Nov 21, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Master of Science in Business Analytics/Professional Master of Business Administration/ (MSBA/PMBA)


Students can obtain both a Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA) and Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) concurrently and earn both degrees using fewer credit hours than if the degrees were pursued separately. Students in this program will receive the PMBA degree taking 45 credit hours of unique PMBA courses instead of the normal 54, and will receive the MSBA degree taking 36 credit hours of unique MSBA courses instead of the normal 45. Total credit hours for both degrees is 81, excluding prerequisites. Students must complete all prerequisites for both programs. 

For the PMBA, students can use nine credit hours of MSBA core courses as electives in the PMBA program. For the MSBA, students can use PMBA core to replace 9 credits of MSBA core. For required courses for the PMBA and the MSBA, see the individual program outlines.

Degree Requirements:


I. Prerequisites


  • Programming
  • Business Calculus
  • Statistics

Note:


Students with previous comparable course work with a B- (2.70) or better have the option of waiving these courses.

II. Required Core


III. MBA Capstone (3)


Choose one course:

IV. MSBA Capstone (6)


V. Electives (18)


  • International Elective (3)
  • MBA General Electives (12)
  • MSBA General Electives (3)
    May be chosen from optional concentration areas:
    Data Analytics, Marketing, Financial Economics

Minimum credits required for degree (81)