Admissions
- Students applying to Gonzaga University must submit Gonzaga’s Graduate Application, which can be accessed online at https://www.gonzaga.edu/gradapply
- Along with the application for graduate study, each program at Gonzaga has distinct admission requirements. Please refer to the table below to view that detailed information.
Program Name |
How To Apply Link |
Master of Science in Business Analytics | https://www.gonzaga.edu/school-of-business-administration/graduate/msba/how-to-apply |
The following foundation (pre-requisite) courses are required for the Master of Science in Business Analytics degree. B+ or higher is required for all pre-requisites.
- MBUS 560 Accounting Analysis (or ACCT 260 and ACCT 261)
- BFIN 320 Principles of Finance
- BMIS 235 Management Information Systems
Additional pre-requisites required for the Accounting Analytics concentration. Accounting prerequisites may be taken after admission into the program and may be waived at the discretion of the program director.
- ACCT 360 Intermediate Accounting I
- ACCT 361 Intermediate Accounting II
- ACCT 363 Cost Accounting
- ACCT 365 Federal Taxation I
- ACCT 464 Auditing
Degree Requirements
A total of thirty (30) credits of graduate coursework is required for the Master of Science in Business Analytics degree. Students must maintain a 3.00 or better grade point average in order to progress through and to graduate from the program. Students have 17 credits of core requirements and must choose one out of two concentrations, Accounting Analytics or Business Analytics.
MSBA 601 Fundamental Technology for Business Analytics | 3 credits |
MSBA 622 Data Science for Business | 3 credits |
MBUS 626 Info Systems Theory and Practice | 2 credits |
MBUS 613 Quantitative and Stats Analysis | 3 credits |
MSBA 623 Database Management and SQL | 3 credits |
MACC 601 Power Query/Power Pivot | 2 credits |
Choose one of the following concentrations: | |
Accounting Analytics Concentration |
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MACC 600 Orientation | 0 credits |
MACC 611 Audit Analytics | 3 credits |
MACC 664 Professional Ethics | 2 credits |
MBUS 633 Team Building Intensive | 2 credits |
Choose one of the following two courses: | 1 credit |
MTAX 619 Data Automation
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MACC 604 Blockchain in Business
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MBUS 670 Foundations of Project Management | 3 credits |
Choose one of the following four courses: |
3 credits |
MTAX 604 C corporation taxation
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MTAX 605 Partnership taxation
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MACC 660 Advance Financial Accounting
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MACC 662 Accounting Information Systems
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Business Analytics Concentration |
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MSBA 602 Communication Skills: Persuasion | 2 credits |
MBUS 614 Business Ethics | 2 credits |
MSBA 679 Predictive Analytics | 2 credits |
MSBA 668 Survey Design | 1 credit |
MSBA 686 Performance Management | 1 credit |
MSBA 606 Marketing Analytics | 1 credit |
MSBA 603 Data Visualization | 1 credit |
MSBA 604 Machine Learning | 1 credit |
Choose 3 credits from the following five courses: |
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MBUS 612 Managing People and Performance
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2 credits |
MBUS 633 Team Building Intensive
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2 credits |
MSBA XYZ Digital Marketing
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1 credit |
MBUS 681 Pythonic Tech for Financial Data
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1-2 credits |
MBUS 689 Financial Modeling & Data Analytics
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1 credit |
MBUS 600 - Successful completion
MTAX 600 - Successful completion