Business Analytics Major (BUAJ)

The Business Analytics major provides students with a strong foundation in analytical methods, techniques, and tools that allows them to play a key role in making data-driven business decisions. To gain real insights from analytics, one needs to master ways to decipher a sea of data coming from a variety of sources, in different formats, flowing at increasingly accelerating rates, and stored in volumes within or beyond the capabilities of traditional tools.

33 hours are required for this major.

Foundation Courses (Six courses - 18 hours)

Select all the following foundation courses:

CIS 2640 - Applied Analytics Foundations Credits: 3 hours
CIS 2650 - Programming for Data Analytics Credits: 3 hours
CIS 3640 - Visual Analytics Credits: 3 hours
CIS 4610 - Database for Business Analytics Credits: 3 hours
CIS 4640 - Business Data Mining Credits: 3 hours
CIS 5650 - Big Data Analytics Credits: 3 hours

Core Courses (Two courses - 6 hours)

Select two additional courses (six hours) from the following core courses:

CIS 2600 - Object-Oriented Programming for Business Credits: 3 hours
CYIS 3110 - Cybersecurity Data Analytics Credits: 3 hours
CIS 3620 - Practical Project Management Credits: 3 hours
CIS 4500 - Customer Relationship Management Credits: 3 hours

Elective Courses (Three courses - 9 hours)

Select three additional courses (9 hours) from the following elective courses:

CIS 2600 - Object-Oriented Programming for Business Credits: 3 hours
CYIS 3110 - Cybersecurity Data Analytics Credits: 3 hours
CIS 3620 - Practical Project Management Credits: 3 hours
CIS 4500 - Customer Relationship Management Credits: 3 hours
STAT 2600 - Data Analysis Using R Credits: 4 hours
MGMT 3200 - Managing ERP Systems Credits: 3 hours
FIN 3450 - Computer Applications in Finance Credits: 3 hours
MGMT 3540 - HR Analytics Credits: 3 hours
CIS 4100 - Internship Credits: 1 to 4 hours
CIS 4960 - Independent Study Credits: 1 to 4 hours
CIS 5550 - Topics in Computer Information Systems Credits: 3 hours
Note: Core courses can be taken as electives, but they cannot be double-counted for core and elective courses.