Business Systems and Analytics Department

Learn more about the degree programs available through our department.

• Business Systems and Analytics - Major/Minor
• Applied Statistics - Minor
• Data Analytics - Minor

Our faculty members come from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, including organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, Lockheed Martin and AT&T. 

Joe Woodside

Department Chair
DBA, Associate Professor of Business Systems and Analytics

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Shahram Amiri

EdD, Professor of Decision and Information Sciences

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Fred Augustine

PhD, Professor of Information Systems

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Madhu Rao

PhD, Professor of Decision and Information Sciences

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John Rasp

PhD, Associate Professor of Statistics

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William Sause

PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice

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Jay Stryker

PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Systems and Analytics

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Betty Thorne

PhD, Professor of Statistics

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Petros Xanthopoulos

PhD, Associate Professor of Decision and Information Sciences
Executive Director of Graduate Programs

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BSAN Internship Program

The BSAN Internship Program allows declared BSAN or BA majors to gain educationally relevant work experience for academic credit. To be eligible, students must be at least a junior with a minimum 2.5 GPA (both overall and in their major). The internship must be in a field related to business systems, statistics, or analytics and cannot be at an organization owned by an immediate family member. Students must work a minimum of 120 hours.

Procedures

1. Pick up an internship packet from the administrative assistant in the department office (LBC, fifth floor).
2. Identify and meet with an internship advisor of your choice to discuss and sign off on your internship proposal. Typically, this faculty member would teach a course with content directly related to your internship. The advisor may not be an adjunct faculty member.
3. Complete the BSAN Internship Application and submit it to your advisor (with a copy to Dr. Augustine) at least one week prior to the registration advisory period for the term in which the internship is proposed. Once approved by your internship advisor and Dr. Augustine, register for the internship class. Summer interns will pay for the course on a per credit hour basis at the summer school rate.
4. Assure that your supervisor completes the Employer Application Form and forwards this document to your internship advisor no later than two weeks prior to the end of the semester term. Have your supervisor mail the form to the following: [name of faculty member], BSAN Internship Advisor, School of Business Administration, Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., Unit 8398, DeLand, FL 32723.
5. Complete the Student Evaluation Form and submit to your internship advisor no later than one week before the semester ends.
6. Submit the internship report, as required, to your faculty internship advisor no later than one week before the semester ends. The internship report will generally be three to five double-spaced pages and will describe your internship activities, what you have learned, and how you believe your internship will impact your future academic and/or business career.
7. Contact your faculty internship advisor for an exit interview appointment. Participate in an internship exit interview with your faculty internship advisor. The Student Evaluation Form and term paper should be submitted in advance of the interview to ensure that your advisor has had the opportunity to review both prior to the exit interview time.
8. The internship advisor completes a final form, with a copy of all four forms and the term paper provided to the department administrative assistant. The internship advisor submits the student's grade.

BSAN Program Distinction

The Business Systems & Analytics (BSAN) program combines a strong business component with an in-depth study of state-of-the-art technology to prepare students for successful careers. Experientially-oriented, the program provides opportunities for internships and many other real-world experiences using leading technologies such as Python, SAS, Tableau, RapidMiner, Advanced Excel, R, SAP, Mendix and SQL.

BSAN Badges Signature Program

A BSAN Badge is a digital badge or digital micro-credential that includes evidence of knowledge and academic achievements in the area of business systems and analytics. Digital badges are becoming increasingly important as employers and educators seek to build a 21-st century workforce with verifiable career-ready skill sets. Additional benefits include:

• Digital badges align with workforce modernization and rapid technological changes often unmet through traditional education programs. 
• Digital badges are optimized for sharing on social media and professional networks such as LinkedIn to build awareness, value and demand for candidates.
• Digital badges and skills-based hiring helps companies create an unbiased, diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.
• Digital badges allow an easy achievement verification process between students and employers.
• Digital badges help bridge higher education and employment through marketable digital credentials for students, beyond courses and grades.
• Digital badges help students differentiate themselves and increase employability in a competitive field of recent graduates.
• Digital badges increase the motivation and engagement of learners ^1,2,3,4,5.

Below is a sample listing of courses and digital badge opportunities. Funding would support Stetson students’ ability to achieve the digital badge (an additional cost for students beyond existing tuition and textbook materials costs) and maintain the digital badge platform for long-term student and employer storage, access and verification.

¹FL DOE. (2022). General Education Digital Badge.

²Credly. (2022). Digital Credentials are the Future of the Workforce.

³Pratt, M.K. (2021). Guide To Digital Badges for the Workplace. TechTarget.

⁴Lemery, H. (2022). Micro-credentials and Digital Badges are the Latest Technology to Help Students and Employees ‘Upskill’ and ‘Reskill’ Existing Skillsets. WGCU.

⁵Kruse, K. (2022). How Digital Badges Motivate and Engage Learners. Forbes.