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Program checklist · Master of Science

Master of Science in Business Analytics, MSBA

Suffolk University · Boston, MA

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Program
Award
Master of Science
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
CIP
30.7104
Credits (computed from items)
101-107
Catalog edition
2025-2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
168005
CourseShelf checklist
CK_168005_a0469048
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

MSBA Curriculum

11 items
  1. Business Analytics Learning Goals and Objectives
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Course Substitution Policy
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Transfer Policy
    Not resolved to a course
  4. STEM Designation
    Not resolved to a course
  5. 11 Courses
    Not resolved to a course
  6. 31 Credits
    Not resolved to a course
    31
  7. Program Length:
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Full-time in as few as 9 months
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Part-time in as few as 21 months
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Required Course (1 credit)
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  11. Preparing for Your Professional Future
    Not resolved to a course

Business Analytics Core Courses (18 credits)

8 items
  1. Data Analytics with Python
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Solving Business Problems Using Advanced Excel
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Data Management and Modeling
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Enterprise Data Management
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Capstone Course (3 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  8. Data Mining to Business Insights
    Not resolved to a course

Electives:

47 items
  1. Graduate Financial Accounting I
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Fraud Examination
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Forensic and Investigative Accounting
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Accounting Information Systems
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Investment Analysis
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Risk Management in Banking and Finance
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Financial Econometrics
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Introduction to FinTech
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Financial Forecasting
    Not resolved to a course
  11. Applied Risk Management
    Not resolved to a course
  12. Data Analytics and Credit Risk
    Not resolved to a course
  13. The Healthcare System
    Not resolved to a course
  14. Lean Six Sigma
    Not resolved to a course
  15. Healthcare Operations Management
    Not resolved to a course
  16. Healthcare Supply Chain and Value Analysis
    Not resolved to a course
  17. Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
    Not resolved to a course
  18. Healthcare Delivery and Clinical Innovation: Shaping the Future of Care
    Not resolved to a course
  19. Evidence-Based Management
    Not resolved to a course
  20. Leading Yourself and Others
    Not resolved to a course
  21. Advanced Data Management Leveraging ETL Tools
    Not resolved to a course
  22. Prescriptive Analytics: Modeling and Optimization
    Not resolved to a course
  23. Security and Privacy
    Not resolved to a course
  24. Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling
    Not resolved to a course
  25. Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Operations, and Analytics
    Not resolved to a course
  26. Project Management: Gaining Competitive Advantage
    Not resolved to a course
  27. Special Topics in Information Systems
    Not resolved to a course
  28. Directed Individual Study
    Not resolved to a course
  29. Financial Management for Business Decisions
    Not resolved to a course
  30. Innovative Thinking
    Not resolved to a course
  31. Immerse- Travel Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
  32. Master of Business Administration Student Business Clinic
    Not resolved to a course
  33. Marketing Research for Managers
    Not resolved to a course
  34. Marketing Foundations and Strategy
    Not resolved to a course
  35. Global Product Innovation
    Not resolved to a course
  36. Advanced Digital Analytics
    Not resolved to a course
  37. Qualitative Methods and Customer Insights
    Not resolved to a course
  38. Machine Learning for Marketing With Python
    Not resolved to a course
  39. Advanced Marketing Analytics With R
    Not resolved to a course
  40. Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Strategy and Practice
    Not resolved to a course
  41. Foundations of Public Service and Administration
    Not resolved to a course
  42. Information Based Management
    Not resolved to a course
  43. Managing Financial Resources
    Not resolved to a course
  44. Introduction to Performance Improvement Strategies
    Not resolved to a course
  45. Performance Measure Capacities
    Not resolved to a course
  46. Relating Performance to Stakeholders
    Not resolved to a course
  47. Federal Taxation of Income
    Not resolved to a course

Accounting Analytics Concentration (9 credits)

9 items
  1. Required Course: (3 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. Graduate Financial Accounting I
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Elective Courses
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Select two of the following electives: (2 courses, 6 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  5. Fraud Examination
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Forensic and Investigative Accounting
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Big Data and Financial Statement Analytics
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Accounting Information Systems
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Federal Taxation of Income
    Not resolved to a course

Data Science Concentration (9 credits)

6 items
  1. Required Courses: (9 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  2. Select three of the following: (3 courses, 9 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  3. Advanced Data Management Leveraging ETL Tools
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Prescriptive Analytics: Modeling and Optimization
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Special Topics in Information Systems
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Financial Forecasting
    Not resolved to a course

Finance Analytics Concentration (9 credits)

11 items
  1. Required Courses: (3 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. Financial Management for Business Decisions
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Elective Courses
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Select two of the following electives (if MBA-615 and MBA-651 are waived, must select three): (2-3 courses, 6-9 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    6-9
  5. Investment Analysis
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Risk Management in Banking and Finance
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Financial Econometrics
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Introduction to FinTech
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Financial Forecasting
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Applied Risk Management
    Not resolved to a course
  11. Data Analytics and Credit Risk
    Not resolved to a course

FinTech Concentration (9 credits)

