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At the OSU College of Business, we champion diversity in experience, values, and perspective.
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There are more than 30,000 College of Business alums in the world. Each year, hundreds of you inspire and mentor current students, and support internship and job opportunities at your companies. Because of you, the Beaver family is strong.
Our graduate certificates focus on developing new skills in a specific area that help you advance your career or make a career change. The certificates are offered in two formats: fully online or in-person in Corvallis.
Businesses want to better use information in operational, tactical and strategic decision-making. The information value of both in-house and third-party data sets is leveraged using powerful emerging technologies. Increasingly, organizations leverage advances in software interoperability, data exchange mechanisms and visualization techniques to better understand their operations, customers and markets. This trend has become known as data mining, business analytics, business intelligence and big data, and these skills are in high demand.
Our program offers high-quality relevant coursework to students from a wide variety of professional backgrounds, including:
The Job Market
According to a McKinsey Global Institute report, the United States faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 individuals who possess deep business analytics skills and an additional 1.5 million managers with the skill set to implement the results. The certificate in business analytics at Oregon State helps you develop the analytical skills required to add value to organizations across several industries.
Format and Length of Program
The graduate certificate in business analytics is offered in-person in Corvallis and also fully online. It is a seven-course, 21 quarter-credit hour program which requires the completion of each of the following courses:
Course Number | Course Name | Course Description |
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BANA 560 | Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage | Case studies, hands-on data analysis experience and a class project will introduce basic concepts of data analytics, sketch the life cycle of a data analytics project, and connect analytics to business consequences. Students will use representative analytic tools to support decision-making. |
BANA 570 | Data Management | Familiarize students with the major activities involved in collecting and managing data for a data analytics project, including extracting information from relational databases, mapping organizational requirements into a data design, transforming data into information, exploring data warehouse concepts, and exploring basic concepts underlying Hadoop and other noSQL data management and analysis methods. |
BANA 571 | Data Exploration and Visualization | In this course, the concentration will be on the initial, exploratory phases of business analytics data analysis. We explore different types of data and the types of analyses they allow, aggregating and disaggregating data and issues of validity with both selecting and collecting data. We also start exploring one or more data sets relating to our integrated business analytics project (BA 577). (Prereq: BA 573) |
BANA 572 | Data and Text Mining | Examine how data/text analysis technologies can be used to improve decision-making. The class covers the fundamental principles and techniques of data mining and text analysis using real-world examples and cases to place data mining techniques in context. You will have hands-on experience with data/text mining software. (Prereqs: BA 574 and BA 575) |
BANA 577 | Integrated Business Analytics Project | You will integrate what you've learned to solve industry-sponsored problems. The goal of the class is to provide you with opportunities to design, implement and evaluate analytic solutions for a real-world enterprise. Your student team will examine the data, technical, and organizational requirements necessary for the success of analytical solutions. The project will give you the experience of leading and managing an analytical team, much as a chief analytics officer (CAO) would be expected to do. (Prereqs: BA 555 and BA 574 and BA 575) |
BA 555 | Practical Business Analytics | Advanced survey of quantitative business methods useful for aiding management decisions. Topics include a review of basic statistics, mathematical programming, business simulation, statistical process control, advanced regression analysis and forecasting. |
BA 572 | Advanced Information Systems | The development, implementation and management of information technology applications will be addressed. Topics include the development and application of technology to support linkages within and outside of organizations. Projects will be assigned to illustrate the topics. |
Students starting in fall term can complete the graduate certificate in business analytics in nine months to one year.
Earning an MBA in Business Analytics
Current students and graduates of the certificate in business analytics program have the option of transferring credits earned to the MBA in business analytics. The MBA in business analytics requires completion of all courses included in the graduate certificate as well as seven core business classes and an elective. If you're interested in this option, please note that admission to the MBA in business analytics requires taking either the GMAT or the GRE and earning a score at or above our established minimums as well as submission of three references and a current resume. Candidates for the MBA in business analytics who do not hold an undergraduate major or minor in business may be required to complete Core-1 coursework. All coursework required for the MBA, including courses completed in the graduate certificate program, must be completed within seven years. Learn more about the MBA in business analytics.
A strong foundation of business knowledge is critical if you're interested in improving your job performance and advancing your career.
A graduate certificate in business fundamentals will give you the skills to plan, organize and direct the functions and processes of a firm or organization. It includes instruction in management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production and marketing.
Our graduate certificate in business fundamentals is an 18-credit-hour program for students in a wide variety of professional backgrounds including:
Graduates with the certificate in business fundamentals will be able to:
Format and Length of Program
The graduate certificate in business fundamentals is offered fully online. It is a six-course, 18 quarter-credit hour program which requires the completion of each of the following courses:
Course Number | Course Name | Course Description |
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BA 513 | Business Legal Environment | Provides the essential legal foundation for business managers in companies operating in the United States. Effective strategies for managers to prevent and resolve legal disputes will be stressed. Topics include legal issues related to corporate forms, creating and enforcing contracts, reducing exposure to tort liability and the role of employees as agents of a business. |
BA 514 | Operations Management | Provides a foundation for business managers in statistics and operations management. Emphasis on quantitative tools for sampling, interval estimation and hypothesis testing as well as operations management concepts for processes, quality systems, supply chain management, inventory management, resource planning and sustainable lean systems. |
BA 515 | Managerial Decision Tools | Develop business management skills by learning the principles of managerial and financial accounting. Emphasis will be placed on understanding financial statements, cost analysis and funding decisions. Focuses on integrating the theoretical framework of accounting and finance with the “hands-on” technical skills needed to evaluate financial decisions within an organization. |
BA 516 | Creating Value in Exchange | A graduate-level survey course that provides a foundation for business managers in the concepts of marketing. You will develop an understanding of marketing principles and an awareness of marketing challenges. |
BA 517 | Markets and Valuation | Introduces you to the basic questions facing a financial manager and the tools a financial manager uses to find answers to these questions. Introduces the basic tools of finance and applications of financial theory in use today. You will be introduced to legal, ethical, technology and global issues facing a financial manager. The course is designed to enhance your approach to financial decision-making and emphasizes technical analysis and quantitative approaches to decision-making. |
This elective can be any 3-credit, 500-level College of Business course for which you meet the prerequisites.
