MSA 590 - Business Analytics Capstone/Industry Practicum (3 cr.)

In this course, students get the opportunity to integrate the knowledge and apply the skills acquired in the core curriculum learned throughout this program to a real-world business project. In most cases, projects will be submitted by business partners or identified by the faculty advisor. Depending on the business sponsor, projects could be done on-site as internships. Students in small teams will tackle the business problem from data collection and model construction through analysis and presentation of results to recommendations for specific business decisions. Faculty advisors will supervise the teams through all the phases of the project. Each team is expected to provide effective solutions for the client while demonstrating their extensive analytical. Commercial and open source software tools will be used to build models and conduct analyses. In addition, throughout the semester, project management concepts will be discussed and applied by students to manage their project.
Prerequisite(s): MSA530, MSA540, and MSA550.
Corequisite(s): MSA560.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring