Nov 03, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Business Data Analytics 3+2

Location(s): West Palm Beach Campus (Day)


120 Undergraduate Credit Hours and 30 Graduate Credit Hours


The Business Data Analytics 3+2 program provides both traditional undergraduate and online learners an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in business. The overall goal of the program is to offer a quality, flexible degree completion curriculum that:

  • Affirms Christian values and beliefs;
  • Equips students to utilize leadership, management, and business principles;
  • Develops written and oral communication skills;
  • Instills a commitment to be critically reflective, self-directed, life-long learners;
  • Promotes an appreciation of the global environment of business;
  • Helps students better adapt to technological and cultural change; and
  • Empowers students to work effectively as individuals and as team members.

Program Learning Outcomes


“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

  1. Evaluate the language, theory, and models of the field of business analytics.
  2. Analyze and solve complex structured and unstructured business problems.
  3. Appraise results and solutions from analytic processes for decision making.
  4. Evaluate business processes for continuous improvement and innovation opportunity.
  5. Integrate a Christian worldview into the design of business analytics systems development and implementation.

Undergraduate Requirements


Conferral of a Baccalaureate degree in this program of study is determined by successful completion of the Baccalaureate Graduation Requirements outlined below.

NOTE: Students must earn 39 upper level (3000-4000) credit hours in order to graduate. A total of at least 21 of these upper level credit hours must be completed in the selected major.

Visit this program’s information page for additional program-specific requirements.

Faith, Roots, and Reason


The Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Mathematics, Global Studies, and Social Science requirements are fulfilled through other courses in this major. Only 31 of the 43 credit hours of the Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) program will still be required for the completion of this program.

Business Data Analytics 3+2 (97 Hours)


Required Business Core - 52 Credit Hours


Business Data Analytics 3+2 Requirements (45 Hours)


Additional Required Credit Hours - 22 Credit Hours


These additional hours may be fulfilled by a minor, second major, general electives taken concurrently, previous coursework taken at PBA or through transfer credits.