Big data comes in high volume, velocity, and variety. But it’s not the amount or type of data that transforms businesses, it’s what businesses do with the data that drives the bottom line
A business partner will pose a business challenge to the class for the Big Data Consulting Project, along with a large dataset for analysis. Then students work in teams to analyze the data, derive managerial insights, and use their findings to present creative solutions to business challenges and opportunities.
To best address the business’ challenge, student teams work through three stages: describing data patterns and trends, using the data to predict outcomes, and compiling the analyses to form actionable recommendations for the project sponsor.
Students use a combination of data visualization tools (such as Tableau or Hadoop), programming languages for analysis (such as R or Python), and spreadsheet simulation and optimization tools (such as @Risk and Excel Solver).
Each student team will deliver two presentations to the business partner involved in the course, once at the project’s midpoint and again at completion. The midpoint presentation enables the teams to obtain early feedback from the business partner and make adjustments and course corrections as needed. At the final presentation, each team of students will present their findings. This includes an actionable plan for the business to use the findings and address real-world business constraints including bandwidth, skills, and budget. In parallel, students will submit a technical report to the course faculty.
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School offers seven Master of Science programs to equip students with specialized knowledge and skills in various disciplines. Taught by faculty who research for the future, our Master of Science programs are developed with data and are designed to respond to the changing business landscape. Four of the seven full-time programs are STEM-designated, and all seven full-time programs are offered on-site in Baltimore or Washington, D.C., or both. Six of the seven MS programs offer a part-time option in a fully online, flexible format, allowing students to complete the program while continuing their personal and professional obligations.
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Gregory Koory is an alumni of the Carey Business School’s MS in Real Estate and Infrastructure program. Before attending Carey, Greg graduated from the University of Michigan’s Law School with a J.D. and practiced law for 10 years. He graduated from the Carey Business School in 2015.
"In my class we have students with a variety of professional experience including accounting, government, finance, architecture and engineering. The students all bring their experience into the classroom, and it heightens the classroom discussion."
Greg Koory, MS in Real Estate and Infrastructure
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