Computer Information Systems Track – Bachelor of Business Administration
With the explosion of the Internet and a growing dependency on information technology and digital networks in all career fields, computer competency is in high demand. The Computer Information Systems Program prepares students with the organizational and technical abilities needed for professional information technology positions in contemporary organizations. Students learn to assess business needs and develop appropriate solutions. Computer environments range from desktop hardware and software to local area networks, enterprise systems, object-oriented programming, and Internet-based technologies. Graduates typically go into positions such as systems analysts, applications programmers, Web developers, network administrators, technical support and systems consultants.
Program Competencies
Specific competencies and outcomes to be achieved by students are:
- Assess the need for, implement and evaluate information technologies at the enterprise and desktop levels.
- Demonstrate proficiency in business software applications and decision support technologies that improve performance at all organizational levels.
- Apply approved website and information architecture design methods and principles to meet customer requirements for Web development.
- Apply problem solving and analytical reasoning skills within the framework of information systems.
- Recognize the strategic importance of information systems as an integral part of organizational performance.
- Demonstrate knowledge of telecommunications, networking, and multi-user, wide-area platforms.
- Demonstrate the ability to model organizational and quantitative processes and functions as a foundation for designing information system solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to apply project management tools and techniques that are essential to managing information system projects.
- Identify and design opportunities and strategies for IT enabled organizational improvement and innovation.
- Identify methods and approaches for securing data and systems infrastructure.
- Engage (as a team) in service-learning, IS arrangement wherein the deliverable is a proposed system to meet a client's organizational needs.
- Demonstrate mastery of functional skills used in designing, building and managing databases that support information systems in an organization.
- Evaluate current trends in knowledge management and their manifestation in business and industry.
Assessment
- BBA Business Core Assessment of Learning
- Embedded outcomes assessment measures established annually to assess the achievement of specific student outcome measures.
- Successful Completion of Student Projects/Portfolios
In addition to the track courses listed below, the general education, BBA qualifying courses, prerequisite courses, upper division and free electives must be completed. The track in CIS is composed of 27 credit hours of specialized courses in computer information systems.
CIS Track Requirements
General Education
Business Qualifying Courses
Business Prerequisite Course
| ACCT 281 | Principles of Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 282 | Principles of Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BBA 261 | Business Law and Regulations | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
ECON 201 is an SBS II exchange counted in general education.
Upper Core BBA Courses
Students must be admitted to the School of Business Administration program to register for upper division business core courses. Admission requires completion of the business qualifying courses and a cumulative Morehead State GPA of at least 2.25 for all MSU and transfer courses.
| CIS 311 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| FIN 360 | Business Finance | 3 |
| BBA 315 | Quantitative Analysis for Business | 3 |
| BBA 350 | Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 3 |
| BBA 363 | Ethical Decision Making in Business | 3 |
| BBA 370 | Operations and Service Management | 3 |
| BBA 380 | International Business | 3 |
| BBA 475 | Leadership Development | 3 |
| BBA 499C | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MATH 305 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 27 |
BBA 380: (or international cooperative education, or international exchange course experience)
BBA 499C: The capstone is counted in general education.
Track Requirements
| CIS 200 | Problem Solving in IS | 3 |
| CIS 320 | Web Technologies and Design | 3 |
| CIS 326 | Relational Databases and SQL | 3 |
| CIS 340 | Telecommunication and Networking | 3 |
| CIS 413 | IS Design and Implementation | 3 |
| CIS 490 | IS Project Management | 3 |
| | Approved CIS Electives | 9 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 27 |
Free Electives
| | Free Electives | variable |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Approved Electives for the CIS Track
| BBA 301 | The Healthcare System | 3 |
| BIS 425 | Training and Development for Industry | 3 |
| CIS 202 | Introduction to Programming - Visual Basic | 3 |
| CIS 205 | Introduction to Programming - C++ | 3 |
| CIS 214 | Introduction to Programming - Java | 3 |
| CIS 295 | Mobile Application Development | 3 |
| CIS 302 | Advanced Programming -Visual Basic | 3 |
| CIS 305 | Advanced Programming-C++ | 3 |
| CIS 314 | Advanced Programming-Java | 3 |
| CIS 322 | Systems Security and Information Assurance | 3 |
| CIS 365 | Healthcare Informatics | 3 |
| CIS 398 | Practicum in Information Systems | 3 |
| CIS 405 | Web Development Strategies and E-commerce | 3 |
| CIS 426 | Database Administration | 3 |
| CIS 430 | Advanced Topics in Information Systems | 3 |
| CIS 439 | Cooperative Education IV | 1-8 |
| CIS 442 | Network Administration | 3 |
| CIS 476 | Special Topics in Computer Information Systems | 1-3 |
Students may select additional CIS courses from this list to fulfill the six hours of free electives if students desire to gain additional coursework in information systems or internships.
Even though not required, all CIS students are encouraged to explore and investigate a possible 180 hour IT cooperative education placement or other virtual internship with an organization between their junior and senior year. Three-hour credit for cooperative education is available. More information about possibilities may be obtained by emailing or making an appointment with the cooperative education coordinator.
Total Credit Hours: 120