Concentration in Decision Analytics

The concentration in Decision Analytics requires cadets to complete courses that introduce the process of decision analytics with data analytics skills, including: 1) understanding the problem in an analytic framework; 2) data preparation and methodology selection; 3) applications of algorithms; 4) predictive analytics models; and 5) prescriptive/causal analytics models and optimization.

Cadets must maintain at least a 2.0 GPA in the course work for the concentration. Cadets should declare the Decision Analytics concentration as soon as possible, but no later than the beginning of the first semester of the First Class year. This concentration can be declared through the Department of Economics and Business .

In addition to meeting the requirements of the major in Economics and Business, the following courses are required for the Concentration in Decision Analytics:

Required Economics and Business Courses

EC 304 - Econometrics Credit Hours: 3
BU 423 or EC 423 - Economics and Business Analytics Credit Hours: 3
EC 414 - Applied Game Theory Credit Hours: 3
BU 430 - Financial Modeling Credit Hours: 3
EC 417 - Evidence-Based Narratives with Predictive and Causal Machine Learning Credit Hours: 3

With approval of Department Head, one of the following can be substituted for one of the classes above:

Independent Study on a Decision Analytics Topic Credit Hours: 3
Internship for Credit requiring the use of Decision Analytics Credit Hours: 3