MBA - Business Analytics Concentration

Business Analytics

Over the last few years, the field of Business Analytics has experienced remarkable growth. Business Analytics Professionals help organizations decrease overall costs, and better support the customer and the solutions necessary to stay competitive in the international economy.

 

Program Structure

Degree Requirements Credits
Core Courses 9
Required Capstone Courses 3
Required ITU Presents 1
Required Nugget Courses 2
Internship 1
Required Concentration Courses 12
Elective Courses 11
Total  39

CORE COURSES

  • MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
  • FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
  • BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics

RECOMMENDED COURSE

  • MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

CAPSTONE COURSE

  • BUA 690 Simulation and Optimization for Business Analytics (1 course for a total of 3 credit hours)

ITU PRESENTS

  • » PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3) (3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)
List of MBA Elective Courses for all concentrations

List of Elective Courses offered by the MBA for all Concentrations.

  • ACT 500 Financial Accounting
  • ACT 501 Forensic Accounting
  • ACT 502 International Accounting
  • ACT 504 Tax Accounting Principles
  • ACT 600 Managerial Accounting
  • ACT 601 Cost Accounting
  • ACT 602 Intermediate Accounting
  • ACT 604 Auditing
  • BUS 500 Project Management Frameworks
  • BUS 501 Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management
  • BUS 502 Project Management and Leadership
  • BUS 503 Project Management – Agile Approach
  • BUS 504 Contract Management and Financial Planning
  • BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change
  • BUS 510 Regulation, Governance Ethical and Social Responsibility
  • BUS 516 Principles of quality management
  • BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity
  • BUS 518 Applied Statistics
  • BUS 520 Emerging technologies for product development
  • BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
  • BUS 600 Research Methods
  • BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
  • BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
  • BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
  • FIN 515 Managerial Finance
  • FIN 516 Entrepreneurial Finance
  • FIN 517 Financial Institutions
  • FIN 518 Financial and Socially Responsible Investing
  • FIN 519 Corporate Valuation
  • FIN 520 Investment Management
  • FIN 521 International Financial Management
  • FIN 522 Behavioral Finance
  • FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory
  • FIN 525 Econometrics
  • FIN 526 International Economics
  • FIN 604 Securities Analysis
  • FIN 605 Financial Derivatives and Risk Management
  • FIN 606 Corporate Finance
  • FIN 607 Mergers and Acquisitions
  • HRM 528 Human Resource Management
  • HRM 529 Employee Training and Development
  • HRM 530 Employment law for business
  • HRM 533 Strategic compensation: issues and opportunities
  • INB 553 Fundamentals of International Business
  • INB 554 International Financial Markets
  • INB 556 Global Strategic Management
  • INB 558 Global Marketing and Strategy
  • MGT 560 Principles of Management
  • MGT 561 Coaching – Changing Lives, Changing Organizations
  • MGT 564 Principles of Public Relations
  • MGT 566 Production and Operations Management
  • MGT 567 Quality Control Management
  • MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management
  • MGT 571 Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision Making
  • MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship
  • MGT 573 International Management
  • MGT 575 Project Management
  • MGT 576 Organizational Theory
  • MGT 577 Project risk management
  • MGT 578 Business Communications
  • MGT 579 Business Ethics
  • MGT 580 Business Law
  • MGT 581 Managing Emotions, Managing Self and Others
  • MGT 582 Team and Group Dynamics
  • MGT 583 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • MGT 584 Supply Chain Management (Previously MKT 584)
  • MGT 593 Intrapreneurship – Innovation from Within
  • MGT 608 Business Statistics MGT 611 Lean Six Sigma
  • MGT 612 Advanced Project Management
  • MIS 537 Management Information Systems
  • MIS 538 Business Database Applications
  • MIS 539 Business Telecommunications
  • MIS 540 Information Resource Management
  • MIS 541 Managing Global Information Systems Projects
  • MIS 542 Information Systems Innovation
  • MIS 543 Human-Computer Interaction
  • MIS 544 Business Decision Support Systems
  • MIS 546 Data Science for Business
  • MIS 547 Software Development Process Management
  • MIS 548 Knowledge Management
  • MKT 582 Marketing Management
  • MKT 583 Entrepreneurial Marketing
  • MKT 585 International Marketing
  • MKT 586 Marketing Research
  • MKT 587 Comparative Studies of MNC, FDI, and International Trade
  • MKT 588 Consumer Behavior
  • MKT 589 E-commerce
  • MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media
  • MKT 591 Advertising Strategy
  • MKT 592 Supplier/Seller Management
  • MKT 613 Advanced Marketing

