DeGroote School of Business

Business Analytics

Description

Business Analytics is a cross-discipline specialization that incorporates descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics courses as well as application courses. In addition to the required Year 1 foundational functional areas of business courses, the specialization offers foundational courses in predictive and prescriptive courses in Year 2. Most of the courses will make use of relevant analytics software to equip the students with the necessary analytics platforms.

Many industry leaders have touted data analytics as the next frontier for innovation and productivity. The employment growth in data analytics is predicted to be the largest among all occupations in Canada. This specialization provides students with a wide variety of career options in the area of business analytics in finance, marketing and operations.

The Business Analytics specialization serves as a gateway to valuable professional designations such as INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) designation as well as the SAP Business Integration Certification program.

Required Courses

K723Data Mining and Business Intelligence
O701Modelling and Analytics Using Spreadsheets
O711Predictive Modelling and Analytics
P700Business, Government and the Global Environment
P720Strategic Management

Plus two electives from these courses:

Highly Recommended Electives

E714Business and Economic Forecasting
F741Introduction to FinTech
F743Big Data in Finance
K725Business Process Management
K735Managing the Implementation of Enterprise Systems
K740Business Applications of Data Analytics/AI
EHEALTH 746Healthcare Analytics
M731Marketing Research
M733Marketing Analytics
M734Strategic Marketing Analysis
O715Simulation for Business Analytics
O712Data Analytics Using Python

Other Electives

F715Portfolio Theory and Management
F735Financial Modelling
O721Inventory Management and Production Planning
O734Supply Chain Management
O735Strategic Procurement
D719Independent Research Project in Business Analytics

Plus three electives.