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Students explore the fundamentals of the business analytics process and concepts from a business and managerial perspective. Emphasis includes the influence of data analytics and big data within the organization and its strategic plan, associated analytics techniques, and business applications. This is an advanced standing course that can be applied to baccalaureate and graduate degrees. Pre-requisite(s): This is an advanced standing course that may count toward both baccalaureate and master’s degrees. 3.0 or higher; or permission of the Program Chair or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

In this course, students learn fundamental statistical methodologies useful in business analytics focused on collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and visualizing data for organizational decision-making. Students will be introduced to the data analysis process and critical tenets of structured thinking for data analytics. This course will focus on statistics for descriptive analytics. This is an advanced standing course that can be applied to baccalaureate and graduate degrees. Pre-requisite(s): None. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours