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Business Administration
Management Information Systems Concentration (BBS)
Academic School: Business & Computer Technologies
(Effective Fall 2006)
Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.)
The bachelor of science degree in Business Administration will prepare students with the skills necessary to meet the business demands of the future. This major will provide each student with a solid business core that includes an extensive background in the functional areas of marketing, finance, accounting, and management; an understanding of the business environment to include the legal, economic, human resource, ethical, and international aspects; technical skills in information systems and quantitative analysis; and the ability to communicate, integrate, and synthesize. In addition, students will now be able to select one of six alternative areas of concentration from among Management, Banking and Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Management Information Systems, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
We are living in the information age, a time when it is certainly true that knowledge is power. Organizations all over the world are focusing on information as a key resource. The new Concentration in Management Information Systems (MIS) prepares students for a leading role in this exciting new area. The MIS major gives students an understanding of the importance of information systems as a management tool in the planning, control and decision-making activities of the organization. The program of study introduces students to the concepts and methods of analyzing, designing, planning, and managing simple or complex information systems. It emphasizes the managerial aspects of information systems by providing a solid base of business courses and computer science courses common to the School of Business and Computer Technologies.
Career Opportunities: Employment in the public and private sectors in such fields as systems analysis, information systems management, quality assurance, financial and market research, and production planning.
Recommended High School Subjects: English and mathematics courses (including algebra).
Remediation Strategies: All students entering the major will be tested for English, mathematics and reading deficiencies. Students will be expected to remediate any deficiencies during their first semester. In addition to the standard remediation requirements, applicants to this major must remediate algebra deficiencies identified during placement testing.
Transfer Procedures: All transfer credits will be evaluated on a course-by-course basis to determine where they would fit into the curriculum sequence. Students must have earned a grade of 'C' or better in courses transferred into the B.S.
Program Goals: A graduate of this major should be able to:
- understand how to plan, organize, lead, and control within an organizational setting.
- increase their individual knowledge and understanding of self, the dynamics of group and team interactions, and their impact upon productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
- recognize the skills and techniques needed for problem solving and decision making.
- understand the application of laws and the legal system to the business environment.
- communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- understand basic statistical and quantitative analysis and their application in the business environment.
- understand the international arena and its current role and impact on business.
- recognize the importance of business ethics and social responsibility to business operations.
- understand basic accounting methods and their business applications.
- utilize financial analysis within a business environment.
- analyze business operations using information systems.
- identify the broad functions of marketing and their applications to business.
- apply the strategic management process to an analysis of the current business environment, identifying and forecasting trends, and making recommendations on preferred courses of action.
| First Semester | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CSC110 | Introduction to Information Technology | 3 | |
| ENL111 | English Composition I | 3 | |
| MGT115 | Principles of Management | 3 | |
| MTH180 | College Algebra and Trigonometry I | 3 | |
| OIT101 | Keyboarding and Its Applications | 1 | |
| SPC101 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 | |
| 16 | |||
| Second Semester | Credits | ||
| MIS110 | Introduction to Management Information Systems | 3 | |
| ACC113 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 | |
| ENL121 | English Composition II | 3 | |
| or | |||
| ENL201 | Technical and Professional Communication | 3 | |
| HUM | Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| SSE | Social Science Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| ART | Art Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| FOR | Foreign Language Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| AAE | Applied Arts Elective | 3 | |
| or | |||
| IFE | International Field Experience Elective | 3 | |
| SCI | Science Elective | 3 | |
| 15 | |||
| Third Semester | Credits | ||
| MIS220 | Business Programming I | 3 | |
| ACC123 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 | |
| EET204 | Network Installation and Maintenance | 3 | |
| EET205 | Network Maintenance Laboratory | 1 | |
| MGT230 | Business Communications | 3 | |
| MKT240 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
| 16 | |||
| Fourth Semester | Credits | ||
| MIS303 | Analysis and Logical Design | 3 | |
| ECO111 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| MTH160 | Elementary Statistics with Computer Applications | 4 | |
| COR | Liberal Arts Elective | 3 | |
| SCL | Science Elective with lab | 4 | |
| 17 | |||
| Fifth Semester | Credits | ||
| MIS321 | Physical Design and Implementation with DBMS | 3 | |
| ECO112 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| FIN350 | Finance | 3 | |
| MGT330 | Managerial Decision Making | 3 | |
| MGT355 | Quantitative Methods for Business | 3 | |
| 15 | |||
| Sixth Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT216 | International Business | 3 | |
| MGT301 | Business Law I | 3 | |
| MGT370 | Managerial Economics | 3 | |
| HRM300 | Human Resource Management | 3 | |
| BBS | Directed Management Information System Elective | 3 | |
| FIT | Fitness and Lifetime Sports Elective | 1 | |
| 16 | |||
| Seventh Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT315 | Business Ethics | 3 | Science, Technology and Society Requirement |
| MGT410 | Management of Organizational Behavior | 3 | Writing Enriched Requirement & Cultural Diversity Requirement |
| BBS | Directed Management Information System Elective | 3 | |
| BBS | Directed Management Information System Elective | 3 | |
| FIT | Fitness and Lifetime Sports Elective | 1 | |
| OEA | Open Elective | 3 | |
| 16 | |||
| Eighth Semester | Credits | ||
| MGT497 | Business Policy and Strategy | 3 | |
| ART | Art Elective | 3 | |
| BBS | Directed Management Information System Elective | 3 | |
| HUM | Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| OEA | Open Elective | 3 | |
| 15 | |||
Accreditation: Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)