Program Information
This guide is designed to help MSDS/MBA students plan their academic path through the joint degree program, balancing coursework between the MBA and MSDS programs.
Specific information about all graduation requirements (including courses, credits, minimum gpa, internship requirements, IKEWS, etc.) are available in the student handbook. If you have questions about graduation requirements, curricular path or registration options, contact Karen Arthur.
The MBA/MSDS Joint Degree is designed to be completed in five semesters. Students focus on MBA coursework in their first year, along with one MSDS core class, and then explore MSDS along with the MBA in their second year. Both degrees are issued at the end of Summer, year two.
Students are required to take a combination of 36 credits of required courses including:
- GSM 5103 Data Analysis, Modeling & Decision Making
- GSM 5104 Managing Individuals, Teams and Organizations
- GSM 5105 Accounting for Managers
- GSM 5107 Marketing: Creating Satisfied Consumers
- GSM 5108 PACE I: Practical Application for Careers and Enterprises
- GSM 5109 PACE II: Practical Application for Careers and Enterprises
- GSM 5111 Finance and Economics I
- GSM 5112 Finance and Economics II
- GSM 5114 Operations and Systems Management
- GSM 6121 Politics & Public Policy for Managers
- GSM 6123 Strategic Management
- GSM 6xxx Experiential Elective
In addition to the Experiential Elective requirement, students are required to complete 8 credits of elective coursework.
Sample Curriculum
Fall of 1st year
- GSM 5103: Data Analysis, Modeling and Decision Making
- GSM 5104: Managing Individuals, Teams and Organizations
- GSM 5105: Accounting for Managers
- GSM 5108: PACE I
- GSM 5111: Economics and Finance I
Spring of 1st year
- GSM 5107: Marketing: Creating Satisfied Customers
- GSM 5109: PACE II
- GSM 5112: Economics and Finance II
- GSM 5114: Operations and Systems Management
- DATA 503: Fundamentals of Data Engineering (Salem section)
Summer of 1st Year
- GSM 7251: Internship for Management
Fall of 2nd year
- GSM 6121: Politics and Public Policy for Managers
- Experiential Elective (semester 1)
- DATA 501: Foundations of Data Science with R
- DATA 502: Data Visualization and Presentation
Spring of 2nd year
- GSM 6123: Strategic Management
- Experiential Elective (semester 2)
- DS-Eligible Elective
- DATA 505: Applied Machine Learning
Summer of 2nd year
- DATA 510: Capstone
- DATA Elective
- DATA Elective
- GSM Elective
Summary of requirements:
- All core ECCC, 2 GSM electives, 1 experiential GSM elective, and 1 DS-eligible GSM elective
- 1 summer internship for credit
- All core DATA classes (except DATA 504) and 2 DATA electives