Bachelor of Science Degree - Business Data Analytics
The Bachelor of Science degree in Business Data Analytics equips students with the essential knowledge, skills, and experience to create and manage big data initiatives and related business processes that facilitate large-scale business data analytics within organizations.
Students develop both organizational and technical competencies required for tasks such as data gathering, cleansing, integration, and modeling, as well as for analyzing data assets for business applications. The program includes instruction on data warehousing, dimensional modeling, big data analytics methods, and visualization tools and techniques. Additionally, it introduces key topics like data mining and predictive analytics.
Overview
Overview
Degree Requirements:
- General Education Courses
- Pre-Business Major Courses
- Business Core Courses
- Data Analytics Courses
- Electives
Degree available Online and in Bismarck and DSUlive
Student Learning Outcomes
A student successfully completing the above major will be able to:
- Analyze large and realistic data sets (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, and VI)
- Apply analytical problem-solving techniques used to diagnose, recommend, and communicate solutions to business problems (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, and VI)
- Code solutions to problems in a variety of applications areas using a variety of computer languages (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes II, III, and VI)
- Apply their information analytics academic knowledge in the context of professional development. (This learning outcome directly addresses Institutional Learning Outcomes V and VI.)
Career Options
Career Options
Why should you pursue a Bachelor of Science Degree - Business Data Analytics?
Information analytics majors combine ideas from mathematics, business, and computer science to make data-driven business decisions. Data scientists are quickly becoming an important part of the business world.
Possible Career Paths
- Operations Research Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Data Scientist
- Budget Analyst
Requirements
General Education Course Requirements
UNIV 100 - Freshman Seminar
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Group I - Communication
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ENGL 110 College Composition I
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3 |
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ENGL 120 College Composition II
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3 |
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COMM 110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
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3 |
Group II - Citizenship
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Technology - CSCI 101 Introduction Computers |
3
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Global Perspectives - COMM 216 (see Pre Major Core) |
3 |
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Human Behavior and Governance |
3 |
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Well-Being |
2 |
Group III - Critical and
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Creative Thinking
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Creative Expressions |
3 |
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Literature |
3 |
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Mathematics - MATH 146 or MATH 104 (see Pre Major Core) |
3 |
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Social Science - ECON 201 or ECON 202 (see Pre Major Core) |
3 |
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Natural Science |
4 |
General Education Elective
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MATH 305 (see Pre Major Core) |
4 |
Pre-Business Major Courses
Business Core Courses
Pre-Major courses listed above require a “C” or better (except MATH 146 which requires a passing grade only) before taking the Business Core Courses.
Data Analytics Core Courses
Computer Science Electives
Select three additional credit hours other than
CSCI 101 or
CSCI 120
Total