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THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL

Business analytics and computer science align in a winning collaboration

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All courses utilize Python programming to ensure continuity and cumulative skill-building. Whether building skills in data mining, data visualization for presentations or database management, graduates are prepared for applications in many industries, from finance to hedge funds, accounting, health care and patient outcomes, as well as fraud detection.

Network with professionals in the WCBT. Khawaja Mamun, associate dean, moderates the “Careers in Analytics” panel featuring SHU alumni.

As one of fewer than 5% of elite business schools worldwide accredited by AACSB International, the Welch College at Sacred Heart University is committed to providing varied professional opportunities for hands-on skill-buildAI: The AI lab at Sacred Heart contains 40 computers with advanced processing capabilities and dedicated servers for students and faculty research. ing with the best in the industry through strategic partnerships. Students have gained valuable experience through internships with: of both worlds, where in-depth applications connect to one are the days when the world of business • Accounting firms business solutions. Students learn to collect, analyze and • Major airlines stood siloed from technological arenas like the • Law firms computer and data sciences. As technologies interpret data that will guide businesses to strategic, sucadvance rapidly and businesses change their models to • Financial institutions cessful business decisions. meet customer demand, the need has never been greater • Higher education enrollment and advancement Computer science courses include: for business professionals to possess a multifaceted skill In addition to internship experiences, graduate students • Machine Learning set. And, so, academia must also evolve as it prepares efwork with the WCBT faculty, which includes prolific schol• Big Data Analytics fective, ethical future leaders for this new reality. ars and top corporate professionals in data science, eco• Advanced Python Enter Sacred Heart University’s Jack Welch College of nomics and statistics at places like IBM, Uber and Barclays.

DATA SCIENCE Business & Technology (WCBT), a pioneer in the inteJoin an innovation ecosystem where students thrive.

(MS in Computer Science and Information Technology) gration of business and technology pushing the boundarThe Welch College has created an innovation ecoThe new data science track emphasizes the development ies of interdisciplinary study. Of note, the WCBT’s floursystem by offering numerous collaboration and crossand coding aspects of data science and data analytics ishing master’s program in business analytics (MSBA) over opportunities between programs, preparing “fuin creating applications. Students employ advanced anhas seen considerable growth in recent years. Offering ture-ready” professionals and tech leaders. Students alytics and machine learning to help users predict and concentrations in business analytics, intelligent computenjoy a flexible schedule with multiple start terms and optimize business outcomes. ing and health-care analytics, the program has partnered hybrid courses to accommodate busy, working profesCourses with business analytics crossover include: closely with the master’s in computer science and insionals.

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence formation technology (MSCSIT) program, which offers • Big Data Analytics MAKE YOUR GRADUATE tracks in computer science, information technology and • Machine Learning DEGREE WORK FOR YOU: a new concentration in data science.

• Financial Analytics • No GMAT required Graduate-level business analytics meet computer sciFirst in Connecticut to teach AI, SHU’s Welch College • Submit your application to start fall, spring or late ence at Sacred Heart. pioneers business and tech integration. spring Computer science is deeply embedded in the cutIt’s true. In 2020, Sacred Heart University became • Earn your degree in as little as one year ting-edge business analytics curriculum in the areas of the first program in the state to incorporate artificial • Graduate certificates in business analytics, cybersecurihealth care, marketing and financial analytics, among intelligence into the curriculum – an AI for Business ty, database design, intelligent computing and more numerous others. With a statistical analysis focus, both course that teaches MSBA and CSIT students to make IS A GRADUATE DEGREE FROM business analytics and computer science students gain a meaningful business decisions through AI data analySACRED HEART UNIVERSITY well-rounded and marketable skill set. sis. Courses in SHU’s 30-credit MSBA program are held THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR GRAD CONCENTRATION in the AI lab and business analytics lab, state-of-the-art classrooms featuring 40 powerful computers with adCAREER? HIGHLIGHT vanced processing capabilities and dedicated servers.

To learn more, visit www.sacredheart.edu/businesscareer Business Analytics There, students learn to harness analytical information or contact an admissions counselor at (MS in Business Analytics) to make strategic business decisions (from supply chain gradstudies@sacredheart.edu.

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HARNESS THE POWER OF DATA

With a Master of Science in business analytics, you’ll learn to collect, analyze and interpret data so you can guide your team to strategic, successful business decisions. And you’ll gain cutting-edge training in data management with a curriculum grounded in rigorous analytics and applied techniques.

• 30-credit master’s program • Hybrid model classes taught online and in-person • Become proficient in Python, Tableau and PowerBI • No GMAT required www.sacredheart.edu/businesscareer

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