UT offers new MBA and business analytics degree

8/22/2011

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Business Administration announced that it now offers a dual-degree master's program for students who want both an MBA and a master's degree in business analytics.

"UT was the first business school in the country to offer a master's degree in business analytics and is now the first school to offer this dual-degree program," Amy Cathey, executive director of UT Knoxville's full-time MBA program, said.

The new dual-degree program is intended to produce students "who can successfully bridge the sizable gap that exists between the practical aspects of business and the analytical capabilities enabled by information systems," the University said.

"That combination seems to be rare among today's graduates, yet is in incredibly high demand," said Ken Gilbert, head of UT's Department of Statistics, Operations and Management Science, home of the college's business analytics program. "Graduates who understand business analytics and have strong business and leadership skills have excellent job opportunities."

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel