Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Analytics online

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Start classes: 1/8/25
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Program Overview

Learn what our online MBA in Business Analytics program offers

Total Tuition: $16,434
Program Duration: As few as 16 months*
Credit Hours: 36

Learn how to effectively frame key operational and strategic business questions—and use data and analytics to find the answers—with UWF’s MBA with an emphasis in Business Analytics online. This program is designed to give you the highly marketable skills you need to prepare for new roles such as a Data Scientist, Project Management Analyst, Financial Analyst or Logistics Systems Analyst.

What you’ll gain from this program:

  • Ability to analyze key elements of a complex business problem to identify the problem and come up with appropriate alternatives and a sound recommendation
  • A thorough understanding of a company and its related industry from financial, marketing, supply chain, economic, information systems and strategic perspectives
  • Expertise in analyzing the effects of economic, regulatory and tax policies on the business environment
  • Teamwork skills including leadership, group problem-solving and consensus-building
  • Leadership skills to help you direct and effectively manage others and to help an organization excel
  • Expert skills in developing data-driven analytical solutions for complex business decision-making problems
  • Ability to plan a research study related to a given industry, collect relevant data and submit a report of findings and recommendations
  • Ability to analyze key elements of a complex business problem to identify the problem and come up with appropriate alternatives and a sound recommendation
  • A thorough understanding of a company and its related industry from financial, marketing, supply chain, economic, information systems and strategic perspectives
  • Expertise in analyzing the effects of economic, regulatory and tax policies on the business environment
  • Teamwork skills including leadership, group problem-solving and consensus-building
  • Leadership skills to help you direct and effectively manage others and to help an organization excel
  • Expert skills in developing data-driven analytical solutions for complex business decision-making problems
  • Ability to plan a research study related to a given industry, collect relevant data and submit a report of findings and recommendations

ACCREDITATION:

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The College of Business at the University of West Florida is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB).

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Total Tuition: $16,434
Program Duration: As few as 16 months*
Credit Hours: 36

Accreditation:

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The College of Business at the University of West Florida is accredited by AACSB International (AACSB).

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Tuition

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Tuition for UWF's online degrees makes them some of the most affordable programs in the state of Florida. The following is the tuition breakdown for students pursuing a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Analytics online.

A discount price is also available to active duty military, veterans, spouses and dependents of military. Please call our enrollment specialists at 877-588-2502 for more information.

TUITION BREAKDOWN:

Per Credit Hour: $456.50
Total Tuition: $16,434

Tuition breakdown:

Per Credit Hour: $456.50
Total Tuition: $16,434

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Calendar

Our course schedule for the online business analytics MBA program is designed for flexibility

The MBA – Business Analytics program is delivered in an online format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year.

NOW ENROLLING:

Next apply date: 12/11/24
Next class start date: 1/8/25
TermCourse Start DateApplication Deadline*Registration Deadline**Tuition Deadline***
Fall II10/14/249/16/2410/13/2410/20/24
Spring I1/8/2512/11/241/7/251/14/25
Spring II3/3/252/3/253/2/253/9/25
Summer I5/12/254/14/255/11/255/18/25
Summer II6/23/255/26/256/22/257/2/25

*Application and all documents must be submitted by this date.

**Registrations after the deadline will be charged a $100 fee.

***Tuition/fees not paid by the deadline will be charged a $100 fee. Students with an outstanding balance after the Add/Drop period will be purged from their course and will be assessed a $200 fee if reinstated.

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Next apply date: 12/11/24
Next class start date: 1/8/25

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Admissions

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The admission process is the first step toward earning your online degree. Find out the requirements for the Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Analytics online, what additional materials you should send and where you need to send them.

MBA IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS ONLINE REQUIREMENTS

Any individual with a baccalaureate degree is eligible to apply for admission to the Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Analytics online program. Admission to the program is selective and based on a combination of factors, including academic and professional achievement.

Admissions Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Official transcripts
  • No GMAT

Applicants must meet the following requirements to be eligible for admission:

  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution whose accrediting agency is included on the list of UWF-approved accrediting agencies
  • UWF will only accept credits from institutions whose accrediting agency is included on the list of UWF-approved accrediting agencies, outlined below:
    • Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) Western Association of Schools and Colleges
    • Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
    • Middles States Commission of Higher Education (MSCHE)
    • New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
    • Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
    • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
    • WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)
  • Official transcripts (sent from a college or university directly to the Graduate School, bearing an official seal and signature) from all previously attended universities. Students who received their undergraduate degree from UWF do not need to provide UWF transcripts.

