AEM 2010

Spreadsheet Modeling for Management and Economics

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course emphasizes applied decision making in the business world using Excel as a business analytics tool. The course covers theory behind decision-making and teaches students to apply tools and methods to various business scenarios throughout the semester. Understanding the value of such skills, this course will introduce students to navigating tools and applications, and typical business scenarios where such capabilities can be leveraged in business. Students dedicated to success in this course can expect to achieve a beginner to intermediate knowledge of spreadsheet modeling skills in an Excel platform. Students will enjoy a thorough exposure to real world applications and learn to demonstrate these new capabilities in a business environment. AEM 2010 will help students understand the dynamics of using Excel modeling to solve optimization problems, forecast future outcomes using assumptions and projections, and evaluate problems that involve uncertainty in order to inform business strategy and quantitative decision-making. In business analytic vernacular, students will learn to leverage descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytic methods using data.

Forbidden Overlaps REF-FA25 AEM 2011, HADM 4770, HADM 6770, ILRID 4699, ILRID 6990

Enrollment Information REF-F25 Enrollment limited to: Dyson students.

Distribution Requirements (DLG-AG), (OCE-IL)

Last 3 terms offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP

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