Business Analytics, B.S.
[Business Analytics]
The Business Analytics major will prepare students to harness the power of data to make informed decisions, drive growth, and gain a competitive edge in rapidly evolving marketplaces. This major will equip students with essential data analysis skills to inform decision making, and to solve a range of real-world business problems using advanced database and dashboard tools to create living analyses. The program gives the student flexibility and assists to build their network with people across the country.
BUSINESS ANALYTICS B.S. DEGREE
Minimum Total Hours: 120
Total Liberal Arts Hours Required: 60
General Education Requirements: Per Core Curriculum Requirements list (see General Education Council). Exceptions: only one fine arts course is required; must take BUAD 2600 for the behavioral science requirement; must take ECON 2010 for the history, economics, or social sciences requirement; Mathematics requirement met through the major. Students in the Business Analytics major must have taken two years of foreign language in high school or one semester in college.
Minimum Requirements: Overall and major GPA of 2.5; no grade less than C- in the major; minimum grade of C- in COMM 1105, COMP 1010, COMP 1020, and MATH 2400.
Transfer Requirements: See institutional transfer policies.
Application to Major: Application to Major form can be secured from the Undergraduate Business Department and submitted during the second semester of the sophomore year. A minimum grade of C- in MATH 2400 and in all business courses within the major is required for acceptance to the major. Minimum overall and major GPA's of 2.5 are required to be accepted and to remain in the major. Falling below an overall or major GPA of 2.5 removes students from the major and precludes them from taking upper-level courses.
Major Requirements: 60 hours as follows:
- Common Professional Core (45 hours):
- ACCT 2010-Principles of Accounting I;
- ACCT 2010L-Principles of Accounting I Lab;
- ACCT 2020-Principles of Accounting II;
- ACCT 2020L-Principles of Accounting II Lab;
- BUAD 1010-Introduction to Business;
- BUAD 2100-Business Law I;
- BUAD 3210-Corporate Finance;
- BUAD/SOCS 3410-Organizational Leadership;
- BUAD 3500-Internship Prep;
- BUAD 3800-International Business;
- BUAD 4500 Internship Experience;
- CSCI 1030-Introduction to Microsoft Excel;
- ECON 2020-Principles of Macroeconomics;
- ECON 2050-Personal Economics;
- MGMT 2020-Principles of Management;
- MGMT 4200-Strategic Management;
- MRKT 2010-Principles of Marketing;
- MATH 2400-Statistics
- Business Analytics Requirements (15 hours):
- XDATA 1100-Foundation of Data Analytics I;
- XDATA 1200-Foundation of Data Analytics II;
- XBSAN 2010-Business Analytics I;
- XBSAN 2020-Business Analytics II;
- XBSAN 4010-Practicum