Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: Spring 2024 Undergraduate Catalog Program: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Specialization in Business Analytics and Intelligence, BSBA
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Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Specialization in Business Analytics and Intelligence, BSBA

Purpose

Students with a degree in business analytics and intelligence typically work as a business analyst/data analyst/business intelligence analyst within a corporation or consulting firm. The role of a business analyst in a corporation could be supporting a specific business function, such as marketing and sales, human resources, customer relationships management, or company-wide functions as an in-house business analytics consultant.

There are a wide variety of industries that hire business analysts, ranging from marketing, human resources, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, retail, telecommunication, banking, credit cards, risk management, insurance to health care, health management organizations, internet advertising, internet search engines, social networks, etc.

BSBA General Degree Requirements

Students completing the business analytics and intelligence specialization must complete University, general degree, admission core, and business core requirements for the BSBA degree, including admission to the BSBA program.

BG Perspective (BGP) Requirements

Must complete at least 1 course in each of the following:

   English Composition and Oral Communication
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   Quantitative Literacy
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Must Complete at least 2 courses in each of the following:

   Humanities and the Arts
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   _____________________________    ________    

   Natural Sciences - at least one Lab Science required
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   _____________________________    ________                                                                                      

   Social and Behavioral Sciences
   _____________________________    ________ 
   _____________________________    ________                                                                        

Complete total required BGP credit hours by selecting courses from any of the above categories:

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   _____________________________    ________                                                                                    

University Requirements

Designated courses in Humanities and the Arts and the Social and Behavioral Sciences domains may be used to fulfill both the BGP requirement and one of the following university requirements:

Cultural Diversity in the US    ____________
International Perspective       ____________

Composition Requirement:
WRIT 1120 - Seminar in Research Writing                                  

Total BGP Credits: Must be at least 36                      

First Year Experience

(3 Credits)

Course NameTerms TakenGradeCore
BA 1500 - Understanding Dynamics of Business

Calculus Requirement

(5-6 Credits)

Course NameTerms TakenGradeCore
BA 1600 - Business Analytics, Quantitative Analysis for Business Applications I and
BA 1700 - Business Analytics II; Quantitative Analysis for Business Applications II

or

MATH 1260 - Basic Calculus

or

MATH 1310 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry

or

MATH 1340 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry IA and
MATH 1350 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry IB

Admission Requirements

Admission Core*

(24 Credits)

* can also apply towards BGP requirements

Course NameTerms TakenGradeCore
ACCT 2210 - Accounting and Business Concepts I
ACCT 2220 - Accounting and Business Concepts II
ECON 2020 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2030 - Principles of Macroeconomics
BA 2030 - Effective Business Communication
BA 2110 - Business Analytics III: Descriptive Analytics
BA 2120 - Business Analytics IV: Predictive Analytics
IS 2000 - Introduction to Information Systems

Business Core

(30 Credits)

**BA 4500 is only open to seniors who have achieved BSBA admission and have credit for BA 3500, FIN 3000, MGMT 3000, MGMT 3600, MKT 2010 and BA 3800. Prerequisite or concurrent with MGMT 4060.

Course NameTerms TakenGradeCore
ECON 3020 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

or

ECON 3030 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

or

ECON 3040 - Managerial Economics

or

ECON 3110 - Money and Banking

or

ECON 3510 - International Trade and Finance

 

LEGS 3010 - Legal Environment of Business
FIN 3000 - Business Finance **
MGMT 3000 - Integrated Operations and Supply Chain Management **
MGMT 3600 - Organizational Theory and Behavior **
MKT 2010 - Introduction to Marketing Management **
BA 3500 - Ethics and Social Responsibility in Business **
BA 3800 - Business Analytics V: Prescriptive Analytics **
BA 4500 - Integrated Business Experience
MGMT 4060 - Global Strategy

Business Analytics and Intelligence Specialization

(18 Credits)

Course NameTerms TakenGradeCore
STAT 4020 - Regression Analysis
STAT 4440 - Data Mining in Business Analytics
IS 3400 - Database Management
IS 4600 - Business Intelligence

Plus two elective courses from the following areas or approved by the College Academic Advisor (both courses have to be taken from the same area)

  • Elective 1 Contact Hours: 3 *
  • Elective 2 Contact Hours: 3 *
  • Elective choices:

