BU 228 - Big Data

Credit Hour(s): 3
Contact Hours: (3, 1)

In this course students will learn the strategic value of big data to business and how to utilize the power of big data to gain competitive advantage in areas such as business decisions and operations; customer relationship; and products and services. Big data will enlighten students on the approaches and skills needed to mine big data from various sources in support of activities such as collecting and merging data, turning data into insight, predicting business performance and forecasting. Prerequisite(s): IS 133