The MAA is designed for the professional seeking to develop the skills to go beyond data management and governance to fill crucial roles that analyze data and find more efficient ways to operate.
Graduates develop a foundation in data analytics techniques, learn how to find critical patterns within datasets; create descriptive data summaries and visualizations and communicate results; and employ their skills and knowledge in problem-solving contexts and team projects, such as urban analytics, urban simulation and geodemographics, predictive analytics and population health, sustainability analytics and epidemiology.
Students complete the MAA in two years, taking two course units per semester in fall, spring and one course in each summer term for a total of ten (10) course units.
The program is taught in a hybrid format in courses that combine online learning with face-to-face meetings, service-learning, and self-study.
College seniors may enroll in the MAA program in conjunction with their Bachelor’s degree with certain graduate courses fulfilling both their undergraduate and graduate requirements.
