Business Analytics

A program in demand!

Today's global marketplace continues to evolve at a fast pace as emerging technologies affect industries from healthcare to financial to retail. They are all dependent on analytical skills to interpret data into usable business information and to guide their organizational decision making.

The demand for business analytics graduates is on a rapid rise as almost every big organization struggles to derive the maximum value from their investments and resources and seeks well trained business analytics professionals. There is a predicted 50-60% gap by 2020 in the supply of graduates capable of performing advanced analytics providing data-driven insights.

What will I do?

• Accountant
• Financial Advisor
• Supply Chain Advocate
• Data Architects
• Big Data Analyst
• Data Change Agent
• Applied Business Analyst
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• Data Scientist

Where will I work? A wide spectrum of organizations are looking for analytical skills such as:

• Healthcare Organizations
• Financial Organizations
• Consulting companies
• Manufacturing
• Professional Sports
• Energy
• Technology Corporations
• Government
• Retail
• Mobile Services
• Telecommunications
• Information Technology
• Marketing
• Human Resources

The Bachelor of Science business degree is composed of professional core courses shared by all majors, business courses specific to each major, business electives totaling 48 credits in business, arts and sciences, and general education core courses specified for business, and liberal arts electives to reach a minimum of 60 credits of liberal arts courses (as required for all Bachelor of Science degrees). Depending on the major, you will take additional electives to reach the total of 120 credit hours required for graduation. You are also required to:

• Complete a minimum of 30 credit hours in upper division business courses
• Maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average overall
• One Personal Fitness course (credits not included in the 120 credits required for graduation) and one Wellness Course.
• Satisfy the University's Global Perspectives requirement

After your first year is complete, we urge all business students to gain the valuable, real-world experience only an internship can offer.

• Most internships occur during the summer months between semesters
• Each credit hour you'll earn equals 45 hours of work; you'll figure out the actual schedule with your site supervisor
• Internships may or may not be paid, depending on your host organization
• Grades are assessed based on complete, timely submission of all required internship documentation, with the final learning report weighted most heavily