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MS in Analytics

Data analysts are forging new relationships in virtually every discipline: business, healthcare, geology, mathematics and statistics, biology, chemistry, computer science, information systems and technology, engineering, psychology, behavioral science, operations research, and more, in addition to potential interactions between these disciplines, using role-based interaction with information and analytics to enable highly- collaborative, data-driven organizations. The graduate of this program enters the workforce prepared for the complex, information-intensive world.

About The Programme

Graduates of the Master of Science in Analytics program will be able to:

Identify and assess the opportunities, needs and constraints for data usage;
Make clear and insightful analyses changing direction quickly as required by these analyses;
Measure, evaluate, and explain the level of quality of a dataset and develop a plan to improve the quality;
Work effectively in a team to develop data analytic solutions;
Recognize and analyze ethical issues related to intellectual property, data security integrity, and privacy; and
Communicate clearly and persuasively to a variety of audiences.

Graduates become data scientists and analysts in finance, marketing, operations, and business intelligence working groups that generate and consume large amounts of data.