Business Analytics Minor

The BA minor consists of the following courses and their prerequisites:

• MIS 4460 - Business Analytics (3)   
• MIS 4560 - Introduction to Data Science (3)  

         or

• MIS 4470 - Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3)  
• MTH 1222 - Calculus for the Social Sciences (4)  or MTH 1554 - Calculus I (4)  
• QMM 2410 - Statistical Methods for Business II (3)  or EGR 2600 - Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering (4)  or STA 2221 - Introduction to Statistical Methods (4)  or STA 2226 - Applied Probability and Statistics (4)  

Students are recommended to take both MIS 4560 and MIS 4470. If students take both of these courses, one of them will be counted towards the elective.  Students who have taken MIS 4470 or (MIS 5470 with prior approval)  and are under a previous catalog can count these as required courses for the BA Minor.

And any two of the following courses:

• ACS 4660 - Financial Economics (3)  
• APM 4334 - Applied Numerical Methods: Matrix Methods (4)  
• ECN 4050 - Econometrics (3)  
• ECN 4060 - Time Series Econometrics (3)  
• FIN 4250 - Financial Derivatives (3)  
• MIS 4410 - Operations Analytics (3)  or POM 4410 - Operations Analytics (3)   
• MIS 4500 - Web Analytics (3)  
• MIS 4560 - Introduction to Data Science (3)  

         or

• MIS 4470 - Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3)  
• MIS 4900 - Special Topics in MIS (3)  (with Minor Coordinator’s approval)
• MTH 2775 - Linear Algebra (4)  
• QMM 4400 - Management Science (3)  
• QMM 4520 - Forecasting (3)  
• STA 4002 - Applied Linear Models I (4)  
• STA 4330 - Time Series I (4)  

Notes

* Students are recommended to take both MIS 4560 and MIS 4470. If students take both of these courses, one of them will be counted towards a required course and one toward an elective course. 

A minimum grade of (C) must be earned in each course in the business analytics minor and in the prerequisites for each course.

Certain MIS 4900 or POM 4900 Special Topics courses can count as a minor requirement with prior approval of the minor coordinator based on the topic.

This minor is open to all majors. Non-SBA students should contact the minor coordinator to determine the total number of courses required for the minor.

The minor in business analytics (BA) adds only four courses to the degree requirements for SBA students. 

Students cannot obtain both a minor in Business Analytics and a MIS major with a Business Analytics specialization.