BDS Curriculum
Learn more about the 2-year research master.
Acquiring skills
In year 1, the primary objective is to build a solid data science foundation and expose students to a variety of methodological approaches. These skills are applied to various business disciplines in the field courses.
First year courses:
Building knowledge
In year 2, students focus on a given business sub-discipline, selecting from among: 1) finance, 2) management science, 3) supply chain analytics. The courses assigned for each of these sub-disciplines have been carefully selected by a team of experts with the aim of ensuring the perfect learning trajectory that will lead to substantive contributions in the fields of each particular sub-discipline.
Second year courses:
5 courses in chosen sub-discipline*
Bayesian Econometrics
Research clinic
Skills workshops: Review process, academic writing and presentations
Research Hackathon
Research Master Thesis (30 credits)
* Fields: 1) finance, 2) management science, 3) supply chain analytics
For full course list and course descriptions please see Study Guide.