Business Analytics, BSBA

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Over a period of just four years, the existing 15 credit Business Analytics Certificate has grown to be the most popular certificate of the college; 15% of spring 2021 graduates earned it. The major proposed here takes the existing required courses of the certificate and adds one more to create an 18 credit major.

The Katz/CBA faculty developed and approved the 18-credit undergraduate Business Analytics major. The proposed 18-credit program would build upon the emphasis on business analytics in the recent curriculum changes recommended by the Undergraduate Programs Committee (UPC) and adopted by the faculty of Katz/CBA.

The foundation for the proposed Business Analytics major is provided by the three the new business analytics courses required of all Pitt Business undergraduate students as a result of the 2021 curriculum revision that was adopted by the Katz/CBA faculty. These courses are part of the business core, a set of courses required of all BSBA students, regardless of major.

Required Courses

The three new, required, foundation courses approved by the faculty are:

• BUSBIS 0100 PROGRAMMING ESSENTIALS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS  (3 credits)
• BUSQOM 0101 BUSINESS ANALYTICS 1  (3 credits)
• BUSQOM 0102 BUSINESS ANALYTICS 2  (3 credits)

Students pursuing the Business Analytics major would take five additional required courses and one elective. The five required courses for the proposed Business Analytics major are:

• BUSXXXX: Data Visualization and Storytelling (3 credits)
• BUSQOM 1090 APPLIED OPTIMIZATION AND SIMULATION   (3 credits)
• BUSBIS 1605 DATABASE MANAGEMENT   (3 credits)
• BUSSCM 1760 DATA MINING   (3 credits)
• BUSQOM 1085 APPLIED BUSINESS ANALYTICS PROJECT   (3 credits) (CAPSTONE)