The Bachelor of Science Degree - Management Information Systems

Program of Study

The Management Information Systems (MIS) major provides the skills and knowledge necessary for information systems development and support positions in both business and non-business organizations.

Requirements for the B.A./B.S. Degree: Within the 120-semester-hour program listed in the General Requirements section, students must complete a set of 6 required MIS courses and 2 approved MIS electives. MIS majors must earn a “C” or higher (not C-) in the six required MIS courses and must have a 2.0 or higher GPA in the major; they can use grade forgiveness for only one upper-level MIS course. At least 15 hours must be taken in residence at USF. A grade point average of 2.0 or higher must be achieved in all major course work at USF and an overall 2.0 GPA including transfer work.

Required MIS Courses:
ISM 3232 Business Application Development* 3
ISM 3113 Systems Analysis and Design* 3
ISM 4212 Database Administration 3
ISM 4220 Business Data Communications 3
ISM 4300 Managing Information Resources 3
Plus Approved MIS Electives** 9
Total Hours Required for B.A./B.S. Degree 24

*ISM 3232 (Business Application Development) is recommended to be taken before, or concurrently with, ISM 3113 (Systems Analysis and Design).

**No more than three hours of ISM 4950 can be counted as MIS electives. (ISM 4905 will not count as an MIS elective.)

List of Electives for Major in MIS
ISM 4240 Distributed Operating System
ISM 4133 Advanced System Analysis & Design
ISM 4141 Web Application Development (Java)
ISM 4213 Advanced Database Management
ISM 4233 Information System Interface Design (VB)
ISM 4234 Object-Oriented Design and Development
ISM 4382 Global Information Systems
ISM 4400 Decision support Systems
ISM 4480 Electronic Commerce Systems
ISM 4930 Selected Topics in MIS – Information Security & Risk Management
ISM 4930 Selected Topics in MIS – Enterprise Resource Planning
ISM 4930 Selected Topics in MIS – Project Management
ISM 4930 Selected Topics in MIS – Business Intelligence

Requirements for a Minor in MIS (for Business majors only): Students majoring in Business Administration may minor in MIS. The requirements are
1. ISM 3113 Systems Analysis and Design 3
ISM 4212 Database Administration 3
Approved MIS Elective 6
Total MIS hours 12
2. A grade point average of 2.0 or better must be achieved in the minor course work at USF and in all minor courses completed at other institutions.
3. At least 9 hours of the required 12 credit hours must be taken in residence at USF.

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