Wake Forest University School of Business
MASTERS in BUSINESS ANALYTICS — Online
PROGRAM EXPERIENCE
Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum
Live Class Sessions
Onsite Immersion
The MSBA online program offers a unique 24-month (36-credit) experience that blends Applied Statistics, Management Science, and Business Domain knowledge, all with the goal of creating leaders who use data to solve the challenges of business.
Students in the program will attend live, synchronous classes where they will engage with their faculty and classmates. Faculty and students will meet face-to-face via webcam in our virtual classroom environment for 90 minutes, each week of an academic term, providing students the opportunity to reinforce coursework materials, apply academic concepts, and participate in focused discussions with faculty and colleagues.
The MSBA online program includes a twoday, in-person immersion at the end of the first term held on the Wake Forest University campus in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The immersion allows students to solidify the skills learned in their first term while offering a chance to meet classmates in person and engage with the Wake Forest University School of Business community.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
BIGGER BIG DATA,
In the MSBA program, you’ll learn advanced methods for Business Analytics — methods that will help you identify, and solve, problems in a wide variety of business functions. Designed for working professionals with at least two years of post-college work experience, this online curriculum will also teach you the skills to become an influencer, promoting a datadriven culture at your organization.
24 months • 2 courses per term • 36 credits
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PROGRAM HALLMARKS
B U S I N E S S .W F U. E D U
• Graduates will be able to identify opportunities to improve their organizations with analytics
• Graduates will be able to confidently articulate and advocate for the value proposition of data-driven decision making within their organization
The Masters in Business Analytics program at Wake Forest is designed with input from our corporate partners to ensure we are exceeding industry demands and our curriculum remains relevant to the real-world needs of today’s business environment.
Cohorts start fall, spring, and summer
Focus on experiential learning projects and highlighted with the Practicum Project that provides students handson experience with realworld problems to solve using analytics.
• Graduates will be able to provide thought leadership on aligning the right tools and methodologies to solve business problems
INDUSTRY DRIVEN TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE MARKET
PROGRAM LENGTH
OPPORTUNITIES
As data and technology become increasingly important drivers of business performance, job opportunities in Business Analytics are growing rapidly.
• Graduates will be proficient in descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics
Commitment to develop communication, teamwork and leadership skills, and an understanding of the responsible and ethical use of data for making better business decisions.
Emphasis on training across the full spectrum of analytics methodologies with strong business knowledge from innovative courses such as Visual Analytics and Influencing, Multivariate Analysis and Experiential Design, and Leading the Analytics Organization.
Wake Forest Masters in Business Analytics Board of Advisors includes:
“By building this program and combining it with real-time, raw retail data available through the Wake Forest Center for Retail Innovation, the Wake Forest MSBA Program will be the gold standard for business analytics training in retail analytics and beyond.” — David Mounts Chairman and CEO, Inmar
For more information, visit onlinebusiness.wfu.edu or contact one of our enrollment advisors at onlinemsba@wfu.edu or call 855-855-9688.