Program: Information Systems, B.B.A. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 04, 2025

2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Computer Information Systems
615-898-2362
Charles Apigian, program coordinator
Charles.Apigian@mtsu.edu

In addition to meeting the Jennings A. Jones College of Business requirements , an Information Systems major consists of 30 hours of information systems courses. Majors must earn an overall minimum GPA of 2.00 in their required information systems courses.

The program below includes a Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Information Systems, B.B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are required for this major:

MATH 1630 or 1810 (Math)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci and core course)

College of Business Core (42 hours)

All students must complete the College of Business Core which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA. ECON 2410 is included in the core and will also satisfy 3 hours from the Social/Behavioral General Education requirement.

Major Requirements (30 hours)

INFS 2400 - Web Development 3 credit hours
INFS 2600 - Introduction to Software Development and Programming 3 credit hours
INFS 3200 - Business Application Development 3 credit hours
INFS 3400 - Object Oriented Programming with C#.NET 3 credit hours
INFS 3800 - Information Systems Analysis and Design 3 credit hours
INFS 4790 - Database Design and Development 3 credit hours
INFS 4900 - Business Data Communications 3 credit hours
INFS 4950 - Advanced Web-Enabled Application Development 3 credit hours

Electives (6 hours)

INFS 3450 - Web Application Development 3 credit hours
INFS 3500 - Knowledge Management Systems 3 credit hours
INFS 3990 - Independent Study in Information Systems 1 to 3 credit hours OR
INFS 4990 - Independent Study in Information Systems 1 to 3 credit hours
INFS 4300 - Security Assurance for Information Systems Audit 3 credit hours
INFS 4310 - Introduction to Digital Forensics 3 credit hours
INFS 4420 - Information Systems Internship 3 credit hours
INFS 4740 - Information Technology Management 3 credit hours
INFS 4830 - Database Programming 3 credit hours
INFS 4840 - Study Abroad 3 credit hours

Auxiliary Requirements (6 hours)

BIA 4010 - Business Analytics and Visualization 3 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours

Electives (4 hours)

Total hours in program: 120

Curriculum: Information Systems

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Math)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
Electives 4 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
INFS 2400 - Web Development 3 credit hours
INFS 2600 - Introduction to Software Development and Programming 3 credit hours
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours *
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 hours

Junior

BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours AND
BIA 3621 - Introduction to Business Analytics Lab 0 credit hours
BUS 3000 - Dale Carnegie Communications and Human Relations Seminar 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
INFS 3200 - Business Application Development 3 credit hours §
INFS 3400 - Object Oriented Programming with C#.NET 3 credit hours §
INFS 3800 - Information Systems Analysis and Design 3 credit hours §
Business elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
INFS 4790 - Database Design and Development 3 credit hours §
INFS 4900 - Business Data Communications 3 credit hours §
INFS 4950 - Advanced Web-Enabled Application Development 3 credit hours §
INFS electives 6 credit hours §
BIA 4010 - Business Analytics and Visualization 3 credit hours §
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

*A 2.25 GPA in these courses and a 2.25 overall GPA is required for admission to the Jones College of Business.

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