This course is designed to take students to intermediate levels of data analytics, introducing them to regression, time series analysis, setting up analytic models in Excel and Monte Carlo. 

The Liberal Education and America’s Promise goal for this course is LEAP Goal 2, to develop intellectual and practical skills throughout the curriculum, as well as LEAP Goal 4, Integrative Learning. 

Textbook: 

Business Analytics 3rd Edition by Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, David R. Anderson.  Course materials adapted to SU BADM 450. 

Learning Outcomes: 

The following is a list of the topics that will be covered:

• Spreadsheet Models
• Monte Carlo Simulation
• Optimization.