Business Analytics Minor

Program Director: Joseph Bailey, Ph.D. 

The Minor in Business Analytics integrates technology with statistical and quantitative modeling techniques to provide students with the foundation needed for data driven decision making, as well as for graduate study in the field of Business Analytics. Students with these skills are in high demand in a variety of industries and sectors including marketing, finance, information systems, operations, health care and energy. 

For more information about this minor visit http://rhsmith.umd.edu/programs/undergraduate/academics/academic-minors/.  

Prerequisite Courses

Course Title Credits
BMGT110Introduction to the Business Value Chain3
BMGT230Business Statistics (must have minimum grade of B-) 13
MATH120Elementary Calculus I 13
or MATH140 Calculus I
1

Or equivalent


Required Courses 

Course Title Credits
Required Courses (9 credits)
BMGT402AI Augmented Database Systems 13
BMGT430Data Modeling in Business 23
BMGT431Data Analytics and AI for Business3
Electives (6 credits)6
Minimum 3-6 credits from this list
Essential Programming and AI Skills for Business Analytics 3
Quantitative Models for Management Decisions
Operations Analytics
Storytelling with AI and Data Visualization
Big Data and AI Infrastructure
Essential Data and AI Skills for Business Analytics 4
Maximum 3 credits from this list
Quantitative Financial Analysis
Applied Quantitative Analysis
BMGT447
Digital Marketing
Introduction to Machine Learning 5
Game Theory 6
Simulation and Design of Experiments for Engineers 7
Foundations of Machine Learning (Formerly ENEE439M) 8
Data Science Techniques 9
Introduction to Statistical Computing with SAS
Total Credits15
1

 CMSC424 or INST327 can be used as a substitute

2

 ECON422 or ECON424 can be used as a substitute for Economics Majors only

3

CMSC132 Object-Oriented Programming II or INST326 Object-Oriented Programming for Information Science can be used as a substitute

4

 CMSC320 Introduction to Data Science is an approved substitute for Computer Science Majors

5

 Computer Science Majors only.

6

Economics Majors only

7

Civil & Environmental Engineering only

8

Electrical and Computer Engineering Majors only

9

Information Science Majors only