Experience With Adding Analytics to the Academic Program Stephen Hill Barry Wray Cem Canel Lessons Learned from Business Analytics at UNCW

Introductions Stephen Hill, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor of Operations Management Barry Wray, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods Cem Canel, Ph.D. – Professor of Operations Management

Business Analytics at UNCW Increasing Demand From Student Employers for Data Management and Analysis Skills Fall 2013 – Offered First Course in Business Analytics (OPS 300: Introduction to Business Analytics) – 45 Students – Course Well-Received Present – Business Analytics Minor Proposed (18 Hours)

Intro to Business Analytics Course Used Evans Textbook Attempted to Cover Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics Students Requested Second Analytics Course

Required Courses Three Courses  Nine Hours All Housed Within ISOM Department – OPS 300: Introduction to Business Analytics – MIS 315: Management of Database Systems – QMM 384: Data Mining Techniques and Applications (In Catalog, Rarely Offered)

Elective Courses Select Three Courses  Nine Hours Courses Available from: – Economics (Ex: Econometrics) – Finance (Ex: Investment Management) – MIS (Ex: Intro to Business App Development) – Marketing (Ex: Marketing Analytics) – Operations (Ex: Big Data Analytics, NEW) – Quantitative Methods (Ex: Intro to Simulation)

Initial Lessons Learned Get a Move On! – Analytics Rumblings from Other Areas of Campus – Analytics Executive Education Initiative Interdisciplinary but Contained – Required Courses in ISOM Department – Electives Available Throughout Cameron School of Business Only