TU Test Drive: Campus & Class Visit (in person)

• 1:00pm: Meet the Graduate Admissions Staff & Discuss Program, Application Process
• 1:30pm: Tour the Business School Building
• 1:45pm: Break
• 2:00pm - 3:00pm: Sit in and observe a Graduate Level Course MGSC-7100-02SQL Data Fund and Bus Intel with Professor Osman Kazan

The effective use of data across firms to deliver fast and intelligent services presents one of the most critical challenges to today’s business leaders. This course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts and techniques in the theory, design, implementation and administration of relational databases. Topics to be covered include, the database design process, the entity-relationship (ER) model, normalization, queries in Structured Query Language (SQL), distributed and client-server databases, database administration, and big data analysis. We will build a database application as a completion project. This course focuses on the skills and concepts needed to design and query databases and therefore contribute to companies’ competitive positions.

Professor Osman Kazan's work with the Freeman School concerns his two primary areas of interest - first, teaching grad and undergrad courses in Business Analytics and Intelligence, and second, engaging in research in Operations Management and Information Systems.

His research explores decision making associated with energy issues and supply chain management. He uses empirical methods to estimate power generation costs and map consumers' demand patterns through behavioral experiments.

He worked as a senior management consultant for technology companies including Sabre, Electronic Data Systems, and Hewlett-Packard. His client list includes Walmart and Bank of America. He brings his real-life experience to his research and classroom work.