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B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems

The Computer Information Systems B.B.A. program combines cutting-edge coursework with hands-on experience to prepare you for a successful career in the field. With access to state-of-the-art facilities, experienced faculty and real-world opportunities, you'll develop the skills needed to thrive in a variety of tech roles. Join our program today and pave the way for a bright future in computer information systems.

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鈥淐hoosing the CIS major has shown me there is a way to combine business and technology while creating new connections with professors and students, gaining knowledge in multiple subject areas, and pursuing what I love.鈥 -Emaly Hart, Computer Information Systems

 

Overview

  • Computer information systems majors focus on the creation and supervision of the information systems that are commonly used in organizations of all types and sizes.
  • This major emphasizes problem-solving involving cloud computing systems and infrastructure, creating intuitive systems, business modeling and agile design, data management and business intelligence, cloud systems integration and project management and business experience.
  • The IT/IS career events, held each semester, allow students to network with industry professionals and learn how their interests align with the field of IT.
  • Students gain valuable work experience with a required internship. Many companies use the internship as an extended job interview.

 

 

 

Interested in pairing a B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems with an M.B.A? 

麻豆影院 State is proud to offer incoming, high achieving undergraduate students, direct admission into a business master's program. With direct admission, students can comfortably complete their bachelor鈥檚 degree and master's degree within five years. 

Learn More | Combined Degrees

 

 

Program Information for B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems

Program Description

Full Description

The Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Computer Information Systems provides students with a focus on digital transformation management and/or the design of innovative information systems that are commonly used in organizations to create business value. This up-to-date major offers a techie-for-future IT and business managers structure starting with an introduction to information systems (IS) and emerging digital technologies (e.g., social media, mobile, cloud computing, business data analytics, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain). The major continues providing the foundations and hands-on activities to use IS and digital technologies for solving business problems. The academic backbone of the major concludes with the pillars of business modeling and agile design, artificial intelligence-based innovation, and providing the IT and business managerial skills to build solutions for businesses.

Students can complete two possible major elective tracks: Designing Innovative Information Systems or Digital Transformation Management. Alternatively, the student can customize the major elective path by selecting 12 credit hours from the list of major electives in a flexible and student-centric way. The Digital Transformation track focuses on providing the knowledge and managerial skills related to managing cybersecurity, managing agile digital transformation projects and on how to lead and manage digital transformation. The Designing Innovative Information Systems track focuses on providing the technical foundations and skills to design innovative programs and apps, design innovative server-side systems and design databases and data governance.

Students may participate in an internship (elective course), which may involve a summer or a semester of paid professional experience in industry. Internship experience helps show the relevance of on-campus courses to professional work, helps students focus their career plans and often enables students to secure better jobs upon graduation.

Computer Information Systems students may apply early to the  and double count 9 credit hours of graduate courses toward both degree programs. See the  policy in the University Catalog for more information.

Admissions for B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems

Admission Requirements

The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.

First-Year Students on the 麻豆影院 Campus: First-year admission policy on the 麻豆影院 Campus is selective. Admission decisions are based upon cumulative grade point average, strength of high school college preparatory curriculum and grade trends. Students not admissible to the 麻豆影院 Campus may be administratively referred to one of the seven regional campuses to begin their college coursework. For more information, visit the .

First-Year Students on the Regional Campuses: First-year admission to 麻豆影院 State’s campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, as well as the Twinsburg Academic Center, is open to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent. For more information on admissions, contact the Regional Campuses admissions offices.

International Students: All international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions) by earning a minimum 525 TOEFL score (71 on the Internet-based version), minimum 75 MELAB score, minimum 6.0 IELTS score or minimum 48 PTE Academic score, or by completing the ELS level 112 Intensive Program. For more information, visit the admissions website for international students.

Transfer Students: Students who have attended any other educational institution after graduating from high school must apply as undergraduate transfer students. For more information, visit the admissions website for transfer students.

Former Students: Former 麻豆影院 State students or graduates who have not attended another college or university since 麻豆影院 State may complete the reenrollment or reinstatement form on the University Registrar’s website.

Admission policies for undergraduate students may be found in the University Catalog's .

Some programs may require that students meet certain requirements before progressing through the program. For programs with progression requirements, the information is shown on the program's Coursework tab.

Transfer Student: A minimum 2.250 overall GPA is required for admission into the major. Students who have previously attended 麻豆影院 State who completed (or the equivalent of) COMM 15000, ENG 21011 and/or MATH 11010 must have earned a minimum C grade in the courses and a minimum C+ grade in  CIS 24053.

