# Business Analytics (Course 15-2)
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## Bachelor of Science in Business Analytics
### General Institute Requirements (GIRs)
The General Institute Requirements include a Communication Requirement that is integrated into both the HASS Requirement and the requirements of each major; see details below.
| Summary of Subject Requirements | Subjects |
| --- | --- |
| Science Requirement | 6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Requirement; at least two of these subjects must be designated as communication-intensive (CI-H) to fulfill the Communication Requirement. | 8 |
| Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied from among [6.100A](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=6.100A "6.100A")/[6.100B](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=6.100B "6.100B"), [6.1200[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=6.1200 "6.1200[J]"), [14.30](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=14.30 "14.30"), [18.05](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=18.05 "18.05"), [18.06](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=18.06 "18.06"), and [15.053](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.053 "15.053") or [15.069](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.069 "15.069") in the Departmental Program] | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement (12 units) [can be satisfied by [15.076](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.076 "15.076") in the Departmental Program] | 1 |
| **Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree** | **17** |
| Physical Education Requirement | |
| --- | --- |
| Swimming requirement, plus four physical education courses for eight points. | |
### Departmental Program
Choose at least two subjects in the major that are designated as communication-intensive (CI-M) to fulfill the Communication Requirement.
| | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Required Subjects | | **Units** |
| [6.100A](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=6.100A "6.100A") | Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python | 6 |
| [6.1010](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=6.1010 "6.1010") | Fundamentals of Programming | 6-12 |
| or [6.100B](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=6.100B "6.100B") | Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science | |
| [6.3900](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=6.3900 "6.3900") | Introduction to Machine Learning | 12 |
| or [15.0711](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.0711 "15.0711") | The Analytics Edge | |
| [15.053](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.053 "15.053") | Optimization Methods in Business Analytics | 12 |
| [15.076](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.076 "15.076") | Analytics for a Better World | 12 |
| [15.276](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.276 "15.276") | Communicating with Data (CI-M) | 12 |
| [15.780](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.780 "15.780") | Analytics of Operations Management | 12 |
| *Select one of the following:* | | 12-15 |
| [15.301](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.301 "15.301") | People, Teams, and Organizations Laboratory (CI-M) | |
| [15.312](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.312 "15.312") | Organizational Processes for Business Analytics (CI-M) | |
| *Select one of the following:* | | 12 |
| [15.069](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.069 "15.069") | Applied Probability and Statistics | |
| [14.30](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=14.30 "14.30") | Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics | |
| [18.05](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=18.05 "18.05") | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | |
| Restricted Electives | | |
| *Select five subjects from the lists below. At least three of the subjects must be from Course 15.* 1, 2 | | 45-63 |
| Units in Major | | 141-168 |
| Units in Unrestricted Electives | | 48-84 |
| Units in Major That Also Satisfy the GIRs | | (24-36) |
| Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree | | 180 |
The units for any subject that counts as one of the 17 GIR subjects cannot also be counted as units required beyond the GIRs.
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| --- | --- |
| *1* | *Two six-unit subjects count as one elective.* |
| *2* | *Consult the Sloan Office of Undergraduate Education regarding additional options.* |
| | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Restricted Electives | | |
| *Select two to five of the following:* | | |
| [15.0161[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.0161 "15.0161[J]") | Climate and Energy in the Global Economy | 12 |
| [15.0251](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.0251 "15.0251") | Game Theory for Strategic Advantage 1 | 9 |
| [15.0341](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.0341 "15.0341") | Econometrics for Managers: Correlation and Causality in a Big Data World | 9 |
| [15.037[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.037 "15.037[J]") | Energy Economics and Policy | 12 |
| [15.0621](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.0621 "15.0621") | Data Mining: Finding the Models and Predictions that Create Value | 6 |
| [15.0711](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.0711 "15.0711") | The Analytics Edge 2 | 12 |
| [15.6731](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.6731 "15.6731") | Negotiation Analysis | 6 |
| [15.7611](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.7611 "15.7611") | Introduction to Operations Management | 9 |
| [15.8141](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.8141 "15.8141") | Marketing Innovation | 9 |
| [15.8731](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.8731 "15.8731") | System Dynamics: Tools for Solving Complex Problems | 9 |
| [15.874[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.874 "15.874[J]") | People and the Planet: Environmental Governance and Science | 9 |
| [15.C08[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.C08 "15.C08[J]") | Causal Inference | 12 |
| [15.C571[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.C571 "15.C571[J]") | Optimization Methods | 12 |
| *Select up to one of the following:* | | |
| [15.417](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.417 "15.417") | Laboratory in Investments | 15 |
| [15.501](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.501 "15.501") | Corporate Financial Accounting | 12 |
| [15.9001](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=15.9001 "15.9001") | Competitive Strategy | 9 |
| *Select up to two of the following:* | | |
| [1.041[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=1.041 "1.041[J]") | Transportation: Foundations and Methods 1 | 12 |
| [6.1200[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=6.1200 "6.1200[J]") | Mathematics for Computer Science | 12 |
| [9.40](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=9.40 "9.40") | Introduction to Neural Computation 1 | 12 |
| [9.66[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=9.66 "9.66[J]") | Computational Cognitive Science | 12 |
| [14.12](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=14.12 "14.12") | Economic Applications of Game Theory 1 | 12 |
| [14.15[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=14.15 "14.15[J]") | Networks | 12 |
| [14.32](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=14.32 "14.32") | Econometric Data Science | 12 |
| [18.06](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=18.06 "18.06") | Linear Algebra | 12 |
| [18.C06[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=18.C06 "18.C06[J]") | Linear Algebra and Optimization | 12 |
| [18.615](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=18.615 "18.615") | Introduction to Stochastic Processes | 12 |
| [IDS.012[J]](https://catalog.mit.edu/search/?P=IDS.012 "IDS.012[J]") | Statistics, Computation and Applications | 12 |
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| --- | --- |
| *1* | *Subject has prerequisites that are outside of the program.* |
| *2* | *15.0711 can count as a Required Subject or as a Restricted Elective, but not both.* |