MBA with Data Analytics Emphasis Requirements (33 hours)
ACCT 6003 Accounting for Decision Making
ECON 6003 Managerial Economics
FIN 6003 Managerial Finance
MGMT 6003 Strategic Planning and Analysis
MGMT 6013 Human Behavior in Organizations
MGMT 6043 Business Analytics
MKTG 6023 Strategic Marketing
SCM 6003 Enterprise Resource Planning
Select nine hours from the following:
IS 5313 Data Visualization
MCIS 6263 Big Data
MCIS 6273 Data Mining
MCIS 6283 Machine Learning
Data Analytics Certificate
Students completing a Data Analytics certificate at the graduate level would be required to complete twelve hours. Two courses from a list of MBA electives and two courses from a list of MCIS electives. Prior to completing the MCIS electives the students would be required to complete a coding and programming course or demonstrate evidence of a prior equivalent course.
Required course:
IS 5313 Data Visualization
Select three hours from the following:
MGMT 6043 Business Analytics
SCM 6003 Enterprise Resource Planning
Select six hours from the following:
MCIS 6263 Big Data
MCIS 6273 Data Mining
MCIS 6283 Machine Learning
Undergraduate Prerequisites
A student may be admitted into the MBA program if he/she holds a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university regardless of the undergraduate field of study. Should a student have an undergraduate degree other than business, prerequisites would include:
- Six hours of principles of accounting (sophomore level or above),
- Three hours of business finance or financial management (junior level or above),
- Three hours of statistics (at the junior level or above),
- Three hours of principles of marketing (at the junior level or above),
- Three hours of micro- economics (sophomore level or above), and
- Three hours of organization theory and behavior or principles of management (junior level or above).
Department: | |
Hours Required: | 33 |
Categories: | Graduate |
Completion Time: | 2 years * |
Delivery: | Hybrid, On-Campus, Online |
* Based on 2 classes per semester including summer
The M.B.A. with Data Analytics Emphasis is offered by the Rankin College of Business at SAU and is fully accredited by AACSB International, the premier accrediting body for colleges and schools of business. Fewer than 5% of all business programs worldwide are accredited by AACSB, which indicates the quality of our program.
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Curriculum
The M.B.A. curriculum is designed primarily for graduates of a Bachelor of Business Administration program, but graduates of other programs can enter the program by completing a 24-hour prerequisite program.
The program is available fully online. A student can complete courses fully online or through a combination of online and night classes. Qualified students may enter the program any semester during the 2-year rotation.
Learning Goals
- MBA students will be effective communicators, using information technology to enhance decision making through better communication.
- MBA students are prepared to be socially responsible, effective business leaders with an awareness of cultural and diversity issues and the ability to make ethical decisions.
- MBA students will be critical thinkers who are able to use concepts from strategic management to integrate relevant information, decision-making techniques, and concepts from multiple business disciplines to make decisions in new or unfamiliar circumstances.
- MBA students can effectively and legally access and use information to prepare an effective written report that supports decision making.
- MBA students will be competent in the business discipline.
Program Contact
Dr. Christie Hough
Associate Professor of Management
Rankin College of Business
crhough@saumag.edu
870-235-4305