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Combined Master of Science in Data Science and Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree Program

Course Requirements Combined MS DS and MBA Program

A combined Master of Science in Data Science/Master of Business Administration from Christian Brothers University is more than just a degree – it's a transformative journey that combines business acumen with data science expertise to meet growing industry demands. 

Complete both a Master of Science of Data Science and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in just 57 credit hours. 

Course Requirements

CMBA 602Managerial Economics

3
CMBA 603Accounting Principles for Financial Statement Analysis

3
CMBA 604Financial Management

3
CMBA 607Strategic Marketing

3
CMBA 635Corporate Social and Legal Responsibility

3
CMBA 636Global Leadership and Organizational Development

3
CMBA 640Achieving Maximum Impact

3
CMBA 680Strategic Foresight for Managing Change

3
DASC 626Statistics for Data Science

3
DASC 629Neural Networks for Machine Learning

3
DASC 637Database and Cloud Computing

3
DASC 638Data Science

3
DASC 639Software Programming

3
DASC 690Thesis in Data Science I

3
DASC 695Thesis in Data Science II

3
DASC 602Data Visualization

3
OR
CMBA 655Data Analytics and Visualization

3
Total Credit Hours:48

Electives

  • The MBA has 9 credit hours of electives/concentration that will be filled with three of the DASC courses above.
  • The MSDS has 6 credit hours of concentration that will be filled with two of these three CMBA courses: CMBA 602, CMBA 603 or CMBA 604, which fulfill the Business Analytics concentration in the MSDS.
  • The MSDS has 3 credit hours of electives that will be filled with any CMBA course.
Total Credit Hours:9