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Business Intelligence

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.

→ See Business Administration.

 

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The impacts of liberal arts in the analytics industry

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

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Alumni, community leaders 'invest' in students' companies

Alumni and community leaders role-played venture capitalists for a popular J-term business course. In the competitive simulation, students pitched companies they built to the potential investors with hopes of making a deal.

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Football standout Smith '26 named Academic All-American

Vikings football team captain Breyden Smith  ’26 was named an Academic All-American today, bringing Augustana’s total to 184 and securing its Top 15 ranking among all U.S. colleges and universities.

Dr. Chris Hedlin

Symposium Day brings big ideas to campus

Augustana's fall Symposium Day 2024 invited big ideas from any and all disciplines, welcoming presentations from students, faculty and staff, and distinguished guests — including keynote speaker Dr. Roosevelt Montás from Columbia University and Dr. Chris Hedlin '11 from the University of Notre Dame.