Data Drives Business Decisions
Do you like to dig in to details? Or use data to make the best decision to move forward? A career in data analytics is for you! This program will prepare you to understand and generate data to make the best decision to make an organizations successful.
Credits
120
Sample Careers
- Market research analyst
- Data & analytics manager
- Financial analyst
Financial Aid
The average undergraduate student award is $16,603.
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New program coming in fall 2021
We live in a data-age, and the demand for professionals with business analytics skills is growing. Most companies are generating, collecting, and storing information that is used to drive up the value of their business. This fast-growing career path has applications in every industry and companies of all sizes.
Program outcomes:
- Summarize principles of Christian ethics related to business intelligence.
- Apply the principles and techniques of database design, administration, and implementation to enhance data collection capabilities and decision-support systems.
- Determine the principles and techniques of database design, administration, and implementation for data collection and decision- support systems.
- Describe models for effective decision making to achieve business objectives.
- Compare different organizational behaviors and adapt change management strategies.
- Articulate assumptions, analyses, and interpretations of data in a written and oral format.
What to Expect
This degree prepares students to become Christian leaders who are capable of making data-drive decisions that enhance organizational performance, identify emerging markets, and solve complex business problems. Students apply these skills to specific areas of finance, economics, marketing, human resources, and more.
- Apply principles and techniques of database design, administration, and implementation
- Utilize models for effective decision making to achieve business objectives
- Compare different organizational behaviors and adapt change management strategies
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Undergraduate
Undergraduate Application Steps
Admit. Commit. That’s it!
For first-time freshmen and transfer students:
- Submit your online application
- Send Official High School Transcripts (College Transcripts if Applicable).
- Send your official ACT or SAT scores
For those that would like to be considered as test optional in the admissions process, please contact your admission counselor. Students with a cumulative GPA below 3.0 are required to submit an ACT/SAT. You will receive an email and a phone call from your dedicated Admission Counselor. Please reach out to your counselor if you have any questions regarding the application process. We review each application on an individual basis using a holistic approach.
Matthew Hurtienne
Ph.D.
Dean - Batterman School of Business, Associate Professor
Phone: (262) 243-2024
Education
- Ph D - Education and Human Resource Studies, Colorado State University (2015)
- MS - Organizational Leadership, Norwich University (2009)
- BS - Management, Southern Illinois University (2007)
- Instructional Design Mastery Series , Online Learning Consortium (2016)
Research Interests
- Employee Engagement
- Organizational Effectivness
Teaching Interests
- Human Resource Development
- Organizational, Performance, and Change