Overview

The Master of Science in Business Analytics (BAM) is a joint program offered by COBA and Computing and Informatics College and is designed to prepare students for academic and practical careers in the emerging and vital field of the big data. The program aims to prepare the students with the knowledge and skills in various data analysis and methods to become effective decision-makers. Students will apply data-driven approaches to solve business challenges in different business areas. The BAM is divided into Compulsory and Elective courses with a total of 33 credit hours. Six compulsory courses cover 18 credit hours, followed by two elective courses worth 6 credit hours and subsequently a Thesis of 9 credit hours. The thesis is a capstone course, serving as the program's final component, and allowing an extended independent study and research under the supervision of a senior faculty member. The primary goal of the thesis is to provide the student with an opportunity to conduct an independent investigation of a business analytics problem through self-directed discovery and an experiential learning process. It draws on various components of the program, most notably the quantitative and research methodologies.