Applied Analytics Minor

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The minor in Applied Analytics prepares undergraduate students in the field of data analytics as applied to real world situations. Applications vary from business to health care, social media to sports. The goal is to educate students to become data analysts, not data scientists.

Students in the minor will learn all aspects of analytics: technology infrastructure to stage data, techniques to analyze data, tools to visualize data, and systems to publish and share the results.

Requirements for minor completion: Minimum units 18

Required Courses (12 units)

ITP 250x Database Systems for Analytics Units: 2
ITP 251 Applied Statistics for Analytics Units: 2
* Business and Accounting students must take BUAD 310g instead of ITP 251 as these courses duplicate credit
ITP 350x Technologies and Practices for Analytics Units: 4
* Students must take ITP 250x and ITP 251 prior to taking ITP 350x .
ITP 449x Data Mining: Descriptive and Predictive Units: 4
* Students must take ITP 350x prior to taking ITP 449x .

Electives (Choose a minimum of 6 units)

DSO 424 Business Forecasting Units: 4
* Students must take BUAD 310g prior to taking DSO 424 .
DSO 428 Essentials and Digital Frontiers of Big Data Units: 4
ECON 317 Introduction to Statistics for Economists Units: 4
ITP 487 Data Warehouses Units: 3
* Students must take ITP 250x or ITP 320 prior to taking ITP 487 .
ITP 489 In-Memory Database Systems for Real Time Analytics Units: 3
* Students must take ITP 250x or ITP 320 prior to taking ITP 489 .
ITP 470 Information Technology Practicum Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
JOUR 477 Web Analytics for News and Nonprofit Organizations Units: 2
PR 478 Social Media Analytics: Data and Content Creation for Real-time Public Relations Units: 4