Business Analytics
Business Analytics
Analytics describes the extensive use of data to guide evidence-based decision-making. This field has emerged during a time when massively large data sets are being collected throughout society. Analytics lives at the junction between numerous traditional disciplines including information systems and statistics. This program will provide a framework for thinking about the collection and use of so-called "big data" and students will develop skills for handling structured and unstructured data sets and for developing models to predict behavior in data-rich environments. The analytics track is truly interdisciplinary and provides a framework for thinking about the collection and use of data that will complement the pursuit of any major across the university.
2024-2025 Term Restrictions
Spring Only Courses: ISA 496
Skills
- Learn a framework for thinking about the collection and use of "big data"
- Handle structured and unstructured data sets
- Develop models to predict behavior and data-rich environments
- Technical skills in:
- Programming (R & Python)
- SQL
- Regression
- Data Mining
- Optimization
- Forecasting
- Big Data Management
- Generative Artificial Intelligence
Top Employers
- Deloitte
- EY
- PwC
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Bain & Company
- Baker Tilly
- BearingPoint
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Fifth Third Bank
- Grange Insurance
Career Opportunities
- Business Analyst
- Commercial Analyst
- Consultant
- Digital Technology Leadership Program
- Information Technology Leadership
- Innovation Analyst
- IT Financial Systems Analyst
- Operations Systems Analyst
- Risk Advisory Consultant Staff
- Technology Consultant
- Technology Leadership Development
Sample Plans
Choose the academic year that you began at Miami:
2024-2025
This sample plan is a supplement to your Degree Audit Report. Consult with your advisor on a regular basis for individual academic planning. Sequencing of Global Miami Plan courses is flexible.
IC = Intercultural Consciousness
FYIC = First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103, BUS 104)
*BUS 284 fulfills Advanced Writing
First Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| MTH 141 or 151 | 5 |
| CSE 148 | 3 |
| ENG 111 | 3 |
| Humanities | 3 |
| BUS 106 | 1 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| FYIC | 8 |
| ISA 125 | 3 |
| Natural Science | 3 |
| Intercultural Conciousness (IC) | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 17 |
Second Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 225 | 3 |
| ISA 235 | 3 |
| ECO 201 or ACC 221 | 3 |
| MGT 291 or MGT 295 | 3 |
| DEI | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 245 | 3 |
| ISA 291 | 3 |
| ACC 221 or ECO 201 | 3 |
| BUS 284* | 3 |
| Natural Science | 3 |
| Science Lab | 1 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
Third Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 401 | 3 |
| ISA 491 | 3 |
| ECO 202 or ACC 222 | 3 |
| MGT 295 or MGT 291 | 3 |
| Global Inquiry | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 281 | 3 |
| BA Elective | 3 |
| ACC 222 or ECO 202 | 3 |
| MKT 291 | 3 |
| Signature Inquiry | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Fourth Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 414 | 3 |
| FIN 301 | 3 |
| IC or Global Inquiry | 3 |
| Creative Arts | 3 |
| Signature Inquiry | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| BA Elective | 3 |
| Business Capstone | 3 |
| BLS 342 | 3 |
| Signature Inquiry | 3 |
| Elective(s) | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
Departmental Notes:
- Some major courses may be offered in Fall or Spring only
- Consult with FSB advising for individualized planning
- Rapid succession of ISA 235, ISA 245, and ISA 401 recommended.
- Rapid succession of ISA 225, 291, and ISA 491 recommended.
- Information and Cybersecurity Management Majors must take 18 hours beyond the business core not also counting in the Major
- Refer to the 2024-2025 General Bulletin for course pre-and/or co-requisite requirements
- For more information, visit the Department of Information Systems and Analytics website.
General Requirements:
- Must earn 124 hours to graduate; minimum of 39 hours of non-business coursework required
- 2.0 GPA overall and 2.0 GPA in business required to graduate
- The Miami Plan Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) requirement will satisfy the Business Diversity requirement
- First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103,
BUS 104) satisfies the Miami Plan Experiential Learning requirement.
2023-2024
This sample plan is a supplement to your Degree Audit Report. Consult with your advisor on a regular basis for individual academic planning. Sequencing of Global Miami Plan courses is flexible.
