Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems
About This Program
The Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems provides students with a generalized business knowledge as well as specialized skills for addressing technical and operations needs of an organization. Students are prepared for a variety of jobs including business analyst, programmer/developer, systems designer, supply chain management, and operations process and control.
Competencies
- Upon completion, students will be able to gather requirements for business applications and develop application software.
- Upon completion, students will be able to design and implement databases to manage business data.
- Upon completion, students will be able design and deploy computer networks to support business data communication.
- Upon completion, students will demonstrate critical thinking and communication skills.
- Upon completion, students will understand core business concepts in various functional areas and apply these concepts to develop, deploy, and manage information systems that effectively address strategic business challenges.
Curriculum
Students must meet all lower division requirements before enrolling for upper division courses. Specified prerequisites are designated for certain courses.
| Foundations | ||
| General Core Requirements | 42 | |
| Students are required to complete specific courses in certain core areas. | ||
| For Communication select: | ||
| RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION I | ||
| RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION II | ||
| For Mathematics select: | ||
| COLLEGE ALGEBRA FOR ECONOMICS & BUSINESS ANALYSIS | ||
| MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ANALYSIS | ||
| For U.S. History select: | ||
| HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1865 | ||
| HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1865 TO PRESENT | ||
| For Social & Behavioral Sciences select: | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| For Component Area Option select: | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| Business Foundations | ||
| Additional hours required in general education core. | 2 | |
| UNIV 1101 | CAREER PREPARATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS | 1 |
| or UNIV 1131 | STUDENT SUCCESS | |
| MANA 1301 | BUSINESS IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT | 3 |
| ACCT 2301 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I | 3 |
| ACCT 2302 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II | 3 |
| BSTAT 2305 | INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | 3 |
| INSY 2303 | INTRODUCTION TO M.I.S. AND DATA PROCESSING | 3 |
| BCOM 3360 | EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| BLAW 3310 | LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS | 3 |
| BSTAT 3321 | INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | 3 |
| FINA 3313 | BUSINESS FINANCE | 3 |
| MANA 3318 | MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
| MARK 3321 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 3 |
| OPMA 3306 | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MANA 4322 | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| Information Systems Specialization | ||
| INSY 3300 | INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING | 3 |
| INSY 3303 | COMPUTER NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING | 3 |
| INSY 3304 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | 3 |
| INSY 3305 | INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | 3 |
| Select two Information Systems courses numbered 3000 or higher. | 6 | |
| Advanced Electives | ||
| Select five non-Information Systems business courses numbered 3000 or higher. | 15 | |
| Select one Business or non-Business course numbered 3000 or higher. 1 | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
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The student concentrating in information systems is encouraged to take a computer science course as an outside elective. Required information systems electives and advanced business electives should be selected with the advice of an academic advisor.
Double Major
A double major option for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Information Systems is available. Information Systems undergraduates who pursue the following double major program will not have the option of participating in the fast track program in Business.
Completion of the double major is attained by including all of the following courses in the BBA Information Systems plan and completing with grades of C or better in each of the double major courses listed below.
BBA IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ACCOUNTING
| Accounting Specialization | ||
| ACCT 3303 | INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 3 |
| ACCT 3311 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING I | 3 |
| ACCT 3312 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING II | 3 |
| ACCT 3315 | PRINCIPLES OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX | 3 |
| ACCT 4302 | COST ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING | 3 |
| ACCT 4318 | AUDITING | 3 |
| ACCT 4304 | MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL | 3 |
| or ACCT 4325 | GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING | |
| Advanced Electives | ||
Select one Economics course numbered 3000 or higher. | ||
| Total Hours | 21 | |
Suggested Course Sequence
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ENGL 1301 | 3 | ENGL 1302 | 3 |
| MATH 1315 | 3 | MATH 1316 | 3 |
| HIST 1301 | 3 | HIST 1302 | 3 |
| ECON 2305 | 3 | ECON 2306 | 3 |
| MANA 1301 | 3 | Creative Arts | 3 |
| UNIV-BU 1131Freshmen Only | 1 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ACCT 2301 | 3 | ACCT 2302 | 3 |
| INSY 2303 | 3 | BSTAT 2305 | 3 |
| POLS 2311 | 3 | POLS 2312 | 3 |
| Life & Physical Science | 3 | Life & Physical Science | 3 |
| Language, Philosophy & Culture | 3 | Elective(2 Hours for Freshmen/3 Hours for Transfers) | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| INSY 3300 | 3 | INSY 3304 | 3 |
| INSY 3303 | 3 | INSY 4305 (Adv. INSY Elective) | 3 |
| BLAW 3310 | 3 | BCOM 3360 | 3 |
| FINA 3313 | 3 | MARK 3321 | 3 |
| MANA 3318 | 3 | Advanced Business Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| INSY 3305 | 3 | Advanced INSY Elective | 3 |
| BSTAT 3321 | 3 | MANA 4322 | 3 |
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | OPMA 3306 | 3 |
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | Advanced Business Elective | 3 |
| Advanced Business Elective | 3 | Advanced Business or Non-Business Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||