{"id":3745,"date":"2022-10-27T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/?page_id=3745&#038;preview_id=3745"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:29:12","slug":"core-curriculum-mban","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/core-curriculum-mban\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Course Requirements: MBAn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To fulfill Master of Business Analytics (MBAn) degree requirements, students must successfully complete 36.50 credits: 32.00 credits of core courses and 4.5 credits of approved elective courses.. Students enter the program in June and complete their degree in late April or early May of the following calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"table4\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Summer Term<br>June \u2013 Aug.<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fall Term<br>Sept. \u2013 Dec.<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Winter Term<br>Jan. \u2013 Apr.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">BA: 500  Business Immersion (2.0 cr)<p align=\"center\"><\/p><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 502: Managerial and Financial Accounting (2.25 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 558: Prescriptive Analytics (1.5 cr)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 550: Introduction to Data Programming (2.25 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 553: Predictive Analytics (2.25 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 504: Information Security, Privacy and Ethics <br>(1.5 cr)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 551: Advances Spreadsheets (1.5 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 554: Data Exploration and Visualization (2.25 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 600: Business Analytics Consulting Studio <br>(6.0 cr)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 552: Probability and Statistics (1.5 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 555: Data Architecture and Acquisition (1.5 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Electives (4.5 cr)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;MBAN 501: Software Teams and Project Management <br>(2.25 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 503: Decision Strategies (2.25 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 556: Unsupervised Learning (1.5 cr)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">MBAN 557: Causal Inference through Experimentation (1.5 cr) <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Descriptions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/business-immersion-13323\" title=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/business-immersion-13323\">BA: 500  Business Immersion <\/a>(2.0)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/introduction-data-programming-13402\">MBAN 550: Introduction to Data Programming<\/a> (2.25 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/advanced-spreadsheets-13326\">MBAN 551: Advanced Spreadsheets<\/a> (1.5 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/probability-and-statistics-13327\">MBAN 552: Probability and Statistics<\/a> (1.5 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/managerial-and-financial-accounting-13331\" title=\"\">MBAN 502: Managerial and Financial Accounting<\/a> (2.25 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/predictive-analytics-13322\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/predictive-analytics-13322\">MBAN 553: Predictive Analytics (2.25 cr)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/data-exploration-and-visualization-13325\">MBAN 554: Data Exploration and Visualization<\/a> (2.25 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/data-architecture-and-acquisition-13324\">MBAN 555: Data Architecture and Acquisition<\/a> (1.5 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/software-teams-and-project-management-13332\">MBAN 501: Software Teams and Project Management<\/a> (2.25 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/decision-strategies-13330\">MBAN 503: Decision Strategies<\/a> (2.25 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/unsupervised-learning-13329\">MBAN 556: Unsupervised Learning<\/a> (1.5 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/causal-inference-through-experimentation-13328\" title=\"\">MBAN 557: Causal Inference through Experimentation<\/a> (1.5 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/prescriptive-analytics-13583\" title=\"\">MBAN 558: Prescriptive Analytics<\/a> (1.5 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/information-security-privacy-and-ethics-13582\" title=\"\">MBAN 504: Information Security, Privacy and Ethics<\/a> (1.5 cr)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/michiganross.umich.edu\/courses\/business-analytics-consulting-studio-13584\" title=\"\">MBAN 600: Business Analytics Consulting Studio<\/a> (6.0 cr)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional degree requirements:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp; Mandatory 4.5 credits&nbsp;(minimum) of electives.<br>2. Cumulative VPA of&nbsp;2.00 (Including 2.00 Term VPA each semester)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To fulfill Master of Business Analytics (MBAn) degree requirements, students must successfully complete 36.50 credits: 32.00 credits of core courses and 4.5 credits of approved elective courses.. Students enter the program in June and complete their degree in late April or early May of the following calendar year. Summer TermJune \u2013 Aug. Fall TermSept. \u2013&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4416,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"ep_post_type":[57],"class_list":["post-3745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","ep_post_type-page"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":61,"label":"Uncategorized"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jordan Marquez","author_link":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/author\/jmarqu\/"},"comment_info":"","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/author\/jmarqu\/","display_name":"Jordan Marquez"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 27, 2022","modified":"Updated on February 4, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 27, 2022 11:38 am","modified":"Updated on February 4, 2026 10:29 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4416"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3745"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12043,"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3745\/revisions\/12043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3745"},{"taxonomy":"ep_post_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rossweb.bus.umich.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ep_post_type?post=3745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}