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Master of Business Administration (MBA)

School of Business and Technology

Business Intelligence specialization

Play a key role in strategic decision making by strengthening your ability to develop meaningful business insights by leveraging information from multiple, disparate data sources. Capella's Business Intelligence MBA specialization provides a foundational overview of core business disciplines and leadership skills with a focus on the statistical methods, modeling tools, and data collection and reporting techniques used in business intelligence. Specialization topics include management decision theory and practice; business analytic tools used for data management, cleaning, mining, and reporting; effective presentation approaches; and ethical considerations associated with the acquisition and use of information. People who choose this specialization often pursue positions as business, data, or management analysts, or management positions in the field of business information and business intelligence.

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Total Program: 48 quarter credits
Up to 12 quarter credits may be transferred into this specialization
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Next Start Date: July 9, 2012
Credit: $699 §

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MBA learners may not take courses associated with any other degree program within the School of Business and Technology or any other school at Capella University while they are enrolled in the MBA degree program.

Expand your educational and career opportunities by choosing one of Capella's degree enrichment options.

  • Expand your career options with additional specializations

    Increase your knowledge and career options by earning multiple specializations as part of your bachelor's or master's degree program at Capella. If you have elective courses in your program, you may be able to use them toward earning another specialization. However, completing additional specializations may extend your total credits beyond the requirements of your degree.

    Once a learner has completed at least 100 undergrad credits, they can enroll in the combined option with the MBA program.

    The requirements are as follows:

    • Learners must successfully complete 100 undergrad credits before being enrolled in the program.
    • Learners must complete all 12 of the combined option credits at Capella (cannot transfer).
    • Learners must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better in both the undergrad and MBA courses.
    • Learners must also earn a grade of “B” or better in each MBA course.
    • Learners will only have the option of taking the MBA courses during the first session of each quarter (to avoid any issues if the learner earns a grade below 3.0).
    • Learners who fail to meet any of the requirements above will be removed from the combined option program and will not be allowed to re-enroll.
    • Credits earned in the combined option program can be applied toward a future MBA, but not via the combined option.

Core Courses (each course 3 quarter credits unless noted)

  • MBA6004 - Foundational Skills for Business Leaders
  • MBA6006 - Leading Innovation in the Global Organization
  • MBA6008 - Global Economic Environment
  • MBA6012 - Integrated Global Marketing
  • MBA6014 - Financial Accounting
  • MBA6016 - Finance and Value Creation*
  • MBA6018 - Data Analysis for Business Decisions
  • MBA6022 - Strategic Operations Management*
  • MBA6024 - Organizational Strategy*
  • MBA6026 - The Global Leader
  • MBA6028 - Business Integration Skills*

Specialization Courses (each course 3 quarter credits unless noted)

  • MBA6131 - Statistical Methods*
  • MBA6133 - Management Decision Methods*
  • MBA6135 - Data Mining and Reporting*
  • MBA6137 - Primary Data Collection *

Capstone Course (taken during learner's final quarter)

  • MBA6900 - MBA Capstone* (3 quarter credits)
Review of this specialization is pending in ND and TN.
* This course has a prerequisite. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.

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