Business Intelligence & Analytics Major
Business Intelligence and Analytics (BIA) majors acquire general business skills plus knowledge and experience in the theory of decision making, process analysis, database management, decision support systems, data visualization, data mining, statistical analysis, business analytics, competitive intelligence, knowledge management, business intelligence, supply chain, operations management, and enterprise security. Technology employed in the DSS curriculum changes to ensure that we stay on the leading edge, and includes Microsoft Office, Oracle, SAP, Python, R, JMP, Minitab, Tableau, Alteryx, and Power BI.
The area of Business Intelligence and Analytics is critical to helping students understand data. You'll learn to use the information to guide organizations in making strategic business decisions. Advances in technology have helped organizations collect a vast amount of data ranging from customer preferences to trends in sales.
The Department of Decision and System Sciences is dedicated to equipping students with the relevant skills to succeed in a technology-driven, data-intensive world. The BIA Programs focus on technology-related activities that:
- enhance technology use,
- data transformation, and
- analytics-based decision making.
Graduates go on to work in any discipline where strong technology, analytics and business intelligence skills are needed. We strive to create ethical, socially aware, technology-savvy leaders and problem solvers who contribute to a wide array of professions and professional environments. We provide industry-focused programs that prepare students to transform data into actionable knowledge to drive decision-making. Students are discerning in their use of information and are critical thinkers and effective communicators of meaningful analysis.
Outcome 1: Students will be able to prepare data of any size for data mining analytics.
Outcome 2: Students will demonstrate the use of data mining models that can identify hidden patterns and rules.
Outcome 3: Students will be able to identify and minimize biases in data collection, and correctly interpret BI&A results.
Outcome 4: Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively in composing and delivering oral presentations to the target audience.
Outcome 5: Students will be able to weigh the ethics and the impact on society when confronted with a business decision making situation.
Cornerstone Core Curriculum Requirements
Consist of 14 core and 2 overlay requirements. See below for additional detailed information on each of these requirements.
Code | Title | Hours |
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First Year Course Requirements | ||
ENG 101 | Craft of Language | 3 |
World History Course Area | 3 | |
Philosophy Requirements | ||
Either Level One or Level Two (but not both) -- must be Ethics designated. If approved, philosophy courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive overlay. Students may not double-count the same course as Philosophy Level Two and as a Mission Overlay course. | ||
Philosophy Level One | 3 | |
Philosophy Level Two | 3 | |
Theology & Religious Studies Requirements | ||
If approved, Theology & Religious Studies courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive overlay. Students may not double-count the same course as CCC Theology and as a Mission Overlay course. | ||
Theology | 3 | |
Religious Studies | 3 | |
Diversity & INT 151 Requirements | ||
A student's Diversity course may not count for any other CCC course area requirement or as their Mission Overlay course. If approved, Diversity courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive Overlay requirement. INT 151 may not count for any other CCC requirements. This course must be taken in the first two years | ||
Diversity | 3 | |
INT 151 | Inequality in American Society | 1 |
Math & Natural Science Requirements | ||
If approved, Math & Natural Science Requirements may count toward overlay requirements. | ||
Mathematics | 3-4 | |
Natural Science | 4 | |
Social Science Requirement | 3 | |
If approved, such Social Science Requirement may count toward a student's overlay requirements. | ||
Non-Native Language Requirement | 3-4 | |
A single Non-Native Language course may not count as an overlay course but a second language course fulfills a student's Mission Overlay requirement. | ||
Literature Requirement | 3 | |
If approved, Literature courses may count toward a student's overlay requirements. | ||
Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design Requirement | 3 | |
If approved, Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design courses may count toward a student's overlay requirements. | ||
Overlay Requirements | ||
Writing-Intensive | 3 | |
If approved, Writing-Intensive courses may double count as major courses, minor courses, electives, or as any CCC course area requirement except for the first-year courses (World History and Rhetoric and Composition). | ||
Mission-Overlay | 3 | |
Mission Overlay courses may double count as major courses, minor courses, elective courses, or any of the following CCC course areas: Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design, Literature, Mathematics, Natural Science, or Social Science. | ||
Total Hours | 47-49 |
Business Foundation
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
ACC 101 | Concepts of Financial Acct | 3 |
ACC 102 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
DSS 100 | Excel Competency | 1 |
DSS 200 | AI in Business | 3 |
DSS 210 | Business Statistics | 3 |
DSS 220 | Business Analytics | 3 |
ECN 102 | Introductory Economics Macro | 3 |
FIN 200 | Intro to Finance 1 | 3 |
or FIN 225 | Fund of Quantitative Finance | |
MGT 110 | Essent'ls of Organzational Beh | 3 |
or MGT 120 | Essentials of Management | |
MGT 360 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
MKT 201 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
BUS 495 | Business Strategy | 3 |
Total Hours | 34 |
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ECN 101 is a prerequisite for FIN 200 and may count towards the Cornerstone Core Curriculum Social Science requirement.
