Analytics, BS

Employers seeking analytics professionals with “moderate” levels of data analysis skills - typically positions at the bachelor’s level – most often prefer candidates with Analytics as a field of study. Skills frequently required in candidates are data analysis and the ability to interpret and communicate data analysis results to others, problem solving, mastery of spreadsheets, analysis tools, statistical software, relational databases as well as programming language. The general demand for Teamwork/Collaboration and Project Management reflects the need for employers to find analytics professionals with general business skills which can be used in a variety of function areas.

The Bachelor of Science in Analytics (BSA) helps to meet the demand from employers with an undergraduate program and entry level education requirements that prepares learners as data analyst practitioners capable of applying data analysis methods, technological, professional, and strategic expertise necessary for supporting decision making in organizations. With emphasis on experiential learning, the program provides dynamic opportunities for learners with varying degrees of work experience to practice their knowledge both globally and collaboratively while implementing effective data analysis concepts to real-life company demands.

The BSA has general foundation courses (including mathematical and philosophical logic), specific data analysis foundation courses, major required courses, as well as a variety of elective courses on diverse domain areas.

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• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
• Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

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Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Universitywide Requirement

Minimum 120 total semester hours required.

Minimum 2.000 GPA required.

Students must earn a minimum of 60 Northeastern University semester hours in order to receive a bachelor’s degree.

Note: Individual program requirements may exceed the above minima.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath requirements.

Foundation Courses

54 semester hours required

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
English
Complete the following:
ENG 1105 and ENG 1106	College Writing 1 and Lab for ENG 1105	4
ENG 1107 and ENG 1108	College Writing 2 and Lab for ENG 1107	4
ENG 3107 and ENG 3108	Writing for the Professions: Business and the Social Sciences and Lab for ENG 3107	4
Communication
CMN 1100	Organizational Communication	3
CMN 2310	Professional Speaking	3
Philosophy
PHL 2120	Ethical Issues in Communication	3
PHL 2310	Symbolic Logic	3
Mathematics
MTH 1100	College Algebra	3
MTH 2400	Technology and Applications of Discrete Mathematics	3
Information Technology
ITC 2000	Principles of Systems Analysis and Design	3
ITC 2016	End-User Data Analysis Tools	3
ITC 2050	Designing the User Experience	3
Leadership
LDR 1200	Assessing Your Leadership Capacity	3
LDR 3400	Evidence-Based Leadership and Decision Making	3
Computer Engineering Technology
CET 2200	Data Structures and Algorithms	3
Analytics
ALY 2010	Probability Theory and Introductory Statistics	3
ALY 2100	Introduction to Programming for Data Analytics	3

 Major Required Courses

27 semester hours required

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Information Technology
ITC 2300	Database Management Systems	3
ITC 3300	Structured Query Language (SQL)	3
ITC 3320	Data Warehousing Technologies	3
Analytics
ALY 3015	Intermediate Statistics for Data Analytics	3
ALY 3040	Data Mining	3
ALY 3070	Communication and Visualization for Data Analytics	3
ALY 3110	Big Data and Web Mining	3
ALY 4000	Analytics Using R	3
ALY 4020	Predictive Analytics Using R and Python	3

Professional Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 12 semester hours in the following subject areas below:		12
BTC, CET, FIN, HMG, LDR, MGT, MKT, PJM
Suggested Electives:
ACC 2100	Financial Accounting
HRM 2320	Human Resources Management
MGT 1100	Introduction to Business
MGT 2210	Information within the Enterprise
MKT 2100	Principles of Marketing
PJM 1100	Project Management Fundamentals - Project Initiation and Close

Capstone

3 semester hours required

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ALY 4850	Analytics Capstone	3

Electives

Complete a minimum of 24 semester hours to reach 120 semester hours. Courses from the major may not double count for Electives.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Suggested elective courses:
ART 2100	Foundation in Visual Communication
BIO 1050	Medical Terminology
ECN 1200	Principles of Macroeconomics
ENG 3260	Writing to Inform and Persuade
FIN 2105	Introduction to Corporate Finance
FIN 3310	Financial Institutions and Markets
HRM 2320	Human Resources Management
ITC 2430	E-Commerce Systems
LDR 3200	Leading and Managing Change
TCC 3450	Writing for the Web

Term 1	Hours
ENG 1105	3
ENG 1106	1
ITC 2000	3
LDR 1200	3
MTH 1100	3
PHL 2310	3
	16
Term 2	Hours
CMN 2310	3
ENG 1107	3
ENG 1108	1
ITC 2016	3
ITC 2300	3
MTH 2400	3
	16
Term 3	Hours
ALY 2010	3
CET 2200	3
ENG 3107	3
ENG 3108	1
ITC 2050	3
Open Elective	3
	16
Term 4	Hours
ALY 2100	3
ALY 3015	3
CMN 1100	3
ITC 3300	3
LDR 3400	3
	15
Term 5	Hours
ALY 3070	3
ALY 4000	3
ITC 3320	3
PHL 2120	3
Professional Elective	3
	15
Term 6	Hours
ALY 3040	3
ALY 3110	3
Professional Elective	3
Open Elective	3
Open Elective	3
	15
Term 7	Hours
ALY 4020	3
Professional Elective	3
Open Elective	3
Open Elective	3
Open Elective	3
	15
Term 8	Hours
ALY 4850	3
Professional Elective	3
Open Elective	3
Open Elective	3
	12
Total Hours: 120