IC = Intercultural Consciousness
FYIC = First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103, BUS 104)
*BUS 284 fulfills Advanced Writing
First Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| MTH 141 or 151 | 5 |
| CSE 148 | 3 |
| ENG 111 | 3 |
| Humanities | 3 |
| BUS 106 | 1 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| FYIC | 8 |
| ISA 125 | 3 |
| Natural Science | 3 |
| Intercultural Conciousness (IC) | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 17 |
Second Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 225 | 3 |
| ISA 235 | 3 |
| ECO 201 or ACC 221 | 3 |
| MGT 291 or MGT 295 | 3 |
| DEI | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 245 | 3 |
| ISA 291 | 3 |
| ACC 221 or ECO 201 | 3 |
| BUS 284* | 3 |
| Natural Science | 3 |
| Science Lab | 1 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
Third Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 401 | 3 |
| ISA 491 | 3 |
| ECO 202 or ACC 222 | 3 |
| MGT 295 or MGT 291 | 3 |
| Global Inquiry | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 281 | 3 |
| BA Elective | 3 |
| ACC 222 or ECO 202 | 3 |
| MKT 291 | 3 |
| Signature Inquiry | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Fourth Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 414 | 3 |
| FIN 301 | 3 |
| IC or Global Inquiry | 3 |
| Creative Arts | 3 |
| Signature Inquiry | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| BA Elective | 3 |
| Business Capstone | 3 |
| BLS 342 | 3 |
| Signature Inquiry | 3 |
| Non-business Elective(s) | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
Departmental Notes:
- Refer to the 2023-2024 General Bulletin for course pre-and/or co-requisite requirements
- Spring only courses: ISA 496.
- Rapid succession of ISA 235, ISA 245, and ISA 401 recommended.
- Rapid succession of ISA 225, 291, and ISA 491 recommended.
- Information Systems majors and Information and Cybersecurity Management Majors must take 18 hours beyond the business core not also counting in the Major
- Students pursuing this major may not take the Business Analytics track in the Analytics Co-Major
- For more information, visit the Department of Information Systems and Analytics website.
General Requirements:
- Must earn 124 hours to graduate; minimum of 52 hours of non-business coursework required.
- 2.0 GPA overall and 2.0 GPA in business required to graduate
- The Miami Plan Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) requirement will satisfy the Business Diversity requirement.
- First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103,
BUS 104) satisfies the Miami Plan Experiential Learning requirement.
2022-2023
This sample plan is a supplement to your Degree Audit Report. Consult with your advisor on a regular basis for individual academic planning. Sequencing of Global Miami Plan courses is flexible.
IP = Intercultural Perspectives
FYIC = First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103, BUS 104)
*BUS 284 fulfills Advanced Writing
First Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| MTH 141 or 151 | 5 |
| CSE 148 | 3 |
| ENG 111 | 3 |
| Physical Science | 3 |
| BUS 106 | 1 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| FYIC | 8 |
| ISA 125 | 3 |
| ISA 235 | 3 |
| Creative Arts | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 17 |
Second Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 245 or 281 | 3 |
| Diversity/IP | 3 |
| ISA 225 | 3 |
| ACC 221 | 3 |
| Biological Science & Lab | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 281 or 245 | 3 |
| ECO 201 | 3 |
| ACC 222 | 3 |
| Humanities | 3 |
| MGT 291 or BUS 284* | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Third Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 291 | 3 |
| ECO 202 | 3 |
| FIN 301 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| Elective | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 401 | 3 |
| ISA 491 | 3 |
| BUS 284* or MGT 291 | 3 |
| MKT 291 or MGT 295 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Fourth Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA Elective | 3 |
| BLS 342 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| MGT 295 or MKT 291 | 3 |
| Global Perspectives | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA Elective | 3 |
| ISA 414 | 3 |
| Business Capstone | 3 |
| Global Perspectives | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Departmental Notes:
- Spring only courses: ISA 496.
- Fall only courses: ISA 321, 365.
- Rapid succession of ISA 235, ISA 245, and ISA 401 recommended.
- Rapid succession of ISA 225, 291, and ISA 491 recommended.
- Business Analytics major can meet the Thematic Sequence requirement for any FSB student with a double major in this area.
- Students also in the Information Systems major or Information and Cybersecurity Management major must take 18 hours beyond the business core not also counting in the other major.
- For more information, visit the FSB website: fsb.miamioh.edu
General Requirements:
- Must earn 124 hours to graduate; minimum of 52 hours of non-business coursework required.
- 2.0 GPA overall and 2.0 GPA in business required to graduate
- FSB students must select a non-business thematic sequence (some exceptions—consult your advisor).
- Diversity courses may meet GMP Intercultural Perspectives.
- Pre-requisite information available in the Miami Bulletin: www.miamioh.edu/bulletin
- First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103,
BUS 104) satisfies GMP Experiential Learning.
2021-2022
This sample plan is a supplement to your Degree Audit Report. Consult with your advisor on a regular basis for individual academic planning. Sequencing of Global Miami Plan courses is flexible.
