Business Analytics
Business analytics provides balanced training on both the business and technical aspects of analytics. The College of Business offers an MBA and a graduate certificate in business analytics.
MBA (60 credits)
Builds the skills to lead projects, communicate outcomes and strategies across organizations, compose analytic tools and concepts to create innovative data-analytic solutions.
Certificate (18 credits)
Offers technical skill such as data cleaning, data management, data mining, machine learning, text mining, and natural language processing.
Coursework
Business Analytics coursework requirements
The information on this page is meant to give examples of the coursework in this program. Current students should refer to the OSU academic catalog for all official curriculum requirements.
| Course ID | Course Name | 15 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BA 513 | Business Legal Environment | 3 |
| BA 514 | Operations Management | 3 |
| BA 515 | Managerial Decision Tools | 3 |
| BA 516 | Creating Values in Exchange | 3 |
| BA 517 | Markets and Valuation | 3 |
NOTE: Core-1 requirements may be waived if a candidate has a recent undergraduate major in business, or has completed equivalent coursework within an undergraduate business minor.
| Course ID | Course Name | 27 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BA 528 | Financial and Cost Analysis | 3 |
| BA 540 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| BA 550 | Leadership in teams & Organizations | 3 |
| BA 555 | Practical Business Analysis | 3 |
| BA 561 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| BA 569 | Advanced Strategic Management | 3 |
| BA 572 | Advanced Information Systems | 3 |
| BA 590 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| MGMT 559 | Managing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibiity | 3 |
| Course ID | Course Name | 15 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BANA 560 | Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage | 3 |
| BANA 570 | Data Management | 3 |
| BANA 571 | Data Exploration and Visualization | 3 |
| BANA 572 | Machine Learning & Text Mining for Business | 3 |
| BANA 577 | Integrated Business Analytics Project | 3 |
NOTE: Core-1 requirements may be waived if a candidate has a recent undergraduate major in business, or has completed equivalent coursework within an undergraduate business minor.
| Course ID | Course Name | 3 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Advisor-approved graduate business course | 3 |
| Course ID | Course Name | 18 Total Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BANA 560 | Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage | 3 |
| BANA 570 | Data Management | 3 |
| BANA 571 | Data Exploration and Visualization | 3 |
| BANA 572 | Machine Learning & Text Mining for Business | 3 |
| BA 572 | Advanced Information Systems | 3 |
| N/A | Advisor Approved Elective | Minimum 3 |