{"id":7496,"date":"2026-03-13T13:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/?page_id=7496"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:39:58","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/undergraduate-programs\/business-analytics-applied-ai-bs\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-business-analytics-and-applied-ai-b-s\">Business Analytics and Applied AI, B.S.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Menu\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" 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technical expertise and the business acumen necessary to transform data into actionable strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Requirements<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14 credits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7 business core courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 major core courses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 capstone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 electives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/academics\/assurance-of-learning\/\">Assurance of Learning<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-featured-courses\">Featured courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns 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This course serves as an introduction to database management systems, SQL as a database language, and database design concepts. We focus on process-driven\/structured data and a relational database and use SQL coding techniques to select the right data for further analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/intro-artifical-intelligence.avif\" alt=\"Futuristic graphic with lights signifying a neural network\" class=\"wp-image-7600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/intro-artifical-intelligence.avif 900w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/intro-artifical-intelligence-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/intro-artifical-intelligence-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\"><br>BAN 210<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-introduction-to-artificial-intelligence\">Introduction to Artificial Intelligence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This course introduces undergraduate students to the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on business and society. 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The primary activities of the course will be a series of lectures and a corresponding series of lab sessions, programming projects, and written assignments. The course will focus on applying machine learning to practical problems in Data Science.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Business Analytics and Applied AI major is a program that equips students with advanced skills in programming, statistics, data analysis, and applied artificial intelligence, in the context of real-world business decision-making. In doing so, students will acquire both the technical expertise and the business acumen necessary to transform data into actionable strategies. 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