Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA)

Suffolk University

Master

In massachusetts (USA)

£ 36,426.65 VAT inc.

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Original amount in USD:

$ 45,570

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Massachusetts (USA)

  • Duration

    9 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Business analytics careers are booming across the fields of IT, financial services, healthcare, and biotech. If you’re an engineer, computer programmer, or other high-tech professional, or if you’re looking to balance out your business or financial experience with increased technical analytics skills, you can advance your career with the Suffolk Master’s of Science in Business Analytics program.

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About this course

While earning your MSBA at Suffolk, you'll:

Learn from industry experts who are each a mix of practitioners and accomplished scholars
Study how to apply analytical functions to the fields of marketing, operations, accounting, finance, and healthcare
Learn how to store and manage data, and how data preparation is vital to implementing business analytics
Become a leader with the communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to bridge the gap between data scientists and less-technical business professionals
Have access to an extensive professional network of alumni and local industry leaders during, and after, your time at Suffolk

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Subjects

  • Operations Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk
  • Financial Accounting
  • Fixed Income
  • Securities
  • Risk Management
  • Economics
  • Innovation
  • Marketing
  • Simulation
  • Global
  • IT risk
  • Systems
  • Healthcare
  • Law
  • Financial
  • Finance
  • Financial Training
  • Enterprise Risk Management

Course programme

The MSBA program features a 1-credit course, six (6) core courses, three (3) electives, and a capstone course.

Students must take courses on campus unless permission to take courses online is granted by the Academic Program Director.C

Required Course (1 credit)
  • SBS-700 You As a Leader: Self-Awareness, Feedback, and Decision-Making
Business Analytics Core Courses (18 credits)

SBS 604 may be waived with an ISOM course substitution
  • SBS-604 Data Analytics
  • ISOM-801 Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel
  • ISOM-821 Data Management and Modeling
  • ISOM-825 Enterprise Data Management
  • ISOM-827 Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence
  • ISOM-835 Predictive Analytics
Capstone Course (3 credits)

Should be taken as late in the program as possible.
  • ISOM-837 Data Mining and Business Insights
Required Electives and Concentration Descriptions (9 credits)

Students must complete three (3) courses, nine (9) credits of electives, 800-level or higher (exception 600- and 700-level MBA courses and 700-level HLTH courses), within the Sawyer Business School and from the approved MSBA electives lists.

If a concentration is declared, three electives must be in one concentration area. The schedule of when courses within a concentration are offered vary by semester. Concentrations include: accounting, finance, fintech, healthcare management or marketing.

Students who declare a concentration must submit an SBS Graduate Program Concentration Request Form. Students are encouraged to meet with their advisor before they declare a concentration.

The concentration appears on the transcript, not the diploma.

Approved MSBA Electives
  • ACCT-800 Graduate Financial Accounting I
  • ACCT-801 Graduate Financial Accounting II
  • ACCT-802 Graduate Financial Accounting III
  • ACCT-804 Cost and Managerial Accounting
  • ACCT-805 Auditing and Assurance Services
  • ACCT-806 Fraud Examination
  • ACCT-807 Forensic & Investigative Accounting
  • ACCT-824 Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics
  • ACCT-825 Management Decisions and Control
  • ACCT-865 Accounting Information Systems
  • ACCT-871 Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting
  • FIN-800 Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
  • FIN-801 Money & Capital Markets
  • FIN-810 Investment Analysis
  • FIN-812 Capital Budgeting
  • FIN-814 Options and Futures
  • FIN-816 Risk Management in Banking and Finance
  • FIN-818 Financial Econometrics
  • FIN-820 Financial Policy
  • FIN-825 International Finance
  • FIN-830 Introduction to FinTech
  • FIN-831 Portfolio Management
  • FIN-841 Financial Forecasting
  • FIN-881 Real Estate Finance
  • FIN-882 Applied Risk Management
  • FIN-884 Fixed Income Securities
  • FIN-885 Enterprise Risk Management
  • FIN-887 Fundamental Equity Analysis
  • FIN-890 Risk Assessment and Simulation
  • HLTH-705 Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S
  • HLTH-720 Health Systems II: Economics, Law and Policy
  • HLTH-730 Healthcare Operations Management and Performance Improvement
  • HLTH-805 Big Data & Analytics for Health and Healthcare
  • HLTH-807 Innovation: The Future of Healthcare
  • HLTH-810 Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience
  • HLTH-840 Innovative and Strategic Management in Healthcare
  • HLTHIB-870 Global Travel Seminar: Comparative Analysis of the Healthcare Systems in England and United States
  • ISOM-730 Python for Business Analytics
  • ISOM-840 Security and Privacy
  • ISOM-845 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
  • ISOM-851 Supply Chain Management: Design and Analysis
  • ISOM-861 Project Management
  • ISOM-910 Directed Individual Study
  • ISOM-920 ISOM Internship
  • MBA-635 Operations Management: Design and Analysis
  • MBA-640 Corporate Financial Reporting and Control
  • MBA-650 Value Based Financial Management
  • MBA-660 Marketing: the Challenge of Managing Value
  • MBA-721 Collaborate
  • MBA-730 Innovate: Entrepreneurial Thinking, IT, And Business Law
  • MBA-740 Immerse- Travel Seminar
  • MBA-760 World Class Strategies
  • MGT-860 Leading Teams
  • MKT-810 Marketing Research for Managers
  • MKT-814 Strategic Marketing
  • MKT-818 Global Product Innovation: From Concept to Commercialization
  • MKT-820 Sales Management
  • MKT-845 Advanced Digital Analytics
  • MKT-846 Marketing in the Age of Exponential Technology
  • MKT-855 Digital Marketing Challenges
  • MKT-860 Qualitative Methods and Customer Insights
  • MKT-870 Advanced Marketing Analytics
  • SBS-603 Managerial Economics
  • TAX-801 Federal Taxation I
Accounting Concentration (9 credits)

