Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on MSBA students from the University of Georgia to be your virtual interns, in a project-based experience. The University of Georgia's Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) program offers corporate leaders a 15-week experiential Capstone Project in partnership with graduate business students and Research One faculty to apply the latest tools and practices to your business challenges.

This is a year-long writing-intensive course in Statistics taken by all graduating senior Statistics majors at UGA. In the Fall, students see topics that they don't always see in their regular coursework. In the middle of the semester, clients come to class and present their questions and data; then groups of 2-3 students are assigned a client with whom they will work for the remainder of the academic year. At the end of Fall, the "final report" is a first incomplete draft (introduction and preliminary exploratory data analysis) of their final Capstone report. In the Spring, students work in earnest on these projects. There is a strict schedule of drafts and oral progress reports each month. Students are expected to maintain contact with their clients as they complete their analysis. At the end of the semester, they produce a written report for the client (the final Capstone report), a poster presented at a departmental poster session, and a final presentation.

Beginning early February, graduate students from UGA"s Terry School of Business will work in groups of 5 to 6 students on projects that involve the eventual implementation of an information systems application that will add value for your organization. The project should include elements of the following: ○ Utilizes a backend database to support the application ○ Middleware components built by the students that are hosted in the Cloud ○ Client-side user interface - as a desktop, web, or mobile application

Companies, research labs, government agencies, and community institutions are increasingly desirous of individuals with some background in Design Thinking and the supporting skills to apply it to the innovation process.