Master of Science in Business Analytics CAPSTONE PROJECT
MSBA Capstone Project The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business is a STEM-Certified, intensive one-year program that develops graduates who are eminently qualified for big data and analytics careers. The MSBA Capstone Project provides master’s level business analytics students an opportunity to apply their skills by working on real-life data science problems with industry partners. Our students are taught by world-class faculty and leading researchers to help students analyze data that plays a critical role in decision-making and in the design or delivery of products and services. Our data-driven curriculum incorporates flexible tracks in data, marketing and operations to provide you with actionable results. The goal of the MSBA Capstone Project is to provide real-world experience to our students while providing you with real value.
Benefits Identify and explore from our talent pool of leading graduate business analytics students from a team of 4-6. Explore projects that you current do not have the time or expertise to complete. All projects are supervised by faculty or industry advisors. Receive actionable insights and useful project analysis to drive business decisions.
Our MSBA students can leverage the UCI Libraries’ powerful databases featuring U.S. and global company, industry, marketing, economic, and scholarly information. UC Irvine waives the ownership position of any intellectual property (models, analysis, findings, etc.) developed. There is no monetary cost to participate.
15+ Capstone Partners (sample list) • Kaiser Permanente
• Ingram Micro
• Pacific Life
• Paciolan
• Competitive Analytics
• Disney
“This has been a
• Wells Fargo
• Niagra Bottling
fantastic experience. It was
• Inscape
• Amazon
• Experian
• Edwards Lifesciences
• Los Angeles Rams
an enriching journey for both our
• Coca Cola
• City of Los Angeles/ IBM/KPMG
learned a lot about ourselves and
• Eaton Aerospace
• Decision Ready
how to better utilize and value data
• Cerius Executives
team and UCI Project Team. We
with our organization.” –Edwards LifeSciences
4.5+ Median of performance score on business challenge, quality & professionalism, and overall project satisfaction
Timeline Summer
• Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) Staff and Faculty will meet with you to help define the challenge to be addressed. • NDA’s are Signed and Data is transferred.
Winter
Spring
• A team of four to six MSBA students will be assigned to each project in early-January.
• A final presentation will be delivered to the company at the conclusion of the project in June.
• Regular communication and updates occur throughout the five-month project.
• All deliverables (final report, presentation, models, analysis, findings, etc.) will be provided at the conclusion of the project.
Commitment
“UCI and the MSBA program represent the nexus of higher education in Southern California. UCI’s careful development of the MSBA curriculum, capstone project and career services were clear differentiators…and who doesn’t love Orange County!”
• Help define a five-month project that is comprehensive enough to enable students to demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge. • Provide actual, de-identified data to the student team. • Name a project liaison to work with the student team – we anticipate the liaison to spend 1-2 hours per week on the project.
Javier Orraca ’19 MSBA Data Scientist III, Health Net
• Attend your team’s kickoff meeting, midpoint meeting, and final presentation (at your office/site).
Summer • Statistics for Data Science (4) • Foundations of Business Analytics (2) • ProSeminar (0)
Winter • Customer and Social Analytics (4) • Management Science for Analytics (4) • Capstone Prep (2) • Electives (8) • ProSeminar (0)
Data-Driven Curriculum Brianna Chew ’19 MSBA Prospect Development Analyst, UCI University Advancement
Fall • Data & Programming for Analytics (4) • Foundations of Marketing (4) • Machine Learning for Analytics (4) • Elective (4) • ProSeminar (0)
(subject to change)
Spring (14-18 units) • Capstone Project (4) • Electives (8) • ProSeminar (0)
MSBA Class of 2021 Class Profile
Undergraduate Degrees
Applications Received
1,506
Class Size
104
Average GPA
3.44
Average GMAT
635
Average GRE
312
Average TOEFL
103
Percentage of domestic students
44%
Percentage of domestic URM
14%
Average Age
25
Age Range
20 - 41
Average Work Experiene
2.5 Years
Women 60%
Men 40%
44.2% Business Administration 13.5% Economics 5.8% Engineering 1% Health Sciences 3% Humanities 5.8% Social Sciences
12.5% Physical Sciences
12.5% Info & Computer Sciences 1.9% Other
Region Representation
China, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and United States
Undergraduate Universities Represented (60) UC Irvine 15.4%
Other UC Schools 18.3%
Other CA Schools 16.3%
Other US Schools 26.9%
Foreign Schools 23.1%
The project is not intended to be a research and development effort or to result in any intellectual property. UC Irvine waives the ownership position to any intellectual property (models, analysis, findings, etc.) developed by the students during the course of the project and defer ownership to the partner company. UC Irvine requests that all company data be de-identified prior to release to the team(s). Data that contains personally identifiable information or personal health information or is subject to information security and privacy laws. Under no circumstances can our Capstone teams receive or use information that is export controlled or military sensitive. For those companies that request nondisclosure agreements, we typically accept your company’s standard NDA.
Nick Shaffer Director of External Relations 4291 Pereira Drive, SB2 Suite 230 Irvine, CA, 92697-3125 nshaffer@uci.edu, 949.824.6293 Master of Science in Business Analytics 4293 Pereira Drive, SB1 Suite 4500 Irvine, CA, 92697-3125 msba@merage.uci.edu
merage.uci.edu/MSBA