Business Analytics 4-Year Plan

The 4-Year Plan is a model for completing your Business Analytics degree in a timely manner. The plan below is one of several possible ways for you to complete the Business Analytics degree. Your individualized plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements. Check your Financial Aid as it may require additional term credits for full-time funding. You must complete all university and program requirements successfully to complete this degree (GPA, 120 credits, LASC, WI, residency).

PDF version of the BS in Business Analytics Roadmap

  • Program: Bachelor of Science: Business Analytics
  • Total Credits: 120
  • Catalog: 2023-2024

First Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (1st Fall)
First-Year Experience Course FYE 101 First-Year Experience 1
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 5 PSY 113/SOC 110 General Psychology or Intro to Sociology 3
LASC Goal 1B ENGL 101 English Composition 3
LASC Goal 1A COMM 100 Speech Communication 3
LASC Goal 2     3
      3
Total Credits: 16
Spring (1st Spring)
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 4 MATH 234 Intro to Probability & Stats 3
Related Requirement: CSIS 104 Spreadsheet & Database Applications 3
LASC Goal 3     3
LASC Goal 6/WI     3
LASC Goal 7     3
Total Credits: 15

 

Second Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (2nd Fall)
Core Requirement: ACCT 230 Principles of Accounting I 3
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 4 MATH 227 or 229 Calculus 3
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 5 ECON 202 Microeconomics 3
LASC Goal 3     3
Writing Intensive: 200-level or higher     3
Total Credits: 15
Spring (2nd Spring)
Core Requirement: ACCT 231 Principles of Accounting II  
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 5 ECON 204 Macroeconomics  
LASC Goal 8      
LASC Goal 10/WI      
Emphasis Requirement: MATH 210 Concepts from Discrete Mathematics  
Total Credits: 15

 

Third Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (3rd Fall)
Core Requirement: ACCT 280 Legal Environment of Business 3
Core Requirement: MGMT 260 Principles of Management 3
Core Requirement: MKTG 270 Principles of Marketing 3
Core Requirement: FINC 340 Financial Management 3
Emphasis Requirement: CSIS 152 Intro to Computers and Programming 3
Total Credits: 15
Spring (3rd Spring)
Core Requirement: MGMT 371 Intro to Business Analytics 3
Emphasis Requirement: CSIS 304 Databases 3
Core Requirement: MGMT 380 Operations Management 3
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 6 and 9 PHIL 312 Business Ethics 3
Related Requirement: WI for major COMM 301 or ENGL 387 Business Comm or Tech Report Writing 3
Total Credits: 15

 

Fourth

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (4th Fall)
Emphasis Requirement: CSIS 446 Intelligent and Predictive Systems 3
Emphasis Requirement: MGMT 433 Predictive Analytics 3
Emphasis Requirement: MGMT 480 Prescriptive Analytics 3
Restricted Elective:     3
Restricted Elective:     3
Total Credits: 15
Spring (4th Spring)
Core Requirement: MGMT 498 Strategic Management 3
Emphasis Requirement: MGMT 492 Business Analytics Capstone 3
Restricted Elective:     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     3
General Elective/Minor Course:     2
Total Credits: 14