Advanced Business Analytics Certificate – CTABAG

College of Business
College of Business Annex 351
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
866.226.7643
admissions@onlineprograms.ohio.edu

Delivery Mode: Online

Terms of Entry: Fall, Spring, Summer

Enrollment Eligibility: Current degree-seeking student or non-degree status

Certificate Overview

Expected time to complete degree: 2 to 3 semesters

Business Analytics is a field of study that is in high demand. Virtually every form of business can utilize the skills of this discipline to improve decision making within a business environment. Data today is easier to generate, collect and store, and those characteristics will not likely to change. The supply of working professionals that have been trained to analyze data properly is currently a limitation within today’s business setting.

The Advanced Business Analytics Certificate provides students an opportunity to learn beyond the foundational methods and techniques within the areas of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. It also adds computer programming and database management featuring software that is currently being used within business environments to student learning. Having advanced technical skills are needed when from understanding to implementing analytical solutions within an organization.

For the Advanced Business Analytics curriculum, students would be required to take three required courses (9 credit hours). These courses are also offered as part of the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MBAn) program.

The mission of the Advanced Business Analytics Certificate is to offer students from various backgrounds an alternative pathway to develop advanced analytics skills within business environments. This program is ideal for students that have completed the Business Analytics Certificate or for students holding an MBA with a Business Analytics Concentration.

Opportunities upon Completion

The demand for professionals with advanced analytical skills is outpacing the rate at which students are earning degrees in higher education. Upon completion, students will be prepared to find advanced careers in business analytics, will achieve competitive advantage to progress within their current organization and/or career path, and will be prepared for further master’s degree coursework.

Admission Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally-accredited university
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Official transcript(s)
• Current resume
• Personal statement for students whose undergraduate GPA is less than 3.0.
• Online application with $35 fee
• No GRE or GMAT scores required

International applicants must also submit:

• TOEFL iBT score of 150 or IELTS of 7.5
• General academic credentials evaluation (ECE or WES report)

College of Business Graduate Academic Credit Transfer Policy

Students may request transfer of credit from an accredited university within the limits of the Ohio University Graduate Catalog. Graduate credits from AACSB accredited business school or college may be applied toward a College of Business graduate program under the following conditions:

1. A maximum of six credit hours toward a graduate degree program may be applied.
2. A maximum of three credit hours toward a graduate certificate may be applied.
3. Approval of transfer credit is granted by the Department Chair of the academic discipline in which credit is being requested. Course credit must be:
4. Earned through an AACSB-accredited business school,
5. Designated as graduate credit at the institution where taken,
6. Letter graded B or better,
7. Earned within the pasts five years,
8. Applicable toward a graduate degree at the institution where taken, and
9. Earned in courses taught by members of that institution’s graduate faculty.

Students must provide the following information to the Graduate College during the admissions process for graduate course credits to be evaluated for transfer credit:

1. Official Transcript
2. Syllabus from course(s) to be evaluated for transfer credit, from the term the course was completed
3. COB Graduate Transfer Credit Form

International Students

This certificate program does not permit full-time enrollment in residence at Ohio University, and an I-20 cannot be issued based on admission to this program.

Completion Requirements

Admitted students will need to earn a C or better in all of the certificate courses. And, students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher to be awarded the certificate.

Complete a minimum of 9 credit hours as follows: