MBA - Area Focus Electives - Data Analytics and Decision Sciences
Data Analytics and Decision Sciences
In both required and elective Data Analytics and Decision Sciences courses and through cases and real-world simulations, Darden develops students’ abilities to analyze data to make better decisions.
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Courses
Required Course
Electives- Data Analysis & Optimization
- Games and Auctions
- Management Decision Models
- Managerial Quantitative Analysis
* Offered in the First and Second Year. All other electives are only offered in the Second Year.
Please note: courses are subject to change each year. Consult the course directory for the most up-to-date course offerings.
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Concentrations
Darden faculty created the following concentration to help Second Year students interested in quantitative analysis to develop course plans:
Business Analytics
This business analytics concentration will prepare students to participate in organizations that make abundant use of data/quantitative/mathematical techniques ("data science") as part of their business processes. It is a more general version of the “Marketing” concentration in that the areas of application are more than marketing. We expect completion of this concentration to be a useful signal to potential employers of the analytic and quantitative abilities of the student. Faculty Contact: Robert Carraway.
Required Course
Electives
- Data Analysis & Optimization
- Games and Auctions
- Management Decision Models
- Managerial Quantitative Analysis
* Offered in the First and Second Year. All other electives are only offered in the Second Year.
Please note: courses are subject to change each year. Consult the course directory for the most up-to-date course offerings.
Darden faculty created the following concentration to help Second Year students interested in quantitative analysis to develop course plans:
Business Analytics
This business analytics concentration will prepare students to participate in organizations that make abundant use of data/quantitative/mathematical techniques ("data science") as part of their business processes. It is a more general version of the “Marketing” concentration in that the areas of application are more than marketing. We expect completion of this concentration to be a useful signal to potential employers of the analytic and quantitative abilities of the student. Faculty Contact: Robert Carraway.
Data Analytics and Decision Sciences Faculty

Michael Albert
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Saed Alizamir
Associate Professor of Business Administration

Joe Andrasko
Professor of Practice

Manel Baucells
Associate Professor of Business Administration

Max Biggs
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Robert L. Carraway
Associate Professor of Business Administration; Area Coordinator, Data Analytics and Decision Science

Alex Cowan
Academic General Faculty

Rupert Freeman
Assistant Professor of Business Administration

Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Professor of Business Administration; Altec Styslinger Foundation Bicentennial Chair in Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Professional Degree Programs

Dana Popescu
Associate Professor of Business Administration
