Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
BISK-0163
Organization's ID:
BAC001
Organization:
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
8 weeks (32 -- 48 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Business Analytics
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to explore issues encountered within the framework of business analytics, as well as, the role of the data scientist within business analytics.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Summarize the analytics landscape
  • Discuss the effects of analytics within a firm or industry
  • Evaluate tools for data storage and processing, analytical modeling, and statistical programming
  • Use Porter's Value Chain to identify analytic opportunities
  • Identify and define the challenges associated with quantifying social media value
  • Explain specific supply chain management procurement processes and possible analytics activities to address those processes
  • Address concerns related to data breaches, wireless networks, and cloud computing
  • Provide some examples of visual displays used to support significant amounts of data
  • Describe the role of visual data display as the primary mechanism to convey analytic findings
  • Define the four V's of data
  • Evaluate the strengths and challenges of ERP systems and relational databases at an enterprise level
  • Outline how different analytics tools can support customer acquisition, such as search engine marketing and social media optimization

General Topics:

  • The realities of the business analytics landscape
  • The four Vs of data
  • How analytics is transforming industries and companies
  • Analytical modeling tools
  • Porter's Five Forces and value chain from a business analytics perspective
  • Search engine optimization, web analytics, and social media analytics
  • Supply chain management in manufacturing and logistics
  • Enterprise analytics and securing data
  • Visualization techniques used in business analytics
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Discussion
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials