BSAN Badges Digital Credentialing

BSAN Program Distinction

The Business Systems & Analytics (BSAN) program combines a strong business component with an in-depth study of state-of-the-art technology to prepare students for successful careers. Experientially-oriented, the program provides opportunities for internships and many other real-world experiences using leading technologies such as Python, SAS, Tableau, RapidMiner, Advanced Excel, R, SAP, Mendix and SQL.

BSAN Badges Signature Program

A BSAN Badge is a digital badge or digital micro-credential that includes evidence of knowledge and academic achievements in the area of business systems and analytics. Digital badges are becoming increasingly important as employers and educators seek to build a 21-st century workforce with verifiable career-ready skill sets. Additional benefits include:

• Digital badges align with workforce modernization and rapid technological changes often unmet through traditional education programs. 
• Digital badges are optimized for sharing on social media and professional networks such as LinkedIn to build awareness, value and demand for candidates.
• Digital badges and skills-based hiring helps companies create an unbiased, diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.
• Digital badges allow an easy achievement verification process between students and employers.
• Digital badges help bridge higher education and employment through marketable digital credentials for students, beyond courses and grades.
• Digital badges help students differentiate themselves and increase employability in a competitive field of recent graduates.
• Digital badges increase the motivation and engagement of learners ^1,2,3,4,5.

Below is a sample listing of courses and digital badge opportunities. Funding would support Stetson students’ ability to achieve the digital badge (an additional cost for students beyond existing tuition and textbook materials costs) and maintain the digital badge platform for long-term student and employer storage, access and verification.

Course	Digital Badge Opportunity
BSAN 111 – Introduction to Business Analytics	Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel
BSAN 300 – Applied Business Programming	Information Technology Specialist: Python
BSAN 383 – Descriptive Analytics and Data Visualization	Information Technology Specialist: Data Analytics
BSAN 323 and BSAN 465 – Predictive Analytics	SAS Analytics Academic Specialization
BSAN 494 – Business Analysis	Mendix Rapid Application Developer

¹FL DOE. (2022). General Education Digital Badge.

²Credly. (2022). Digital Credentials are the Future of the Workforce.

³Pratt, M.K. (2021). Guide To Digital Badges for the Workplace. TechTarget.

⁴Lemery, H. (2022). Micro-credentials and Digital Badges are the Latest Technology to Help Students and Employees ‘Upskill’ and ‘Reskill’ Existing Skillsets. WGCU.

⁵Kruse, K. (2022). How Digital Badges Motivate and Engage Learners. Forbes.