Department: BANA Business Analytics

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BANA348Business Analytics IThis 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...
BANA350Machine Learning for BusinessApplications of machine learning methods to the business setting. The course covers prediction and classification methods, social network analysis & text mining, and other topics in an emerging field of AI within a variety of business disciplines.
BANA448Business Analytics IIHow 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...
BANA449Research in Business AnalyticsThis course is designed to allow students to apply their knowledge of business analytics to an empirical research quesion. Students will define an empirical research question; collect, organize, and clean data using an industry standard statistical p...
BANA498Independent StudyNo Description Set
BANA505Applied Statistics for BusinessSurvey 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.
BANA510Data ManagementIntroduction 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.
BANA515Data VisualizationThis 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
BANA520Advanced Business SpreadsheetsStudy 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...
BANA525Predictive AnalyticsApplications 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...
BANA530Machine Learning for BusinessGraduate-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.
BANA535Optimization Methods for BusinessGraduate-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...
BANA540Case Studies in Business AnalyticsA 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...
BANA545Graduate Internship in Business AnalyticsThis 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...
BANA550Research in Business AnalyticsAn original project in business analytics at the graduate level. May include theoretical and/or applied elements.