About Our Program and Curriculum
Virginia Tech’s Master of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Global Business Analytics (MSBA-GBA) program offers a two-semester full-time master’s degree.
The MSBA-GBA program launched in Fall 2024 and was located at Virginia Tech’s Northern Virgina Center campus in Falls Church, Virginia. It then relocated to Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Virginia when that campus opened in Spring 2025. For Fall 2025 and beyond, the program will be located at Virginia Tech’s campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The MSBA-GBA program is a 30-credit hour program consisting of 10 courses. Students participating in the 3+1+1 program between Virginia Tech and Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai, India are required to complete two of the courses during their time as a Virginia Tech undergraduate and then will take the remaining 8 courses during their time in the MSBA-GBA program.
MSBA with a concentration in Global Business Analytics Curriculum
10 courses – Total of 30 credit hours
The MSBA with a concentration in Global Business Analytics includes these 5 required MBA courses:
- BIT 5724 Managerial Statistics
- ACIS 5104 Fundamentals of Accounting
- MGT 5314 Dynamics of Organizational Behavior
- FIN 5024 Principles of Finance
- MKTG 5104 Marketing Policy and Strategy
The degree also include a set of 5 additional courses:
- BIT 5524 Introduction to Business Intelligence for Analytics
- BIT 5534 Applied Business Intelligence and Analytics
- BIT 5424 Advanced Business Information Visualization and Analytics
- MGT 5905 Business Analytics Capstone
- Specialty Course: choose one of the following
- MGT 5784 International Management
- MKTG 5704 International Marketing Strategy
- FIN 5184 Currencies and Global Finance
- MGT 5804 Strategic Leadership in a Tech-based Organization
- BIT 5954 Study Abroad: International Residency
- MGT 5954 Study Abroad: International Residency
- MKTG 5954 Study Abroad: International Residency
