College of Business
West Texas A&M University

2008-2009 Catalog Requirements

Computer Information Systems Concentration

Department of Information and Decision Management

CORE CURRICULUM COURSES (42 HOURS)

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Communication (10)

ENGL 1301 (ENG 101); 1302* (ENG 102) or 2311* (ENG 270)

6

Communication (11)

SCOM 1315 (101) or 1321** (201)

3

Mathematics (20)

MATH 1324* ( 115) Math for Business and Economics I

3

Natural Sciences (30)

Take two courses from:
PSES 1301 (216), 1307 (112); ANSC 1319 (121); BIOL 1406
(101) or 1408 (NEW), 1407* (102) or 1409* (NEW), 1411 (122),
1413 (121); CHEM 1405 (121), 1411* (101), 1412* (102); GEOL
1401 (GESC 111) or 1403 (GEOL 101), 1402 (GESC 112), 1404
(GEOL 102); PHYS 1401* (101), 1402* (102), 1411, 2425* (210),
2426* (211)

6-8

Humanities (40-41)

ENGL 2321* (NEW), 2326* (NEW), 2331* (NEW), 2341* (NEW),
2343* (NEW); HIST 2311 (110), 2372 (210); MCOM 1307 (MC
107); PHIL 1301 (101), 2374 (204); or SPAN 2312*/*** (207)
Choose 1

3

Visual and Performing Arts (50)

HUMA 1315 (FA 101); ARTS 1303 (ART 151), ARTS 1304 (ART
152); DANC 2303 (NEW); MUSI 1306 (MUS 101) or 1208 and
1209; or THRE 1310 (105) Choose 1

3

Social and Behavioral Sciences (60)

HIST 1301 (201), 1302 (202), 2301 Choose 2

6

Social and Behavioral Sciences (70)

POSC 2305 (101) or POSC 2370 (NEW); 2306 (102)

6

Social and Behavioral Sciences (80)

ECON 2301 (ECO 201) Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Institutionally Designated Option (90)

PHED 1111 (SES 101); PHED/ANSC activity course;
DANC 1241 (1070), 2241* (2370); MUEN 1026
Upon written recommendation of the University physician or the coordinator for Student Disability Services, students may substitute a one hour elective course in lieu of physical education course.

1-3

BBA CORE REQUIREMENTS (39 HOURS)

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ACCT 2301 (ACC 231) Principles of Accounting I

3

ACCT 2302* (ACC 232) Principles of Accounting II

3

IDM 2310**** (CIS 2310) Communications & Collaboration

3

BUSI 3312* (GBUS 312) Business Law

3

IDM 2342* (QBA 250, QBA 2342) Statistics for Business and Economics

3

ECON 2302 (ECO 202) Principles of Microeconomics

3

ADVANCED ECONOMICS ELECTIVE

3

FIN 3320* (320) (FINANCE) Business Finance

3

MATH 1325* (116) Math for Business & Economics II

3

MGT 3330 (MGT 330) Principles of Management

3

MGT 4315* (415) Strategic Management and Policy

3

MKT 3340 (MKT 340) Principles of Marketing

3

IDM 3330 (CIS 3330) Management Information Systems

3

CIS MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (21 HOURS)

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IDM 1315 (204, CIS 1315) Programming Fundamentals

3

IDM 2315* (CIS 2315) Programming Business Applications

3

IDM 2390* (CIS 260, 2390) Systems Analysis and Design

3

IDM 3312* (CIS 3312) Advanced Business Programming

3

IDM 3350* (CIS 450, 3350) Database Systems Design

3

IDM 4360* (CIS 360, 4360) Object-Oriented Analysis & Design

3

IDM 4390* (CIS 4390) Software Systems Development

3

CIS ADVANCED ELECTIVES (15 HOURS)

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Choose 15 hours from:
IDM 3372 (CIS 3372) Web Application Development
IDM 3382* (CIS 382, 3382) Enterprise Web-Based Applications Development
IDM 3385* (CIS 385, 3385) Networking and Data Communications
IDM 3390* (CIS 3390) Project Management
IDM 4310* (CIS 410, 4310) Decision Support/Artificial Intelligence Systems
IDM 4331* (QBA 4331) Production and Operations Mgt.
IDM 4350* (CIS 4350) Data Warehousing and Data Mining
IDM 4372 (CIS 314, 4372) Information Visualization and User Interface Design
IDM 4382* (CIS 482, 4382) Software Development in a Database Environment
IDM 4392* (CIS 498, 4392) Applied Problems in Computer and Information Systems
IDM 4398* (CIS 497, 4098) Internship in CIS

15

ELECTIVE

3

TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE DEGREE

120