    Course NameTerms TakenGradeCore
    ACCT 3310 - Intermediate Managerial Accounting
    ACCT 4320 - Advanced Managerial Accounting
    ACCT 4510 - Auditing I
    ACCT 4560 - Information Systems Auditing and Control
    ACCT 4600 - Accounting Information Systems
    STAT 4060 - Sample Design
    STAT 4080 - Experimental Design
    STAT 4160 - Time Series Analysis
    CS 4200 - Artificial Intelligence Methods
    CS 4250 - Computer Graphics
    CS 4400 - Optimization Techniques
    CS 4420 - Techniques of Simulation
  • CS 4640
  • ECON 4010 - Mathematical Economics
    ECON 4020 - Econometrics
    ECON 4050 - Game Theory
    ECON 4140 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy
    ECON 4260 - Public Health Economics
    ECON 4620 - Urban Economics
    FIN 3400 - Financial Markets
    FIN 3500 - Corporate Finance
    FIN 4100 - International Financial Management
    FIN 4130 - Personal Financial Planning
    FIN 4140 - Retirement and Employee Benefit Planning
    FIN 4210 - Risk Management and Insurance Planning
    FIN 4350 - Investment Analysis
    FIN 4450 - Financial Institutions and Risk Management
    FIN 4550 - Financial Management with Excel Applications
    IS 3120 - Social Media - Processes and Analytics
    IS 3500 - Business Process Management with SAP
    IS 4020 - Windows Application Design
    IS 4220 - Information Systems Security
    IS 4720 - Information Systems Project Management
    IS 4910 - Studies in Information Systems
    MGMT 3300 - Supply Management and Global Sourcing Strategies
    MGMT 3610 - Human Resource Management
    MGMT 4410 - Customer-Driven Design and Delivery of Quality Goods and Services
    MGMT 4420 - Integrated Logistics Planning and Analytics
    MGMT 4450 - Demand Driven Supply Chain Planning and Operations
    MGMT 4470 - Supply Category Management and Negotiation
    MGMT 4540 - Managing the Employment Process
    MKT 3020 - Consumer Behavior
    MKT 3200 - Marketing Research
  • MKT 3500
  • MKT 4050 - Services Marketing
    MKT 4100 - Marketing Communication and Promotion
    MKT 4150 - Managing the Service Experience
  • MKT 4210
  • MKT 4300 - Retail Management
    MKT 4350 - Social Media Marketing
    MKT 4420 - Sales Management
    MKT 4450 - Product Planning
    MKT 4550 - International Marketing
    MKT 4600 - Marketing Management

    Specialization Notes:

    Students must achieve a grade of “C” or better for all courses taken for the Business Analytics and Intelligence Specialization.

    Electives

    (additional hours needed to reach 122 hours) and/or optional additional specialization or minor

    BSBA Admission

    (Must be met by 45 Credits)

    BSBA admission requirements are:

    1. Completion of MATH 1260, or BA 1600, or MATH 1310, or both MATH 1340 and MATH 1350 with a C or higher
    2. minimum 12 BGSU hours that count toward the degree;
    3. minimum 2.50 BGSU cumulative GPA;
    4. completion of four or more of the following courses with at least a C within 45 credit hours - ACCT 2210, ACCT 2220, ECON 2020, ECON 2030, BA 2030, BA 2110, BA 2120, IS 2000. However, all of the courses in the admission core must be completed
      # MATH requirement also satisfies Quantitative Literacy requirement

    Admission decisions are made three times each year. All pre-business students with 45 hours toward the degree are reviewed for admission.

    BGSU students planning on transferring to the BSBA program must apply for College entrance and pre-business status within 45 hours toward the degree or, in the case that 45 or more hours are transferred from another institution, upon completion of 12 BGSU hours toward the degree.

    NOTES:

    Students who do not achieve BSBA admission in the admission review are placed on conditional standing for one semester or 15 credit hours to satisfy BSBA admission requirements. Pre-business students on conditional standing may take 3000-level business courses, subject to completion of prerequisites, but may not take 4000-level business courses.

    Students who do not achieve BSBA admission after the conditional semester will not be permitted to take 3000-or 4000-level business courses and must pursue other degree programs offered at BGSU or another institution.

    University Hours Not Toward BSBA Degree:

    Credit for the following courses count only toward total hours earned and class standing.

    • ACCT: ACCT 2000 
    • ACEN: ACEN 1000, ACEN 1210 
    • ACT: All courses
    • BUSE: BUSE 2640, BUSE 2680 
    • DANC: Courses below 2300
    • ECON: ECON 3010 
    • EXSC: Courses below 2300
    • GSW: 1100S
    • MATH: MATH 90, 90X, MATH 95, 95X, MATH 1210 
    • MGMT: MGMT 3050 
    • MKT: MKT 3000 
    • PEG: All courses
    • STAT: STAT 2000 
    • UNIV: All courses
    • TRHR: All courses

    NOTES:

    • The checksheet should be used in conjunction with the degree audit and advising to track progress toward degree completion.
    • The calculus requirement, all required business courses, and courses required for the specialization must be taken for a letter grade.

    ELECTIVE COURSES:

    • Electives are courses that count toward the BSBA degree from any University area to fill the elective requirement.
    • See above for a list of courses that do NOT count toward the BSBA.
    • ECON 2000 cannot be used to satisfy specialization or elective requirements.
    • BIZX 4000 must be completed at BGSU.

    Note:

    SEMESTER

    NOTE: You can do internship for the entire semester.
    You can swap the internship with a semester from the schedule above.
    Resume from where you left-off.

    Internships are highly encouraged as they do not only provide a way to bridge the classroom material to the practice, they lead to potential future employment with the company.
    Study abroad and a second specialization or minor are highly encouraged. For more on your Specialization stop by BA 334 or visit http://www.bgsu.edu/business/asor.html

    Notes: