core Courses: 18 semester credit hours

BUAN 6312 Applied Econometrics and Time Series Analysis

BUAN 6320 Database Foundations for Business Analytics

BUAN 6324 Business Analytics With SAS

or BUAN 6356 Business Analytics With R

or BUAN 6383 Modeling for Business Analytics

BUAN 6337 Predictive Analytics for Data Science

BUAN 6398 Prescriptive Analytics

BUAN 6359¹ Advanced Statistics for Data Science

Elective Courses: 18 semester credit hours

Students may choose any course with a BUAN prefix, excluding BUAN core courses, or any course from one or more tracks in the following areas to obtain in-depth knowledge in a specific industry domain. As part of the 18 semester credit hours of elective courses, students may also substitute up to six semester credit hours of any master's-level courses offered within JSOM as free electives, except for MIS 6320 or MIS 6326 or ACCT 6320 or ACCT 6321 or OPRE 6301 or OPRE 6393. Additionally, students must abide by any restriction specified in a course description.

BUAN 6009 Business Analytics Internship (Required Elective)¹

Accounting Analytics Track

ACCT 6301 Financial Accounting

or ACCT 6330 Intermediate Financial Accounting I

BUAN 6311 Robotics and Financial Technology

ACCT 6336 Information Technology Audit and Risk Management

ACCT 6343 Accounting Information Systems

ACCT 6344 Financial Statement Analysis

or ACCT 6332 Intermediate Financial Accounting II

ACCT 6374 Advanced Data Analytics for Accountants and Auditors

ACCT 6384 Analytical Reviews Using Audit Software

or ACCT 6334 Auditing

ACCT 6386 Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)

Cybersecurity Analytics Track

BUAN 6368 Applied Cybersecurity Analytics and Risk Management

MIS 6316 Data Communications

MIS 6330 Cybersecurity Fundamentals

MIS 6333 Digital Forensics and Incident Management

MIS 6337 Information Technology Audit and Risk Management

MIS 6384 Preparing for Cybersecurity Threats

Data Engineering Track

BUAN 6333 Foundations of Programming for Business Analytics

BUAN 6340 Programming for Data Science

BUAN 6346 Big Data

BUAN 6347 Advanced Big Data Analytics

BUAN 6358 AWS Cloud Analytics

BUAN 6385 Robotic Process Automation

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing

MIS 6363 Cloud Computing Fundamentals

MIS 6389 AWS Cloud Solution Architecture

Data Science Track

BUAN 6333 Foundations of Programming for Business Analytics

BUAN 6311 Robotics and Financial Technology

BUAN 6333 Foundations of Programming for Business Analytics

BUAN 6335 Organizing for Business Analytics Platforms

BUAN 6340 Programming for Data Science

BUAN 6341 Applied Machine Learning

BUAN 6342 Applied Natural Language Processing

BUAN 6346 Big Data

BUAN 6357 Advanced Business Analytics With R

BUAN 6383 Modeling for Business Analytics

BUAN 6382 Applied Deep Learning

BUAN 6385 Robotic Process Automation

BUAN 6392 Causal Analytics and A/B Testing

MIS 6380 Data Visualization

Decisions and Operations Analytics Track

BUAN 6385 Robotic Process Automation

MIS 6398 Blockchain Technology and Applications

OPRE 6302 Operations Management

OPRE 6304 Operations Analytics

OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics

OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis

OPRE 6377 Demand and Revenue Analytics

OPRE 6378 Supply Chain Strategy

Enterprise Systems Analytics Track

BUAN 6386 SAP Cloud Analytics

MIS 6319 Intelligent Enterprise Systems with SAP

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing

MIS 6332 Intelligent Enterprise Systems Configurations and Implementation with SAP

