Business intelligence (BI) is one of five concentrations in the business administration major. Business administration majors may choose more than one concentration, and also combine with other majors.
Augustana’s academic emphasis in BI replaces a previous focus in MIS (management information systems), with MIS now playing a smaller role within the more advanced, more comprehensive BI processes of data collection, analysis, reporting and decision-making.
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It’s easy to picture computing and analytics as a STEM only discipline, but that is, for the most part, incorrect. Through the years and as the analytics industry evolves, the participation and influence of other disciplines, most notably liberal arts, have continued to grow stronger. In fact, per a LinkedIn report, liberal arts grads are joining the analytics tech workforce at a faster rate than STEM grads. → Continue reading
More than half of Augustana's accounting majors receive financial assistance from merit scholarships from the department’s endowment and fundraising activities. The annual "sold-out" Accounting Golf Outing provides for one-third of these scholarship dollars.
Twelve faculty members advance in their careers at the college.
Augustana is welcoming the first cohort of Business for Humanity, a program inviting students to reflect on what makes work meaningful — not just profitable — and to imagine lives of significance and service through business.
