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2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor of Science, Business Analytics (Program Description)


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Total Degree Credits: 120

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Business Analytics enable organizations to turn complex challenges into substantial opportunities by transforming data into information, and information into insights for making better decisions and improving results. 

The Business Analytics curriculum provides training in the skills needed to solve complex problems that occur in the management of big data analytics, marketing, finance, and innovation and technology.

The undergraduate program in Business Analytics offers an education that can be found only at Florida Poly: data analytics expertise with a business focus by offering a cutting-edge program especially designed to prepare students for top jobs in today’s technology and data intensive business world.

After completion of the B.S in Business Analytics, students will be able to:

  1. Apply current business analytics concepts, techniques, and practices to solve business problems.
  2. Analyze a given business problem using appropriate analytics techniques to generate insights and solutions.
  3. Communicate effectively insights, analysis, conclusions, and solutions to a diverse audience.

 

**Course offering frequency subject to change**

 

College Skills (1) & Co-Curricular


All majors are required to complete an approved internship/professional experience prior to graduation.

General Education (36)


Click here to view the complete list of General Education  offerings. The State of Florida requires a minimum of 36 credit hours of general education for the baccalaureate degree. The following are required for the B.S. in Science and Technology Management.

Arts and Humanities (6)


Students select 6 credits from the following:

Social Sciences (9)


Students in Business Analytics must take both ECO 2013 and ECO 2023 as well as 3 credits of history. If the student has met the civic literacy requirement, the student may take any history course.

Business Analytics Concentrations (12)


Students choose one concentration (12 credits) to supplement their program.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management


Logistics and Supply Chain Management is the coordination of all logistical functions in an enterprise including acquisition, handling, the internal allocation of resources, delivery, and output. Students develop knowledge of the business and technical aspects of managing large-scale delivery operations. The expert in Logistics/Supply Chain Management optimizes these complex networks to ensure efficiency and satisfaction.

Intelligent Mobility


Intelligent Mobility uses data and technology to connect people, places, and goods across all transportation modes. Growth in intelligent mobility will transform the way people travel, interact with their environment, and connect goods and services.

Health Systems Engineering


The Health Systems Engineering (HSE) concentration at Florida Poly prepares students for the dynamic and ever-changing field of healthcare. The concentration supplements traditional degree programs in Data Science and Business Analytics with application examples based on the challenging problems in the healthcare industry. The concentration is grounded in the fundamentals of systems engineering and analytics, and focuses on process improvement, health informatics, healthcaresystems modeling and healthcare decision making.

Quantitative Economics & Econometrics


Quantitative Economics and Econometrics focuses on quantitative analysis and rigorous modeling of economic phenomena. This includes analysis of individual and firm decisions when data is messy, incomplete, or otherwise imperfect, analysis of strategic situations, and analysis of market outcomes and trends. Training in Quantitative Economics and Econometrics hones critical reasoning skills and prepares students for analytical careers or for graduate or professional study.

Program Capstone Sequence (6)


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