MIS 560 - Applied Business Analytics

Description:
Application of business intelligence tools and techniques in an enterprise system enviroument to retrieve and analyze data and implement business decisions. Employs leading industry based enterprise management system, business intelligence tools and simulations. MIS 460 and MIS 560 are layered courses, student may not receive credit for both. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree with a minimum 2.75 cumulative collegiate undergraduate grade point average and MIS 520 or department chair approval.

Credits:
(5)

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

Discuss the role of data in supporting management decision making
Apply the fundamentals of data mining technologies to common business decisions.
Prepare a data mining application using industry-based enterprise management system.
Distinguish among the various data warehousing models.
Create a series of data analyses to address specific business decisions related to management, marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, accounting and human resources.
Create a series of performance dashboards and employ the dashboards to evaluate performance, assess options and apply changes to improve performance in a simulated environment.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
5/17/18

Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations: