Master of Science in Business Analytics
Full time/10-Month/ STEM program
Rady School of Management
Programme Description
The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) at the Rady School is a STEM Designated, intensive program that will provide you with the skills to succeed in data-rich business environments. The program offers rigorous, hands-on training that will prepare you to use data and analytics to identify business opportunities, generate business insights and create business solutions. As an MSBA student, you will gain both the quantitative skills to create better decision tools and the ability to manage teams and communicate effectively with stakeholders throughout each phase of an analytics project.
雷迪商学院（rady school）的商业分析理学硕士（msba）是一个STEM指定的强化课程，将为您提供在数据丰富的商业环境中取得成功的技能。该项目提供了严格的实际操作培训，使您能够使用数据和分析来识别商业机会、生成商业洞察力和创建商业解决方案。作为一名msba学生，您将获得创建更好的决策工具的量化技能，以及在分析项目的每个阶段管理团队和与利益相关者有效沟通的能力。
Successful businesses use data and models to make better decisions and gain competitive advantage. Vast amounts of data on customers, suppliers, operations and financial transactions are collected from a variety of sources, often managed in diverse systems, by multiple stakeholders. Transforming this data into insights that can enhance decision-making is a key strategic challenge for businesses of every size, across all industries. Companies are looking for skilled professionals who can work effectively in teams to frame key operational and strategic business questions and use data and analytics to find the answers.
成功的企业使用数据和模型做出更好的决策并获得竞争优势。有关客户、供应商、运营和财务交易的大量数据是从各种来源收集的，通常由多个利益相关者在不同的系统中管理。将这些数据转化为能够增强决策能力的见解，是所有行业、所有规模企业面临的一项关键战略挑战。公司正在寻找能够在团队中有效工作的熟练专业人员，以制定关键的运营和战略业务问题，并使用数据和分析来寻找答案。
Course Description
The MSBA is a 50-unit, STEM designated degree program. The curriculum consists of four 4-unit core courses, two 1-unit core courses, and 32 units from a set of elective courses, as well as a mandatory Pre-term Orientation.
Required Core Courses
核心课程
MGTA 401: Professional Seminar, 1 units
MGTA 451: Business Analytics in Marketing, Finance, and Operations, 4 units
MGTA 452: Collecting and Analyzing Large Data, 4 units
MGTA 453: Business Analytics, 4 units
MGTA 454: Business Analytics Capstone Project (2 or 4)
Elective Courses
Business Analytics Electives (a minimum of 20 units required):
MGTA 455: Customer Analytics, 4 units
MGTA 456: Supply Chain Analytics, 4 units
MGTA 457: Business Intelligence Systems; 2 units
MGTA 458: Experiments in Firms, 4 units
MGTA 459: Managerial Judgment and Decision Making, 4 units
MGTA 460: Business Analytics Project Management, 2 units
Additional courses may become available
Electivesin Addition to Business Analytic Courses (up to 12 units permitted)选修课程
MGT 422: Creativity and Innovation, 4 units
MGT 451: Technology and Innovation Strategy, 4 units
MGT 475: Research for Marketing Decisions, 4 units
MGT 477: Consumer Behavior, 4 units
MGT 479: Pricing, 4 units
MGTF 405: Business Forecasting, 4 units
MGTF 406: Behavioral Finance, 4 units
Additional courses may become available
Capstone Project 毕设项目
MGTA 454: Business Analytics Capstone Project (2 or 4)
Students will pursue their capstone experience as part of a team to solve problems companies are facing. Each team will work as external consultants on a project to create value for a client company.
Performance on the capstone project will be used as a primary measure of a student’s learning in the MSBA Program. Each student will be evaluated based on his/her grasp of the course material and his/her ability to apply the course material to the capstone project. Satisfactory completion of the Capstone Project is required to obtain the MSBA degree.
Each student must successfully pass a comprehensive examination. This examination includes (i) a formal presentation of the capstone project, (ii) a written report, and (iii) an individual oral examination. The capstone project will require students to complete a project that solves a business problem for a real-world client and document their work in a written report.
Sample Capstone Companies 毕设公司
Cisco
DIRECTavenue
Hewlett Packard
Rady Children’s Hospital
Thermo Fisher
ViaSat
Sample Capstone Projects 毕设项目
Customer Name Matching
Data Driven Leadership Dashboard
Email Marketing Efficiency
Latent factor analysis of digital media audience
Micro Market Competitive Risk Engine
Optimization of Return on Investment for Television Media Investments
Pre-term Orientation入学前预备课程
Rady organizes a mandatory Pre-term Orientation for all incoming students. During this time, students will attend workshops about academic requirements, career services, and graduate student life, as well as refresher and introduction courses on various topics relating to the MS Business Analytics program, such as R and Statistics. Attendance is mandatory and exact dates will be posted approximately 1-2 quarters before admission.
