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Management Information Systems B.S.

Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems

College of Business

Degree Specific Credits: 72-74

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2019-2020

Notes:

  • At least 54 credits must be earned in Business classes (ECNS, COB internship courses and College of Business faculty-led study abroad course may be counted in OR out of Business). A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for these courses.

  • At least 27 credits in business AND BMIS 476 must be taken at UM.

  • All business credits transferred in after matriculating to UM must be pre-approved by the department chair in your major.

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

College of Business Requirements

48-50

Primary Lower Core Courses

Math Requirement

Statistics Requirement

Secondary Lower Core Courses

Upper Major Core Courses

Capstone Course and Upper-Division Writing Requirement

Management Information Systems Requirements

18

Management Information Systems Electives

6

Total Hours

72-74


College of Business Requirements

Primary Lower Core Courses

Note: All primary lower core courses must be completed with a C- or better and a 2.0 GPA must be earned in the seven (7) listed course prior to admission into an upper-division Business Major.

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

Complete all of the following courses:

ACTG 201

Principles of Financial Accounting

3

ACTG 202

Principles of Managerial Accounting

3

BMIS 270

MIS Foundations for Business

3

ECNS 201S

Principles of Microeconomics

3

Total Hours

12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Math Requirement

Notes:

  • The College of Business requires that credit be earned for one of the math courses below (with a C- or better) before enrolling in ACTG 202.

  • A student's result on the ALEKS or Maplesoft Math Placement Exam does not waive this requirement.

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

Complete one of the following courses:

3-4

M 115

Probability and Linear Mathematics

M 121

College Algebra

M 151

Precalculus

M 162

Applied Calculus

Total Hours

3-4

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Statistics Requirement

Note: This is a primary lower core course. The College of Business requires that credit be earned for STAT 216 (preferred) or one of the other statistics courses below (with a C- or better) prior to being admitted into an upper-division College of Business major.

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

Complete one of the following courses:

3-4

FORS 201

Forest Biometrics

PSYX 222

Psychological Statistics

SOCI 202

Social Statistics

STAT 216

Introduction to Statistics (preferred)

Total Hours

3-4

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Secondary Lower Core Courses

Note: All courses must be completed with a "C-" or better to satisfy prerequisites for certain major, upper major core, or capstone courses. Students are advised to complete these courses prior to being admitted to an upper-division Business Major. Prerequisites are strictly enforced.

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

Complete all of the following courses:

BGEN 220E

Business Ethics and Social Responsibility (Students must complete this course with a C- or better prior to taking the capstone, though earlier completion is strongly encouraged.) Ethical & Human Values Requirement

3

COMX 111A

Introduction to Public Speaking (Students must complete this course with a C- or better prior to taking the capstone, though earlier completion is strongly encouraged.) Expressive Arts Requirement

3

CSCI 172

Intro to Computer Modeling

3

ECNS 202S

Principles of Macroeconomics Social Science Requirement

3

Total Hours

12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper Major Core Courses

Notes:

  • All upper major core courses must be completed before the capstone can be taken.

  • A student must be listed as a major in Business to take these courses. Major or minor in Business is defined as junior standing with all primary lower core courses completed, a 2.0 cumulative GPA, and formally admitted to the major or minor.

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

Complete all of the following courses:

BFIN 322

Business Finance

3

BGEN 361

Principles of Business Law

3

BMGT 322

Operations Management

3

BMGT 340

Management & Organization Behavior

3

BMKT 325

Principles of Marketing

3

Total Hours

15

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Capstone and Upper-Division Writing Requirement

Notes:

  • Students must complete all primary and secondary lower core and upper core courses and their prerequisites and have an approved graduation application to register for their capstones.

  • Students must pass the required comprehensive exam as well as all requisite coursework to earn a passing grade in BGEN 499.

  • BGEN 499 must be taken at UM.

  • This course also satisfies the UM and College of Business upper-division writing requirement.

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

Complete the following course:

BGEN 499

Strategic Management

3

Total Hours

3

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Management Information Systems Requirements

Notes:

  • BMIS 365 and BMIS 476 must be taken at UM.

  • 3 credits of BMIS 498 are required to graduate.

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

Complete all of the following courses:

BMIS 326

Introduction to Data Analytics

3

BMIS 365

Business App Development

3

BMIS 372

Information Infrastructures

3

BMIS 373

Business System Analy & Design

3

BMIS 476

Integrated Project Mgmt for IS

3

BMIS 498

Internship

3

Total Hours

18

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Management Information Systems Electives

Course List

Code

Title

Hours

Complete 6 credits from the following courses:

6

ACTG 321

Acct Information Systems I

BMGT 467

Global Operations and Supply Chain Management

BMIS 370

Managing Information and Data

BMIS 391

Special Topics

BMIS 465

Introduction to Real-time Data Analytics

BMIS 471

Fund of Network & Security Management

BMIS 472

Advanced Network & Security Management

BMIS 478

E Commerce a Managerl Prspctv

BMIS 479

Introduction to Consulting

BMIS 491

Special Topics

BMIS 492

Independent Study

BMKT 460

Mktg Hi-Tech Prod & Innov

CSCI 135

Fund of Computer Science I

CSCI 136

Fund of Computer Science II

CSCI 448

Pattern Recognition

CSCI 464

Applications of Mining Big Data

M 461

Data Science Analytics

STAT 451

Statistical Methods I

Total Hours

6

Minimum Required Grade: C-