Department: BANA Business Analytics

Code Name Description
BANA348 Business Analytics I This course teaches the basic skills, applications, and practices necessary for continual exploration and investigation of organizational data. Based on statistical methods, business analytics searches for new insights and understanding of organizat...
BANA448 Business Analytics II How can data be used to inform business decisions? Students in this class learn how to use computer software to analyze data to build models of consumer and firm behavior. Students begin by extending their practical and theoretical understanding of m...
BANA505 Applied Statistics for Business Survey of statistical methods applied to business problems. Reviews college-level introductory statistics and extends to classical parametric prediction methods including linear and logistic regression. Uses major statistical software.
BANA510 Data Management Introduction to data management in the context of modern business problems. Students will learn foundations of structured query language (SQL) and its applications to data manipulation.
BANA515 Data Visualization This course focuses on creating visual aids appropriate for various business tasks and goals. Students will learn how to choose appropriate graphic tools and packages, as well as interpret the graphs and analyze visual patterns in data
BANA520 Advanced Business Spreadsheets Study and implementation of intermediate and advanced spreadsheet application features as applied within business environments. Focus on data analysis tools, collaboration, statistical functions, data imports/exports, auditing tools, business intelli...
BANA525 Predictive Analytics Applications of concepts from probability and statistics to draw inferences from data. Covers advanced regression analysis including non-parametric approaches. Introduction to time series and panel techniques for predicting future data. Additional to...
BANA530 Machine Learning for Business Graduate-level class that introduces basics of machine learning in the context of modern business problems. Students will learn foundations of classification modelling, segmentation, clustering, computer vision, text analysis and sequences.
BANA535 Optimization Methods for Business Graduate-level class that introduces basics of optimization methods. Students will learn applications of optimization tools in the context of business problems. No prerequisite is required for this course, however, prior knowledge of calculus and lin...
BANA540 Case Studies in Business Analytics A series of case studies on the use of analytics in various business settings. Topics include a variety of areas of data management and analysis in various settings, such as marketing, finance, education, health care, and sport management. Cases may...
BANA545 Graduate Internship in Business Analytics This course helps the MSBA student meet the internship/work-experience graduation requirement for the MSBA degree. The student is required to work a minimum of 225 hours and fulfill other requirements as stated in the Learning Contract. Prior appro...
BANA550 Research in Business Analytics An original project in business analytics at the graduate level. May include theoretical and/or applied elements.