Four-year Combined BS/MBA Option
Business Data Science with a Concentration in Artificial Intelligence

Not all programs are offered for completion at each campus or through Berkeley College Online®. Please review the academic program pages (BerkeleyCollege.edu/Academics) for information on where each program is offered. Additionally, all students may be required to take some courses at another campus or online. Internship courses are only offered online.

BS SAMPLE PROGRAM SEQUENCE

FIRST SEMESTER

CREDITS

CIS1115
Computer Applications
3
BDS1100
Storytelling with Data
3
SOC1123
Psychology of Adjustment
3
MAT2211
College Algebra
3
ENG1105
Writing and Research
3

SECOND SEMESTER

CREDITS

ENG2205
Writing Through Literature
3
CIS2201
Advanced Spreadsheets
3
ACC1111
Financial Accounting
3
BDS2210
Artificial Intelligence
3
BDS2240
Programming for Computer Science and Data
3

THIRD SEMESTER

CREDITS

MAT2218
Probability Statistics and Applied Regression
3
ENG2215
Public Speaking
3
SOC2231
Human Relations
3
HUM2225
Introduction to Ethics
3
BDS2260
Machine Learning
3

FOURTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MAT3301
Discrete Mathematics
3
BDS3360
SQL and Managing
3
MKT3322
Digital Marketing
3
ENG3316
The Confident Writer
3
Free Elective
3

FIFTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

BUS4430
CRM and Enterprise Systems
3
ITM3330
Object-Oriented Programming
3
MAT4440
Applications of Calculus
3
BENG4400
Scientific and Technical Communication
3
Liberal Arts Elective
3

SIXTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

BDS4410
Data Security and Privacy
3
Humanities Elective
3
Social Science Elective
3
Liberal Arts Electives
3
Business Elective*
3

SEVENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

BDS4440
Advanced Programming for AI and Big Data
3
IBS4420
Fintech: AI, Blockchain, and Financial Modeling
3
Free Electives
3
Liberal Arts Elective
6

EIGHTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

BDS4450
Applied Deep Learning and Chatbots
3
MBA5501
Essentials of Management
3
Science Elective
3
Liberal Arts Elective
3
MBA Core Course (6610, 6615, 6620, 6625, 6630, or 6635)
3

120 SEMESTER CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION.

*Must be at the 3000 or 4000 level and must be selected from the Larry L. Luing School of Business® courses.

Up to two (2) MBA core courses – one being MBA5501 – may be substituted for BBA electives in the Eighth Semester. MBA5501 is to be taken as a 7-week intensive course in the A session; the other as a 7-week intensive course in the B session.

MBA SAMPLE PROGRAM SEQUENCE

NINTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Core Courses (not taken previously)
12

TENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Core Courses (not taken previously)
3
MBA Electives
6

ELEVENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Electives (taken in the A session)
6
MBA8810
Capstone (taken in the B session)
3

36 GRADUATE CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION

Prospective students who meet the following criteria may be eligible for the program: A cumulative GPA of at least 3.50, full-time enrollment, and successful completion (B or better) of all required courses in the student’s undergraduate major.

NOTE: Every other degree combination includes the same graduate level course taken during the final year as an elective.

 

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