11%
Increase in management analyst jobs, including business analysts, between 2019-2029. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bridge the Gap Between Data Collection and Analysis
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics
Learn to Harness the Power of Data
The St. Thomas Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics program empowers you to leverage data to make the best decisions, increase efficiency and discover new opportunities. Develop your critical skills in statistics, data modeling, data analysis and industry analytics. Our immersive curriculum balances both technical and business skills.
Developed in partnership with industry experts, employers and the Graduate Programs in Software in the School of Engineering at St. Thomas, the curriculum provides you the most current knowledge and skills in the rapidly-changing field of business analytics.
Earn the Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics on its own, or as part of your St. Thomas MBA or MS in Business Analytics. This flexible program is designed for busy working professionals. Take all of your classes online, on campus in the evening, or a mix of both.
106K
Average Analytics Manager salary: $106,000. Source: indeed.com
18
St. Thomas Opus College of Business alumni work at all 18 Minnesota-based Fortune 500 companies
Program Overview
Format & Schedule
The Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics program has an immersive curriculum with both required and elective courses. To earn the 12-credit certificate, students must take:
- 4 required courses
Take all of your classes on campus in the evenings, online, or a mix of both formats. Complete your certificate in as few as 9 months (two semesters), or go at a slower pace.
Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in any subject
- Application form and essays
- 2 years’ work experience recommended; related professional experience is valuable, but not required
- Evidence of quantitative skill and analytic ability
Degree Programs
Earn an MBA or MS with Your Certificate
You can apply your graduate certificate courses and credits to an MS in Business Analytics or a St. Thomas MBA program. Not sure if you want a graduate degree? You have time to mull it over. You can start the graduate certificate program now, with the option to roll your credits into a degree program later on.
Career Impact
More and more companies are relying on data analysts to interpret data and leverage this information to make more strategic decisions. By earning a Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics, you position yourself to seize professional opportunities in this exciting, expanding field.
See Career Impact
Format & Schedule
The Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics program has an immersive curriculum with both required and elective courses. To earn the 12-credit certificate, students must take:
- 4 required courses
Take all of your classes on campus in the evenings, online, or a mix of both formats. Complete your certificate in as few as 9 months (two semesters), or go at a slower pace.
Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in any subject
- Application form and essays
- 2 years’ work experience recommended; related professional experience is valuable, but not required
- Evidence of quantitative skill and analytic ability
Degree Programs
Earn an MBA or MS with Your Certificate
You can apply your graduate certificate courses and credits to an MS in Business Analytics or a St. Thomas MBA program. Not sure if you want a graduate degree? You have time to mull it over. You can start the graduate certificate program now, with the option to roll your credits into a degree program later on.
Career Impact
More and more companies are relying on data analysts to interpret data and leverage this information to make more strategic decisions. By earning a Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics, you position yourself to seize professional opportunities in this exciting, expanding field.
See Career Impact
Building a Foundation for Success
Kelly was interested in a new business role but needed a base level analytics program to help her get there.
Building a Foundation for Success
Featured Courses
Data Narratives
This course will focus on developing the ability to understand the business needs for data insights, crafting those into an analytics problem statement, and developing a coherent and persuasive narrative of any data findings. Students will learn to create well-crafted data narratives and dashboards for business leaders while being able to translate insights into managerial decisions. Students will also be able to prepare raw data sets for their data narratives, executive summaries and technical memos. The Data Narratives course focuses on providing these fundamental data narrative and storytelling abilities while leveraging various tools to assist in the process.
Data Life Cycle for Analytics
This course covers the life cycle of data for analytics from the structure of relational and non-relational data stores through the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL process) into the analysis and presentation of data using data dashboards. Students will learn and practice acquiring, extracting, cleaning, and loading data from databases and other data stores. Students will learn to interpret and create data models, write and interpret the results of Structured Query Language (SQL), practice and apply industry ETL tools to solve business problems, and effectively communicate about data through the use of dashboarding tools.
Marketing Analytics
Marketing decisions are increasingly data driven. In this course, you’ll learn to analyze marketing data for more informed, strategic decision-making. Develop a deeper and more fully informed understanding of current and emerging customer needs using a broad range of marketing analytic techniques. Work hands-on with marketing data, to uncover the customer insights that can guide marketing decisions.
Featured Faculty: Dr. John Olson
Dr. John Olson is a professor in the Operations and Supply Chain Management Department. He teaches in the undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in the St. Thomas Opus College of Business. His teaching, research and service activities have focused on helping others develop and implement continuous improvement and quality programs.
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Get in Touch
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