2024-2025 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

Business Analytics, B.S.

B.S. in Business Analytics Program is designed to fulfill the educational needs of students who want to pursue a career in business analytics. The program offers the same high-quality business education as the other specialized business degrees (Accounting, Business, Finance, Management of Information Systems, Management, and Marketing) while providing students with a broader education in business and preparing them for business analytics-related positions in organizations.

The B.S. in Business Analytics degree program includes:

• Common Business Core (27 credits)

• Business Analytics Core (12 credits)

• Business Analytics Electives (12 credits)

• Business Electives (6 credits)

• School of Business Additional Requirements (6 credits)

This is an interdisciplinary program. In addition to the standard business analytics elective courses, six elective courses are from Data Science (DATA 101, 102, 202, 301, 311, 471). The courses that make up the program are offered in multiple formats, including on-ground, hybrid, and online, to provide scheduling flexibility.

A minor is not required.

Major Requirements (57 credits)

Common Business Core (27 credits)

AC 211Introduction to Financial Accounting

3

AC 212Introduction to Managerial Accounting

3

FIN 295Managerial Finance

3

LAW 250The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

3

MC 207Managerial Communication I

3

MGT 295Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior

3

MIS 201Introduction to Management Information Systems

3

MKT 295Fundamentals of Marketing

3

BUS 480Capstone Seminar

0

MGT 480Strategic Management

3

Business Analytics Core(12 credits)

BUS 270Data Visualization

3

BUS 370/MIS 399Business Analytics and Decision Support

3

BUS 470Business Analytics Capstone

3

MIS 315Database Management Systems

3

Business Analytics Electives (12 credits)

DATA 101Fundamentals of Data Science

4

DATA 201Classification Analytics

4

DATA 202Estimation and Clustering Analytics

4

DATA 301Data Science Using Python

4

DATA 311Information Visualization

4

DATA 471Big Data and Cloud Computing

3

AC 335Accounting Analytics and Professional Competencies

3

AC 340Accounting Information Systems

3

FIN 310Principles of Investments

3

FIN 440Financial Modeling and Analytics

3

MGT 333Operations Management

3

MKT 373Marketing Research

3

MKT 380Market Data Analysis

3

MKT 482Marketing Analytics

3

MIS 310Contemporary Business Applications Development I

3

MIS 463Analytics Applications

3

Business Electives (6 credits) -- Students must select 6 credits of 300- or 400-level School of Business courses from: AC, ENT, FIN, LAW, MGT, MIS, and MKT

These credits can be used to complete prerequisites required by Business Analytics Electives

Additional Requirements

BUS 250Introduction to Business Analytics and Skills

3

STAT 201Business Statistics II

3

Accelerate Central B.S. Business Analytics / M.B.A. Program

For students who are officially admitted to the Accelerate Central B.S. Business Analytics / M.B.A. Program, two three (3)-credit graduate Business Analytics courses will replace two three (3)-credit undergraduate Business Analytics elective courses. In addition, up to two three (3)-credit graduate courses may be taken before matriculation as a graduate student; these 2 courses will be excluded from the student’s B.S. program and transferred into the student’s M.B.A. program.

Eligible students can apply to the Accelerate Central B.S. Business Analytics / M.B.A. Program during their junior year of study. Selected students will be able to complete a B.S. in Business Analytics and a M.B.A. in Business Analytics in as few as five years on a full-time basis.

Students who are accepted into Accelerate Central B.S. Business Analytics / M.B.A. Program will officially matriculate into the School of Graduate Studies the semester immediately following conferral of their Bachelor's degree, even if they have already taken graduate-level courses while completing their Bachelor's degree. Students wishing to defer their graduate studies must notify Graduate Recruitment & Admissions of this decision prior to the start of the term following the conferral of their Bachelor's degree.

Eligibility

Students typically apply during their junior year of study and must meet the requirements specified below:

  1. Have at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average.
  2. Completed 60 earned credit hours by the end of the Fall semester of their junior year. At least 30 credits must have been earned at CCSU.
  3. Admission to School of Business Business Analytics major.
  4. Meet the M.B.A. program admission criteria.

How to Apply

Students will submit Change of Major form and one recommendation letter from a CCSU Business Analytics professor to their undergraduate advisor by March 1st of their junior year. The documents will go through the proper parties for review and approval, including the Graduate Program Director. Once the form has been approved by all required parties, the Registrar’s Office will change the student’s undergraduate curriculum to note the Accelerate Central program.

It is highly recommended to apply early for admission to this program to receive dedicated advising.

Total Credit Hours: 120