Continuing Education

CCTB644 - Business Analytics

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Course Overview

Business Analytics is the practice of iterative, methodical exploration of an organization’s data, with an emphasis on statistical analysis. Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to apply a business analytics process for planning and implementing business analytical solutions.

Business Analytics is becoming the primary driver of strategy and competitive advantage in the business world today. Analytics and quantitative decisions are used to improve or optimize business processes such as identifying the best customers, selecting the ideal price, calculating the best supply chain routing, or choosing the best people to hire.

Graduates of this course will be able to identify steps to transform data into relevant information by designing and developing business analytics models. You will be able to describe the fundamentals of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, and discover how analytics can leverage information to provide decision-makers with hindsight, insight, and foresight for process improvement or optimization.

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  • Face to Face: Where: In-person meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Face-to-face instruction at all class meetings. Location may be on campus or at a worksite.
  • Blended: Where: Mixture of in-person & online components. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Combination of face-to-face and online components at specific times. Some online components may be accessed online anytime.
  • Hyflex: Where: Choice to attend in-person or online meetings. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. For each class, students choose to attend in-person with the instructor or online at a specific time.
  • Remote Live Delivery: Where: Online with instructor. When: Course is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Instruction is delivered at set times online. Students do not come to campus.
  • Remote On-Demand Delivery: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online. While there are no set class meetings, there may be set due dates and deadlines for some activities. Students may interact with peers through virtual tools.
  • Remote Independent: Where: Online anytime. When: No set class meetings. Coursework is accessed on-demand and online, with no instructor support. While students choose when to do coursework, there may be set due dates and deadlines. 
  • Work Placement: Where: In-person meetings. When: Work is scheduled at a specific time for students to attend. Onsite work integrated learning. Location at a worksite.
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