Business Information Technology

The capstone course for the Data & Decisions minor. Students in this minor get a heavy dose of technology and number crunching in their other classes. What’s often missing is the context within which the number crunching occurs. This class attempts to fill that void by making student teams wrestle with the soft skills associated with solving messy problems. This includes things like formulating a clear problem definition, identifying, and communicating with stakeholders, disaggregating the problem into tasks, finding appropriate data, creating and executing a workplan, team dynamics, stress testing solutions, and crafting and delivering persuasive presentations. Deloitte is supporting this class with six modules developed and delivered by their employees and by providing coaching to each of the student teams. Dr. Cliff Ragsdale was awarded the Decision Sciences Institute Distinguished Educator Award in 2021.