Business Analytics Minor
Overview
for the undergraduate minor in Business Analytics
The Business Analytics Minor is designed to provide business undergraduate students with a basic understanding of key business analytics concepts, skills, and tools. This Minor will be useful for students pursuing various business majors, who are seeking to add analytics and data-driven expertise that will be useful in their careers.
Degree Requirements
for the undergraduate minor in Business Analytics
The Business Analytics Minor requires students to complete six courses for 18 credit hours. Five courses (15 credit hours) are required and one elective course will be chosen from a list of options for the sixth course (3 hours) for a total of 18 credit hours.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BADM 352 | Database Design and Management | 3 |
| BADM 356 | Data Science and Analytics | 3 |
| BADM 358 | Big Data Platforms | 3 |
| BADM 373 | Quantitative Foundations for Business Analytics | 3 |
| BADM 374 | Management Decision Models | 3 |
| Total Required Hours | 15 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select any one (1) course | ||
| BADM 336 | Supply Chain Modeling & Analytics | 3 |
| BADM 351 | Social Media Strategy | 3 |
| BADM 361 | Marketing Analytics | 3 |
| BADM 362 | Introduction to Consumer Analytics | 3 |
| BADM 379 | Business Process Improvement | 3 |
| BADM 453 | Business Intelligence | 3 |
| ACCY 302 | Decision Making for Atg | 3 |
| FIN 464 | Applied Financial Analysis | 3 |
| Total Elective Hours | 3 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Total Hours | 18 | |
Learning Outcomes
for the undergraduate minor in Business Analytics
The Business Analytics program will help students in:
- Understanding of the business core, including statistics and data management, creating ability to align different functional contexts with business analytics.
- Gaining proficiency in technical aspects of business analytics, including programing and communicating with data.
- Developing analytical and critical thinking, ability to synthesize data and information related to business processes and problems.
- Navigating the complexities of non-conscious biases in data collection and analysis, and ethics of using sources and techniques, such as data privacy and artificial intelligence.
- Applying business analytics concepts focused one or more business functions, such as marketing, finance, supply chain, accounting, etc.
Contact Information
for the undergraduate minor in Business Analytics
Department of Business Administration
Business Administration website
330 Wohlers Hall
1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-4240
ba@business.illinois.edu
Office of Undergraduate Programs
Gies College of Business Undergraduate Degrees
1055 Business Instructional Facility
515 East Gregory Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-2740
undergrads@business.illinois.edu
Gies College of Business
Gies College of Business website
515 East Gregory Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 300-7327