Business: Operations and Technology Management MSB - Business Analytics

Admissions to the Business: Operations and Technology Management: Business Analytics, M.S. named option have been suspended as of fall 2021 and will be discontinued as of fall 2023. If you have any questions, please contact the department.

This is a named option in theBusiness: Operations and Technology Management, M.S.

Learn to leverage data to answer complex business questions in any industry with this STEM-designated M.S.,Business: Operations and Technology Management: Business Analytics. Addressing all aspects of business, youll use cutting-edge tools to hone your analytical skills and business acumen. This one-year Wisconsin School of Business program prepares students to seize opportunities in the fast-growing world of turning data into decisions.

The MSB-OTM named option in Business Analytics curriculum includes the topics of:

• Data acquisition, analysis, and visualization
• Machine learning, experimental design, and optimization
• Descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytical approaches
• R/Python/SQL/Tableau

You will also benefit from experiential learning through real-world consulting projects, and choose electives from various industry-specific analytics courses.

A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or a comparable degree from an international institution is required. International applicants must have a degree comparable to a regionally accredited U.S. bachelor’s degree. You must have completed your undergraduate degree, or similar, before starting graduate school.

A minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 on the equivalent of the last 60 semester hours (approximately two years of work) or a master’s degree with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 is required. Applicants from an international institution must demonstrate strong academic achievement comparable to a 3.00 for an undergraduate or master’s degree. The Graduate School will use your institution’s grading scale. Do not convert your grades to a 4.00 scale.

Every applicant whose native language is not English, or whose undergraduate instruction was not in English, must provide an English proficiency test score. TOEFL scores must be submitted electronically via ETS. IELTS scores can be submitted electronically or by paper.  Our office address is: UW-Madison Graduate School, Office of Admissions, 232 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706.  Your score will not be accepted if it is more than two years old from the start of your admission term. Country of citizenship does not exempt applicants from this requirement. Language of instruction at the college or university level and how recent the language instruction was taken are the determining factors in meeting this requirement.

Applicants are exempt if: