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.
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.
Notice: Oregon State University students may now take part in internships anywhere in the United States. Read more about Ecampus’ authorization and compliance.
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Important dates
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Degree quick facts
* Oregon State University is on a quarter-term system. There are four quarters each year and classes are 11 weeks long. This program's 180 quarter credits are equal to 120 semester credits.
† Based on current tuition rates. No additional charge for nonresident students. Does not include course materials and associated fees and expenses.
‡ You can complete all or nearly all requirements of this program online. View the curriculum.
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