The MS in Business Analytics program is a 30-credit hour program designed to be completed in 12 months. The curriculum is structured around a common set of core courses focused on the fundamental business analytics skills (e.g., descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics) and a set of elective courses designed to deepen these business analytics skills within a specific business domain. 

Admissions

All students registering for Costello College of Business graduate courses must have graduate standing. Non-degree student status is not available.

Full eligibility and admission requirements can be viewed on the Costello College of Business website

 

Policies

For policies governing all graduate degrees, see AP.6 Graduate Policies.

Graduate level courses offered by the Costello College of Business cannot be audited.  

 

Banner Code: BC-MS-BUSA

Degree Requirements

Total credits: 30

Required Courses

Program Orientation
MSBA 601Statistics and Software for Business Analytics 10
Core Courses
MSBA 610Essentials for Business Analytics: From Data Ethics to Data Driven Decision-making3
MSBA 615Database Management for Business Analytics3
MSBA 618 Programming for Business Analytics3
MSBA 625Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization3
MSBA 757Prescriptive Analytics3
MSBA 738 Data Mining for Business Analytics3
Capstone
MSBA 795Business Analytics Applied Capstone3
Total Credits21
1

Required self-paced course that must be completed before the start of classes. 

Electives

Select 9 credits from the following:9
Advanced Accounting Analytics II
Audit Analytics
Tax Analytics
Marketing Analytics
Marketing Analytics
Marketing Research
Marketing Research
Advanced Data Mining for Business Analytics
Advanced Data Mining for Business Analytics
People Analytics
People Analytics
Customer Analytics
Supply Chain Analytics
Pricing Analytics
Retailing Analytics
Practicum in Business Analytics
Special Topics in Business Analytics
Business Forecasting
Other courses in analytics offered outside of the Costello College of Business may be taken with approval.
Total Credits9

Bachelor's Degree (any)/Business Analytics, Accelerated MS

Overview

This BAM Pathway will provide the opportunity for Mason undergraduates to further their education by offering a specialized accelerated program that helps them develop the fundamental knowledge (e.g. descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics) to deepen business analytics skills within a specific business domain.

Undergraduates may be admitted to the bachelor's/accelerated master's program (BAM) and obtain both a BA or BS in any degree area and a MS in Business Analytics in an accelerated time-frame after satisfactory completion of a minimum of 138 credits. 

See AP.6.7 Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Degree for policies related to this program. 

Students in an accelerated degree program must fulfill all university requirements for the master’s degree. For policies governing all graduate degrees, see AP.6 Graduate Policies

BAM-MS Business Analytics Pathway Admission Requirements

Applicants in all graduate programs at George Mason University must meet the admission standards and application requirements for graduate study as specified in Graduate Admissions Policies and Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Degree policies.  For information specific to this accelerated master's program, see the Costello College of Business website

Students will be considered for admission into the BAM pathway after completion of a minimum of 60 credits and additional unit-specific criteria. 

Students who are accepted into the BAM pathway will be allowed to register for graduate-level courses after successful completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credits, MSBA 601 (0 credit hour primer course), and course specific pre-requisites. 

Accelerated Master's Admission Requirements

Students already admitted in the BAM pathway will be admitted to the MS in Business Analytics program if they have met the unit-specific criteria, found here and as verified on the Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Transition form. 

BAM MS in Business Analytics Pathway Requirements

Students who are accepted into the MSBA BAM pathway will be allowed to register for graduate level courses after successful completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credits and MSBA 601 (0 credit hour primer course).

To maintain the integrity and quality of both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs, undergraduate students interested in taking graduate courses choose from the following:

Advanced Standing courses (up to 12 credits; grade of B- or better required):
MSBA 610Essentials for Business Analytics: From Data Ethics to Data Driven Decision-making3
MSBA 615Database Management for Business Analytics3
MSBA 618 Programming for Business Analytics3
MSBA 625Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization3

These advanced standing courses can count as Reserve Credit courses (up to 6 credits) instead.

 For more detailed information on coursework and timeline requirements, see AP.6.7 Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Degree policies.

Accounting, MS and Business Analytics, MS Dual Degree

Admissions

All students registering for Costello College of Business graduate courses must have graduate standing. Non-degree student status is not available. 

Full eligibility and admission requirements can be viewed on the Costello College of Business website.

Policies

For policies governing all graduate degrees, see AP.6 Graduate Policies.

Graduate level courses offered by the Costello College of Business cannot be audited.

Requirements

Total credits: 48

Accounting Courses

ACCT 633Advanced Issues in Financial Reporting3
ACCT 636Fraud Examination3
ACCT 651Advanced Issues in Taxation3
ACCT 661Advanced Accounting Analytics I3
ACCT 673Advanced Accounting Information Systems3
ACCT 795Global Accounting Environment3

Business Analytics Courses

MSBA 618 Programming for Business Analytics3
MSBA 625Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization3
MSBA 738 Data Mining for Business Analytics3
MSBA 757Prescriptive Analytics3
MSBA 795Business Analytics Applied Capstone3
MSBA Elective 3 Credits3

Shared Courses

MSBA 610Essentials for Business Analytics: From Data Ethics to Data Driven Decision-making 13
MSBA 615Database Management for Business Analytics 13
ACCT 665Advanced Accounting Analytics II 23
ACCT 771Audit Analytics 23
1

Counts as a general elective for the Accounting, MS.

2

Counts as a restricted elective for the Business Analytics, MS.