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Master’s in Business Analytics

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Ride the tidal wave of big data—and accelerate your career advancement—by mastering the most in-demand field in business.

Employers across all industries are clamoring for professionals with the theoretical and practical knowledge to turn data into tangible business value, formulate insights, and develop strategies for managers and executives. At Clark University, our M.S. in Business Analytics program will give you a thorough grounding in the three key areas of data analytics—descriptive (what happened), diagnostic (why it happened), and prescriptive (how to make it happen). You’ll also learn the communication skills necessary to share actionable knowledge with colleagues across disciplines and at every level of an organization.

International Students

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees are in tremendous demand across most major industries in the United States. If you graduate with a STEM-designated degree, such as the Master of Science in Business Analytics, you may be eligible to remain in this country for up to 36 months on Optional Practical Training (OPT).

Why a Master’s in Business Analytics at Clark University

Earn your graduate degree in business analytics from a globally ranked and accredited university—Clark University has been named a Princeton Review “Best Business School,” achieved repeated recognition from U.S. News & World Report, and is among the elite 5% of business schools to receive AACSB accreditation.
Develop the cross-sector skill set you need to help organizations tap into emerging markets.
Join a close-knit learning community representing 90+ countries and 150 nonprofit and business partners around the world.
Work in a highly collaborative learning environment with talented peers and scholar-practitioner faculty who share with you their deep leadership experience.
Pursue your business analytics degree on your terms with options for part-time, full-time, online, on campus, and accelerated study.

Leveraging Data: Graduate School is a Game-Changer for Marcus Anum

International student Marcus Anum takes the leap into graduate school, putting his career on hold to continue his education. Marcus plans to take the skills gained at Clark University and apply them back home in Ghana to make a positive impact.

Data analytics changes the way you think. It changes the way you see everything. You do not just make decisions. Everything is based on something.
—Marcus Anum

The Essentials

Program Overview

Your coursework is organized into four primary areas of focus: analytics methodologies, data handling and processing, applications, and computation. You will establish foundational skills in each area, building on this groundwork each semester. You’ll use critical thinking skills to gather, evaluate, and interpret information, and enhance your leadership and management skills as you learn how to collaborate with diverse stakeholders within organizations.

An understanding of database and data warehouse design principles
Foundational skills in industry-standard data analytics technologies and software
The ability to interpret and synthesize data to make practical recommendations
Effective communication and presentation skills

Big Data Statistics
Programming with Python
Big Data Computing
Business Intelligence

As you progress through the program, you will be working with a variety of databases, programs and software. The computers in the on-campus computer labs that SOM students use are equipped to handle the high level of needs that the students in our MSBA program will have. However, to allow for more flexibility for you to do your work and assignments outside of the computer labs, we strongly recommend that you purchase the following computer to run Windows: HP Inc. – HP EliteBook 840 G6 7KK36UT#ABA; Core i7 8665U / 1.9 GHz – Win 10 Pro 64-bit – 32 GB RAM – 512 GB SSD (32 GB SSD cache) SED, TCG Opal Encryption 2, NVMe, TLC – 14″ IPS touchscreen 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) – UHD Graphics 620 – NFC, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi – kbd: QWERTY US. <> 32 GB of RAM <> 512 GB hard drive.

It can be purchased from Whalley Computer at:
https://usm.channelonline.com/wca/clarkuniversity/Products/overview/M020348792 for $1,989.

Here is a web page from HP which has more information about the laptop:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/laptops/product-details/product-specifications/29322815

Students must complete the MSBA pre-requisites prior to beginning their first semester in the program. Courses must be taken at an accredited college or university, and the courses must be for-credit. The student must earn a letter grade of B or better to satisfy the pre-requisites. Course: Undergraduate Probability and its Applications Course: Undergraduate Pythons or SQL Server Programming, Course: Any programming course, or completion of the online certificate below. The pre-requisites can also be satisfied by completing an online certificate in the following platforms. Students need to show proof of course completion and the certificate received upon finishing.

Requirements

11 course units

10 core courses
1 Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR) course or internship

Coursework includes online, hybrid, and in-person classes.

Course Catalog

SOM makes experiential learning a priority. In addition to gaining hands-on experience in many courses, you must complete either an internship at an external organization or a dedicated experiential learning course, in which you will work on projects that affect real change in an organization, the community, or region.

The School of Management is fortunate to be part of a small, liberal arts-based research university located in an urban environment. Your fellow MSBA students will typically be a mix of professionals with work experience, recent college graduates, and international students. This close-knit community provides a wide variety of perspectives on current global business challenges and opportunities.

Attend guest speaker series and panel discussions that bring executives from corporations around the world to the Clark campus.
Participate in networking events specifically created for business analytics students.
Take part in group projects benefitting our urban community.
Participate in the SAS Global Forum Competition and SOM’s Annual Analytics Poster Competition.
Join School of Management student clubs and organizations, including the Clark Business Analytics Association.

GSOM-Skills-You-Learn

Faculty research in the School of Management tackles issues that impact not only business, but also society at large, engaging locally with topics that have a global reach. Faculty members bring their findings to bear on the classroom experience, giving students the opportunity to work with real datasets from their findings.

Students, too, may engage in research with faculty, with peers, or individually. A select number of SOM students participate in the prestigious national SAS Global Forum Competition and locally in SOM’s Annual Analytics Poster Competition.

Using machine learning to help detect multiple heart conditions
Examining Steam game data by genre
Predicting credit card default
Using latent Dirichlet allocation to recommend videos
Conducting sequence analysis of viral events

shibbir_khan-msba-student-clark-university-2018- — Clark graduate uses analytics to predict how long immigrants will stay in the United States.
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Clark’s MSBA program gives you a grounded approach in the fundamentals of business analytics, taking you from the basics of descriptive analytics (what happened) and diagnostic analytics (why it happened), to predictive analytics (what will happen) and prescriptive analytics (how we can make it happen). Through data, you can communicate effectively and productively with colleagues across disciplines and at every level of an organization, offering a range of opportunities to advance your career.

Career Outcomes

Senior Director of Digital Analytics
Health Care Data Analytics
Senior Manager of Inventory Analytics
Pricing Analyst
Marketing Analyst
Data Solutions Associate
Business and Data Analyst

Relevant. Challenging. Transformative.

Faculty Research Areas

Hamid Ahady Dolatsara

Assistant Professor Sub

Data-driven ideas that have a positive impact on society.

Dr. Ahady Dolatsara is a data scientist with research interests in health care analytics, finance, and transportation.

Jing Zhang

Professor

Systems of knowledge in the world of big data

Professor Zhang dedicates her research to examining management information systems, including interorganizational knowledge sharing and networking.

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Master’s in Business Analytics

International Students

Why a Master’s in Business Analytics at Clark University

Leveraging Data: Graduate School is a Game-Changer for Marcus Anum

Program Overview

Skills for Success

Sample Courses

Technology Required

Program Pre-requisites

Opportunities Abound

Sample Student Research Topics

Faculty Research Areas

Data-driven ideas that have a positive impact on society.

Systems of knowledge in the world of big data