Business Analytics Graduate Certificate

Graduate Certificate Admissions and Process

Students must apply and be admitted into the Graduate Certificate to be eligible to receive a Graduate Certificate. Applicants are encouraged to contact the Graduate Certificate Director prior to applying. 

Applicants must meet the following admission requirements:

1. University Admission Requirements, including English Proficiency    
2. Graduate Certificate Admission Requirements    
3. ​​Application Process 

Curriculum Requirements (12 Credit Hours)

• ISM 6218 Advanced Database Management Credit Hours: 3

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  And one of the following:

• ISM 6136 Data Mining Credit Hours: 3
• QMB 6304 Foundations of Business Statistics Credit Hours: 3

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  And one of the following:

• ISM 6137 Advanced Statistical Modeling Credit Hours: 3
• ISM 6642 Advanced Data Science Credit Hours: 3

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  And one elective course from the list below (3 credit hours):

• MAR 6936 Selected Topics in Marketing Credit Hours: 1-4
• ISM 6208 Data Warehousing Credit Hours: 3
• ISM 6419 Data Visualization Credit Hours: 3
• ISM 6562 Big Data for Business Credit Hours: 3

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  With the permission of the Certificate Advisor, other graduate courses can be used to complete the Certificate.

Additional Requirements

Graduate students who earn a 3.00 or higher in the * courses that use a SAS analytics package as part of the course and an overall 3.0 GPA in the certificate courses will receive a SAS approved Certificate in Business Analytics. Note: This is a SAS approved certificate NOT a traditional SAS certificate.

Graduate Certificate Time Limit

Five (5) Years.

Graduate Certificate Completion

For procedures to confirm completion of the Graduate Certificate, please refer to the website.