Business Intelligence and Analytics
Course Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Business Intelligence and Analytics (BSBA/BIA) major is designed to prepare business students for the workforce in the growing field of business intelligence and analytics, Students will learn how to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data (Big Data).
Course Structure
- BIA-2100: Foundations of Applied Business Analytics (3 hours)
- BIA-2200: Business Intelligence (3 hours)
- BIA-3100: Data Management for Business Intelligence (3 hours)
- BIA-3200: Data Mining, Visualization, and Big Data for Business (3 hours)
- BIA-4900: Capstone – Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (3 hours)
- BIA-4910: Special Topics: Business Intelligence Analysis (3 hours)
- BIA-4950: Independent Study in Business Intelligence & Analytics (1-6 hours)
Entry Requirement
| Language Requirement | |
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| TOEFL-IBT Score (Minimum) | Direct admission No ESL courses required TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Special home edition: Score 90 or higher, with a minimum combined score of 34 for speaking and writing. ESL courses required with option for credit TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Special home edition: Score between 75 and 89 with a minimum combined score of 34 for speaking and writing. To ensure your TOEFL results are forwarded directly to Concordia University, you must indicate 0956.00 as the “Institution Code” when you write the test. Concordia does not use the "My Best Score" superscore result.
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| IELTS Score (Minimum) | Direct admission
No ESL courses required
IELTS score of 7 or higher, no component score under 5.5
ESL courses required with option for credit
IELTS score of 6.5 or 6 and in both cases, no component score under 5.5 |
| CAE Score (Minimum) | Direct admission
No ESL courses required
C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency: min. score 190 with no part under 165
ESL courses required with option for credit
C1 Advanced: min. score 175 overall with no part under 165 |
| PTE Score (Minimum) | Direct admission
No ESL courses required
Minimum overall PTE academic score of 61 with a minimum of 46 in speaking and writing.
ESL courses required with option for credit
Minimum overall PTE academic score of 50 with a minimum of 46 in speaking and writing. |
Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities
- Business Analyst
- Business Strategy Consultant
- Business Intelligence and Performance Management Consultant
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Business Intelligence Manager
- Business Intelligence Administrator
- Business Intelligence Consultant
- Competitive Intelligence Analyst
- Business Solutions Architect
- Chief of Global Intelligence
- Director of Market Intelligence