for the Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics (online)

The Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics is designed to develop leaders who are able to process data using a programming language (such as R) and understand the interaction between business principles and data analytics, have built an analytic mindset for approaching business problems, have developed the ability to appraise the value of datasets for addressing business problems using summary statistics and data visualizations, have competence in operating business analytic software applications for exploratory data analysis, and have established a foundation for using algorithmic models to understand relationships among variables, make forecasts, and add structure to data.

This Graduate Certificate will not only provide a strong foundational knowledge of data analytics but also provide learners multiple opportunities to apply this knowledge.

Learners who have successfully completed this certificate may use the certificate to satisfy the following degree requirements, provided they apply and are admitted to the degree program:

12 hours of elective coursework requirements of the iMBA degree program.
12 hours of elective coursework requirements of the iMSM degree program.
12 hours of elective coursework requirements of the iMSA degree program.

for the Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics (online)

Learners who have successfully completed this certificate may use the certificate to satisfy the following degree requirements, provided they apply and are admitted to the degree program:

12 hours of elective coursework requirements of the iMBA degree program
12 hours of elective coursework requirements of the iMSM degree program
12 hours of elective coursework requirements of the iMSA degree program.

The required courses for this certificate are listed below.

Graduation Requirements

Minimum Cumulative GPA: 2.75

Minimum hours required for certificate completion: 12 hours

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics Required Courses
MBA 561	Introduction to Business Analytics with R
MBA 562	Introduction to Business Analytics: Communicating with Data
MBA 563	Data Toolkit: Business Data Modeling & Predictive Analytics
MBA 564	Data Analytics Applications in Business (must be repeated for 4 hours total.)
Total Hours		12