UMD Smith School, Montgomery College launch pathway to business analytics master’s degree program

Daily Record Staff//October 31, 2023//

The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and flex MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, business master's, doctoral and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. (File photo/The Daily Record)

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Daily Record Staff//October 31, 2023//

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A Montgomery College student cohort has embarked this fall on a pathway to a Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) degree from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business to meet a growing demand for the likes of operations researchers, data analysts, business analysts, analytics directors and chief analytics officers.

Twenty-three of 50 students in this Smith master’s track already are declared majors under the Rockville-based community college’s new Associate of Arts in Business Analytics program.

Pending admission to Smith’s undergraduate and master’s programs, students will complete the undergraduate major in Operations Management and Business Analytics followed by the MSBA.

The “2+2+1” track is structured for students to complete the master’s portion in one year, following two years each at the associate and undergraduate levels through which master’s level credits are accumulated.