Business Analytics
Business Analytics is a cross-discipline specialization that incorporates descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics courses as well as application courses. In addition to the required Year 1 foundational functional areas of business courses, the specialization offers foundational courses in predictive and prescriptive courses in Year 2.
Most of the courses will make use of relevant analytics software to equip the students with the necessary analytics platforms. Many industry leaders have touted data analytics as the next frontier for innovation and productivity. The employment growth in data analytics is predicted to be the largest among all occupations in Canada. This specialization provides students with a wide variety of career options in the area of business analytics with three application tracks in finance, marketing and operations.
The Business Analytics specialization serves as a gateway to valuable professional designations such as INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) designation as well as the SAP Business Integration Certification program.
Note: Students must ensure that they meet the prerequisites for any 700-level course they wish to take.
Required Courses:
P700 | Business, Government and the Global Environment |
P720 | Strategic Management |
K723 | Data Mining and Business Intelligence |
O701 | Modelling and Analytics Using Spreadsheets |
O711 | Predictive Modelling and Analytics |
+ PLUS, two electives from:
Strongly Recommended: |
Other Electives: |
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E714 | Business and Economic Forecasting | D719* |
Independent Research Project in Business Analytics |
eHealth 746 | Healthcare Analytics | F715 | Portfolio Theory and Management |
F741 | Introduction to FinTech | F735 | Financial Modelling |
F743 | Big Data in Finance | K725 | Business Process Management |
K735 | Managing the Implementation of Enterprise Systems | O721 |
Inventory Management and Production Planning |
K740 | Business Applications of Data Analytics/AI | O734 | Supply Chain Management |
M731 | Marketing Research | O735 | Strategic Procurement |
M733 | Marketing Analytics | ||
M734 | Strategic Marketing Analysis | ||
O715 | Simulation for Business Analytics | ||
O712 | Data Analytics Using Python |