About This Program

The Data Analytics minor trains students to use data to inform decision-making and create solutions. Students learn to acquire and collect raw data in various formats, convert raw data to usable formats and then understand how to appropriately analyze the data to draw accurate and useful conclusions. Graduates of the program will be able to use their skills across a wide-range of industries as well as in the non-profit and government sectors.

Contact Information

• Program Coordinator:Tom Sahajdack, Ph.D.|tsahajda@kent.edu| 330-672-1085
• Speak with an Advisor

Program Delivery

• Delivery:
  • In person
• Location:
  • Kent Campus

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

To declare the Data Analytics minor, students must have completed following courses (or their equivalent) with a minimum C- grade:ECON 22060and (MATH 11012orMATH 12002).

Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Minor Requirements
ECON 32050	APPLIED ECONOMETRICS I (ELR) (min C grade)	3
ECON 32051	APPLIED ECONOMETRICS II	3
ECON 42050	DATA ACQUISITION, PREPARATION AND VISUALIZATION	3
MATH 10041	INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS (KMCR)1	3-4
orBA 24056	BUSINESS ANALYTICS I
Programming Elective, choose from the following:		3
CS 13011 &CS 13012	COMPUTER SCIENCE IA: PROCEDURAL PROGRAMMING and COMPUTER SCIENCE IB: OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
EMAT 25310	CREATIVE CODING
Programming or Applied Elective, choose from the following:		3
Programming Elective
CS 23001	COMPUTER SCIENCE II: DATA STRUCTURES AND ABSTRACTION
Any other programming course with approval
Applied Elective2
ACCT 43009	ACCOUNTING DATA ANALYTICS
CIS 34036	ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS PROCESSES
CIS 44043	DATA MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE I
ECON 42068	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION: FIRMS AND STRATEGY
ECON 42072	LABOR ECONOMICS: WORK AND PAY
ECON 42191	SENIOR SEMINAR IN ECONOMICS (WIC)
FDM 35270	COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN RETAILING
FIN 36086	ADVANCED FINANCIAL MODELING
MKTG 35061	MARKETING ANALYTICS
Minimum Total Credit Hours:		18

¹

Students who have taken an equivalent course in introductory statistics or have an equivalent AP statistics exam score may substitute for the statistics requirement.

²

Students may be allowed to choose an appropriate applied data course from their major discipline, subject to approval by the undergraduate coordinator in economics.

Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements Summary - Minors

Minimum Minor GPA	最低的总平均成绩
2.500	2.000

• Students are expected to satisfy course prerequisites for each course required in the minor. Prerequisites are not tied to a particular catalog; therefore it is important to look at the most current information about a course.
• Student may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline

• Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
• Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
• Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Acquire and collect raw data in various formats.
2. Convert raw data to usable formats.
3. Analyze the data to draw accurate and useful conclusions.