To compete in an increasingly connected and globalized environment, every industry needs leaders fluent in the complexities of supply chain and logistics management. It takes critical-thinking and hard-working, data-driven managers to get goods from all over the world to the consumer. We’ll give you the tools you need to master the intricacies of efficient, smart and sustainable global operations. The graduate certificate in supply chain and logistics management is a 21-credit-hour program and offers rigorous coursework to students in a wide variety of professional backgrounds including:
Graduates with the certificate in supply chain and logistics management will be able to:
Format and Length of Program
The graduate certificate in supply chain and logistics management is offered in-person in Corvallis and also fully online. It is a seven-course, 21 quarter-credit hour program which requires the completion of each of the following courses:
Course Number | Course Name | Course Description |
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SCLM 550 | Supply and Sourcing Management | Focus on effectively using operations and supply chain management to make sourcing and supply decisions in international business contexts. Topics include purchasing/procurement procedures and policy, supply organization, specifications, sourcing strategy, supplier evaluation, competitive bidding and e-procurement. Global contexts and environmentally and socially responsible supply management are emphasized. |
SCLM 559 | Supply Chain & Logistics Management Capstone |
Analyze business cases that address global value creation and production/delivery systems. Complete integrated business projects to identify critical operations and supply chain management issues, apply multidisciplinary knowledge, analyze and evaluate alternative solutions and write and present reports recommending firm strategies. International business and cross-cultural competencies are emphasized. Prerequisites: BA 552 or BA 559 with B- or better and BA 561 [B-] |
BA 555 | Practical Business Analysis | Advanced survey of quantitative business methods useful for aiding management decisions. Topics include a review of basic statistics, mathematical programming, business simulation, statistical process control, advanced regression analysis and forecasting. |
SCLM 557 | Global Logistics Management: Fundamentals and Strategy |
You will learn key concepts, basic strategies and decision-making tools relevant to logistics management, and apply them to real-world logistics problems faced by companies in the context of managing their global supply chains. Prerequisites: BA 551 with B or better and BA 552 [B] and BA 561 [B] |
SCLM 551 | Service Operations Management |
Focus on the management of global service operations including designing and managing systems to coordinate global information and material flows within and between firms in a supply chain. Covers planning operations, evaluating system alternatives, designing and researching global supply networks, examining complex adaptive systems and evaluating value stream synchronization. Prerequisites: BA 551 with B- or better and BA 555 [B-] Equivalent to: BA 552 |
BA 561 | Supply Chain Management | Covers tools and concepts needed to manage the entire supply chain effectively. Topics include negotiation, purchasing, logistics operations and applying e-business tools. Emphasis on creating integrated supply chains. |
SCLM 553 | Supply Chain Analytics |
Explores modeling methods for design, analysis, execution and integration of supply chains. Introduces you to a variety of modeling and optimization techniques for the analysis of strategic, tactical and operational supply chain problems including demand forecasting, risk analysis, revenue management, distribution and facility location. Prerequisites: BA 555 with B- or better |
Application to our graduate certificates programs requires the following documentation, along with a $75 application fee, payable by credit card:
The graduate certificate program uses the Oregon State University Graduate School’s online application form. The application form requires completion of several short-answer questions detailing your motivation for admission and goals upon completion of the program.
A transcript from the institution conferring your undergraduate degree is required. Transcripts from any subsequent degrees or coursework completed beyond your undergraduate studies are required as well. Unofficial transcripts (a copy of an official transcript) may be scanned and uploaded to your online application. Applications will be reviewed with unofficial transcripts; however, admitted students will be required to submit official documents at the time of admission.
Admission adheres to the university’s minimum academic requirements for admission to graduate study. These requirements pertain to previous degrees earned and prior academic performance. Generally, the admissions committee is looking for completion of an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. program or a recognized international college or university with a cumulative GPA at or above 2.75/4.0. Please review the graduate admissions minimum academic requirements page for more detailed information, and contact us if you have any questions about your background in relation to these requirements.
You are required to have successfully completed at least three quarter-credit hours of college-level statistics before you can commence your studies for the graduate certificate.
If you are required to demonstrate English proficiency by submitting scores, please review the following minimum score requirements:
The College of Business graduate programs do not offer conditional admission. If you are required to submit English Language Proficiency scores, then you must meet the minimum requirements to be admitted For more information on who is required to submit English Language Proficiency scores, please read more details on the Application Process.
Looking to make a bigger jump in your career? The College of Business offers both full-time and hybrid MBA programs in Corvallis, Portland and online.
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