Program: Business Analytics (M.S.) - University of South Dakota

Apr 07, 2025

2022-2023 Graduate Catalog

Program Overview

The M.S. Business Analytics program prepares students for the effective application of analytics to solve business problems. Our approach focuses on leveraging the combined power of mathematical statistics, computing technology and data analysis to construct business-data-based predictions. The program prepares you to: Positively impact the bottom line through data-driven decision making; Transform data into insights and solutions to solve business problems; Build computer applications; Analyze and display data; Gain an understanding of short-term and long-term forecasting methods Implement market performance analysis. The Beacom School of Business is the region’s leader in business education offering quality programs that are fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International since 1949. Learn more at usd.edu/BA.

DELIVERY: On Campus

Master of Science, Business Analytics: Total 30-33 credit hours

Required Core: Total 27-33 credit hours *

Required for students with non-business baccalaureates (choose one of the following)
ACCT 520 - Foundations of Accounting 3 cr
BADM 505 - Foundations of Finance 3 cr
Required for students with non-STEM baccalaureates (choose one of the following)
BADM 525 - Production Operations Management (C) 3 cr
BADM 580 - Foundations of Marketing and Organizational Behavior 3 cr
BADM 720 - Quantitative Analysis 3 cr
DSCI 505 - Business Analytics Fundamentals 3 cr
DSCI 507 - Business Analytics Modeling 3 cr
DSCI 519 - Advanced Business Analytics Modeling 3 cr
DSCI 723 - Data Management and Warehousing 3 cr
DSCI 724 - Data Mining for Managers 3 cr
DSCI 725 - Data Mining for Competitive Advantage 3 cr
DSCI 726 - Operational Analytics 3 cr
DSCI 784 - Project Capstone 3 cr

Note:

* The degree will have twenty-seven required core credit hours for business baccalaureates, twenty-seven required core credit hours for STEM baccalaureates, and thirty-three required core credit hours for those students with baccalaureates in neither STEM disciplines nor business disciplines only.

Electives/Nondepartmental Requirements: Total 0-3 credit hours

ACCT 541 - Forensic Auditing and Fraud Examination 3 cr
ACCT 781 - Managerial Accounting 3 cr
BADM 710 - Managerial Finance 3 cr
BADM 760 - Operations Management 3 cr
BADM 770 - Managerial Marketing 3 cr
DSCI 526 - Lean Management 3 cr
DSCI 527 - Supply Chain Management 3 cr
DSCI 541 - Project Management 3 cr
DSCI 727 - Quality and Six Sigma Management 3 cr
ECON 521 - Econometrics 3 cr
ECON 782 - Managerial Economics II 3 cr

Application Requirements

Completed application
$35 application fee
Official transcripts*
Letters of recommendation*
Admission test scores*
Statement of purpose
Resume/CV*

*Requirements for admission vary by program and may require different documentation and have different deadlines. For specific program requirements and submission deadline, visit: catalog.usd.edu.

State Authorization - It Matters Where You Live

If your learning placement course (internship, externship, clinical, rotation, practicum, independent study, study away, etc.) or your online course will be taken outside South Dakota, please reference USD’s State Authorization webpage.

State Authorization

Questions?

Beacom School of Business
605-677-5455 | business@usd.edu | usd.edu/business

Graduate Admissions
605-658-6140 | gradadmissions@usd.edu | usd.edu/grad