BBA or BS in Business to Master of Science in Economic Data Analytics Fast Track
About This Program
Bachelor of Business Administration or Bachelor of Science in Business to Master of Science in Economic Data Analytics Fast Track enables outstanding senior undergraduate students in the College of Business to satisfy degree requirements leading to Economic Data Analytics MS while completing their undergraduate studies. Pathways are available from any undergraduate degree in the College that includes the required fast track foundations courses.
Associated Programs
For detailed information about the programs associated with this Fast Track, refer to their individual degree pages.
International Business BBA (Chinese)
International Business BBA (French)
International Business BBA (German)
International Business BBA (Korean)
International Business BBA (Russian)
International Business BBA (Spanish)
Admissions Criteria
An undergraduate Business student will apply:
- within 30 hours of completing a bachelor's degree
- upon completion of at least 30 hours at UTA, achieving an overall UTA GPA of 3.3 or better
- with an overall GPA of 3.3 or better in all college courses (at all schools), and
- with a UTA Business GPA of 3.3 or better.
Additionally, a candidate must have completed at UTA Arlington 12 hours of undergraduate fast track foundation courses with a minimum GPA of 3.5:
- ECON 3310 MICROECONOMICS
- ECON 3312 MACROECONOMICS
- ECON 3318 ECONOMIC DATA ANALYSIS
- BSTAT 3321 INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS or BSTAT 3322 ADVANCED STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS
For automatic admission to the MS, students must complete the following graduate courses:
- Three MS foundations courses approved by advisor.
An undergraduate student who successfully completes the fast track graduate coursework with grades of B or better will graduate with the undergraduate degree and will be automatically admitted to graduate study. The student will not be required to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), will not have to complete the normal Graduate School application for admission, and will not have to pay the related application fee.
Curriculum
| Baccalaureate Program | ||
| Complete non-elective requirements for BBA/BS including the following used to determine eligibility for the fast track: | 96 | |
| MICROECONOMICS | ||
or ECON 3312 | MACROECONOMICS | |
| MACROECONOMICS | ||
| ECONOMIC DATA ANALYSIS | ||
| INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | ||
or BSTAT 3322 | ADVANCED STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | |
| Complete elective requirements for BBA/BS including the following, which also count toward the MS: | 24 | |
Select 3 MS Foundations courses. | ||
| MS Foundations | ||
| Complete all of the following not taken in BBA/BS. | 21 | |
| ADVANCED COMMUNICATION FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC PROFESSIONALS | ||
| ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS | ||
| DATA VISUALIZATION | ||
| MONETARY POLICY AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS | ||
| APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS DATA ANALYSIS I | ||
| BUSINESS & ECONOMIC FORECASTING | ||
| APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS DATA ANALYSIS II | ||
| ADVANCED BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DATA ANALYTICS | ||
| CAUSAL INFERENCE FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS | ||
| PYTHON PROGRAMMING | ||
or BUSA 5344 | SAS TOOLS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS | |
or BUSA 5345 | R FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | |
or BUSA 5322 | DATA ANALYTICS WITH PYTHON AND MACHINE LEARNING | |
| Total Hours | 141 | |