Analytics (Online)

Overview

Key facts

Analytics is defined as “the scientific process of transforming data into insight for making better decisions.” Tying together the new opportunities made possible by big data and computing, advanced quantitative methods from statistics and operations research, and the need for better business intelligence and decision support, analytics has quickly become a key facet of business strategy The MS Analytics program’s graduates will be able to move directly into business, industry, and government positions where they can apply the practical knowledge they have gained to immediately benefit their employers.

Students of the Master of Science in Analytics (Online) offered by Georgia Institute of Technology  earning the MS Analytics degree will be able to understand and integrate fundamental principles and advanced concepts across the core analytics disciplines of computing, statistics, operations research, and business. Trained by world-class faculty in all of these areas, students will learn

• identification and framing of problems;
• acquisition, management, and utilization of large and fast-moving streams of data;
• creation, analysis, solution, and interpretation of mathematical models using appropriate methodology; and
• the integration of these interdisciplinary skills to enable graduates to successfully develop and execute analytics projects.