Information Systems and Business Analytics Concentration

Career Paths

Courses in the ISBA program are designed to offer students options in the following career paths:

1. Business Analytics
2. Information Systems

The Business Analytics path prepares students for careers that address the best use of data in contemporary business environments. Students in this career path will gain the ability to understand data management, data storage, data processing, data visualization, and predictive analytics. Some of the positions people in this career path have taken include data analytics or data science specialists working with software to process data and generate reports, data analytics designer who design data warehouses and business intelligence systems, and business analysts or managers using analytical insights to solve problems for management decisions. People in this career path are expected to be in high demand as organizations increasingly understand the value of data and analytics and turn to data-driven decision-making.

The Information Systems path prepares students for highly demanding careers in today’s digitalized business environment that are typically positioned as bridges among business managers, end-users/customers, and IT departments/vendors. Students in this career path will gain the ability to understand what business managers and end-users/customers need and how to design and manage information systems to address those needs utilizing emerging digital technologies. Information systems professionals often work with a diverse team of IT developers, business managers, end-users, and software vendors to develop plans for designing, building, and integrating information systems solutions. Students choosing this path will also learn how to manage software development processes and how to manage and protect IT and data assets in business contexts. Various IT professional careers are accessible after taking this Information Systems path, including database administrator, IT help desk technician, IT project manager, network and security specialist, business/system analyst, etc.

Advising Notes

The prerequisites for these courses are strictly enforced, so ISBA concentrators should plan their schedules carefully and early.

Concentration courses are not guaranteed to be offered every semester.  Students should meet with their academic advisor to plan out a specific path for graduation.