Business Analytics Master’s Programs Comparison
Minnesota Carlson offers two STEM-designated master's programs in business analytics, each designed to meet different career goals and professional needs. Whether you're seeking to become a specialized data scientist or looking to enhance your current role with analytics capabilities, we have a program to help you succeed in today's data-driven economy.
Find Your Future in a Data-Driven World
No matter which program you choose, our business analytics graduate master's programs offer a comprehensive education in analytics from data visualization to big data and responsible AI that will help you achieve your career goals.
Common Curriculum Features
Both programs offer a comprehensive and cutting-edge curriculum. You'll start with courses in statistics, programming languages like Python and R, and data analysis tools and techniques. Building upon those, you'll advance to topics including predictive analytics, big data, and artificial intelligence. The goal of both is to equip you with technical analytics skills and the ability to apply them to a business setting.
MSBAi Curriculum Highlights
The MSBAi curriculum focuses on developing advanced technical expertise through courses in data analysis, statistical modeling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. You'll build the skills to solve complex business problems using data and AI-driven decision-making.
- Experiential learning embedded across all three semesters through the Carlson Analytics Lab
- Artificial intelligence integrated throughout the curriculum and introduced progressively as the program advances
Online Applied Business Analytics Curriculum Highlights
The MABA curriculum focuses on building foundational knowledge through classes such as Practical Statistics for Business Applications and Programming for Business Analytics that equip students who are practitioners with the skills they need to advance their analytics career.
- Experiential learning in one semester-long course delivered through the Carlson Analytics Lab
- Customize electives based on your career goals
Carlson Analytics Lab
Through the Carlson Analytics Lab, you'll apply the technical and soft skills you've been developing in the classroom to real-life projects with client companies. Through live case competitions and experiential learning projects, you'll have opportunities to use analytics, data science, AI, and more to address real business problems and to communicate analysis results and propose solutions to clients.
Program Learning Outcomes
Whichever business analytics program you complete, you'll emerge with a well-rounded foundation and the technical skills to solve business programs using analytics tools and techniques.
Master of Science in Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Learning Outcomes
After completing the MSBAi program, you'll be able to:
- Solve business programs with diverse analytics tools such as exploratory analytics, predictive analytics, causal inference, digital experimentation, and natural language processing
- Develop skills to succeed in a functional area such as analytics for marketing, or specialize in an analytics role such as a data engineer
- Address business problems and communicate your findings to business stakeholders
- Enhance your problem-solving and communication skills
Online Applied Business Analytics Learning Outcomes
After completing the MABA program, you'll gain the ability to:
- Conduct exploratory and predictive data analyses, causal inference analyses, and prescriptive data analyses
- Engage in data engineering for conventional and unconventional data
- Compose and design effective content and artifacts
- Develop effective communication strategies to deliver effective presentations to diverse stakeholders
- Collaborate to succeed when working in teams