Curriculum

The coursework in Oregon State’s business analytics online bachelor’s program will equip you with expertise in three main areas:

• Technical competency: Integrate various information technologies and demonstrate proficiency with several data analytic tools.
• Organizational competency: Identify opportunities, needs and constraints for data analytics within organizational contexts.
• Management competency: Think critically about the business implications of observed data patterns and analytics inferences.

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Degree requirements

A minimum of 180 quarter credits — at least 60 of which must be upper-division credits — are required to graduate with your business analytics degree, including:

• OSU's Baccalaureate Core (general education)
• Major requirements: Business analytics
• Specialization requirement: Four options

Honors degree online

As an undergraduate degree-seeking student, you can apply to earn an honors degree online in your academic major. Earning this prestigious degree gives you the opportunity to collaborate with faculty on research, complete a comprehensive thesis experience and engage in co-curricular activities.

Specialization options

The program features options that integrate data science with business disciplines and enable you to focus your studies in a particular area of interest. Learn more about each of the specialization options.

Sample course topics

• Personal, professional and leadership development
• Public speaking
• Calculus for management and social science
• Financial accounting
• Managerial accounting
• Principles of marketing
• Introduction to microeconomics
• International business
• Operations management
• Financial planning

Additional program features

Accelerated Master's Platform

Get a jump-start on your MBA or M.S. in Business while working toward your undergraduate degree in business analytics. Through Oregon State’s Accelerated Master’s Platform, current undergraduate business analytics students can take graduate-level courses online that will be applied to their bachelor’s degree, and the credits earned will be transferred to the MBA or M.S. in Business programs. Students enrolled in Ecampus graduate courses will pay the graduate tuition and fees rate.

Transfer credits

Some degree requirements may be transferred from other institutions. Please note that a minimum of 45 credits of the last 75 credits in this degree program must be completed at Oregon State (online or on campus) to meet the academic residency requirement.

Previously earned credits must be reviewed upon admittance to OSU for appropriate articulation. Additional information about transferring credits is available through OSU's Transfer Credit Central or you may request an unofficial transcript evaluation through the College of Business.

Connect with College of Business transfer advisors

Get your questions answered about pursuing a business analytics degree online by contacting COB.Transfer@oregonstate.edu. If you have already completed your bachelor’s degree and are interested in enrolling in this program as a postbaccalaureate student, connect with Charlie Carr to learn more.

Hybrid (remote + online) courses

As a College of Business student, you have the ability to supplement your online learning experience with regularly scheduled class meetings that are held remotely.

These hybrid courses have 50% of the class meetings at regularly scheduled times on Zoom and 50% of the class meetings conducted asynchronously online in Canvas. The courses feature regular weekly class meeting times on Zoom and will not meet on campus.

With this blended learning experience, you’ll benefit from completing innovative coursework online while satisfying your preference for real-time interaction with peers and faculty.

Browse all remote + online hybrid courses.

Add a minor

As an OSU Ecampus student, you'll have the ability to add a minor to your bachelor's degree program. Oregon State offers a diverse selection of minors online. Combine business analytics and a computer science minor or business analytics plus a health management and policy minor to create an even more powerful résumé fit for today's job market.