Master core technical management skills
The Master of Management Sciences – Business Analytics program requires the completion of eight courses: three (3) core courses on management topics, and five (5) electives focused on your specific career goals or technical skills.
The three core courses provide students with the broad managerial foundation necessary to achieve a position in technical management and set them up for success. Each course provides the student with applicable insights on how to employ their background in quantitative analysis to lead teams, manage risk, and overcome organizational challenges.
Most online MMSc- Business Analytics students complete one course per term on a part-time basis. The entire program is typically completed within two and a half years, with each course requiring on average 12-15 hours of dedicated study each week.
Learning Outcomes
In the MMSc- Business Analytics program, you will:
- Develop the technology, management, and analytical skills required to successfully share ideas, manage a team, and engage in management-level conversations with executives and peers.
- Empower yourself by strengthening your reputation as a credible and competent management or leadership candidate, backed by the knowledge needed to step into the role of manager with confidence and your proud association with a world-leading institution and its network of esteemed graduates.
- Solve management-level problems using scientific and analytical methods for managing organizations.
Develop Technology and Management Skills
MSE 682 – Organizational Strategy and Innovation
This course examines how organizations formulate and execute strategies to drive innovation and sustain competitive advantage. Topics include linking organizational strategy with innovation processes, managing technology and change, building dynamic capabilities, and designing structures that foster creativity and collaboration. The course emphasizes how firms can adapt to technological disruption, coordinate innovation across functions, and align strategic priorities with long-term growth.
Make Strategic and Operational Decisions
MSE 683 – Analytics and Decision-Making
This course explores how data-driven analysis and modelling support effective decision-making in complex organizational settings. It emphasizes the formulation of analytical models, interpretation of results, and application of quantitative insights to real-world managerial problems. Topics include optimization, simulation, prescriptive analytics, and decision support under uncertainty. Students will develop practical skills in translating data into strategic and operational recommendations.
Apply Statistical Thinking to Management Decision-Making
MSE 689 – Statistical Learning and Data Science
This course introduces foundational concepts in statistics and data analysis for management and engineering applications. Topics include data visualization, regression, classification, and basic techniques in statistical learning. Students gain practical experience applying these methods to real data using examples from organizational and technological contexts.
Elective Courses
In addition to the core curriculum on management skills, all students must complete five (5) elective courses. A complete list of all MSE courses, including the elective course options can be found on the GSPA website.
“One of the best decisions I've made is enrolling in this program. It's helping me in my roles right now, dealing with management conversations. I'm very fluent in sharing ideas learned through the program. Management gets highly impressed by the ideas. Everything has been amazing so far. They exactly met my expectations. They had more biz, innovation, and technology content which was my initial objective.”
- Hassan Hamid, Senior Technical Project Manager, Qualys. Class Of 2024.
Become the Technical Leader Today’s Businesses Need
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