MIS 6369 Supply Chain Software with SAP

Financial Analytics Track

ACCT 6301 Financial Accounting

FIN 6301 Financial Management

FIN 6307 Mathematical Methods for Finance

FIN 6352 Financial Modeling For Valuation

FIN 6353 Financial Modeling for Investment Analysis

FIN 6360 Derivatives Markets

FIN 6368 Financial Information and Analysis

FIN 6382 Financial Applications and Statistical Methods

FIN 6392 Financial Technology and Blockchain

MIS 6398 Blockchain Technology and Applications

Healthcare Analytics Track

HMGT 6320 The American Healthcare System

HMGT 6323 Healthcare Informatics

HMGT 6325 Healthcare Operations Management

HMGT 6327 Electronic Health Records Applications

HMGT 6334 Healthcare Analytics

BUAN 6335 Organizing for Business Analytics Platforms

Marketing Analytics Track

BUAN 6392 Causal Analytics and A/B Testing

MKT 6301 Marketing Management

MKT 6309 Marketing Data Analysis and Research

MKT 6336 Pricing Analytics

MKT 6343 Social Media Marketing and Insights

MKT 6345 Quantitative Marketing Decision-Making

MKT 6347 Marketing Analytics Project

MKT 6349 MarTech Ecosystem

MKT 6352 Marketing Web Analytics and Insights

MKT 6353 Customer Analytics and Insights

MKT 6384 Advanced Marketing Web Analytics and Insights

Product and Innovation Analytics Track

BUAN 6380 Business Model Innovation

BUAN 6378 Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship

BUAN 6388 The Corporate Entrepreneurial Experience

BUAN 6375 Technology and New Product Development

BUAN 6392 Causal Analytics and A/B Testing

BUAN 6335 Organizing for Business Analytics Platforms

MIS 6393 Foundations of Digital Product Management

MIS 6396 User Experience Design

Social Media Analytics Track

BUAN 6335 Organizing for Business Analytics Platforms

BUAN 6340 Programming for Data Science

BUAN 6341 Applied Machine Learning

BUAN 6344 Web Analytics

BUAN 6392 Causal Analytics and A/B Testing

MIS 6334 Advanced Business Analytics with SAS

MIS 6373 Social Media Business

MIS 6378 Customer Relationship Management with Salesforce

MIS 6380 Data Visualization

Graduate Certificates

Graduate Certificate in Applied Machine Learning

12 semester credit hours

Faculty

FACG> jsom-business-analytics-ms

Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Riki Takeuchi @rxt173730, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Michael Hasler @mxh190031, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Rafael Copat @rxc190027, Soraya Fatehi @sxf200005, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Jason Kautz @jdk200000, Tongil Kim @txk200012, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Christopher Mace @cxm200014, Samir Mamadehussene @sxm200118, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Jedson Pinto @jpp200002, Ignacio Rios Uribe @iar200000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Kirti Sinha @kxs190050, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Hongchang Wang @hxw140930, Pingle Wang @pxw200007, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Yingjie Zhang @yxz180067

Associate Professors Emeriti: J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Jane Salk @jes025000, David J. Springate @spring8

Visiting Professor: Emily Choi @exc113230

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Paul Convery @pxc141930, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos @clb120030, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jerome Gafford @jmg171130, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Jason Parker @jap090020, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Vivek Arora @vxa081000, Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130

Professors of Practice: Gregory Ballew @geb011100, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000

Associate Professors of Practice: Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, David Parks @dxp153830, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Steven Haynes @sxh102420, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Edward Meda @exm150330, Paul Nichols @pxn120030, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000

Senior Lecturer: Juliann Chapman @jgc160130

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Machine Learning comprises courses that teach statistics geared towards data science needs, and important concepts in business analytics, machine learning and natural language processing necessary for business applications.

Students pursuing this certificate will be exposed to:

• Statistical methods to analyze data from observational studies and experimental designs, and to communicate relevant findings to a business audience.
• Approaches that extract actionable intelligence from firms' business data for various applications, including (but not limited to) customer segmentation, customer relationship management (CRM), personalization, online recommendation systems, web mining, and product assortment.
• Machine learning approaches focused on applications to business data, like approaches for text mining, non-linear regression models, resampling methods, neural networks, etc..
• Natural language processing and related approaches that help gain actionable insights in real-world applications (for example, through the analysis and interpretation of language in the contexts of social media and business text/unstructured data).

Course Requirements

Required courses: 12 semester credit hours

BUAN 6341 Applied Machine Learning

BUAN 6356 Business Analytics with R

or BUAN 6383 Modeling for Business Analytics

BUAN 6359 Advanced Statistics for Data Science

Choose one course from the following:

BUAN 6342 Applied Natural Language Processing

BUAN 6382 Applied Deep Learning

Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Engineering for Managers

Faculty

FACG> jsom-business-analytics-ms

Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Riki Takeuchi @rxt173730, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Michael Hasler @mxh190031, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Rafael Copat @rxc190027, Soraya Fatehi @sxf200005, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Jason Kautz @jdk200000, Tongil Kim @txk200012, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Christopher Mace @cxm200014, Samir Mamadehussene @sxm200118, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Jedson Pinto @jpp200002, Ignacio Rios Uribe @iar200000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Kirti Sinha @kxs190050, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Hongchang Wang @hxw140930, Pingle Wang @pxw200007, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Yingjie Zhang @yxz180067

Associate Professors Emeriti: J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Jane Salk @jes025000, David J. Springate @spring8

Visiting Professor: Emily Choi @exc113230

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Paul Convery @pxc141930, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos @clb120030, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jerome Gafford @jmg171130, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Jason Parker @jap090020, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Vivek Arora @vxa081000, Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130

Professors of Practice: Gregory Ballew @geb011100, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000

Associate Professors of Practice: Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, David Parks @dxp153830, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Steven Haynes @sxh102420, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Edward Meda @exm150330, Paul Nichols @pxn120030, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000

Senior Lecturer: Juliann Chapman @jgc160130

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Engineering for Managers comprises courses that teach statistics geared towards data engineering needs, important concepts in big data, and data analytics platforms for business applications. The certificate will help students learn concepts related to the application of data engineering concepts like data provisioning and pipelining in business contexts.

Students pursuing this certificate will be exposed to:

• Structured Query Language (SQL) and NoSQL databases and focus on understanding the differences, and to learn how to effectively query SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Big data systems and operations, which will enable them to perform distributed analytics programming to report findings on their datasets.
• Conceptual understanding of platforms for business analytics and key business drivers that lead to business initiatives.
• Dealing with massive volumes and velocity of data to be more efficient in improving data quality and speed of access using languages like Scala.

