Jan 30, 2025

2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Dual Degree in Business Administration and Analytics, MBA/MSA

Program Description

Analytical tools and data-intensive problems are gaining influence across many business domains, yet their effective application requires speciality domain knowledge. The purpose of this dual professional master’s degree is to equip students with both advanced knowledge in business administration and data analytics. As such, this degree will allow students to tap into job opportunities both in the general management areas, and the field of data analytics, and especially prepares them for careers at this intersection.

Degree Requirements

Students must complete 30 credit hours to earn an MSA and 42 credit hours for the MBA. Certain courses that are required for one degree may be counted as electives for the other. For instance, dual degree students can count four MSA courses to satrisfy the elective requirements of the MBA

Students must take all the MBA courses listed and pick a track within the MSA program-the Data Scientish Track or the Citizen Data Scientist Track.

MBA Required Courses

MBA 8000 - Managing in the Global Economy 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8025 - Financial Statement Analysis 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8030 - Legal Environment: Ethics and Corporate Governance 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8040 - Data Driven Decision Making 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8125 - Digital Innovation 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8135 - Corporate Finance 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8145 - Marketing Management 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8155 - Operations Management 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8165 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior 3 Credit Hours
MBA 8820 - Global Competitive Strategy 3 Credit Hours

MSA courses required for Data Scientist Track

MSA 8010 - Data Programming for Analytic 3 Credit Hours
MSA 8040 - Data Management for Analytics 3 Credit Hours
MSA 8030 - Communicating with Data 1.5 Credit Hours
MSA 8190 - Statistical Foundations for Analytics 3 Credit Hours
MSA 8050 - Scalable Data Analytics 3 Credit Hours
MSA 8150 - Machine Learning for Analytic 3 Credit Hours
MSA 8200 - Econometric Predictive Analytics 1.5 Credit Hours
MSA 8600 - Deep Learning and Generative AI 3 Credit Hours

MSA courses required for Citizen Data Scientist Track

MSA 8040 - Data Management for Analytics 3 Credit Hours
MSA 8030 - Communicating with Data 1.5 Credit Hours
MSA 8200 - Econometric Predictive Analytics 1.5 Credit Hours
MSA 8600 - Deep Learning and Generative AI 3 Credit Hours
IFI 8110 - Business Statistics for Analytics 3 Credit Hours
IFI 8410 - Introduction to Programming and Predictive Analytics for Business 3 Credit Hours
IFI 8450 - Scalable Data Analytics for Business 3 Credit Hours
IFI 8420 - Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Business 3 Credit Hours