The IT Business Analysis Graduate Certificate courses are offered on a rolling format, 100% online, that lets you choose times for class work and study that fit your lifestyle. Courses are offered during fall and spring, in an eight-week format for greater flexibility, so you can complete the required 9 credit hours in 12 months to 3 years.
Refer to the table below for assistance on what courses to take.
Three courses (9 credit hours) are required for the certificate program, all of which may be credited to the online MS in Computer and Information Technology degree if the student opts to continue in the online MS degree.
Plan of Study Overview
| Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
CNIT 53000 BAE - IT Business Analysis Pre-requisite - Must be taken first | 3 |
| CNIT 53100 RMA - IT Requirements Analysis & Modeling | 3 |
| CNIT 57000 BDA - IT Data Analytics | 3 |
| CNIT 58600 RMP - IT Requirements Management | 3 |
Course Descriptions
Required Courses
- CNIT 53000 BAE - Information Technology Business Analysis: Students learn the foundational knowledge needed to effectively perform skills, techniques, methods, and processes used by the Business Analysis profession and based on the Business Analyst Body of Knowledge (BABOK) and PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA).
Elective Course Options
- CNIT 53100 RMA - IT Requirements Analysis & Modeling: Students learn how to effectively model and analyze stakeholder requirements in order to define a workable solution.
- CNIT 57000 BDA - IT Data Analytics: Students learn decision strategies, Big Data concepts, plus Business and data analytics through the use of statistical inference, regression, predictive analytics, and data mining. Students will have "hands-on" opportunities through the use of a tool such as "R", an open source domain specific language (DSL) to assist in those efforts.
- CNIT 58600 RMP - IT Requirements Management: This course explores the requirements management lifecycle. Develop abilities to elicit and document user requirements in a manner to assure project success. Understand the processes of requirements validation, verification and traceability. Develop a knowledge of requirements management tools for effective use.