Business Administration, Management Information Systems, B.S., Specialization in Business Analytics

The Business Analytics Specialization focuses on quantitative techniques and information technologies for supporting managerial decision making in business. Analytics includes creative use of large (and not so large) datasets, statistical analysis, data visualization, predictive analytics, simulation, data preparation and cleaning, data warehousing and business intelligence.

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

Requirements for the major in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, B.S., Specialization in Business Analytics

Students seeking the Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems, Business Analytics Specialization must complete a minimum of 120 credits including the following requirements:

General Education requirements

In order to graduate on-schedule without taking additional courses, it is highly recommended that students meet with an Undergraduate Academic Adviser concerning the selection of all of their general education courses.

Each candidate for an Oakland University baccalaureate will need to satisfactorily complete approved courses in each of the following areas: Foundation, Exploration, Integration, Writing, U.S. Diversity, and Capstone. For details, refer to the General Education Requirements section of the catalog.

Business Pre-Core required courses

ACC 2000 - Financial Accounting (4)
ACC 2100 - Managerial and Cost Accounting I (4)
COM 2000 - Public Speaking (4) or COM 2403 - Group Dynamics and Communication (4) or COM 3401 - Communication in Organizations (4) or COM 3403 - Interpersonal Conflict (4)
ECN 2020 - Principles of Global Macroeconomics (4) or ECN 2000 - Principles of Macroeconomics (4)
ECN 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics (4)
MIS 1000 - Business Problem Solving with Information Technology (3)
MTH 1221 - Linear Programming Elementary Functions (4) or MTH 1441 - Precalculus (4) or MTH 1331 - College Algebra (4) or MTH 1222 - Calculus for the Social Sciences (4) or MTH 1554 - Calculus I (4)
QMM 2400 - Statistical Methods for Business I (3) or STA 2220 - Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Reasoning (4) or STA 2226 - Applied Probability and Statistics (4)
QMM 2410 - Statistical Methods for Business II (3)
SBC 1990 - ACHIEVE I (0)
SBC 2990 - ACHIEVE II (0)

*If a student places into and completes MTH 1222 or MTH 1554 with the required minimum grade, MTH 1221 or MTH 1441 or MTH 1331 is not required.

Business Core required courses

ECN 3030 - Managerial Economics (3)
FIN 3220 - Managerial Finance I (3)
MGT 3500 - Legal Environment of Business (3)
MGT 4350 - Management Strategies and Policies (3)
MIS 3000 - Management Information Systems (3)
MKT 3020 - Marketing (3)
ORG 3300 - Introduction to Organizational Behavior (3)
ORG 3310 - Introduction to the Management of Human Resources (3)
POM 3430 - Operations Management (3)
WRT 3082 - Business Writing (4) or ENG 3110 - Advanced Critical Writing (4)

Management Information System required courses

MIS 3050 - Information Technology Foundations (3)
MIS 3140 - Business Database Systems (3)
MIS 3990 - ACHIEVE III - Management Information Systems (0)
MIS 4050 - Business Systems Analysis and Design (3) or MIS 5050 Business Systems Analysis and Design (3)
MIS 4060 - Managing Information Systems Projects (3) or MIS 5060 Managing Information Systems Projects (3)
MIS 4460 - Business Analytics (3) or MIS 5460 Business Analytics (3)
MIS 4560 - Introduction to Data Science (3) or MIS 5560 Introduction to Data Science (3)
or
MIS 4470 - Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3) or MIS 5470 Practical Computing for Data Analytics)
*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.

Complete one Management Information System elective course

MIS 4410 - Operations Analytics (3)
MIS 4500 - Web Analytics (3)
MIS 4560 - Introduction to Data Science (3) or MIS 5560 - Introduction to Data Science (3)
MIS 4470 - Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3) or MIS 5470 - Practical Computing for Data Science (3)
MIS 4600 - Deep Learning and Text Analytics (3)
MIS 4900 - Special Topics in MIS (3) (with Specialization Advisor’s approval)
QMM 4400 - Management Science (3)
QMM 4520 - Forecasting (3)
Some 5000-level courses can be taken by undergraduate students if they are part of the Combined Bachelor/Masters in Business Analytics Program.

Additional requirements

Students must complete the core program and the requirements of one of the business majors in the SBA with a minimum grade of C in each of the pre-core, core and major courses. Once admitted to the business program as a pre-business or undecided business student or major, a student must complete all of the remaining business core, major and business minor coursework for the degree at Oakland University.

Students must complete at least 31 credits of courses offered by the School of Business Administration, excluding ECN 1500, ECN 2000 or ECN 2020, ECN 2010, ECN 2100 and QMM 2400 and QMM 2410. Of these 31 credits, at least 12 credits must be in the student’s major.

Students earning an additional major are permitted to do so in all areas except general management. No more than four credits of independent study (4996) courses may be used to meet the major elective requirement. Courses numbered 3800 and 4900 may be repeated for up to eight credits provided the topics are different. All major courses require a 2.6 GPA or better or major standing to take these courses (excludes Economics and non-SBA major courses).