Naveen Jindal School of Management

Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence and Supply Chain Management and Analytics (Double Major) (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence and Supply Chain Management and Analytics (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (124 semester credit hours)

The Bachelor of Science in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and Analytics double major is a minimum 124 semester credit hours degree program that prepares students to address business analytics issues in global supply chain markets. The program emphasizes building key skills and competencies of analytics professionals. Students also gain analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills through real-life consulting while working on global supply chain projects and internships.

Faculty

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Professors: Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000

Associate Professor: Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Yining Wang @yxw220006

Assistant Professors: Maya Balakrishnan @mxb240047, Mingliu Chen @mxc230032, Soraya Fatehi @sxf200005, Naireet Ghosh @dal048160, Neda Miraeian @nxm220040, Jimmy Qin @jxq240004, Ignacio Rios Uribe @iar200000, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Chonghuan Wang @dal343393, Mengxin Wang @mxw230006

Clinical Professors: Sonia Leach @sel120030, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000

Clinical Associate Professors: Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100

Professor of Instruction: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Vaidy Jayaraman @dal292297

Associate Professors of Instruction: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Sarmann Kennedyd @sik220001, Tristan Whalen @tgw100020

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Hien Thu Nguyen @htn170130, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930

Professors of Practice: David Parks @dxp153830, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630

Students must meet all course prerequisites.

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours

Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses (see advisor)

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{1, 2}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History Core courses

Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Option courses

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one of the following:

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{1, 2}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{1, 2}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{1, 2}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{1, 2}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Choose one of the following:

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{1, 2}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{1, 2}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{1, 2}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{1, 2}

And select 3 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses

II. Major Requirements: 82 semester credit hours

Major Preparatory Courses: 18 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting¹

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting¹

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law¹

ITSS 3311 Introduction to Programming³

OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis⁴

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty⁴

Complete the following courses if not already completed as part of the Core Curriculum Requirements

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{1, 2} (Required for all JSOM undergraduate students. May elect to substitute MATH 2413 or MATH 2417 for MATH 1325.)

Choose two of the following if not completed in Core Curriculum:

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{1, 2}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{1, 2}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{1, 2}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{1, 2}

Major Core Courses: 28 semester credit hours

BA 1105 Professional Development (JSOM first-time-in-college freshmen are required to take BA 1105 in their first semester)

or BA 3105 Professional Development (Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BA 3105 in their first semester)

BCOM 3300 Business Communication

BUAN 3301 AI in Business

FIN 3320 Business Finance

IMS 3310 International Business

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

or OBHR 3330 Human Resource Management in Business

OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management

Experiential Learning

A capstone course is required for all undergraduate JSOM students

BUAN 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business Analytics

or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below.

OPRE 4090 Supply Chain Management Internship⁵

or BUAN 4090 Business Analytics Internship⁵

Students are required to complete 100 hours of community engagement experience with registration in one of the courses below

BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum⁶

Major Related Courses: 36 semester credit hours

BUAN 4320 Database Fundamentals for Analytics

BUAN 4351 Foundations of Business Intelligence

BUAN 4353 Business Analytics

BUAN 4355 Data Visualization

BUAN 4373 Data Science for Business Applications

BUAN 4381 Object Oriented Programming with Python

BUAN 4383 Machine Learning for Business Analytics

OPRE 3320 Integrated Supply Chain Management

OPRE 3330 Project Management

OPRE 4310 Lean and Six Sigma Processes

or OPRE 4340 Purchasing and Sourcing Management

OPRE 4330 Global Logistics and Inventory Management

or OPRE 4353 Business Analytics

or OPRE 4320 Supply Chain Information Systems: SAP, AI, and Blockchain Innovations

or OPRE 4357 Supply Chain Analytics, AI, and Advanced Solutions

or OPRE 4393 A.I. in Supply Chain Management

OPRE 4362 Supply Chain Strategies, Processes and AI Applications

Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives.

The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.

1. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

2. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

3. Completion of CS 1436 and/or CS 1337 with a C or better will satisfy ITSS 3311 with an additional 3 semester credit hours of ITSS upper-division courses (excluding ITSS 4301 and ITSS 4V90).

4. Students may use ENGR 2300, TE 2305, MATH 2418, or MATH 2333 as a substitute for OPRE 3333. Students may use CS 3341, ENGR, 3341, SE 3341, STAT 3341, STAT 2332, STAT 3355, STAT 3360, or STAT 4351 as a substitute for OPRE 3360.

5. Students may fulfill the internship requirement with OPRE 4090, BUAN 4090, BUAN 4V90 (1-3 semester credit hours), or OPRE 4V90 (1-3 semester credit hours). The zero semester credit hour courses OPRE 4090 or BUAN 4090 are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement. If the variable credit internship engagement option is taken, semester credit hours apply as free elective credit towards degree requirements.

6. Students may fulfill the community engagement requirement with BA 4095, ENTP 4340, or OPRE 4391. The zero-semester credit hour course BA 4095 is recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement. If the variable credit community engagement option is taken, semester credit hours apply as free elective credit towards degree requirements.