The Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics helps to develop management professionals who are skilled in big data analysis and decision-making. It provides management professionals with advanced skills and techniques to address both specific and industry-wide business problems.

Admission requirements

For admission requirements, please visit the admissions website. Please note that current graduate students at NC State may not dual enroll into this certificate (exception – Jenkins MBA, MMA and MRA students).

Plan Requirements

Pre-Requisites 

Students should have taken MBA 506 Data Driven Managerial Decisions 1(1 hr) and MBA 507 Data Driven Managerial Decisions 2 (1 hr) in order to successfully complete this certificate.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Required Courses		6
MBA 551	Predictive Analytics for Business and Big Data
MBA 552	Data Engineering, Management and Warehousing
Required Practicum Course		3
Students need to take either OPTION A or one of the courses from OPTION B that are picked in conjunction with the academic advisor.
Option A
MBA 559	Business Analytics Practicum
Option B
Select one of the courses listed below in conjunction with the academic advisor
MBA 519	Enterprise Risk Management Practicum
MBA 524	Equity Valuation
MBA 549	Supply Chain Management Practicum
MBA 589	Jenkins Consulting Practicum
Elective Courses		3
Select one of the following courses:
ECG 561	Applied Econometrics I
ECG 562	Applied Econometrics II
MBA 545	Decision Making under Uncertainty
MBA 548	Analytical Supply Chain Management
MBA 565	Marketing Analytics
MBA 566	Digital Marketing
MBA 590	Special Topics In Business Management (Innovation and the loT Marketplace)
Total Hours		12

1	Students can select one of the following practicum course options, provided the project they complete in the course has an analytic focus.  Students will need approval from the certificate director before enrolling in one of these courses for analytic certificate credit.

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