ELEC - Predictive Analytics

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

We focus on how to use data to develop insights and predictive capabilities using machine learning, data mining, and forecasting techniques. Throughout the course, we explore the challenges that can arise in implementing analytical approaches within an organization. The course emphasizes that business analytics is a practical discipline which requires mastery of both methodology and business applications. The concepts learned in this class should help you identify opportunities in which business analytics can be used to improve performance and support important decisions. It will teach you important tools that can be used to transform data into high-impact business decisions. Lastly, it should make you alert to the ways that analytics can be used - and misused - within an organization.