Major Requirements
Six courses (note that students may take one elective from outside the DSS department, the second elective must be a DSS course)
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Core | ||
DSS 315 | BIA Concepts & Practices | 3 |
DSS 330 | Database Management | 3 |
DSS 420 | Introduction to Data Mining | 3 |
DSS 435 | Advanced Business Analytics | 3 |
DSS Electives (Select two of the following): | 6 | |
Open Source Program Lang | ||
Data Wrangling & Visualization | ||
or DSS 416 | Data Wrangling: Ethics Int. | |
Analytics Cup | ||
Alternative Risk Financing | ||
Six Sigma Apps & Foundations | ||
Statistical Programming Lang | ||
Machine Learning for Bus I | ||
Machine Learning for Bus II | ||
Supply Chain Analytics | ||
DSS Special Topics I | ||
DSS Special Topics II | ||
Independent Study I | ||
Independent Study II | ||
Game Theory | ||
Food Marketing Research | ||
Health Info Management Systems | ||
Calculus (will count for CCC: Mathematics) | 3-4 | |
Precalculus | ||
Differential Calculus | ||
Fundamentals of Calculus | ||
Calculus I | ||
Total Hours | 21-22 |
Free Electives
Graduation requires 120 credits. Any credits necessary to reach that number outside of the CCC and major requirements are considered free electives.
First Year | ||
---|---|---|
Fall | Hours | |
DSS 100 | Excel Competency | 1 |
ACC 101 | Concepts of Financial Acct | 3 |
MGT 110 or MGT 120 |
Essent'ls of Organzational Beh or Essentials of Management |
3 |
ECN 101 or ECN 102 |
Introductory Economics Micro or Introductory Economics Macro |
3 |
Mathematics (MAT 123, 155 or 161) | 3-4 | |
ENG 101 | Craft of Language (or World History) | 3 |
Hours | 16-17 | |
Spring | ||
ACC 102 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
ECN 102 or ECN 101 |
Introductory Economics Macro or Introductory Economics Micro |
3 |
Non-Native Language | 3-4 | |
ENG 101 | Craft of Language (or World History) | 3 |
Literature | 3 | |
INT 151 | Inequality in American Society | 1 |
Hours | 16-17 | |
Sophomore | ||
Fall | ||
DSS 200 | AI in Business | 3 |
DSS 210 | Business Statistics | 3 |
MKT 201 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
FIN 200 | Intro to Finance | 3 |
Theology | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
DSS 220 | Business Analytics | 3 |
Diversity | 3 | |
Natural Science | 4 | |
Philosophy Level One | 3 | |
Free Elective/Writing Intensive consider FMK 250, HAD 304 | 3 | |
Hours | 16 | |
Junior | ||
Fall | ||
DSS 315 | BIA Concepts & Practices | 3 |
DSS 330 | Database Management | 3 |
MGT 360 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
Free Electives | 6 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
DSS 435 | Advanced Business Analytics | 3 |
DSS 420 | Introduction to Data Mining | 3 |
Philosophy Level Two | 3 | |
Free Electives | 6 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Senior | ||
Fall | ||
Major Elective | 3 | |
BUS 495 | Business Strategy | 3 |
Fine & Performing Arts, Design & Creativity | 3 | |
Free Electives | 6 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
Major Elective | 3 | |
Religious Studies | 3 | |
Free Electives | 6-9 | |
Hours | 12-15 | |
Total Hours | 120-125 |