Business Analytics, Minor

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The Business Analytics minor is designed to prepare students for desirable and lucrative jobs in one of the fastest-growing areas in today’s global economy. Students will learn core concepts in descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. This will provide them with essential analytical and computational skills required to gain a competitive advantage in the job market. The minor is open to all undergraduate students at the university.

*All course prerequisites must be met for all coursework for minor.

Contact Information

Contact the College of Business Advising Office

409 Ansari Business Building

(775) 784-4912

https://www.unr.edu/business/student-resources/advising

I. Program Requirements (18 units)

Students must complete the following courses:

A. Required Courses (12 units)

ECON 262 - Principles of Statistics II (3 units)
IS 201 - Computer Applications (3 units)
MKT 480 - Pricing, Revenue, and Predictive Analytics (3 units)
SCM 352 - Operations Management (3 units)

B. Additional Upper-Division Courses (6 units)

ECON 441 - Introduction to Econometrics (3 units) CO9, CO14
IS 445 - Project Management: Principles and Practice (3 units)
IS 475 - Database Design and Implementation (3 units)
IS 482 - Applied Data Science (3 units)
MKT 316 - Marketing Strategy (3 units)
MKT 422 - Integrated Marketing Communication (3 units)
MKT 476 - Data Visualization and Business Analytics (3 units)
MKT 477 - Digital Marketing (3 units)
MATH 487 - Deterministic Operations Research (3 units) CO13
MINE 361 - Operations Research Methods & Applied Statistics (3 units)

Note(s):

ECON 262 can be substituted with an equivalent course.
Six (6) of the required upper-division units must be completed at UNR.
Nine (9) or more units used for any minor at UNR must be upper-division coursework.
Business students must have a declared major in order to declare a business minor.