Business Intelligence

Degree

Certificate (Eligible for federal aid as a stand-alone certificate or if combined with AS degree)

Overview

Business intelligence analysts use data to figure out market and business trends for companies to increase profits and efficiency. They may work directly for a company, or as a consultant. Business intelligence analysts gather this data through a number of ways, from mining a company's own internal data, looking at competitor data and industry trends to help develop a picture of where the company stands in the industry, where they can improve, and where they can reduce costs.

Career Opportunities

Companies are eager to hire people with understanding of data relationships and data modeling as well as using data analysis and advanced analytics to reveal insights and outliers about an organization’s data. Advanced opportunities in Business Intelligence increase with education and experience.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the certificate, successful graduates will be able to:

Create data visualizations of organization’s trends and standings within the industry.
Analyze data to determine market and business trends for stakeholders of an organization.
Utilize appropriate applications to aggregate and analyze business data.

Course Requirements

Students are responsible to examine the course description of each course listed below for details of prerequisites, which must be satisfied before registering for the course.

Certificate Core Courses

Course Number	Title	Credits
BA 140	Tableau for Business Analytics	1 credit
BA 250	Data Analytics	2 credits
BA 270	Advanced Business Analysis	3 credits
BA 280	Advanced Data Analytics	2 credits
BAP 115	Excel and Intro. to Technology	1 credit
IT 130	Intro to Windows Serv Admin	3 credits
IT 143	Structured Query Language(SQL)	3 credits
IT 240	Administering Microsoft SQL	3 credits
IT 243	Data Warehousing	3 credits

Total Credit Hours: 21

Recommended Sequence of Courses

Depending upon preparatory courses required, additional semesters may be required to complete the program.

First Semester

Course Number	Title	Credits
IT 130	Intro to Windows Serv Admin	3 credits
IT 143	Structured Query Language(SQL)	3 credits
BA 140	Tableau for Business Analytics	1 credit
	Total Credit Hours:	7

Second Semester

Course Number	Title	Credits
BAP 115	Excel and Intro. to Technology	1 credit
BA 250	Data Analytics	2 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	3

Third Semester

Course Number	Title	Credits
BA 270	Advanced Business Analysis	3 credits
IT 240	Administering Microsoft SQL	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	6

Fourth Semester

Course Number	Title	Credits
BA 280	Advanced Data Analytics	2 credits
IT 243	Data Warehousing	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	5

Total Credit Hours: 21

Graduation Requirements

Minimum of 21 total semester credit hours as outlined
Grade of C or higher in all core courses
Cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher