| Course ID: | MIST 7770. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Business Intelligence and Analytics |
Course
Description: | Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics are used to support
decision making and enhance organization performance. Students
learn concepts and terminology, various kinds of applications,
how to build and use the BI and analytics infrastructure, and
different data access and analysis tools. Learning is supported
by software projects and assignments and case studies. |
| Oasis Title: | Bus Intelligence and Analytics |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Be familiar with BI and analytics concepts and
terminology
2. Know how to develop BI and analytics applications
3. Be able to use a variety of BI and analytics tools
4. Know how to implement BI and analytics enterprise-wide
5. Understand the business value and uses of BI and
analytics |
| Topical Outline: | The differences between transactional and analytics applications
The evolution of decision support applications – SQL, reports,
DSS, EIS, OLAP
Dashboards and scorecards
Data visualization
BI and analytics software
Data marts, warehouses, and lakes
BI and analytics software
Predictive analytics
Big data analytics
Prescriptive analytics – simulation and mathematical
programming
Artificial intelligence
Algorithmic transparency
Hands-on software assignments and projects
Case studies |