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Major Requirements

The Decision Analytics major offers two separate concentrations, a general concentration and a computing concentration and both of them are available fully online. Students in both concentrations complete the Professional Studies Core and the Decision Analytics Core. The rest of the requirements for the major can be found in the list of concentrations on the left menu.

Major Requirements (68 credit hours)

 40 credit hours must be completed in residence in the major, including FA 199 and LL 303.

Professional Studies Core (20 credits, 8 credits in residence)

Course Title Quarter Hours
CAREER ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING
FA 199CAREER ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING 12
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
DCM 330PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE
ETHICS OR SOCIAL JUSTICE, courses with the PSES requirement designation. Choose one of the following:
DCM 317ETHICS IN THE PROFESSIONS2
DCM 318SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE PROFESSIONS2
CREATIVITY OR INNOVATION, courses with the PSCI requirement designation. Choose one of the following:
CCA 170CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP2
DCM 319CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE THINKING2
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, courses with the PSGP requirement designation. Choose one of the following:
CCH 283GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES OF WORK & FAMILY4
CCH 300GLOBALIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE4
CAPSTONE PROJECT
LL 303CAPSTONE PROJECT 16
1

Must be completed in residence.

Decision Analytics Courses (24 credit hours)

Course Title Quarter Hours
MAT 130FUNCTIONS AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS
DA 200DATA ANALYTICS
DA 233APPLIED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
DSC 323DATA ANALYSIS AND REGRESSION4
IT 223DATA ANALYSIS4
IT 240INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES4

 Concentration Requirements (24 credit hours)

Students must also complete the requirements from either the General or Computing concentrations.

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