IP = Intercultural Perspectives
FYIC = First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103, BUS 104)
First Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| MTH 141 or 151 | 5 |
| CSE 148 | 3 |
| ENG 111 | 3 |
| Physical Science | 3 |
| BUS 106 | 1 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| FYIC | 8 |
| ISA 125 | 3 |
| ISA 235 | 3 |
| Global Perspectives | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 17 |
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Second Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 245 or 281 | 3 |
| Diversity/IP | 3 |
| ISA 225 | 3 |
| ACC 221 | 3 |
| Biological Science & Lab | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 281 or 245 | 3 |
| ECO 201 | 3 |
| ACC 222 | 3 |
| Humanities | 3 |
| BUS 284* | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Third Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 291 | 3 |
| ECO 202 | 3 |
| FIN 301 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 401 | 3 |
| ISA 491 | 3 |
| MGT 291 | 3 |
| MKT 291 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Fourth Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA Elective | 3 |
| BLS 342 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| MGT 302 | 3 |
| Elective | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA Elective | 3 |
| ISA 414 | 3 |
| Business Capstone | 3 |
| Global Perspectives | 3 |
| Creative Arts | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Departmental Notes:
- Fall only courses: ISA 321, 365.
- Spring only courses: ISA 496.
- Rapid succession of ISA 235, ISA 245, and ISA 401 recommended.
- Rapid succession of ISA 225, 291, and ISA 491 recommended.
- Business Analytics major can meet the Thematic Sequence requirement for any FSB student with a double major in this area.
- Students also taking the Information Systems major must take 18 hours beyond the business core not also counting in the Information Systems major.
- Students taking the Business Analytics major may not take the Business Analytics track in the Analytics Co-major.
- Additional Resources:
General Requirements:
- Must earn 124 hours to graduate; minimum of 52 hours of non-business coursework required.
- 2.0 GPA overall and 2.0 GPA in business required to graduate
- FSB students must select a non-business thematic sequence (some exceptions—consult your advisor).
- Diversity courses may meet GMP Intercultural Perspectives.
- Pre-requisite information available in the Miami Bulletin.
- First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103, BUS 104) satisfies GMP Experiential Learning.
- BUS 284 satisfies the GMP Advanced Writing requirement.
2020-2021
This sample plan is a supplement to your Degree Audit Report. Consult with your advisor on a regular basis for individual academic planning. Sequencing of Global Miami Plan courses is flexible.
IP = Intercultural Perspectives
FYIC = First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103, BUS 104)
First Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| MTH 151 or 141 | 5 |
| CSE 148 | 3 |
| ENG 111 | 3 |
| Physical Science | 3 |
| BUS 106 | 1 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| FYIC | 8 |
| ISA 125 | 3 |
| ISA 235 | 3 |
| Global Perspectives | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 17 |
Second Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 245 or 281 | 3 |
| Business Diversity/IP | 3 |
| ISA 225 | 3 |
| ACC 221 | 3 |
| Biological Science & Lab | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 281 or 245 | 3 |
| ECO 201 | 3 |
| ACC 222 | 3 |
| Humanities | 3 |
| BUS 284* | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Third Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 291 | 3 |
| ECO 202 | 3 |
| FIN 301 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA 401 | 3 |
| ISA 491 | 3 |
| MGT 291 | 3 |
| MKT 291 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Fourth Year
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA Elective | 3 |
| BLS 342 | 3 |
| Thematic Sequence | 3 |
| MGT 295 (formerly 302) | 3 |
| Elective | 4 |
| Total Semester Hours | 16 |
| Course | Number of Hours |
|---|---|
| ISA Elective | 3 |
| ISA 414 | 3 |
| Business Capstone | 3 |
| Global Perspectives | 3 |
| Creative Arts | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 15 |
Departmental Notes:
- Fall only courses: ISA 321, 365
- Spring only courses: ISA 496.
- Rapid succession of ISA 235, ISA 245, and ISA 401 recommended.
- Rapid succession of ISA 225, 291, and ISA 491 recommended.
- Business Analytics major can meet the Thematic Sequence requirement for any FSB student with a double major in this area.
- Students also taking the Information Systems major must take 18 hours beyond the business core not also counting in the Information Systems major.
- Students taking the Business Analytics major may not take the Business Analytics track in the Analytics Co-major.
- Additional Resources:
General Requirements:
- Must earn 124 hours to graduate; minimum of 52 hours of non-business coursework required.
- 2.0 GPA overall and 2.0 GPA in business required to graduate.
- FSB students must select a non-business thematic sequence (some exceptions - consult your advisor).
- Pre-requisite information available in the Miami Bulletin.
- Diversity courses may meet GMP Intercultural Perspectives.
- First-Year Integrated Core (BUS 101, BUS 102, ESP 103, BUS 104) satisfies GMP Experiential Learning.
- BUS 284 satisfies the GMP Advanced Writing requirement.
