Texas McCombs MSBA
Academics
MSBA students learn to use data as their most powerful tool in business.
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Become an Agent of Change
Utilize data, machine learning, and AI to quantify business tradeoffs
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Utilize data, machine learning, and AI to quantify business tradeoffs
Manage analytics projects and bring them to scale
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Manage analytics projects and bring them to scale
Extract and manipulate big data
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Extract and manipulate big data
Communicate analytics-driven solutions in business terms
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Communicate analytics-driven solutions in business terms
Elicit actionable business insights
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Elicit actionable business insights
Learn and grow from esteemed faculty and outstanding classmates
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Learn and grow from esteemed faculty and outstanding classmates
Prepare for Your Career
To get you ready for a career in business analytics, the MSBA curriculim focuses on a variety of disciplines, including:
Applied Statistics
Applied Mathematics
Computer Science
Optimization
Consumer Behavior
Risk Management
Operations Research
Decision Theory
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Anitesh Barua | Professor
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Dr. Anitesh Barua | Professor
Dr. Barua's Research includes unstructured data analytics, mobile apps, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and more.
Dr. Guoming Lai | Professor
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Dr. Guoming Lai | Professor
Dr. Lai teaching interests include supply chain management and energy and sustainable operations.
A Hands-On Degree
This program is so hands-on, you learn so much from Python to project management to thinking through business problems and actually applying them to the real-world. I'm glad I came to McCombs for my MSBA because of all the doors it opens and the path that it set me on for my future.
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