Dual MSBA/MBA Curriculum

Summer-First Year

BA CoursesCredit Hours
BZAN 533 – Quantitative Methods for BA3
BZAN 537 – Data Security and Ethics1.5
BZAN 530 – Business Skills Developer I1.5
Total Summer Credit Hours6

Fall – First Year

BA CoursesCredit Hours
BZAN 531 – Decision Optimization3
BZAN 535 – Statistical Methods for Business3
BZAN 542 – Data Mining Methods for Business Applications3
BZAN 545 – Data Engineering for Business Applications3
BZAN 536 – Case Studies in Business Analytics1.5
Total Fall Credit Hours13.5

Winter Mini-term – First Year

BA CoursesCredit Hours
BZAN 540 – Applied Regression Analysis for Business3
Total Fall Credit Hours3

Spring – First Year

BA CoursesCredit Hours
BZAN 550 – Business Analytics Experience3
BZAN – Elective 13
BZAN – Elective 23
BZAN – Elective 33
BZAN – Elective 41.5
Total Spring Credit Hours13.5

Fall – Second Year

MBA Core CoursesCredit Hours
Session 1: 7⅟₂ Weeks 
MKTG 505 – Marketing Strategy I1.5
ACCT 505 – Financial Accounting1.5
BZAN 505 – MBA Operations Management1.5
SCM 505 – Supply Chain Management I1.5
Session 2: 7⅟₂ Weeks 
MKTG 506 – Marketing Strategy II 
ACCT 506 – Managerial Accounting1.5
FIN 505 – Financial Management I1.5
BA 516 – Business Skills Development II*1.5
Total Fall Credit Hours12

Winter Mini-Term – Second Year

MBA Core CoursesCredit Hours
BUAD 591 – Global Business Seminar2
BUAD 592 – Global Business Travel1
Total Mini-Term Credit Hours3

Spring – Second Year

MBA Core CoursesCredit Hours
Session 1: 7⅟₂ Weeks 
SCM 506 – Supply Chain Management II1.5
FINC 506 – Financial Management II1.5
ECON 505 – Economics of Strategy1.5
Session 2: 7⅟₂ Weeks 
MGT 505 – Leading Complex Organizations1.5
ECON 506 – Market Forces in Global Environment1.5
FIN 507 – Financial Statement Analysis1.5
MGT 506 – Competitive Strategy1.5
BZAN 507 – Supply Chain Models1.5
Total Spring Credit Hours12

*Students can elect to substitute BUAD 516 for another 1.5 credit BZAN elective course with permission from the MBA and MSBA departments. Alternative BZAN course options are BZAN 538: Visualizing Business Data, BZAN 546: Simulation Modeling, and BZAN 548: Time Series Forecasting

Total hours for dual program must reach:

63