The Department of Economics and Decision Sciences offers a post-baccalaureate certificate program to graduate level students who are interested in the field of Business Analytics. This program brings together the technical skills of data mining, statistical modeling, and forecasting for data driven decision making and for solving the analytical problems of the contemporary business world. The program is designed for graduate level students in diverse backgrounds. Graduates from undergraduate programs in quantitative and biological sciences, economics, sociology, psychology, business, computer sciences, physics, mathematics, actuarial science, engineering, or education, as well as working professionals desiring to sharpen their data-analysis and business analytical skills and/or learn advanced statistical methods will especially benefit from the high-demand post-baccalaureate certificate program in business analytics. The Business Analytics post-baccalaureate certificate program is closely related to the Master's degree programs in Economics, Applied Statistics and Decision Analytics, Business Administration or Mathematics. Students interested in pursuing one of these degree programs may apply some semester hours earned in the Business Analytics certificate towards the fulfillment of requirements of these or other graduate programs. See respective graduate advisors for more information about these graduate programs.