Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) - Online

Master

Online

£ 36,625.40 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 45,570

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    20 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

The Suffolk MSBA program gives you insight into how data preparation is vital to implementing business analytics—the foundation for making analytics-driven decisions to solve business problems and create opportunities for a wide range of industries. Our curriculum is industry-designed, as we’ve done the research to ensure our courses are ahead of the curve.

Statistical Analytical Software (SAS), Excel, and Systems Applications Products (SAP) coursework helps prepare you for additional professional certifications. And the Suffolk MSBA program is STEM-designated, qualifying international students for an additional two years of OPT work in the United States.

In as few as 9 months (full-time) or 21 months (part-time), our MSBA graduates go on to pursue rewarding and successful careers managing data strategies for companies in the information technology, financial services, healthcare, and marketing fields.

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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Operations Management
  • Risk
  • Excel
  • Financial Accounting
  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Economics
  • Risk Management
  • Financial
  • Law
  • Healthcare
  • Systems
  • IT risk
  • Financial Training
  • MS Excel

Course programme

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

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-824 Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics
  • ACCT-825 Management Decisions and Control
  • 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-831 Portfolio Management
  • FIN-841 Financial Forecasting
  • FIN-882 Applied Risk Management
  • FIN-885 Enterprise Risk Management
  • 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
  • ISOM-840 Security and Privacy
  • ISOM-845 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
  • ISOM-851 Supply Chain Management: Design and Analysis
  • ISOM-861 Project Management
  • 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
  • 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-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-831 Portfolio Management
  • FIN-841 Financial Forecasting
  • FIN-882 Applied Risk Management
  • FIN-885 Enterprise Risk Management
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

Additional information

Cost Per Credit (2019-2020)

For Part-Time students  - $1,519

Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) - Online

£ 36,625.40 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in USD:

$ 45,570