BZAN 8067 Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
This course builds on Data Analytics 1 to provide students with advanced tools and skills forMachine learning (ML) in business practice. On the technical side, the course content extends to a wider range of algorithms as well as advanced methods for data sampling and model building and evaluation. More depth in application comes from student reports on current events in Machine Learning, and a course project that involves complete model construction and analysis for an actual business problem with an actual corporate data set. The course assumes the student has experience with the basic machine learning algorithms and the R codinglanguage. STEM-designated.
Course overview
- Department
- Business Analytics
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring
Catalog details
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.17 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.41 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 8
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Pieter Vanderwerf | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 31 of 34 |
| Fall 2025 | Pieter Vanderwerf | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 1–3 hrs/week | 15 of 17 |
| Spring 2025 | Pieter Vanderwerf | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 34 of 39 |
| Fall 2024 | Pieter Vanderwerf | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 13 of 14 |
| Spring 2024 | Pieter Vanderwerf | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 38 of 42 |
| Fall 2023 | Pieter Vanderwerf | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 of 21 |
| Fall 2022 | Pieter Vanderwerf | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 22 of 26 |
| Fall 2021 | Merve Unuvar | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 17 of 31 |