Business Analytics Minor

• Freshman/First-Year Admission: No requirements beyond University admission requirements
• Change of Program Policy: No selective or limited admission requirements
• External Transfer Admission: No requirements beyond University admission requirements

The business analytics minor is earned after completing 15 hours of course work. Complete course information is available in the Undergraduate Catalog. This includes Repeat/Retake Information, Grades, Requisites, Warnings, and more. Review the catalog and talk with your academic advisor as you consider this minor.

All students complete these two core courses for 6 hours:

• QBA 1720 - Introduction to Information Analysis and Descriptive Analytics (3 Credit Hours)
  Introduces students to information analysis and descriptive analytics. Students critically analyze business problems and develop high-quality information designs that inform and support management decisions using personal computer software tools.
• QBA 2720 - Business Analytics (3 Credit Hours)
  Teaches students how to apply problem-solving processes to business situations, think critically and analytically, and understand how to analyze the internal and external environments of business organizations.

Students finish the minor by choosing and completing three elective courses for 9 hours:

• MIS 2800 - Business Intelligence and Information Management (3 Credit Hours)
  Provides an introduction to database terminology, design, development, the querying of databases, Business Intelligence and the management of information to solve complex business problems.
• MIS 4580 - Advanced Business IntelligenceStudents will work with the data modeling, processing, and computation (3 Credit Hours)
  techniques to remove these barriers. Utilizing software commonly used to process “all data,” students will understand how to address the volume, velocity, and variety of data that businesses face to today.
• QBA 3720 - Predictive Analytics (3 Credit Hours)
  Predictive analytics is a form of analysis that aims to discover trends or patterns within datasets. The mathematical relationships that are found are used to make proactive data-driven decisions. Students utilize major software tools that are commonly used in business to develop, test, and apply continuous, classification and clustering models.
• QBA 4720 - Prescriptive Analytics (3 Credit Hours)
  Prescriptive analytics uses multiple techniques that recommend which course of action a decision maker should take within a business environment. Students will conduct an analysis of assignment, transportation, and network models as well as investigate other business scenarios that require additional theories such as integer and goal programming.