Master of Science in Business Analytics Online, MSBA

MSBA Curriculum

11 Courses

31 Credits

Program Length:

Part-time in as few as 20 months

The MSBA program features a 1-credit course, six (6) core courses, 3 electives, and a capstone course.

Required Course (1 credit)

SBS-700

You As a Leader: Self-Awareness, Feedback, and Decision-Making

Business Analytics Core Courses (18 credits)

ISOM-631	Data Analytics with SAS Base	3
ISOM-801	Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel	3
ISOM-821	Data Management and Modeling	3
ISOM-825	Enterprise Data Management	3
ISOM-827	Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence	3
ISOM-835	Predictive Analytics	3

Capstone Course (3 credits)

Should be taken as late in the program as possible.

ISOM-837

Data Mining and Business Insights

Required Electives and Concentration Descriptions (9 credits)

Students must complete three (3) courses, nine (9) credits of electives, 800-level or higher (exception 600- and 700-level MBA courses and 700-level HLTH and ISOM courses), within the Sawyer Business School and from the approved MSBA electives lists. Online elective course availability varies from semester to semester.

If a concentration is declared, three electives must be in one concentration area. The schedule of when courses within a concentration are offered vary by semester. Concentrations include: accounting, finance, and healthcare management.

Students who declare a concentration must submit an SBS Graduate Program Concentration Request Form. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor before they declare a concentration.

The concentration appears on the transcript, not the diploma.

Approved MSBA Electives

ACCT-800	Graduate Financial Accounting I	3
ACCT-801	Graduate Financial Accounting II	3
ACCT-802	Graduate Financial Accounting III	3
ACCT-803	Advanced Topics in Accounting	3
ACCT-804	Cost and Managerial Accounting	3
ACCT-805	Auditing and Assurance Services	3
ACCT-806	Fraud Examination	3
ACCT-807	Forensic & Investigative Accounting	3
ACCT-824	Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics	3
ACCT-825
ACCT-865	Accounting Information Systems	3
ACCT-871	Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting	3
FIN-800	Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation	3
FIN-808	General Theory in Corporate Finance	3
FIN-810	Investment Analysis	3
HLTH-705	Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S.	3
HLTH-720	Health Systems Ii: Economics, Law, and Policy	3
HLTH-730	Healthcare Operations Management and Performance Improvement	3
HLTH-805	Big Data and Analytics for Health and Healthcare	3
HLTH-807	Innovation: The Future of Healthcare	3
HLTH-810	Quality, Patient Safety, and Patient Experience	3
HLTH-840	Innovation and Strategic Management in Healthcare	3
HLTHIB-870	Global Travel Seminar: Comparative Analysis of the Healthcare Systems in England and United States	3
ISOM-730	Python for Business Analytics	3
ISOM-829	Advanced Data Management Leveraging ETL Tools	3
ISOM-840	Security and Privacy	3
ISOM-845	Business Intelligence and Data Analytics	3
ISOM-851	Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Operations, & Analytics	3
ISOM-861	Project Management	3
ISOM-910	Directed Individual Study	3
ISOM-920
MBA-635	Operations Management: Design and Analysis	3
MBA-640	Corporate Financial Reporting and Control	3
MBA-650	Value Based Financial Management	3
MBA-660	Marketing: the Challenge of Managing Value	3
MBA-721	Collaborate	3
MBA-730	Innovate: Entrepreneurial Thinking, IT, And Business Law	3
MBA-740	Immerse- Travel Seminar	3
MBA-760	World Class Strategies	3
MGT-860	Leading Teams	3
SBS-603	Managerial Economics	3
TAX-801	Federal Taxation of Income	3

Accounting Concentration (9 credits)

Required Course: (3 credits)

MBA-640

Corporate Financial Reporting and Control

Select two of the following (if MBA 640 is waived, must select three): (2-3 courses, 6-9 credits)

ACCT-800	Graduate Financial Accounting I	3
ACCT-801	Graduate Financial Accounting II	3
ACCT-802	Graduate Financial Accounting III	3
ACCT-804	Cost and Managerial Accounting	3
ACCT-805	Auditing and Assurance Services	3
ACCT-806	Fraud Examination	3
ACCT-824	Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics	3
ACCT-825
ACCT-865	Accounting Information Systems	3
ACCT-871	Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting	3
TAX-801	Federal Taxation of Income	3
ACCT-803	Advanced Topics in Accounting	3

Finance Concentration (9 credits)

Required Courses: (3 credits)

MBA-650

Value Based Financial Management

Electives

Select two of the following electives (if MBA 650 is waived, must select three): (2-3 courses, 6-9 credits)

FIN-800	Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation	3
FIN-808	General Theory in Corporate Finance	3
FIN-810	Investment Analysis	3

Healthcare Management Concentration (9 credits)

Required Courses: (6 credits)

HLTH-705	Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S.	3
HLTH-805	Big Data and Analytics for Health and Healthcare	3

Select one of the following electives: (1 course, 3 credits)

HLTH-720	Health Systems Ii: Economics, Law, and Policy	3
HLTH-730	Healthcare Operations Management and Performance Improvement	3
HLTH-807	Innovation: The Future of Healthcare	3
HLTH-810	Quality, Patient Safety, and Patient Experience	3
HLTH-840	Innovation and Strategic Management in Healthcare	3

Course Substitution Policy

To substitute an approved elective for a core course, a student must successfully complete equivalent academic coursework at the graduate level in the seven (7) years prior to MSBA matriculation, “B” or better, and provide official transcripts (with English translations, if applicable).

All substitutions are evaluated upon a student's acceptance into the MSBA Program.

All MSBA students must complete a minimum of 31 graduate credits in the Sawyer Business School (10 courses and SBS 700)

Transfer Policy

Review of any coursework taken previously from an AACSB-accredited MSBA program will be completed on a case-by-case basis. The credits cannot apply to a previously completed degree and must be substituted with an approved elective. Only courses for which an earned grade of "B" or better and taken within seven (7) years prior to enter the MSBA program will be considered.