9 items
  1. Required Courses: (3 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. Introduction to FinTech
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Elective Courses
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Take two from the following list of electives: (2 courses, 6 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  5. Risk Management in Banking and Finance
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Financial Forecasting
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Data Analytics and Credit Risk
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Security and Privacy
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, and Storytelling
    Not resolved to a course

Healthcare Management Concentration (9 credits)

8 items
  1. Required Course: (3 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. The Healthcare System
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Elective Courses
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Lean Six Sigma
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Healthcare Operations Management
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Evidence-Based Management
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Leading Yourself and Others
    Not resolved to a course

Marketing Analytics Concentration (9 credits)

10 items
  1. Required Course: (3 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. Marketing Foundations and Strategy
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Elective Courses
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Select two of the following electives (if MKT-815 is waived, must select three): (2-3 courses, 6-9 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    6-9
  5. Marketing Research for Managers
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Global Product Innovation
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Advanced Digital Analytics
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Qualitative Methods and Customer Insights
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Machine Learning for Marketing With Python
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Advanced Marketing Analytics With R
    Not resolved to a course

Public & Nonprofit Management Concentration (9 credits)

48 items
  1. Required Course: (3 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. Foundations of Public Service and Administration
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Elective Courses
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Select two of the following electives: (2 courses, 6 credits)
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  5. Information Based Management
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Managing Financial Resources
    Not resolved to a course
  7. Introduction to Performance Improvement Strategies
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Performance Measure Capacities
    Not resolved to a course
  9. Relating Performance to Stakeholders
    Not resolved to a course
  10. Business Analytics Learning Goals and Objectives
    Not resolved to a course
  11. Learning Goals
    Not resolved to a course
  12. Learning Objectives
    Not resolved to a course
  13. 1. Identify the problem and related issues
    Not resolved to a course
  14. 2. Identify key assumptions
    Not resolved to a course
  15. 3. Generate salient alternatives
    Not resolved to a course
  16. 4. Examine the evidence and source of evidence
    Not resolved to a course
  17. 5. Identify conclusions, implications, and consequences
    Not resolved to a course
  18. 1. Acknowledge that the project covers different key functional areas in business
    Not resolved to a course
  19. 2. Display understanding across different key functional areas in business
    Not resolved to a course
  20. 3. Identify the methodologies appropriate to solve the problem
    Not resolved to a course
  21. 4. Apply and coordinate the methodologies to get the best solution for the problem
    Not resolved to a course
  22. 5. Display understanding of the implications of the solution for each functional area
    Not resolved to a course
  23. 6. Demonstrate overall ability to integrate knowledge from the different functional areas
    Not resolved to a course
  24. Apply ethical principles to business analytics decision making.(Ethics)
    Not resolved to a course
  25. 1. Identify conflicts of interests and pressures that could lead to unethical conduct
    Not resolved to a course
  26. 2. Understand what kinds of questions are helpful to ask oneself when confronting an ethical dilemma
    Not resolved to a course
  27. 3. Demonstrate the ability to identify and take into account the interests of different stakeholders
    Not resolved to a course
  28. 4. Understand how business strategies that facilitate "doing good" can be made consistent with profitability
    Not resolved to a course
  29. 5. Understand that what is legal may not always be ethical and that what is ethical may sometimes not be legal
    Not resolved to a course
  30. 6. Appreciate that ethical norms vary across different countries and cultures
    Not resolved to a course
  31. Demonstrate effective oral communication about the entire business analytics cycle (Oral Communication)
    Not resolved to a course
  32. 1. Organize the presentation effectively
    Not resolved to a course
  33. 2. Deliver the presentation with attention to volume, clarity, grammatical correctness and precision
    Not resolved to a course
  34. 3. Develop the topic
    Not resolved to a course
  35. 4. Communicate with the audience
    Not resolved to a course
  36. 5. Use communication aids effectively
    Not resolved to a course
  37. 6. Summarize the presentation
    Not resolved to a course
  38. Demonstrate effective written communication about the entire business analytics cycle (Written Communication)
    Not resolved to a course
  39. 1. Develop a topic with supporting details
    Not resolved to a course
  40. 2. Organize written communication effectively and logically
    Not resolved to a course
  41. 3. Use correct word choice and effective sentence structure
    Not resolved to a course
  42. 4. Employ normal conventions of spelling and grammar
    Not resolved to a course
  43. 5. Provide examples and supporting evidence
    Not resolved to a course
  44. 6. Communicate accurate quantitative results
    Not resolved to a course
  45. Course Substitution Policy
    Not resolved to a course
  46. Transfer Policy
    Not resolved to a course
  47. Students Who Leave Boston Before Their Degree is Complete
    Not resolved to a course
  48. Transfer Credits from the Moakley Center for Public Management's Certificate Program
    Not resolved to a course
Source. Suffolk University, catalog 2025-2026 — https://suffolk.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2025-2026/catalog/sawyer-business-school-graduate-programs/business-analytics/master-of-science-in-business-analytics-msba. Captured page pages/0169.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.