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Perform effectively in digital transformation management and information systems design projects.
  2. Navigate and use emerging digital technologies and platforms.
  3. Design, code, and implement information systems, databases, and applications on-premise and in the cloud.
  4. Design, select, and deploy digital transformation solutions and strategies.
  5. Bridge, integrate, deploy, and manage cybersecurity and data governance across various information systems and analytics systems.
  6. Lead and manage digital transformation projects, and design and integrate digital technology solutions.   

Students earning a B.B.A. degree in Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship are expected to have developed skills in the following critical areas of business:

  1. Core Business Knowledge - Recall the strategic frameworks that are used to make business decisions.
  2. Analytical Skills - Use analytical methodologies and critical thinking skills to evaluate and solve business problems. 
  3. Digital Technology – Demonstrate the technological skills necessary to analyze business problems and develop solutions.
  4. Written Communication - Write effective business communications.
  5. Oral Communication - Make effective business presentations, using appropriate technologies.
  6. Teamwork – Collaborate effectively with others to achieve a common business purpose.
  7. Business Ethics – Recognize ethical business dilemmas and use ethical decision making to resolve the dilemma.
  8. Global - Analyze the key global factors when making business decisions.
Coursework

Program Requirements

Major Requirements

Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)
CIS 34034BUSINESS MODELING AND AGILE DESIGN (min C grade)3
CIS 34054USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS 3
CIS 44048BUILDING SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESSES (ELR) (WIC) (min C grade) 13
CIS 44151INNOVATING WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 3
Major Electives, choose from the following: (min C grade) 212
Designing Innovative Information Systems
CIS 34167
DESIGNING INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND APPS
CIS 44040
DESIGNING INNOVATIVE SERVER-SIDE SYSTEMS
CIS 44043
DATABASE DESIGN AND DATA GOVERNANCE
Digital Transformation Management
CIS 44008
MANAGING AGILE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS
CIS 44041
MANAGING CYBERSECURITY
CIS 44046
HOW TO LEAD AND MANAGE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Additional Electives
BA 44050
DATA VISUALIZATION
CIS 44292
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND INTERNSHIP (ELR)
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)
ACCT 23020INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 3
ACCT 23021INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING 3
BA 24056BUSINESS ANALYTICS I 33
BA 34060OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 3
BA 34156BUSINESS ANALYTICS II 3
CIS 24053INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES (min C+ grade)3
BUS 10123EXPLORING BUSINESS 43
BUS 30062ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 3
COMM 15000INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION (KADL) (min C grade)3
ECON 22060PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS) 3
ECON 22061PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS (KSS) 3
FIN 26074LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS 3
FIN 36053BUSINESS FINANCE 3
MATH 11010ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS (KMCR) (min C grade)3
MATH 11012INTUITIVE CALCULUS (KMCR) 53-5
or MATH 12002 ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS I (KMCR)
MGMT 24163PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3
MGMT 44285STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 3
MKTG 25010PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING 3
UC 10001FLASHES 101 1
UC 10162INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1
66
9
3
6-7
General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours) 716
Minimum Total Credit Hours:120
1

A minimum C must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

2

Students may take any courses in this section to fulfill the major electives. 

3

Students who have taken MATH 10041 for another program may use it as a substitute for BA 24056.

4

A student changing to a program in the college, transferring or an incoming student with college credit plus credits, may be waived out of BUS 10123 if:

  • 30 or more credit hours have been earned and any two classes (from ACCT 23020, ACCT 23021, FIN 26074, MGMT 24163, MKTG 25010 or CIS 24053) have successfully been completed.
  • 60 or more credit hours have been earned and the student has completed one course (from ACCT 23020, ACCT 23021, FIN 26074, MGMT 24163 , MKTG 25010 or CIS 24053)
  • At the discretion of the Dean's Office, the student has sufficient breadth and depth of knowledge in a business field (as demonstrated by a CLEP exam or Credit by Exam) but does not meet the requirements listed above.
5

Students can take MATH 10051 or PHIL 21002 in place of MATH 11012 or MATH 12002. Taking MATH 10051 or PHIL 21002 will not replace a low grade in either MATH 11012 or MATH 12002. Students are required to take MATH 11012 or MATH 12002 if they change their major to, or want to double major in, Economics or Finance and/or intend to declare a minor in Business Analytics. Students who intend to enroll in certain graduate programs and/or are working toward Phi Beta Kappa status are highly encouraged to take MATH 11012 or MATH 12002.