学期安排
The MS in Business Analytics program is completed in less than one year. UC San Diego and the Rady School run on the quarter system . These are the sessions planned for the MS in Business Analytics.
Required Orientation Program - Typically one week prior to Summer Session II
Summer Session II - Second half of the summer quarter
Fall Quarter
Winter Quarter
Spring Quarter
Admission Requirements
Most candidates will need to submit an official GMAT or GRE score. We encourage applicants to take the test at their earliest convenience. A free GMAT Mini-Quiz is available for you to get a feel for the examination.
大多数考生需要提交GMAT或GRE的官方分数。我们鼓励申请人尽早参加考试。一个免费的GMAT小测验可以让你感受一下考试。
It is expected that most successful applicants will have either:
an undergraduate degree in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, economics, statistics, physics, engineering, or computer science, or
数学、经济学、统计学、物理学、工程学或计算机科学等数量学科的本科学位，或
five or more years of work experience in the public or private sector.
五年或以上公共或私营部门工作经验。
Students with a non-quantitative undergraduate degree and less than five years of work experience will be considered on an exceptional basis if:
具有非量化本科学位和五年以下工作经验的学生将被视为例外情况，如果：
their work experience is in the area of business analytics or marketing research or
他们的工作经验是在商业分析或营销研究领域，或
they have developed a strong quantitative background through additional coursework or relevant work experience.
通过额外的课程或相关的工作经验，他们形成了很强的量化背景
The program will only admit students who have a solid foundation in quantitative methods, particularly knowledge of probability and statistics and the use of statistical applications such as R, SAS, STATA, and Matlab.
该计划只招收那些在定量方法方面有着坚实基础的学生，特别是概率和统计知识以及统计应用程序如R、SAS、C语言和MATLAB的使用。
Additionally, each student must demonstrate evidence of programming proficiency from prior college coursework, professional experience, a continuing education program, Coursera, or EdX. If you are new to R we recommend you also complete a course on programming in R from Data Camp or Coursera.
此外，每个学生都必须证明其在大学课程、专业经验、继续教育计划、Coursera或EDX中的编程能力。如果您是R新手，我们建议您也完成一个关于R编程的课程，从数据营或Coursera
The Rady Admissions Committee reviews applications as they are received and makes decisions on a rolling basis. The number of seats is limited so applying early increases your likelihood of gaining admission, housing, and financial assistance.
Rady招生委员会在收到申请时进行审查，并在滚动的基础上做出决定。座位数量有限，因此提前申请会增加您获得入场券、住房和财政援助的可能性。
Application Deadline
Class of 2019 Profile - Entering Fall 2018
Total Enrollment: 73
Scores
GMAT Test Takers 29
GMAT Mean 701
GMAT Median 710
GMAT Quant Percentile Mean 84th
GMAT Verbal Percentile Mean 76th
GMAT 90% Range 690-730
GRE Test Takers 44
GRE Quant Percentile Mean 91st
GRE Verbal Percentile Mean 70th
TOEFL Average 105
TOEFL Speaking Average 24
GPA Average 3.43/4.0
Background
Students have between 0 and 13 years of work experience.
40% have full-time work experience - the average is 36 months
9 hold other Master’s degree
Examples of Prior Employment
Accenture
Alternative Investment Solution, State Street
Appier
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
Citi
Genentech
JP Morgan Chase & co
KPMG Advisory
Kyocera International Inc.
Mu Sigma Business Solutions
PwC
Progressive Insurance
Reliance Industries
Routeasy
RSM US LLP
Think INC
Xiamen Golden Strait Investment Co. LTD
Countries/Regions Represented
Brazil
China
India
Iran
Taiwan
United States
Vietnam
Major Universities Represented
Anna University
BITS Pilani
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Central University of Finance and Economics
Colby-Sawyer College
Fudan University
Indian Institute of Management
Isfahan University of Technology
Manipal Institute of Technology
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
Peking University
Purdue University
Rutgers University
San Diego State University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
UC Berkeley
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
University of Delaware
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
University of Iowa
University of San Diego
University of São Paulo
University of Victoria
University of Washington
Vellore Institute of Technology
Xiamen University
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Tuition & Cost
The fee for students enrolling in 2019-2020 is $1,160 per credit unit. Fees are subject to change. The Rady Master Science in Business Analytics program is a 12 month program with a total of 50 credit units. The fees are billed quarterly. Fees do not include student health insurance and other campus fees, books and course materials, or living expenses.
2019-2020年招生费用为1160美元/学分。费用随时变动。Rady商业分析硕士课程为期12个月，共有50个学分单元。费用按季度结算。费用不包括学生健康保险和其他校园费用、书籍和课程材料或生活费
