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Business Analytics MinorManagement Studies
Labovitz School of Business and Economics
Business analytics combines capabilities in data management, applied statistics, and data analytic techniques to provide insights valuable to any discipline. Among the topics covered include managing databases, visualizing data, descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
All pre-major requirements and completion of Level 2 (Expert) MS Excel Certification or completion of Levels I and II Excel workshops made available by LSBE.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Minor Requirements
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Business Analytics for BBA/BAcc Students
Business Analytics (12 cr)
Group A (9 cr)
MIS 3220 - Database Management and Design
(3.0 cr)
Data Analytics
BA 4420 - Data Analytics for Managerial Decision Making
(3.0 cr)
or
BA 5420 - Data Analytics for Managerial Decision Making
(3.0 cr)
Group B (3 cr)
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
BA 4440 - Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
BA 4460 - Big Data Analytics
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 3020 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics II
(3.0 cr)
·
HCM 4580 - Health Services Data and Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
MATH 4180 - Solving Industrial Mathematics Research Problems
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4489 - Optimization and Decision Making
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4825 - Human Resource Analytics
(3.0 cr)
·
MKTG 3731 - Sales Analytics: An Introduction to Sales Analysis Techniques and Applications
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 4050 - Introduction to Statistical Computing
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 4060 - Introduction to Biostatistics
(3.0 cr)
Business Analytics for Economics BA and non-LSBE Students
Pre-Minor Core (20 - 23 cr)
Mathematics
MATH 1160 - Finite Mathematics and Introduction to Calculus
[LE CAT, LOGIC & QR]
(5.0 cr)
or
MATH 1296 - Calculus I
[LE CAT, LOGIC & QR]
(5.0 cr)
Computer Science/IT
CS 1511 - Computer Science I
[LE CAT]
(5.0 cr)
or
MIS 2201 - Information Technology in Business
(3.0 cr)
Accounting
ACCT 2005 - Survey of Accounting
[LE CAT]
(3.0 cr)
Business
MGTS 1101 - Introduction to Business
[LE CAT8]
(3.0 cr)
Statistics
ECON 2030 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics
[LOGIC & QR]
(3.0 cr)
or
PSY 3020 - Statistical Methods
(4.0 cr)
or
SOC 3155 - Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis
(4.0 cr)
or
STAT 1411 - Introduction to Statistics
[LE CAT, LOGIC & QR]
(3.0 cr)
or
STAT 2411 - Statistical Methods
[LE CAT, LOGIC & QR]
(3.0 cr)
or
STAT 3411 - Engineering Statistics
(3.0 cr)
or
STAT 3611 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics
(4.0 cr)
Economics
ECON 1003 - Economics and Society
[LE CAT, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
Business Analytics (12 cr)
Group A (9 cr)
MIS 3220 - Database Management and Design
(3.0 cr)
BA 4420 - Data Analytics for Managerial Decision Making
(3.0 cr)
or
BA 5420 - Data Analytics for Managerial Decision Making
(3.0 cr)
Group B (3 cr)
Take 1 or more course(s) totaling 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
BA 4440 - Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
BA 4460 - Big Data Analytics
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 3020 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics II
(3.0 cr)
·
HCM 4580 - Health Services Data and Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
MATH 4180 - Solving Industrial Mathematics Research Problems
(3.0 cr)
·
MGTS 4825 - Human Resource Analytics
(3.0 cr)
·
MKTG 3731 - Sales Analytics: An Introduction to Sales Analysis Techniques and Applications
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 4050 - Introduction to Statistical Computing
(3.0 cr)
·
STAT 4060 - Introduction to Biostatistics
(3.0 cr)
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Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BA 4410/MIS 3231 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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