The Master of Business Administration program and the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics offer a coordinated dual program leading to the conferral of both the Master of Business Administration degree with a major in Business Administration and the Master of Science degree with a major in Business Analytics. The dual program saves the student approximately 15 graduate credit hours (one semester) over the time that would be required to earn both degrees independently.
The establishment of the dual program recognizes the increasingly complex world of business and the importance of technical and analytical skills in using data to make strategic and tactical business decisions, the complementary nature of the graduate MBA program and MS Business Analytics program, and the intellectual benefits inherent in concurrent study of both business modeling and analytical tools.
