ONLINE MS IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS & APPLIED AI

Admissions & Curriculum

An unparalleled program combining analytics with AI. 

Develop an exceptional level of clarity to leverage AI analytically and set your company, and yourself, apart from the competition—without putting your career on pause. Let us guide you through the admissions process and match you with financial aid options and scholarship opportunities.
 

Applying to Simon’s Online MS in Business Analytics & Applied AI. 

Our Admissions staff takes the time to get to know each applicant personally. We encourage you to reach out to us early to help you strengthen your application and identify scholarship opportunities. Consider attending one of our Admissions events to learn more about the program.

In addition to the deadlines below, we accept applications on a rolling basis. The sooner you apply in any of the rounds, the sooner you’ll hear back from us. 

RoundDeadline*Decision By*
Round 1February 15March 30
Round 2April 15May 30
Round 3June 15July 30
Round 4July 15August 15

*by 11:59 p.m. ET

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Data Is Advancing Business.

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Working professionals looking to harness the power of data analytics, leverage AI, and take classes in a flexible online format. 

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Simon offers the option to apply without a GMAT/GRE/Executive Assessment score. Schedule a chat with a counselor to learn more.

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Tuition is $49,000 plus program fees, which cover access to use the Benet CMC career services, scheduled social/professional development programming, Orientation programming, and required course materials.

Merit scholarships are available for all qualified candidates. Learn more about scholarships for US active duty and military veterans, and University of Rochester employees and alumni below. In addition, candidates may earn a scholarship to the Online MSBA & Applied AI program by participating virtually in our annual Simon Games virtual business simulation competition.

There are also a variety of loan options available for part-time students. Please contact our office at admissions@simon.rochester.edu to learn more.

 

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Military Scholarships

Reflecting our commitment to providing a premier education to US service members, and in affiliation with the University of Rochester, Simon Business School is proud to offer scholarship that matches dollar for dollar the remaining tuition expense for all 100% benefit-eligible, post-9/11 veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Learn more about military benefit levels.

Active and veteran military members also benefit from the University’s participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program, which includes unlimited matching funds to cover the education costs beyond the benefits of the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

University of Rochester Employees

University of Rochester employees can use their tuition benefits toward a Simon degree! Not sure if you’re qualified? Wondering about costs not covered by benefits? Connect with us to learn what options are available to you. You can also learn more via the University’s website.

In addition to tuition benefits, UR employees are also eligible for merit-based scholarship consideration, which can help offset the remaining tuition costs after tuition benefits are applied. Interested in learning more about what this could mean for your Simon studies? Set up a time to chat with an admissions counselor! 
 

University of Rochester Alumni

Candidates with an undergraduate, master's, or doctoral degree from the University of Rochester benefit from the following: priority admission consideration, a waived Simon application fee, and a minimum of $10,000 a year in merit-based scholarships for Simon’s part-time and full-time programs.
 

Scholarship Award Policy

Scholarships cannot surpass 100% tuition and students may only utilize one of the scholarships offered by Simon Business School. Tuition scholarships will be applied after tuition benefits. 

If you would like to be considered for scholarship support from Simon, please select “yes” to the question “Would you like to be considered for Simon’s merit-based scholarships?” in your application. Candidates must meet standard selection criteria, which includes a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.


Contact us with any questions about scholarship opportunities at admissions@simon.rochester.edu or (585) 275-3533.

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Application Requirements

 

  • Online application form
  • Current résumé
  • Two required essays (500-word limit)
  • College transcripts
  • Two professional references
  • $90 application fee (contact us for a waiver)
  • Optional: GMAT or GRE test results
  • Optional: Video Essay

 

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Master the skills needed in a
data-reliant, AI-driven business world.

The program curriculum was designed to help you leverage generative AI with analytical skills so you can begin advancing your career from day one. Simon’s Online MS in Business Analytics & Applied AI is a STEM-designated degree that will equip you with a solid core of analytical frameworks and the technical, analytical, and applied AI skills needed to advance to the next level.

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Program requirements.

Click on each tile for a brief course description (note: this chart represents a sample academic schedule and is subject to change).

GBA 471

Probability and Descriptive Analytics

GBA 471

GBA 471 Probability and Descriptive Analytics

A key goal of GBA 471 is to generate insights from data to support business decision making. This course introduces basic techniques for data exploration and visualization, with an emphasis on understanding and reasoning with data and communicating data-driven results to a managerial audience. Generative AI will be used to uncover conjectures for further exploration of data sets and augment attainable insights from data.

GBA 472

Causal & Predictive Analytics

GBA 472

GBA 472 Causal & Predictive Analytics

This course introduces utilizing data and data analytics to inform decision-making in today’s business environment. Extracting information from data has become an integral part of modern business management, from Main Street to Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Generative AI will be used as a complementary tool throughout the course, as it can be paired with existing software and analytic techniques to greatly expand the scope of application. This course will de-mystify statistical learning and data analytics, enabling students to thrive in a competitive market for data-based decision-making.

