Business analytics is the set of tools and techniques that makes it possible to translate big data into insight and information for efficient decision making. Professionals who are proficient in business analytics are in serious short supply and are very valuable to their employers.

The new undergraduate concentration in Business Analytics has been designed to provide the students with exactly these skills and make them competitive in this market. They will learn how to navigate the world of distributed storage and computing and learn how to use powerful statistical and mathematical techniques to arrive at implementable solutions to business problems.??The emphasis of this concentration is on giving you practical skills.?A capstone practicum will give the students an opportunity to apply the skills they have learned to a live business problem in a real company.