Course Requirements

Required courses: 12 semester credit hours

BUAN 6320 Database Foundations for Business Analytics

BUAN 6335 Organizing for Business Analytics Platforms

BUAN 6346 Big Data

BUAN 6347 Advanced Big Data Analytics

Graduate Certificate in Analytics for Managers

Faculty

FACG> jsom-business-analytics-ms

Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Riki Takeuchi @rxt173730, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Michael Hasler @mxh190031, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Rafael Copat @rxc190027, Soraya Fatehi @sxf200005, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Jason Kautz @jdk200000, Tongil Kim @txk200012, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Christopher Mace @cxm200014, Samir Mamadehussene @sxm200118, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Jedson Pinto @jpp200002, Ignacio Rios Uribe @iar200000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Kirti Sinha @kxs190050, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Hongchang Wang @hxw140930, Pingle Wang @pxw200007, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Yingjie Zhang @yxz180067

Associate Professors Emeriti: J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Jane Salk @jes025000, David J. Springate @spring8

Visiting Professor: Emily Choi @exc113230

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Paul Convery @pxc141930, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos @clb120030, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jerome Gafford @jmg171130, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Jason Parker @jap090020, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Vivek Arora @vxa081000, Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130

Professors of Practice: Gregory Ballew @geb011100, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000

Associate Professors of Practice: Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, David Parks @dxp153830, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Steven Haynes @sxh102420, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Edward Meda @exm150330, Paul Nichols @pxn120030, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000

Senior Lecturer: Juliann Chapman @jgc160130

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Analytics for Managers comprises courses that teach statistics geared towards data modeling and engineering needs, important concepts in data analytics platforms for business applications and graphical charting of insights for decision making. The certificate will help students learn concepts related to the application of data analytics concepts like data modeling and data visualization in business contexts.

Students pursuing this certificate will be exposed to:

• Statistical methods to analyze data from observational studies and experimental designs, and to communicate relevant findings to a business audience.
• Conceptual understanding of platforms for business analytics and key business drivers that lead to business initiatives.
• Technologies, techniques and algorithms for the creation of effective data visualization in the context of data science using techniques related to data wrangling, insight modeling, cognitive science, and graphical communication.

Course Requirements

Required courses: 12 semester credit hours

BUAN 6356 Business Analytics with R

or BUAN 6383 Modeling for Business Analytics

BUAN 6359 Advanced Statistics for Data Science

BUAN 6335 Organizing for Business Analytics Platforms

MIS 6380 Data Visualization

Graduate Certificate in Business Decision Analytics

Faculty

FACG> jsom-business-analytics-ms

Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Riki Takeuchi @rxt173730, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Michael Hasler @mxh190031, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Rafael Copat @rxc190027, Soraya Fatehi @sxf200005, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Jason Kautz @jdk200000, Tongil Kim @txk200012, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Christopher Mace @cxm200014, Samir Mamadehussene @sxm200118, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Jedson Pinto @jpp200002, Ignacio Rios Uribe @iar200000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Kirti Sinha @kxs190050, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Hongchang Wang @hxw140930, Pingle Wang @pxw200007, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Yingjie Zhang @yxz180067

Associate Professors Emeriti: J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Jane Salk @jes025000, David J. Springate @spring8

Visiting Professor: Emily Choi @exc113230

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Paul Convery @pxc141930, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos @clb120030, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jerome Gafford @jmg171130, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Jason Parker @jap090020, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Vivek Arora @vxa081000, Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130

Professors of Practice: Gregory Ballew @geb011100, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000

Associate Professors of Practice: Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, David Parks @dxp153830, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Steven Haynes @sxh102420, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Edward Meda @exm150330, Paul Nichols @pxn120030, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000

Senior Lecturer: Juliann Chapman @jgc160130

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Business Decision Analytics comprises courses that teach statistics geared towards data modeling and engineering needs, important concepts in predictive and prescriptive analytics, along with econometrics and time series analysis. The certificate will help students learn concepts related to the application of business decision making concepts around predicting and prescribing business outcomes in enterprise settings.

Students pursuing this certificate will be exposed to:

• Statistical methods to analyze data from observational studies and experimental designs, and to communicate relevant findings to a business audience.
• Analytical models and tools to identify opportunities as well as problems within the business operations to gain a competitive edge in today's global economy.
• Methods to analyze time series, cross-sectional and panel data.

Course Requirements

Required courses: 12 semester credit hours

BUAN 6359 Advanced Statistics for Data Science

BUAN 6312 Applied Econometrics and Time Series Analysis

BUAN 6337 Predictive Analytics for Data Science

BUAN 6398 Prescriptive Analytics

1. Students may use BUAN 6009 only for their first internship and any additional internship must be completed as BUAN 6V98 (3 semester credit hours maximum). Students may use BUAN 6V98 or BUAN 6390 to fulfill the internship requirement. Students are no longer eligible to enroll in BUAN 6009 if they have already completed BUAN 6V98 or BUAN 6390.