MS in Business Analytics and Risk Management (part-time)
The online Master of Science in Business Analytics and Risk Management program prepares you to navigate uncertainties across evolving markets. Convert raw data into actionable insights, protect shareholder value by managing risk, and position your organization to leverage uncertain outcomes.
Identify, analyze, and reduce risk to improve business decision making. Build the skills to identify and quantify business problems, uncover potential approaches, and create and implement business solutions. With business analytics and risk management as the foundation of the curriculum, graduate ready to lead in volatile environments.
Program details
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Program features
Flexible format
The fully online, flexible format allows you to complete the program while continuing your personal and professional obligations. Create a schedule that works for you.
Lead through uncertainty
Gain an understanding of the science and art of risk management and combine these tools with powerful analytics to manage risks and find new opportunities.
Quantitative and leadership skills
Enhance your skillset to analyze information and improve decision making in complex business settings.
Harness business analytics
Uses risk management as an underlying framework to guide the use of business analytics. Quantify multiple dimensions of business problems, uncover potential approaches, and create and implement business solutions.
Gain an understanding of the science and art of risk management alongside the power of business analytics with the part-time Johns Hopkins Master of Science in Business Analytics and Risk Management.
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- 100 percent female
- 67 percent of students are from the U.S.
- 3 countries represented
- 3.68 average undergraduate GPA
- 8.0 average years of full-time work experience
Curriculum
For more than 140 years, Johns Hopkins University's research and work has helped society navigate uncertain times. This legacy underpins the Master of Science in Business Analytics and Risk Management program, as students use cutting-edge analytic tools to study risk from multiple perspectives.
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In an increasingly complex business world, every advantage must be leveraged to create new opportunities and to take advantage of existing ones. As a result, a plethora of decisions must be made rapidly, weighing complex options and consequences. Business analytics empowers you to make better decisions with confidence. Learn to use a scientific method based on data and insights about the structure of business problems and anticipate and manage the consequences of those decisions.
Built upon a rigorous analysis of economic systems, creative use of all sources of information, and the latest analytical methods, the part-time Master of Science in Business Analytics and Risk Management curriculum empowers you to navigate emerging opportunities through the mastery of new data-driven tools. Graduate with the skills for making better decisions to manage the risks presented by a rapidly changing world.
Required courses (24 credits):
Business Foundations (18 credits)
- BU.210.620 Accounting and Financial Reporting
- BU.520.601 Business Analytics
- BU.120.601 Business Communication
- BU.131.601 Business Leadership and Human Values
- BU.231.620 Corporate Finance
- BU.350.620 Information Systems
- BU.410.620 Marketing Management
- BU.680.620 Operations Management
- BU.510.601 Statistical Analysis
Functional Core (6 credits)
- BU.520.620 Advanced Business Analytics
- BU.510.650 Data Analytics
- BU.610.615 Simulation for Business Applications
Electives (12 credits):
Quantitative Electives (Students choose a minimum of 2 courses, 4 credits)
- BU.520.710 Big Data Machine Learning
- BU.232.650 Continuous Time Finance
- BU.450.760 Customer Analytics
- BU.330.780 Data Science and Business Intelligence
- BU.520.650 Data Visualization
- BU.610.630 Pricing and Insuring Risk
- BU.450.740 Retail Analytics
- BU.610.750 Supply Chain Analytics
- BU.330.760 Deep Learning with Unstructured Data*
- BU.510.615 Python for Data Analysis*
General Electives
- BU.132.601 Business Law
- BU.610.730 Contracting: Incentive, Design, and Analytics
- BU.231.720 Corporate Governance
- BU.610.705 Crisis Management
- BU.330.730 Cybersecurity
- BU.520.701 Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks
- BU.230.750 Financial Crises and Contagion
- BU.300.620 Managing Complex Projects
- BU.230.730 Managing Financial Risk
*Not all electives are offered online each year. Consult with your academic advisor for more details.
Go beyond the classroom
Your business education doesn’t end in the classroom. Step out of your comfort zone as you partner with students across Johns Hopkins and businesses to take your learning to the next level.
Program comparison
- Online, flexible format
- Curriculum includes blend of traditional and project-based courses
- Complete your degree in two years
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
- In-person classes
- Complete your degree in one year
- Courses held in Washington, D.C
- STEM-designated curriculum
- Online, flexible format
- Complete degree in two years
- Optional in-person experiences
- Asynchronous and/or fully synchronous courses
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Throughout your program and beyond, Carey career and leadership coaches and employer relations industry specialists provide you with the support, resources, and opportunities you need to achieve your unique career goals.
Graduates of this program work in a variety of industries including operations and logistics. Here are just a few organizations where program alumni are making an impact.
Companies (sample)
- Baltimore Jazz Alliance
- Bloomberg
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- IBM
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kraft Heinz
- Lenovo
- L’Oreal
- MARS
- Medifast
- Nestle
- Proctor & Gamble (P&G)
- Tiffany & Co.
- Unilever
- World Financial Group
Titles (sample):
- Account Supervisor
- Board Development Specialist
- Business Development
- Data Analyst
- Digital Marketing Manager
- Marketing Director
- Marketing Manager
- Product Manager
- Research Analyst
- Sales and Marketing Executive
- Senior Product Manager
Attend an event
Carey Business School hosts various virtual admissions events for prospective students to meet with members of our admissions team. With virtual visits, informational online sessions, and regional and international events, the Carey team is ready to answer questions and support your business school journey.
Connect with a Carey student
Our students come from all over the world and represent all of the different graduate business programs we have here at Carey. Connect with one of them directly to learn more about life at Carey.