Quick facts about the Master of Science in Analytics Degree
PROGRAM FORMAT
All courses are in-person in owntown Chicago at NBC Tower.
STARTING QUARTERS
Autumn: August start.
Spring: February start.
DURATION
Part-time: 2-3 years.
Full-time: Spring start - 1.25 years (5 quarters), Autumn start - 1.5 years (6 quarters).
COURSE STRUCTURE
- Stats Bootcamp
- 1 or 2 founational courses, epening on your experience
- 11 core courses which inclues 2 capstone courses
- 2 electives
TYPICAL STUDENT
A typical MScA stuent has two or more years of work experience.
LOCATION
NBC Tower, owntown Chicago
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These insights also operate machines that can make extremely fast an accurate ecisions that woul be impossible for any human being ever to make. For instance, a machine learning algorithm coul stream ata from sensors to etect unattene bag in an airport secons after the bag is roppe. Master of Science in Analytics (MScA) Program of the University of Chicago eucates stuents to evelop these insights to buil the intelligent future promise by analytics.
