Computer and Information Science (B.S.) with Business Information Systems Concentration
Major Requirements
Credits
[CIS 180] Introduction to Computer and Information Science
[CIS 181] Computer Programming I
[CIS 332] Database Concepts
[CIS 381] Information Systems and Managers*
[CIS 411] Systems Analysis and Design Concepts
[CIS 412] Systems Analysis & Design Applications (Major
Capstone)
[CIS 432] Database Applications
[INTE 394] Internship** – completed by students who have
achieved junior status
Business Information Systems Concentration
[ACCT 141] Financial Accounting
[BUSA 120] Principles of Management
Three credits from the following:
[BUSA 360] Operations Management
[BUSA 380] Small Business Development
[BUSA 381] Business Law I: Legal Foundation for Business
[CIS 190] Strategic Use of Information Technology
Three credits from the following:
[CIS 283] Business Systems Applications
[CIS 284] Computer Programming II
[CIS 291] Web Development II: Server Side
Nine credits from the following:
CIS XXX excluding [CIS 171]
[GIS 245] Geographic Information Systems
Three credits from the following:
[ECON 110] Economics of Social Issues (3)
[ECON 120] Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
Three credits from the following:
[MATH 107] Applied Math for Management (3)
[MATH 180] Discrete Mathematics (3)
[MRKT 230] Marketing Principles
[STAT 281] Applied Statistics for Managers
3
3
3
3
3
3
Information and Mathematical Sciences
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
9
3
3
General Education requirements
Credits
First Year Seminar
3
Oral Communication
3
Created and Called for Community (W)
3
Mathematical Sciences (CIS 180, 181, MATH 107, 180)
met/major
Laboratory Science
3 or 4
waived
Science, Technology & the World
6
Two of the following (6 credits total):
Social Science
European History
United States History
Literature
3
Philosophy and Religion
3
Arts
3
First Semester of Language
3
Second Semester of Language
3
Third Semester of Language/Cross Cultural
3
Non-Western Studies
2 or 3
Bible
3
Christian Beliefs
3
Introduction to Wellness
2
Activity Course
1
3
Ethics, World Views, or Pluralism
General Education
50-52
Major requirements (inclusive of concentration)
61
Concentration
36
Free Electives
10-12
Total
123
*Fulfills Writing Enriched course requirement for major.
**INTE 394 must be taken for a letter grade to fulfill major requirement.
3
3
Messiah College
Fall 2014