The following requirements must be fulfilled: a minimum of 120 credits, including University General Education, pre-business and business core courses, and 30 credits in business analytics major courses.
Students pursuing business analytics as a second major should reference the business analytics as a second major requirements section at the end of this page.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| University General Education Requirement | ||
| One course in critical thinking in the humanities. | ||
| Two courses in critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, or scientific reasoning in the social sciences. | ||
| One course that has an approved oral communication component. | ||
| One course in quantitative reasoning (must be in mathematics or statistics). | ||
| One course in scientific reasoning (must be in natural and/or physical laboratory sciences). | ||
| UW 1020 | University Writing (4 credits) | |
| After successful completion of UW 1020, 6 credits distributed over at least two different Writing in the Disciplines (WID) courses taken in separate semesters (summer counts as one semester). WID courses are designated by a "W" appended to the course number. | ||
Approved courses can be found under University General Education Requirement.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-business courses | ||
| BADM 1001 & BADM 1002 | Business Leader Foundations I and Business Leader Foundations II * | |
| or BADM 1003 | Business Leader Foundations for Transfer Students | |
| BADM 3001 | Business Leader Career Strategy | |
| BADM 4001 | Business Leader Launch | |
| DNSC 1001 | Business Analytics I: Statistics for Descriptive and Predictive Analytics | |
| or STAT 1051 | Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics | |
| or STAT 1053 | Introduction to Statistics in Social Science | |
| or STAT 1111 | Business and Economic Statistics I | |
| or APSC 3115 | Engineering Analysis III | |
| DNSC 2001 | Business Analytics II: Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics ** | |
| or STAT 2112 | Business and Economic Statistics II | |
| or STAT 2118 | Regression Analysis | |
| or STAT 2123 | Introduction to Econometrics | |
| or ECON 2123 | Introduction to Econometrics | |
| ECON 1011 | Principles of Economics I | |
| ECON 1012 | Principles of Economics II | |
| One of the following sequences in mathematics: | ||
| MATH 1231 & MATH 1232 | Single-Variable Calculus I and Single-Variable Calculus II | |
| or MATH 1051 & MATH 1252 | Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences and Calculus for the Social and Management Sciences | |
| or MATH 1051 & MATH 1231 | Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences and Single-Variable Calculus I | |
| or MATH 1220 & MATH 1221 & MATH 1051 | Calculus with Precalculus I and Calculus with Precalculus II and Finite Mathematics for the Social and Management Sciences | |
| or MATH 1220 & MATH 1221 & MATH 1232 | Calculus with Precalculus I and Calculus with Precalculus II and Single-Variable Calculus II | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Business core courses | ||
| Required | ||
| ACCY 2001 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | |
| And four courses selected from the following: | ||
| ACCY 2002 | Introductory Managerial Accounting | |
| BADM 2001W | Markets and Politics | |
| or BADM 2001 | Markets and Politics | |
| BADM 2301 | Management Information Systems Technology | |
| BADM 3103 | Human Capital in Organizations | |
| BADM 3401 | Contemporary Marketing Management | |
| or BADM 3401W | Contemporary Marketing Management | |
| BADM 3501 | Financial Management and Markets | |
| BADM 3601 | Operations Management | |
| BADM 4101 | Business Ethics and the Legal Environment | |
| or BADM 4101W | Business Ethics and the Legal Environment | |
| BADM 4801 | Strategy Formulation and Implementation | |
| IBUS 3001 | Introduction to International Business | |
| Business analytics major courses | ||
| DNSC 3288W | Big Data, Predictive Analytics, and Ethics | |
or DNSC 3288 Big Data, Predictive Analytics, and Ethics | ||
| DNSC 3403 | Decision Models | |
| DNSC 4211 | Programming for Analytics | |
| DNSC 4219 | Forecasting Analytics | |
| DNSC 4279 | Data Mining | |
| DNSC 4280 | Machine Learning | |
| DNSC 4289 | Capstone in Business Analytics | |
| ISTM 4212 | Data Management for Analytics | |
| And two courses selected from the following: | ||
| DNSC 4233 | Social Network Analytics | |
| DNSC 4281 | Revenue Management Analytics | |
| DNSC 4282 | Supply Chain Analytics | |
| DNSC 4900 | Special Topics | |
| Electives | ||
| In general, students complete 40 credits in elective courses to reach the 120 credits required for the degree. 18 of those credits must be taken outside of GWSB. Elective courses can be applied to a GWSB concentration, a non-GWSB minor, or a GWSB or non-GWSB second major. See GWSB Regulations in this Bulletin for course restrictions. | ||
*First-year students take BADM 1001 and BADM 1002; transfer students take BADM 1003.
**Students should complete DNSC 2001 as their advanced statistics requirement.
Business analytics as a second major
Students pursuing business analytics as a second major are required to complete 30 credits in the courses listed below. Non-GWSB students may declare business analytics as a second major directly with their home school advisor; a signature from a GWSB academic advisor is not required.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DNSC 3288W | Big Data, Predictive Analytics, and Ethics | |
or DNSC 3288 Big Data, Predictive Analytics, and Ethics | ||
| DNSC 3403 | Decision Models | |
| DNSC 4211 | Programming for Analytics | |
| DNSC 4219 | Forecasting Analytics | |
| DNSC 4279 | Data Mining | |
| DNSC 4280 | Machine Learning | |
| DNSC 4289 | Capstone in Business Analytics | |
| ISTM 4212 | Data Management for Analytics | |
| Two courses selected from the following: | ||
| DNSC 4233 | Social Network Analytics | |
| DNSC 4281 | Revenue Management Analytics | |
| DNSC 4282 | Supply Chain Analytics | |
| DNSC 4900 | Special Topics | |