School of Finance and Operations Management

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For more information about degree offerings by the faculty of finance, operations management and international business, visit the School of Finance, Operations Management, and International Business webpage.

Mission

Our emphasis on data driven decisions and depth of understanding helps our graduates make the best decision for their professions, organizations and communities. We teach cutting-edge quantitative methods to equip students with the skills needed to solve complex real-world problems. Our Master of Science in Business Analytics is designed so that students learn the latest programming languages and statistical techniques and are able to explain the intuition of the models. 

Graduate Academic Programs

The graduate faculty of finance, operations management and international business offer courses leading to the Master of Science in Business Analytics (M.S.B.A.)  degree. 

Program Goals

• Develop the ability to manage big data, generate insights to solve complex business problems.  
• Learn how to communicate insights from data and statistical models to key decision-makers. 
• Gain practical knowledge in analytics and apply it in a variety of different industries.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the master’s program in business analytics will:

• Develop, analyze, and apply descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, database management, and machine learning techniques for a wide range of business problems and data scenarios.  
• Communicate the results of analytics projects effectively to audiences with various analytic backgrounds.  
• Demonstrate proficiency and practical knowledge with analytics, programming, data management, data visualization, machine learning, and quantitative analysis to support decision-making.

Faculty

Courses

• FIN 6063 International Business Finance
• FIN 6083 Portfolio Management
• FIN 6113 Student Investment Fund
• FIN 6861-6 Current Topics in Finance
• FIN 7003 Financial Theory
• FIN 7013 Long-Term Financial Decisions
• FIN 7023 Investment Analysis and Management
• FIN 7033 Derivative Securities
• FIN 7053 Portfolio Management
• FIN 7093 International Financial Management
• FIN 7123 Enterprise Risk Management
• FIN 7133 Advanced Topics in Risk Management
• FIN 7143 Money and Capital Markets
• FIN 7193 Applied Finance Project
• FIN 7213 Research Tools in Finance
• FIN 7243 Financial Modeling
• FIN 7961 Residency
• FIN 7973 Seminar in Finance
• FIN 7981-6 Master’s Thesis
• FIN 7991-3 Independent Study in Finance

• QM 6861-6 Current Topics in Operations Management
• QM 7003 Business Decision Models
• QM 7013 Multivariate Analysis
• QM 7023 Statistics and Data Visualization
• QM 7053 Computer Simulation
• QM 7063 Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
• QM 7073 Foundations of Analytics
• QM 7083 Business Analytics Practicum
• QM 7093 Enterprise Data Systems
• QM 7103 Analytics Programming
• QM 7111 Management of Data Analytics Projects
• QM 7402 Leading and Managing Analytics Organizations
• QM 7503 Regression and Statistical Learning
• QM 7961 Residency
• QM 7973 Seminar in Quantitative Methods
• QM 7991-3 Independent Study in Quantitative Analysis

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