B.S.-M.P.S. degree program HEGIS code 0799; SED Program Code 02104
Bachelor of Science and Master of Professional Studies in business information systems
Admission
Students should apply for admission to the program after they have completed Computer & Information Science 1.5 or 2.80, and Economics 10.1 or Business 10.1 no later than the fifth term of undergraduate work. Applications are considered by the chairperson of the Computer and Information Science Department and the chairperson of the Economics Department on the basis of superior academic records and evidence of scholarly potential. Students must maintain a scholastic index of B or higher to remain in the program.
Students must plan their programs before the beginning of the junior year with the assistance of a counselor in each department. Some undergraduate course requirements may be satisfied by advanced placement or exemption examination. Information about the examinations is in the chapters “Admission” and “Academic Standing” in this Bulletin.
Program requirements (140 credits)
Undergraduate courses (110 credits)
Computer and Information Science 1.5 or 2.80, 5.2, 13.2, 15, 22, 26, 60.1 or 88.1. Students already familiar with PC application software (word processing, spreadsheet software, database management software, and presentation software) may substitute an alternative computing course for CIS 5.2 with the permission of the Chairperson of the Department of Computer and Information Science.
Two courses chosen from the following: Computer and Information Science 20.1, 30.1, 45, 48, 49, 49.2. With permission of the chairperson of the Department of Computer and Information Science, the student may substitute one of the following courses for any course in this requirement: Computer and Information Science 23, 24, 25, 27, 27.1.
Business 30.2 or Economics 30.2 or Mathematics 8.1 or 51.1 or Psychology 40.1.
Economics 31.1 or Business 31.1 or Mathematics 3.3.
Business 31.3 or CIS 9.2 or CIS 13.2
Business 31.4 or CIS 10.31.
Business 31.5 or CIS 3.2 or Bus 31.7 or CIS 9.7 or TV/R 31.7.
Business 50.1, 50.2, 70.2, 76.4,
Business 80.3 or 80.3W or CIS 8.3W.
Economics 10.1 or Business 10.1.
Economics 20.1 or Business 20.1.
Philosophy 14.4W or CIS 12W
Accounting 1 and 40.
Additional undergraduate courses in any department or program to bring the total number of undergraduate credits to at least 110.
Graduate courses (30 credits)
Three courses chosen from either group (a) or (b):
(a) Economics 705X or Business 705X, Economics 720X, Economics 721X, Economics
722X or Business 722X, or Economics 772X.
(b) Business 704X, Business 710X, Business 711X or Economics 711X, Business
712X, Business 716X, Economics 728X
Four of the following: Computer and Information Science 714X, 717.1X, 739X, 757X, 758X, 759X, 760X, 761X, 762X, 763X, 764X, 765X. Students who have completed CIS 45 may not include CIS 717.1X.
Nine additional credits in 700-level courses in Computer and Information Science.
Thesis or comprehensive examination under the guidance of the Department of Economics or the Department of Computer and Information Science.