Certificate in Business Analytics
A certificate in business analytics allows one to analyze data from any industry including manufacturing, service, health, government and nonprofit. INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (https://informs.org)) defines analytics as "the scientific process of transforming data into insight for making better decisions." With this certificate, students learn quantitative tools that help build descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive models.
A student must complete 12 credit hours including the following:
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| DS/FIN 675 | Spreadsheet Modeling for Decision Making | 3 |
| Select three of the following elective courses for a total of 9 credit hours | 9 | |
| Database Management Systems | ||
| Business Intelligence and Analytics | ||
| Marketing Research | ||
| Applied Financial Analysis | ||
| Accounting Information Systems | ||
| Business and Economics Forecasting | ||
| Applied Econometrics | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |