IS Department

Program Details

Undergraduate IS Major

Description
The Department of Information Systems offers a major program in Information Systems leading to a BBA degree. A minor concentration is also available.
The program in Information Systems recognizes information as a valuable corporate resource which, when properly managed by organizations, can provide a definite competitive advantage to them. Accordingly, the principal objective of the IS program is to develop the skill set necessary to analyze, design, and evaluate an organization's information technology systems. To this end, courses in the program present technical, economic, and behavioral dimensions of computer based information systems whose purpose is to support a firm's information and decision technology infrastructure. Throughout the program there is a great emphasis placed on "hands on" project related work using a variety of applications development tools.

Course Requirements
Students who choose to major in Information Systems must complete seven of the following courses (all are 3 credits):

IS 310 - Analysis and Design of Management Information Systems
IS 320 - Applications Development with Visual Basic
IS 335 - Data Base Management
IS 355 - Internet Applications in Business
IS 420 - Decision Support Systems
IS 425 - Building Client/Server Applications
IS 430 - Managing Network Systems
IS 440 - Audit and Control of Information Systems
IS 463 - Current Topics in IS
IS 465 - Internship in Information Systems

Minor Concentration
BBA candidates wishing to minor in Information Systems must complete twelve (12) credits in IS. Candidates for the BA and the BS must also complete twelve (12) credits in IS as well as the abbreviated business core.