Required Course:
  • MBA-640 Corporate Financial Reporting and Control
Select two of the following (if MBA 640 is waived, must select three):
  • ACCT-800 Graduate Financial Accounting I
  • ACCT-801 Graduate Financial Accounting II
  • ACCT-802 Graduate Financial Accounting III
  • ACCT-804 Cost and Managerial Accounting
  • ACCT-805 Auditing and Assurance Services
  • ACCT-806 Fraud Examination
  • ACCT-807 Forensic & Investigative Accounting
  • ACCT-824 Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics
  • ACCT-825 Management Decisions and Control
  • ACCT-865 Accounting Information Systems
  • ACCT-871 Not-For-Profit and Governmental Accounting
  • TAX-801 Federal Taxation I
Finance Concentration (9 credits)

Required Course:
  • MBA-650 Value Based Financial Management
Select two of the following electives (if MBA 650 is waived, must select three):
  • FIN-800 Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
  • FIN-801 Money & Capital Markets
  • FIN-810 Investment Analysis
  • FIN-812 Capital Budgeting
  • FIN-814 Options and Futures
  • FIN-816 Risk Management in Banking and Finance
  • FIN-818 Financial Econometrics
  • FIN-820 Financial Policy
  • FIN-825 International Finance
  • FIN-831 Portfolio Management
  • FIN-841 Financial Forecasting
  • FIN-881 Real Estate Finance
  • FIN-882 Applied Risk Management
  • FIN-884 Fixed Income Securities
  • FIN-885 Enterprise Risk Management
  • FIN-887 Fundamental Equity Analysis
  • FIN-890 Risk Assessment and Simulation
FinTech Concentration

Required Courses (2 courses, 6 credits)
  • ISOM-730 Python for Business Analytics
  • FIN-830 Introduction to FinTech
Finance Elective Course (3 credits)

Take one from the following list of electives:
  • FIN-882 Applied Risk Management
  • FIN-884 Fixed Income Securities
  • FIN-885 Enterprise Risk Management
  • FIN-887 Fundamental Equity Analysis
  • FIN-890 Risk Assessment and Simulation
Healthcare Management Concentration (9 credits)

Required Courses:
  • HLTH-705 Health Systems I: Healthcare in the U.S
  • HLTH-805 Big Data & Analytics for Health and Healthcare
Select one of the following electives:
  • HLTH-720 Health Systems II: Economics, Law and Policy
  • HLTH-730 Healthcare Operations Management and Performance Improvement
  • HLTH-807 Innovation: The Future of Healthcare
  • HLTH-810 Quality, Patient Safety and Patient Experience
  • HLTH-840 Innovative and Strategic Management in Healthcare
Marketing Concentration (9 credits)

Required Course:
  • MBA-660 Marketing: the Challenge of Managing Value
Select two of the following electives (if MBA 660 is waived, must select three):
  • MKT-810 Marketing Research for Managers
  • MKT-814 Strategic Marketing
  • MKT-818 Global Product Innovation: From Concept to Commercialization
  • MKT-820 Sales Management
  • MKT-845 Advanced Digital Analytics
  • MKT-846 Marketing in the Age of Exponential Technology
  • MKT-855 Digital Marketing Challenges
  • MKT-860 Qualitative Methods and Customer Insights
  • MKT-870 Advanced Marketing Analytics

Additional information

Cost Per Credit (2019-2020)

For Part-Time students - $1,519

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Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA)

£ 36,426.65 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 45,570

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