Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurial Analytics

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In the Entrepreneurial Analytics Program, you’ll build rigorous analytical skills with a strong foundation in entrepreneurship, new venture creation, and value proposition design. You’ll learn how to analyze data in a variety of forms. You’ll gain experience interpreting findings to help guide decision-making and organizational development. Some of the analytical skills you’ll develop include:

  • programming
  • information systems
  • applied statistics
  • data analysis
  • qualitative data analysis
  • data visualization

Our goal is to prepare you to apply analytical skills, lead new product or service launch initiatives, or work in entrepreneurial companies that are either in the capital raising or in early growth phases of their life-cycles. The career field is growing and we want to help you qualify for new positions available!

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Curriculum & Requirements

Curriculum & Requirements

Entrepreneurial Analytics Major, Bachelor of Science (BS)

Graduates with this degree will combine rigorous analytical skills with a strong foundation in entrepreneurship, new venture creation, and value proposition design. Graduates will be able to analyze data in a variety of forms. They will be skilled at interpreting findings to help guide decision-making and organizational development. Analytical skills developed include programming, information systems, applied statistics, data analysis, qualitative data analysis, and data visualization.

The program goal of the BS in Entrepreneurial Analytics will prepare graduates to apply their analytical skills in order to lead new product or service launch initiatives or to work in entrepreneurial companies that are either in the capital raising or early growth phases of their life-cycles. These companies disproportionately account for new job growth.

Program prerequisites to be completed before declaring into this major: ENGL 201 or equivalent English proficiency, MATH 142 or MATH 161/HONS 161 or equivalent math proficiency, CSCD 210 or CSCD 211 and MISC 311.

Required Decision Science Courses
DSCI 245BUSINESS STATISTICS 14
DSCI 346BUSINESS STATISTICS 24
DSCI 352MIXED RESEARCH METHODS, SECURITY AND ETHICS FOR ANALYTICS4
DSCI 353DATA MANAGEMENT, CLEANING AND IMPUTATION4
DSCI 445OPTIMIZATION VIA MANAGEMENT SCIENCE4
DSCI 450DATA VISUALIZATION4
Required Entrepreneurship Courses
ENTP 388THE ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE4
ENTP 411FINDING AND EVALUATING OPPORTUNITIES4
ENTP 412BUSINESS MODEL DESIGN4
Required Management Information Systems Courses
MISC 373BUSINESS DATABASE APPLICATIONS4
MISC 374SPREADSHEET MODELING FOR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS4
MISC 485ADVANCED DATABASE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT4
Electives–choose at least three from the following, or see your department advisor for other approved options12
DATA STRUCTURES
ALGORITHMS
RANDOMIZED ALGORITHMS AND PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS
LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
PUBLIC RELATIONS IN BUSINESS AND FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
BUSINESS FORECASTING
DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
BUSINESS SIMULATION
MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS
SEMINAR (variable credit course)
SEMINAR
BUSINESS STARTUP RESEARCH
BUSINESS FEASIBILITY: PLAN AND PITCH
ENTREPRENEURIAL AND SMALL BUSINESS FINANCE
BUSINESS APPLICATIONS PROGRAM DESIGN
DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS
INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT
DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Required Capstone
DSCI 490ANALYTICS SENIOR CAPSTONE4
Total Credits64

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Enrollment Data

Undergraduate Business Students

830

BAB/BS Degrees Awarded in 2019-20

463

Students in the MBA Program

418

MBA Degrees Awarded in 2019-20

48

Full-Time Faculty Members

32