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Business Analysis

Are you a problem-solver who likes to look at the full scope of a project or initiative and figure out a strategy for success? Then the field of business analysis—which involves communicating complex technical details in easy-to-understand language to stakeholders, including developers, administrative personnel and senior management—might be right for you. Through Drexel’s Business Analysis Professional Skill Tracks, you learn the technical and essential skills needed to succeed in this career that spans industries.

Technical Skills courses are offered in-person, or in some cases, a hybrid of in-person and online. Essential Skills courses are self-paced and offered entirely online. The Continuing Professional Education team is available to help you select the courses and tracks that best fit your professional development goals.

Did you know?

  • Business and Financial occupations are projected to increase by about 963,500 openings per year
  • The median annual salary for Business Analysts is $79,050

*Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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  • Foundational Business Analysis

    Jumpstart your career as a business analyst and learn best practices from current professionals in the field.

    • Total course value: $2,424
    • Price with 15% bundle discount: $2,060

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    Courses

    Technical Skills (required courses)
    Course Description
    Introduction to Business Analysis Study the business analysis process as it is applied throughout a project—including the pre-project activities that comprise strategy analysis.
    Requirements Elicitation Learn how to enhance and refine your elicitation skills through hands-on exercises where you explore industry best practices and strategies that can be used to better define stakeholder needs.
    Essential Skills — self-paced and fully online (choose two electives)
    Course Description
    Communicating Collaboratively Master the art of communicating across teams and platforms (in-person or digitally) with practical tips and insights.
    Effective Presentations Go beyond text on a slide and master the art of PowerPoint—and get the results you need.
    Introduction to Critical Thinking Sharpen your ability to ask the right questions, critique an argument, and dissect an issue.
    Effective Business Writing Sharpen your skills in writing memos, reports, brochures, proposals, presentations, catalogs, websites and more.
    Digital Marketing Strategy Learn how to better reach and connect with your customers, clients and prospects, and improve your brand through digital marketing.
    Introduction to Entrepreneurship Explore the different aspects and processes of entrepreneurship and how you can create a successful new venture.
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  • Advanced Business Analysis

    Expand your skillset and prepare for leadership roles through advanced technical and essential skills.

    • Total course value: $4,624
    • Price with 15% bundle discount: $3,964

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    Courses

    Technical Skills (required courses)
    Course Description
    Requirements Analysis (Using Use Cases) Learn how to enhance and refine your use case skills, how to involve stakeholders in the use case process, and how to develop use cases that provide a structure for scenario-based requirements.
    Unified Modeling Language (UML) For Business Analysts Gain advanced techniques to improve your expertise in using visual modeling for the purpose of graphically documenting requirements.
    Business Process Improvement (BPI) For Business Analysts Get an introduction to BPI core values, principles, techniques and practices and uses a unique seven-step “joiner” approach to discover and implement process improvement solutions.
    User Acceptance Testing (UAT) For Business Analysts Explore the business issues which drive the need for a fully functional UAT process and understand the approach to building a test plan, test cases, coverage matrix and defect log.
    Essential Skills — self-paced and fully online (choose two electives)
    Course Description
    Communicating Collaboratively Master the art of communicating across teams and platforms (in-person or digitally) with practical tips and insights.
    Effective Presentations Go beyond text on a slide and master the art of PowerPoint—and get the results you need.
    Introduction to Critical Thinking Sharpen your ability to ask the right questions, critique an argument, and dissect an issue.
    Effective Business Writing Sharpen your skills in writing memos, reports, brochures, proposals, presentations, catalogs, websites and more.
    Digital Marketing Strategy Learn how to better reach and connect with your customers, clients and prospects, and improve your brand through digital marketing.
    Introduction to Entrepreneurship Explore the different aspects and processes of entrepreneurship and how you can create a successful new venture.
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