ITU NUGGET COURSES Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

Nuggets courses are typically coded between IDS 500 and IDS 599.

  • IDS 550 FinTech Fundamentals (2)
  • IDS 551 Chip Design Fundamentals (2)
  • IDS 504 Data Warehousing (2)
  • IDS 505 Predictive Analytics (2)
  • IDS 510 Data Science Applications (2)
  • IDS 511 Data Visualization (2)

For more details, consult the Chair Department

INTERNSHIP

  • INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

BUSINESS ANALYTICS COURSES

Business Analytics Professionals are required to use data, competencies, and capabilities that meet all areas of proficiency when performing their primary job duties. Business Analytics courses are presented as interrelated courses that meet all areas of proficiency.

Required Business Analytics Courses

Students are required to take at least four (4) Business Analytics (BUA) courses in order to graduate with a Business Analytics concentration.

  • BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis
  • BUA 502 Data Analysis
  • BUA 503 Game Theory, Business Strategy, and Thinking Strategically
  • BUA 504 Data Warehousing and Visualization
  • BUA 505 Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy
  • BUA 506 Developing Value Through Business Analysis Applications
  • BUA 507 Ethical Business Decision-Making
  • BUA 508 Risk Analytics
  • BUA 509 Web Analytics
  • BUA 510 Data Science Applications with R or Python
  • BUA 511 Data Visualization and interpretation using Tableau.
  • BUA 512 Business Cognitive Analytics and Applications
  • BUA 513 Financial Engineering: Computational and Quantitative Methods
  • BUS 516 Principles of quality management
  • BUS 518 Applied Statistics
  • BUS 520 Emerging technologies for product development
  • BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
  • BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
  • BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
  • BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
  • HCM 535 Data Analytics Applications in Healthcare
  • HCM 538 Predictive Analytics and Decision Models in Healthcare
  • MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management
  • MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship
  • *Students intending to do HRM 535 must complete HRM 532 as a pre-requisite course

MBA Elective Courses

A sufficient number of Elective Courses must be completed to
bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a
maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of
required internship).

Admission Requirements

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*U.S. citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents who have earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution in the U.S. are waived from this requirement.

*Who has 2+ years of work experience in the United States are waived from this requirement.

 

 

Who
should apply

At ITU, you will be able to take advantage of:

  • Seasoned industry experts, who come from companies like NASA, HP, and Pfizer.
  • A program designed to teach you the practical skills needed to supplement your education, and maximize your career prospects.
  • Flexible night and weekend class schedules, and online course offerings that allow you to continue your career while furthering your education.
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Program Learning Outcomes

 

LC 1: Communication (spoken, and written)

ELO 1: Identify and build skills to work and communicate successfully with varied groups that motivate joint ownership of results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 4]

LC 2: Leadership (includes individual strengths, and collaboration)

ELO 2: Design systems to mechanize data collection and data mining that can deeply influence business performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

ELO 3: Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

LC 3: Critical Thinking

ELO 3: Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

ELO 4: Identify situations to apply Decision Sciences practices for optimal business outcomes. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

LC 4: Focused Knowledge

ELO 2: Design systems to mechanize data collection and data mining that can deeply influence business performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

ELO 4: Identify situations to apply Decision Sciences practices for optimal business outcomes. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]