BUS 241 - Applied Business Modeling

This technology-driven, workforce-alignment course is designed to make students think about structuring varied business situations for quantitative analysis. It introduces principles and techniques for building and implementing decision-making models using Excel. The topics drawn are relevant to a variety of business disciplines, such as analytics, operations, marketing, finance, and accounting. The course emphasizes the application of spreadsheet modeling techniques in the area of statistics for analyzing and implementing business solutions. In addition to introducing students to spreadsheets, it will cover a wide range of Excel functions and tools for business analysis including, what-if, goal seek, probability distributions, data visualization, look-up functions, tables, scenario manager, managing Excel add-ons, arrays, statistical analysis, and regression.

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Credits: 3

Meets the Following Core Requirement: Quantitative Reasoning
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Course Type: Business