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Bachelor of Business Administration - Management Information Systems - Columbus State University

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Bachelor of Business Administration - Management Information Systems

For general degree requirements, see the D. Abbott Turner College of Business and the General Degree Requirements pages.

Area A Essential Skills Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:

MATH 1001
MATH 1101
MATH 1111
MATH 1113
MATH 1125
MATH 1131

*MATH 1111 is recommended in Area A. Business majors must complete MATH 1111 with a C or better grade for admission to BUSA 3115 and Area G courses.

Area B Institutional Options Required Hours: 4-5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:

ITDS 1125
ITDS 1779
ITDS 2726
ITDS 2727
ITDS 2735
ITDS 2746
ITDS 2748
ITDS 2749
ITDS 2755

OR
Select one of the following courses:

EURO 2105
LEAD 1705
LIBR 1105
POLS 2401
HIST 1111
HIST 1112

Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002
Any Area C-E course with a study abroad component.

Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts/Ethics Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:

ENGL 2111
ENGL 2112
ITDS 1145*
ITDS 1155
ITDS 2125
PHIL 2010

Select one of the following fine arts courses:

ARTH 1100
ITDS 1145*
MUSC 1100
THEA 1100

*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology Required Hours: 10-11
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:

ANTH 1145 (no lab)
ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional)
ASTR 1106/1305
BIOL 1215K (lab included)
BIOL 1125 (no lab)
BIOL 1225K (lab included)
CHEM 1151/1151L
CHEM 1152/1152L
CHEM 1211/1211L
CHEM 1212/1212L
ENVS 1105/1105L (lab optional)
ENVS 1205K
GEOL 1110 (no lab)
GEOL 1112/1112L
GEOL 1121 (lab included)
GEOL 1122/1322
GEOL 2225 (lab included)
PHYS 1111/1311
PHYS 1112/1312
PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional)
PHYS 2211/2311
PHYS 2212/2312

Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:

CPSC 1105
CPSC 1301/1301L
GEOG 2215
MATH 1113
MATH 1125
MATH 1131
MATH 1132
MATH 1165
MATH 2125
PHIL 2500
STAT 1127

*MATH 1125 is recommended for students considering graduate studies.

Area E Social Sciences Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:

ECON 2105
ECON 2106
PHIL 2030
PSYC 1101
SOCI 1101

Select one world cultures course from the following courses:

ANTH 1105
ANTH 1107
ANTH 2105
ANTH 2136
ENGL 2136
GEOG 1101
HIST 1111
HIST 1112
ITDS 1146
ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement Required Hours: 3
PHED 1205
Select any one PEDS course.

Area F Courses Related to Major Required Hours: 18
A grade of "C" or better is required for each course in Area F. Students will not be allowed to take Area G courses until this requirement is met.

ACCT 2101 Principles of Accounting 1
ACCT 2102 Principles of Accounting 2
BUSA 2106 The Environment of Business
ECON 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics
MISM 2115 Technological Applications in Business Decision Making

Area G BBA Core Required Hours: 27
A minimum 2.0 grade point average is required for Area G.

BUSA 3115 Quantitative Analysis for Business 1
BUSA 3116 Quantitative Analysis for Business 2
BUSA 3135 International Business
BUSA 4000 Business Professional Exit Requirement
(taken in last semester)
BUSA 4185 Strategic Management (taken in last semester)
ENGL 3158 Organizational Communications
FINC 3105 Managerial Finance
MGMT 3115 Principles of Management
MISM 3115 Principles of Information Technology Management
MKTG 3115 Principles of Marketing

Area H Major Course Requirements Required Hours: 21
A minimum grade of "C" is required in each of the following courses.
MISM 3125 Information Systems Analysis
MISM 4135 Database Design
MISM 4145 Business Data Networks and Security
MISM 4165 Project Management
9 hours of electives from the following sets with a C or better in each course.
MISM 3***/4*** Elective
or Business Intelligence
ACCT 3135 Accounting Information Systems
MISM 3116 Business Analytics
MISM 4117 Information Resource Management
MISM 4128 Business Intelligence
or E-Commerce
MISM 3118 Global E-Business
MISM 3155 Web Development
MKTG 3138 Social Media Marketing

Area I General Electives Required Hours: 12
9 hours: select from the following courses of which 3 hours must be a the 3000/4000 level; a minimum 2.0 grade point average is required
ACCT/BUSA/MISM/ECON/FINC/MGMT/MKTG 3***/4***

CPSC 1301/1301L Computer Science
CPSC 1302 Computer Science 2
CPSC 2106 Information Security
CPSC 2108 Data Structures
CPSC 2125 Internet Programming
CPSC 3119 Computer Forensics
CPSC 3132 Database Systems 2
CPSC 4125 Server Side Programming
CPSC 5138 Advanced Database

3 hours Non-Business Electives

Total Hours Required: 123

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