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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">We are offering a new MBA elective this upcoming summer.  The updated summer course schedule is attached and below is a course description if you are interested
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<p><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">BUSA 595 – Topics in Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">In today’s world, the ability to gather, manage, and analyze data is critical to the career success of professionals of all fields. This course aims to develop students’ practical data analytics
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