Specialization Head: Brad Morrison (bmorriso@brandeis.edu)
Decisions in business, finance and economic policy are increasingly driven by sophisticated data analytics. Often, this involves crunching "big" datasets from financial trading floors, credit card records or web traffic. Students in the IBS Data Analytics Specialization develop a combination of skills in quantitative methods and data management, as well as the ability to apply these skills to real problems in business, finance and economics.
Because of the importance of knowing how to apply the quantitative skills, this Specialization is not intended as a "stand-alone" tool-set. Ideally it is integrated into the student's training in a substantive domain, which may be reflected in another Specialization or Concentration taken concurrently.
To earn the Data Analytics Specialization, students must complete 20 credits at IBS in fulfillment of the requirements listed below.
Coursework
20 credits as shown in the following categories as shown:
Group 1: Foundational (6 credits required)
| ECON 211f |
Foundations of Statistics and Econometrics II (2 credits) |
| BUS 211f |
Information Management (2 credits) (later to be renamed "Analyzing Big Data I") |
| BUS xxxf |
Analyzing Big Data II (2 credits) (to be introduced in Academic Year 2013-14) |
Group 2: Application Courses (8 credits required)
| BUS 253a |
Marketing Research: Design & Analysis (4 credits) |
| ECON/FIN 250a |
Forecasting in Fin & Econ (time-series econometrics) (4 credits) |
| ECON 261a |
Empirical Analysis of Trade Policy (4 credits) |
Group 3: Electives (at least 6 credits)
Any selection below, or any course in Groups 1-3 not taken to fulfill other specialization requirements.
| ECON 212f |
Survey of Advanced Econometric Techniques (2 credits) |
| ECON 311a |
Advanced Econometrics I (PhD level course) (4 credits) |
| BUS 276a |
Business Dynamics (4 credits) |
| BUS 286a |
Applications of Systems Dynamics (4 credits) |
| FIN 285a |
Computer Simulation & Risk ANalysis (4 credits) |
| FIN 270a |
Options & Derivatives (4 credits) |
| FIN 271a |
Options & Derivatives II (4 credits) |
| FIN 280a |
Financial Risk Management (4 credits) |
| FIN 217f/218f |
Financial Modeling I and/or II (2 credits each)
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| FIN 288a |
Corporate Financial Engineering (4 credits) |
| ECON 299a |
Master's Project |
You may count in this specialization a course that is also counted in other specializations or in your core program requirements.
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