SAS Business Analytics Joint Certification Program
This innovative certification program makes College of Business students more marketable to employers and boosts their chances of obtaining higher salaried jobs.
What is SAS?
SAS is a tool that helps managers understand and analyze data for better decision making. SAS incorporates analytics, visualization, data mining and other advanced analytics. It is used by more than 60,000 customers in business, government, and firms in 47 different nations. Of the top 100 Fortune 500 companies, 91 use SAS.
Career Opportunities
A whole span of career opportunities exists with the help of SAS.
- Business Analyst
- Analytical Consultant
- Clinical Statisticians
- Consultant
- Credit Risk Analyst
- Data miner/Statisticians
- Data warehouse specialists
- E-Commerce Business Analyst
- Fraud Analyst
- Informatics Analyst
- Marketing Analyst
- Marketing Database Analyst
- Operations Research Analyst
- Production, Operations and Services
- Programmer/Analyst
- Project Management etc.
- Research Analyst
- Risk Analyst
- Statistics and Acturial Science
Why SAS?
SAS certification credentials are globally recognized as the premier means to validate your business analytics knowledge. This certificate will allow you to set yourself apart with skills on data visualization, data analytics, and data management.
SAS Business Analytics Joint Certificate Requirements
This certificate requires students to complete a total of 12 course credits. In addition to BUS 308: Information Systems for Decision Making (4 units), students must complete two of the following six courses (on or after Fall 2016) with a grade of B or higher in each course:
BUS 322: Integrated Marketing Communications (4 units)
BUS 375: Agribusiness Trading and Risk Management (4 units)
BUS 435: Supply Chain Management (4 units)
BUS 437: Applied Logistics (4 units)
BUS 460: Emerging Technology and Digital Organization (4 units)
BUS 468: Business Analytics (4 units)
SAS Business Analytics Joint Certificate Faculty Committee
The faculty members involved in the SAS-CSUMB Joint Certificate program committee who took the initiative and designed the approved syllabi for their respective courses are:
Dr. Babita Gupta - BUS 308: Information Systems for Decision Making (4 units) and BUS 468: Business Analytics (4 units)
Dr. Jenny Lin - BUS 322: Integrated Marketing Communications (4 units)
Dr. Shwadhin Sharma - BUS 308: Information Systems for Decision Making (4 units), BUS 460: Emerging Technology and Digital Organization (4 units), and BUS 468: Business Analytics (4 units)
Dr. Sumadhur Shakya - BUS 375: Agribusiness Trading and Risk Management (4 units), BUS 435: Supply Chain Management (4 units) and BUS 437: Applied Logistics (4 units)