    Transcripts should be sent to:

    The University of West Florida Graduate School
    Attention: Graduate Admissions
    11000 University Parkway, Building 11
    Pensacola, FL 32514-5750
  • International students may have additional requirements
  • GPA of 3.0 or higher *
  • Professional résumé demonstrating appropriate employment at increasing levels of responsibility
  • Graduate-level motivation and writing abilities as noted in essay responses within application
  • Business course academic preparation

*If you have lower than a 3.0 GPA, you may still apply for consideration. Admission is based on a holistic review of credentials to assess the potential success of each applicant. Professional experience is determined on a case-by-case basis using a résumé and any requested supporting documents. Our admissions committee evaluates an individual’s accomplishments, roles, and responsibilities to determine the total number of years of professional experience. Normally, professional experience begins at the point of graduation; however, the University of West Florida may consider prior work experience based on type of experience.

Foundation coursework and prerequisites

An undergraduate business degree is not required for admission to the online MBA program. Approximately one-third of students enter the program with no prior business coursework. However, foundation-level proficiency in the major functional areas of business is required to be successful in the program. These include accounting, economics, statistics, management and marketing.

UWF offers accelerated MBA foundation courses for applicants to meet the foundational proficiencies necessary to begin MBA core courses. This series of 1.5 credit hour intensive modules covers essential foundational knowledge in each of the prerequisite business subjects. For more information about this option, please call 877-588-2502.

Another option is GEB 5535 MBA Foundations—a 3 credit hour, 7-week all-inclusive prerequisite course that is graded on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis.

Courses

Gain valuable insights in our engaging online curriculum at UWF

For the Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Analytics online, the curriculum consists of 36 semester credit hours. Students are able to select their own industry to ensure the knowledge and skills gained are applicable to current job responsibilities while preparing for new opportunities upon graduation.

Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 1.5
An introductory MBA core course in which students must combine the practical skills and discipline of specific concepts in order to solve a complex, integrated real-life business problem. Serves as an initial integrating experience from which to launch students into the core MBA study.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 1.5
Provides the background for beginning the MBA Portfolio. Gives introduction to information resources available to perform business problem analysis. Students learn to prepare a thorough analysis of their Portfolio industry.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Upon completion of the course, students will gain knowledge about budgeting, profit planning, and controlling aspects of business decision making. This course covers three broad areas: fundamental financial and managerial concepts; revenue and cost accumulation techniques; and revenue and cost analysis.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Appreciation and understanding of the field of organizational behavior and its application in managing human and other resources. Emphasizes understanding individual behavior (motivation, self-awareness, leadership, etc.) and group dynamics (decision-making, group development and work), plus conflict, climate, learning styles, power, stress, process/content, human rights and quality. Utilizes experiential learning methodologies and other appropriate designs. May not be taken for credit by students having credit for INP 6397.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Provides students with quantitative skills that are required to make business decisions. These skills involve using statistical, forecasting and estimation techniques. Students are expected to use the subject matter for problem sets and exams.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Concepts of competition as they relate to business management policies and practices; profit goals and measurement problems; multiple product policy; demand analysis; cost concepts; pricing problems; case studies. Contains a portfolio project.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Advanced treatment of investment and financing decisions of firms, emphasis on current theory and practice. Course contains a portfolio project.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on development of quantitative and analytical skills required to model, analyze, interpret and solve managerial decision making problems.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Creation of enduring and mutually satisfactory customer relationships through the provision of customer value as an enterprise management philosophy. With consideration given to operating environments, the course is designed to teach the formulation, implementation, and control of comprehensive marketing strategy with emphasis on the integrative aspects of the marketing function in a market-based enterprise. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses are used in applications oriented context. Contains a portfolio project.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Utilizes case analysis, a strategic simulation and other related experiential exercises. Integrates and applies the various business management functions from the strategic viewpoint of the organizational chief executive officer.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Advanced Business Intelligence Applications uses various information technologies to identify, locate, acquire, transform, visualize and analyze business data in an effort to create new data products within an organizational context. The focus of the course is on using methodologies from design science to create new data products for management use in decision making.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Explores the complexities of data management in the digital world of big data. Uses advanced information technology and software tools to analyze data and create business intelligence. Integrates the strategies, policies, methodologies, techniques, and tools to solve problems and assist decision-making via business data management in firms.
Duration: 7 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the new management paradigm of data-driven decision making from both a technology and managerial perspective. Principles of big data and data mining will be discussed in class lectures and employed through assignments and projects.

*Program duration may depend on course load and availability. Please consult with your advisor.

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