Business & Financial Analytics
integrate approaches
The Ripon College Department of Economics and Business Management prepares students to inform and lead organizations in making and carrying out effective decisions. We collaborate on defining goals and solving problems of resource use in business, non-profit organizations, and government. We integrate approaches from economics and across the liberal arts in study of fundamentals, diverse applications, research, internships and other organizational experiences. These open doors to advanced study, lifelong learning and productive and rewarding careers.
Faculty
Soren Hauge
Patricia Parker Francis Professor of Economics
Thomas Keuler
Instructor of Business Management, CPA
Erin C. Munro Krull
Associate Professor of Mathematics and the Mark and Janice Franzen Professorship in Applied Mathematics
Jandelyn Dawn Plane
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Miracle-Rose Toppar
Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Management
Fan Zhang
Associate Professor of Business Management
| Total Credits | 49 credits |
| Prerequisites | BSA 110 Introduction to Management, CSC 101 Introduction to Programming and MTH 201 Calculus I |
| Core Courses | MTH 120 Elementary Statistics, MTH 202 Calculus II, ECO 211 & 212 Principles of Economics, CSC 209 Object-Oriented Programming, CSC 236 Data Analysis and Visualization, BSA 231 Financial Accounting with Spreadsheet Applications, BSA 340 Data Analysis for Business and Economics or MTH 220 Data Analysis, BSA 313 Corporation Finance, MTH 331 Probability, MTH 432 Mathematical Statistics, and BSA 502 Business Research or ECO 502 Economic Research |
| Elective Courses | A BSA course approved by the academic advisor as including application of statistical methods, or CSC 371 Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning. A senior-level ECO course – possibly cross-listed in BSA – approved by the academic advisor as including some primary data analysis by students. |
| Additional Criteria | In the approved ECO or ECO/BSA course and in BSA 502 or ECO 502, student work on projects must include more advanced secondary and/or primary data analysis than may be required of students completing the courses for other majors. Students emphasizing financial analytics should select ECO 502 Economic Research for their senior capstone course and develop a project in financial analytics. |
Career Tracks
An undergraduate degree in business and financial analytics can be a path to a wide range of careers. Analysts work across many areas of business such as operations, marketing and supply chains, as well as management consulting and areas of finance such as budgets, securities and investment portfolios. Many progress into higher management roles, advancing through experience and master of business administration or analytics degrees. Our graduates’ job titles include analyst in systems integration and technology, data scientist, senior consultant, senior manager of portfolio modeling, senior provisioning analyst and senior analytics lead, as well as other roles in business management and finance.
Unique Opportunities
Senior business and financial analytics research provides students with an opportunity to integrate the skills they have developed throughout their course work in the completion of a project that requires research, data analysis, critical thinking, and oral and written presentations of information and ideas.
Creative Enterprise Consultants offer services to existing businesses, entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs and not-for-profits. Services include business planning, feasibility studies, marketing plans, financials and budgets, and market research – anything to assist with the business development process.
STEM classification for international students
An international students with an F-1 visa who obtains an initial 12-month Optional Practical Training (OPT) employment authorization after graduation and majored in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) field of study is eligible to apply for a 24-month extension of the OPT visa. The Business and Financial Analytics major qualifies as STEM for this purpose.
Advising
Ripon College faculty and professional staff are dedicated to helping you reach your goals, whatever they may be and however often they may change along the way. It’s part of our value statement to you.
As a student at Ripon, you will be assigned a faculty adviser based on your area(s) of interest. You will meet with your faculty adviser throughout your time as a student to discuss your current aspirations, plan your course schedule and plot a future trajectory. We also work collaboratively with Ripon College Career and Professional Development to help match your interests and skills to concrete goals and construct a plan for professional success offering personalized career counseling, off-campus learning opportunities and an online job board with potential to connect with local, national and international employers.
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