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Introduction to Analytics

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
Tu 5:30p.m. – 8:15p.m.
University Hall Y02-2110 3 $2065 (guest students)
Date
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
Time
Tu 5:30p.m. – 8:15p.m.
Location
University Hall Y02-2110
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2065 (guest students)

Description

This course introduces concepts in analytics and explores how analytics can help improve management effectiveness through better decision-making in several functional areas such as marketing, finance, and manufacturing. This course will explore applications of analytics, such as online analytical processing (OLAP), dashboards, management reporting, performance measurement, and data visualization, and how these are developed and applied. It will also investigate analytics in context of decision-making and closely related areas such as data warehousing, data marts, web analytics, real-time data, and mobile applications. Students will gain hands-on experience through assignments and projects using a comprehensive set of current tools.

Prerequisites

MSIS 110 or IT 110

Guest registration opens August 18

Course Details