Business Information Systems: Degree Requirements

To graduate with a degree of Bachelor of Science in BIS a total of 60-61 credits are required in the major, consisting of 52 credits of common BIS core requirements and 9 credits of electives. A minimum of 24 semester hours of the BIS program must be completed in residence at Eastern.

All B.S. Business Information Systems majors must complete all courses listed below.

Required Courses

• MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis or
  ECO 215 Statistics For Business And Economics - 3 credits
• ECO 201 Principles of Microeconomics - 3 credits
• CSC 110 Introduction to Computers and Problem Solving - 3 credits

Total: 9 credits

Business Component Courses

• ACC 201 Principles of Accounting - 3 credits
• BUS 201 Principles of Management - 3 credits
• BIS/BUS 205 Information Management - 3 credits
• BUS 225 Principles of Marketing - 3 credits
• FIN 245 Business Finance - 3 credits
• BUS 260 Operations Management - 3 credits

Total: 18 credits

Systems Component Courses

• CSC 249 Visual BASIC.NET or
  CSC 251 Networking Fundamentals - 3 credits
• BIS 361/BUS 361 Business Information Systems - 3 credits
• BIS 370 Systems Analysis and Design - 3 credits
• BIS 373 Business Database Management - 3 credits
• BIS 375 Electronic Commerce - 3 credits
• BIS 430 Enterprise Resource Planning & E-Business - 3 credits
• BIS 461 Seminar on Information Systems and Business Strategies - 3 credits
• BIS 490 Internship in BIS - 3 credits

Total: 24 credits

Advanced Elective Courses

• Choose three (3):
  • ACC 420/BIS 420 Accounting Information Technology and Business Solutions – 3 credits
  • BIS 305 Business Analytics - 3 credits
  • BIS 340 Business Data Communications & eNetworks - 3 credits
  • BIS 362 Healthcare Informatics - 3 credits
  • BIS 364 Intro to Social Informatics - 3 credits
  • BIS 365 Emerging Technologies and Business Applications - 3 credits
  • BIS 367 Human-Computer Interface Health-IS - 3 credits
  • BIS 368 Interorganizational Health Information Systems - 3 credits
  • BIS 437 Rapid IT Development - 3 Credits
  • BIS 442 Information Technology Project Management - 3 credits
  • BIS 447 Business Intelligence and Data Solutions - 3 credits
  • BIS 480 Independent Study - 3 credits
  • BUS 467 Seminar in Operations and Systems - 3 credits

Total: 9 credits