Degree Requirements

From Seattle University's 2020-2021 Graduate Catalog

70-100 credits required for completion

I. Prerequisites

To be completed prior to beginning the MSBA program:

Note: Students with previous comparable course work with a B- (2.70) or better have the option of waiving these courses.

a. To be completed first quarter course is available for MPAC:

Note: Writing requirement may be satisfied with a 25% or higher on the GMAT verbal and writing section.

b. To be completed by spring quarter prior to enrolling in BUAN 5260 for MSBA:

Note: Students with previous comparable course work with a B- (2.70) or better have the option of waiving these courses.

III. Required Core

(46 credits)

a. Accounting

(16 credits)
Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ACCT 5120	Intermediate Financial Accounting II	3
ACCT 5140	Auditing I	3
ACCT 5300	Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation	3
FINC 5050	Corporate Financial Management	3
MGMT 5100	Leadership Skills & Team Development	4

b. Business Analytics

(30 credits)
Course Number	Course Title	Credits
BUAN 5210	Communicating and Visualizing Data	3
BUAN 5260	Mathematical Models for Decision-Making	3
BUAN 5281	Law for Business Analytics	1
BUAN 5305	Data Management for Business Analytics	3
BUAN 5310	Statistical Learning for Business	3
BUAN 5315	Big Data Tools for Analysis	3
ECON 5100	Statistical Applications and Quantitative Methods	3
ECON 5300	Applied Econometrics	3
IS 5201	Programming for Business Analytics	3
MGMT 5200	Strategy Analysis	3
SEGR 5800	Ethics and Professional Issues in Computing	2

IV. Additional Required Accounting Courses

(12 credits)
Choose four of the following courses:
Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ACCT 5150	Federal Taxation I	3
ACCT 5230	Strategic Management Accounting	3
ACCT 5240	Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting	3
ACCT 5310	Internal Audit I	3
ACCT 5320	Internal Audit II	3
ACCT 5330	Advanced Financial Accounting	3
ACCT 5340	Auditing II	3
ACCT 5350	Federal Taxation II	3
ACCT 5365	Topics in Valuation Analysis	3
ACCT 5370	Valuation for Financial Reporting	3
ACCT 5375	Fair Value of Financial Instruments	3
ACCT 5385	Corporate Governance	3
ACCT 5390	Not-for-Profit Accounting	3

V. Ethics Component

(3 credits)
Course Number	Course Title	Credits
BETH 5120	Business Ethics and Social Responsibility	3

VI. Data Analytics Component

(3 credits)
Choose one from the following five courses:
Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ACCT 5380	Systems Modeling for Financial Decisions	3
ECON 5100	Statistical Applications and Quantitative Methods
FINC 5130	Financial Modeling
IS 5305	Data Managment in Business
IS 5315	Big Data Analytics

VII. Capstone

(6 credits)
Course Number	Course Title	Credits
BUAN 5510	Capstone Project in Business Analytics	6

VIII. Business Analytics Elective

(3 credits)
Choose one course from the following:
Course Number	Course Title	Credits
ACCT 5110	Intermediate Financial Accounting l	3
ACCT 5240	Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting	3
ACCT 5300	Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation	3
BUAN 5910	Special Topics in Business Analytics	3
BUAN 5960	Independent Studies in Business Analytics	3
ECON 5107	Quantitative Microeconomic Analysis	3
ECON 5305	Economics and Business Forecasting	3
ECON 5330	Economics of Strategy	3
FINC 5050	Corporate Financial Management	3
FINC 5100	Investments	3
FINC 5105	Valuation of Derivatives	3
FINC 5120	Portfolio Management	3
FINC 5310	Financial Risk Management	3
FINC 5325	Real Options Analysis	3
FINC 5335	Hedge Funds	3
IS 5320	Web Analytics	3
MATH 5111	Probability for Data Analytics	3
MATH 5112	Mathematical Statistics for Data Analytics	3
MKTG 5305	Marketing Research	3
MKTG 5345	Social Media Marketing	3
MKTG 5350	Creativity and Innovation	3
OPER 5310	Project Management & Control	3
SEGR 5300	Data Architectures for Analytics	3
SEGR 5310	Data Mining and Analytics	3

Note: With permission of the Accounting Department Chair, students may include 3 internship credits.