6

Minimum C grade is required in ENG 21011 or HONR 20197.

7

An education abroad experience is encouraged as a general elective. A maximum of 4 credit hours of Physical Activity, Wellness and Sport (PWS) courses may be applied toward the degree program.

Progression Requirements

  • Minimum 2.250 overall GPA
  • Minimum C grade in COMM 15000, ENG 21011 (or HONR 20197) and MATH 11010 (or placement out of MATH 11010)
  • Minimum C+ grade in CIS 24053 
  • Minimum C grade in major requirements

Graduation Requirements

Minimum Major GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.250 2.250
  • Students must complete at least 50 percent of business credit hours (required for the business degree) in-residence on a 麻豆影院 campus.
  • Students must complete at least 50 percent of their major credit hours in residence on a 麻豆影院 campus.
  • Students must complete two measures of outcomes assessment as specified by the college for complete satisfaction of the B.B.A. degree.
Roadmap

Roadmap

This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. However, courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.

Plan of Study Grid
Semester OneCredits
BUS 10123 EXPLORING BUSINESS 3
COMM 15000 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION (KADL) 3
MATH 11010 ALGEBRA FOR CALCULUS (KMCR) 3
UC 10001 FLASHES 101 1
麻豆影院 Core Requirement 3
麻豆影院 Core Requirement 3
 Credit Hours16
Semester Two
ECON 22060 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS) 3
CIS 24053 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES 3
MATH 11012
or MATH 12002
INTUITIVE CALCULUS (KMCR)
or ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS I (KMCR)
3-5
UC 10162 INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1
麻豆影院 Core Requirement 3
麻豆影院 Core Requirement 3
 Credit Hours16
Semester Three
ACCT 23020 INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 3
CIS 34054 USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS 3
ECON 22061 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS (KSS) 3
FIN 26074 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS 3
麻豆影院 Core Requirement 3
 Credit Hours15
Semester Four
Required for progression in the major: Minimum 2.250 overall GPA, minimum C grade in COMM 15000, ENG 21011, MATH 11010; and a minimum C+ in CIS 24053.  
ACCT 23021 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING 3
BA 24056 BUSINESS ANALYTICS I 3
BUS 30062 ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 3
MGMT 24163 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3
Major Elective 3
 Credit Hours15
Semester Five
Required: minimum 2.250 overall GPA  
BA 34156 BUSINESS ANALYTICS II 3
CIS 34034 BUSINESS MODELING AND AGILE DESIGN 3
MKTG 25010 PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING 3
麻豆影院 Core Requirement 3
General Elective 3
 Credit Hours15
Semester Six
Required: minimum 2.250 overall GPA  
BA 34060 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 3
FIN 36053 BUSINESS FINANCE 3
Major Elective 3
Major Elective 3
麻豆影院 Core Requirement 3
 Credit Hours15
Semester Seven
Required: minimum overall 2.250 GPA  
CIS 44151 INNOVATING WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 3
!Major Elective 3
General Electives 9
 Credit Hours15
Semester Eight
Required: minimum overall 2.250 GPA and completion of The Assurance of Learning Assessment given in MGMT 44285  
CIS 44048 BUILDING SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESSES (ELR) (WIC) 3
MGMT 44285 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 3
麻豆影院 Core Requirement 3
General Electives 4
 Credit Hours13
 Minimum Total Credit Hours:120
Program Delivery
  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • 麻豆影院 Campus
Accreditation for B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems

AACSB, International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries for B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems

Computer network support specialists

6.4%

faster than the average

195,100

number of jobs

$65,450

potential earnings

Computer systems analysts

7.4%

faster than the average

632,400

number of jobs

$93,730

potential earnings

Database administrators and architects

9.7%

much faster than the average

132,500

number of jobs

$98,860

potential earnings

Software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers

21.5%

much faster than the average

1,469,200

number of jobs

$110,140

potential earnings

Computer occupations, all other

5.7%

faster than the average

431,100

number of jobs

$92,870

potential earnings

Notice: Career Information Source
* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' . Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.
$37,000-$64,000
Average Annual Starting Salary*
$17/Hour
Average Internship Wage

*Information based on the class of 2021. Salary range represents 25th-75th percentile.

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