ECON 406 - Business Analytics

Description:
Introduction to business analytics methods, approaches and tools. Students develop skills in: descriptive and predictive analytics methods; software tools for business analytics; forecasting; optimal analysis method selection.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: BUS 221 or MATH 311 or PSY 362 or SOC 363.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Employ business analytics techniques (descriptive, predictive and prescriptive) to analyze common business problems.
Calculate, describe and analyze relevant business metrics (ex. sales, costs, market conditions, etc.) using appropriate software.
Predict values of relevant business metrics (sales, costs, market conditions, etc.) using appropriate software.
Propose data driven prescriptions of business problems based on descriptive and predictive business analysis.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
3/16/17