Business Analytics MS

With a Master of Science in business analytics from the School of Management, you’ll gain a combination of technical, managerial and communication skills, allowing you to rise to leadership positions in organizations worldwide.

Take advantage of the overwhelming demand for data analysts in every industry by focusing on the skills the employers want: data-driven decision-making, data visualization and business intelligence. Beyond technical skills, employers say storytelling is both the most critical and frequently missing skill in the analytics toolset. Storytelling is what turns data scientists into leaders who solve business problems.

Required Core (12 credits)

MGQ 606LEC - Statistical Foundations of Analytics Credits: 3
MGS 613LEC - Database Mgmt Systems Credits: 3
MGS 617LEC - Programming for Data Analytics Credits: 3
MGS 626LEC - Data Visualization Credits: 1.5
MGS 649SEM - MS Practicum Credits: 1-6

Foundational Analytics Flexcore (6 credits)

Select 2 from:

MGG 633LEC - Model Managerial Process Credits: 3
MGQ 603LEC - Prescriptive Analytics Credits: 3
MGS 616LEC - Predictive Analytics Credits: 3

Applied Domain Analytics Flexcore (3 credits)

Select 1 from:

MGB 626LEC - People Analytics Credits: 3
MGF 634LEC - Quantitative Methods in Finance Credits: 3
MGM 653LEC - Digital Marketing Analytics Credits: 3
MGO 636LEC - Supply Chain Analytics Credits: 3
MGQ 610LEC - Sports Analytics Credits: 3
MGS 618SEM - Sp Topics in Info Systems Credits: 1 - 6
MGS 670LEC - Health Care Analytics Credits: 3

Electives (9 credits)

Select a minimum of 3 courses, not previously completed, from:

MGF 637LEC - Financial Modeling Credits: 3
MGH 632LEC - Healthcare Strategy & Ops Credits: 3
MGH 633LEC - Health Care Economics Credits: 3
MGH 641SEM - Business of Healthcare Credits: 3
MGM 651SEM - Consumer Behavior Credits: 3
MGM 659LEC - Marketing Planning Credits: 3
MGM 667LEC - Marketing Research Credits: 3
MGO 619LEC - Business Forecasting Credits: 3
MGO 630LEC - Operations & Service Mgmt Credits: 3
MGO 631LEC - Production and Inventory Planning Credits: 3
MGS 616LEC - Predictive Analytics Credits: 3
MGS 639LEC - Cybersecurity, Privacy & Ethics Credits: 3
MGS 653LEC - Social Network Analytics Credits: 3
MGS 657LEC - Cloud Data Wrhsing & Data Engn Credits: 3
MGS 659LEC - Web Analytics and Optimization Techniques for eCommerce Credits: 3
MGS 662LEC - Optimization Methods for Machine Learning Credits: 3

Total Credit Hours: 30

3.0 Degree GPA required

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1) Gain an understanding of the technical and managerial skills needed to develop and apply analytical tools to help make decisions involving complex systems.

2) Execute data analysis using multiple approaches as well as identify and perform statistical techniques and organize databases for analysis.

3) Apply (e.g., implementable) knowledge regarding strategies/tactics for applying analytical tools to marketing, financial decisions in a firm, the design, modeling, and optimization of supply chains, and how to develop research questions that can be answered using data science.

4) Graduates will be able to clearly delineate the steps needed to turn data into actionable intelligence that has the goal of impacting outcomes, in real-world environments.

5) Graduates will be able to effectively interpret and communicate data and their analysis to constituencies at all levels of organizations.

SED Statement

This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).