CIS 467

Data Management, Warehousing & Visualization

CIS 467

CIS 467 Data Management, Warehousing & Visualization

This course focuses on database design, management, and warehousing concepts to support analytics efforts. The course introduces SQL programming and related frameworks for data retrieval and transformation. Students will also learn Tableau to rapidly design and create data visualizations and dashboards, both for exploratory data analysis and effective communication.

MKT 472

Marketing Management Analytics

MKT 472

MKT 472 Marketing Management Analytics

Marketing management is a complex business function that requires various skills for effective strategy formulation and marketing plan implementation. The key objectives of this course are (1) to provide you with a series of frameworks for identifying, analyzing, and solving marketing problems with an emphasis on analytic tools to achieve this aim, and (2) to enhance your ability to effectively communicate your analyses and solutions.

OMG 472

Operations and Supply Chain Analytics

OMG 472

OMG 472 Operations and Supply Chain Analytics

This course focuses on how analytics tools can be applied to modern operations problems. The emphasis is on building and using performance evaluation, simulation, and optimization models to solve operations problems, and communicating the results in a convincing manner, both in written reports and in oral presentations.

GBA 475P

Online Business Analytics Capstone Project

GBA 475P

GBA 475 Online Business Analytics Capstone Project

The Business Analytics Capstone project is an opportunity to bring all of the conceptual theories, analytical methodologies and technical skills from your coursework, as well as your creativity and intellectual enthusiasm, to bear on a real-world project that will directly impact your sponsor organization. There is the potential for students to develop a project proposal from their current job opportunities and use this as the subject for their capstone project.

GBA 465

Introduction to Python Programming

GBA 465

Introduction to Python Programming

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GBA 478

AI & Business

GBA 478

GBA 478 AI & Business

This class introduces students to AI models at the conceptual level and teaches how recent advances in AI can spur financial innovation for startups and corporations. The class relies on an analytical framework that combines financial frictions analysis and AI applications. Financial frictions provide opportunities for AI-driven FinTech solutions. The class covers the evolution of deep learning models in the last decade, discusses the cutting-edge AI applications, and helps students to identify new opportunities for value creation.

GBA 473

Data-Driven Decision-making

GBA 473

GBA 473 Data-Driven Decision-making

The objectives of this course are to understand the analytics environment, including people and organizational challenges, data, and the role of models, and to understand concepts and apply frameworks of data-driven decision-making for business decisions. GBA 473 covers marketing analytics, operational analytics, and business analytics. Generative AI is used throughout the course to enhance the process of discovery and the articulation of ideas.

GBA 474

Advanced Analytics-Driven Decisions

GBA 474

GBA 474 Advanced Analytics-Driven Decisions

GBA 474 covers the concepts and tools needed for the effective design of analytics, using non-system data and experiments to solve business problems. The course focuses on “soft” skills related to structuring complex problems, decision-making with imperfect information, and designing analysis to address analytics research questions. Generative AI is used throughout the course for both internal and customer-facing elements of analytics design and application.  It further reinforces and expands on “hard” skills related to data wrangling, descriptive, predictive, and causal analytics, unsupervised learning methods, and generative AI tools and applications.  

GBA 476

Organizational Impact Using Analytics

GBA 476

GBA 476 Organizational Impact Using Analytics

Students will learn to understand and utilize the best practices of storytelling using rhetoric, persuasion, influence strategy, analytics, data visualization, and Generative AI. Students will apply frameworks to convey business material to a variety of audiences, using standard office applications, data visualization platforms, and the latest Generative AI tools and techniques. Learn to apply storytelling concepts to connect information to insights, improving your ability to express your thinking and influence. 

GBA 444

Ethics & Policy in Tech

GBA 444

GBA 444 Ethics & Policy in Tech

Tech firms—from start-ups to industry leaders—face a range of ethical and policy challenges. Start-ups may face barriers to entry or regulations ill-suited to their innovation. Industry leaders contemplate antitrust considerations if they dominate a market. Moreover, tech firms of all sizes face ethical quandaries on issues related to AI. This course focuses on the skills needed to consider the policy and ethical environments of tech firms, and how these connect with firms’ market environments. 

 

Experts who will lead you into your professional future.

Simon faculty are known for being unabashedly analytical and bringing the latest cutting-edge science of business to the classroom. Today, that science is generative AI. Simon professors’ excellence in academic research, instruction, and innovation will help you learn to leverage data to communicate compelling stories and build your expertise for success in today’s business climate and tomorrow’s. 

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Participate in our Simon Games business simulation competition to obtain insight into the Online MSBA & Applied AI program coursework and learn and refine skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, communication, and more. The grand-prize winner will receive a full-tuition scholarship, and all finalists who apply, are admitted, and enroll in the next matriculated term are guaranteed tuition scholarship support.

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