Why Milgard?

Why Business Data Analytics?

Milgard's STEM MSBA will prepare you to succeed in the data-driven digital era.

This interdisciplinary program is designed for those who seek to sharpen their critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, data/analytical decision-making, digital technology-enablement and project and process management skills. Students will explore innovation as a creative problem-solving capability that is applied to a wide variety of market opportunities and social/institutional challenges. Students will have the opportunity to apply concepts, principles, and methods associated with business analytics to smart digital solutions (e.g. Apple Siri, IBM Watson, Microsoft Cortana, Google Now, and Amazon Echo).

Be part of next-generation savvy business analysts, T-shaped analytical thinkers and adaptive innovators. Through face-to-face classes on Saturdays, and asynchronous online learning, students will gain experience in gathering, modeling, analyzing and understanding data, and building smart digital business models to solve existing problems or cultivate new opportunities, improving the performance of organizations. This work-compatible program provides students with knowledge, tools, and skills to make use of big data. Students are challenged to make effective and efficient business decisions that solve existing problems or create new opportunities, improving the performance of organizations.

Milgard Centers of Excellence

The Milgard School of Business hosts a variety of academic Centers of Excellence to help students, businesses, and our community grow and succeed in the global economy and increasingly changing market.

The Centers of Excellence include:

Center for Business Analytics

Center for Financial Wellness

Center for Leadership & Social Responsibility

Milgard Success Center

Sports Enterprise Management

Entrepreneurship Center

The Accounting Hub

Students Assisting Businesses