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EIU's Business Analytics Minor, open to all majors, teaches students to capture, analyze, and visualize data to drive real business decisions. Through hands-on courses in statistics, spreadsheet modeling, and data mining, students learn descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics techniques — building in-demand skills for careers as business analysts, data analysts, and BI managers, no matter their primary field of study.

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Minor
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Statisticians, Biostatisticians, Scientists

Why Study Business Analytics at EIU?

  • No matter what you're studying, you can add practical, in-demand data skills to your degree — this minor isn't restricted to business students.q
  • You'll work with descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics using actual software tools and applications, not abstract concepts.
  • Graduates are prepared for roles like Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Manager, and Analytics Consultant — careers in demand across virtually every sector.
  • At just 18 credit hours (12 required, 6 elective), the minor adds a genuine skill credential without derailing your primary major.
  • You'll learn to turn massive, complex data into clear business insights — a capability that's increasingly essential, not optional, in the modern workplace.
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Heather Hollis
BAIS | Class of 2027
Heather Hollis, BAIS at EIU

Hands-On Experience

  • OSC 3800 has students build and apply spreadsheet models directly to management decision-making scenarios, not just learn formulas in isolation.
  • OSC 4820 puts data mining techniques to work uncovering real patterns — like what drives sales trends or where profitable opportunities might be hiding.
  • Business Statistics (BUS 2810) builds the analytical foundation students then apply throughout the minor's more advanced coursework.
  • BUS 1950 grounds students in the computer applications and tools that show up in real business analytics work, not just theoretical computing concepts.
  • Two elective courses let students steer the minor toward the specific analytics tools or applications most relevant to their intended career path.
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Hands-On Experience, Business Analytics students at EIU

What You'll Learn

The Business Analytics minor helps students of all majors understand how businesses capture, store and analyze data and incorporate it into decision making. It is a fit if you like turning data into decisions and want to add in-demand skills to any degree.

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Career Outcomes

  • Statisticians
  • Biostatisticians
  • Data Scientists
  • Business Intelligence Analysts
  • Clinical Data Managers
  • Survey Researchers
  • Business Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Career Insights

Job Outlook ★ Bright Outlook Grow Rapidly
Preparation Needed Extensive (5/5)
Personality Fit Investigative

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Bertrand P. Holley Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics, Associate Professor of Accountancy and Law
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