BUAN 420
Predictive Business Analytics
Fall 2026
Topics
- Business-data retrieval and cleaning with SQL and R
- Exploratory visualization
- Predictive modelling
- Model evaluation
- Analytics project communication
- Verification of generative-AI outputs
Readings
- Camm, Cochran, Fry, Ohlmann, Anderson, Sweeney and Williams. Essentials of Business Analytics, 2nd edition. South-Western College Pub., 2016.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- 2026-Fall-BUAN-420-LECTURE-A01 ↗2026
- 2026-Fall-BUAN-420-LECTURE-A02 ↗2026
- 2026-Fall-OM-620-LECTURE-A01 ↗2026
- Targeted source-text review: Split the two required online books and recovered an optional overview book. Replaced the truncated learning-outcome fragment with complete source-supported topics. Additional readings are supplied through the course LMS.