Университет Восточного Мичигана, BBA, Computer Information Systems

Students must earn a minimum total of 124 credits at the 100-level or above. Major Requirements: 66-69 hours

Business Core: 36 hours, including:

College of Business Foundation Courses: 21 hours

The following COB courses are to be completed prior to admission, and count towards the total credit hours required for this major.

• ACC 240 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3 hrs
• ACC 241 - Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 hrs
• COB 200L4 - Introduction to Business | GELB 3 hrs
• DS 265 - Business Statistics I 3 hrs
• IS 215 - Information Systems for Business 3 hrs
• LAW 293 - Legal Environment of Business 3 hrs
• MGMT 202 - Business Communication 3 hrs

Post Admission Core Requirement: 15 hours

• FIN 350 - Principles of Finance 3 hrs
• MGMT 386 - Organizational Behavior and Theory 3 hrs
• MGMT 490 - Business Policy 3 hrs
• MKTG 360 - Principles of Marketing 3 hrs
• OM 374 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 hrs
• Note: All 300-level Core Courses listed above must be completed before enrollment in MGMT 490 - Business Policy. OM 374 can be taken concurrently with MGMT 490.

Discipline: 30 hours

CIS Core: 21 hours

• IS 247 - Introduction to Web Application Development 3 hrs
• IS 320 - Business Data Communications and Information Security 3 hrs
• IS 350 - Enterprise Resource Planning and Architecture 3 hrs
• IS 380 - Data and Information Management 3 hrs
• IS 417 - Systems Analysis and Design 3 hrs
• IS 425 - IS Project and Risk Management 3 hrs
• IS 449W - IS Strategy, Management & Acquisition | GEWI 3 hrs

Restricted Electives: 9 hours

Choose three courses from the following:

• IS 310 - Social Media for Business 3 hrs
• IS 315 - Object-Oriented Application Development 3 hrs
• IS 385 - Data Warehousing 3 hrs
• IS 405 - Web Content Mining 3 hrs
• IS 410 - Data Mining 3 hrs
• IS 415 - Business Mobile Application Development 3 hrs
• IS 422 - Social Media Network Analysis 3 hrs
• IS 427 - Business Process and Identity Management 3 hrs
• IS 437 - Introduction to Business Information Technology Audit 3 hrs

The Applications Pack includes:

Official Transcripts High School students

Submit official high school/secondary transcript with English translation (students cannot do their own translations) in an official, school-sealed envelope.

Foundation Course

The foundation courses for admission to the College of Business must be completed with a minimum earned grade of C- (C required for transfer courses) in each. Students must also have an EMU GPA of at least 2.50.

English Proficiency

Official test scores must be sent directly to Eastern Michigan University from the following testing agencies: TOEFL (school code: 1201), IELTS, MELAB, or PTE.

Student score reports or copies are not acceptable. Students who would prefer to take the ACT or SAT (school code: 1201) may submit these exams in lieu of an English proficiency test.

Students testing below our minimum requirements and requiring a student visa will be enrolled directly in our Intensive English Program (IEP). The student will receive an updated I-20 for their degree program after completion of the IEP.

Full admission minimum test scores can be found below:

• SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing Subscore (EBRW): 480
• ACT English Subscore: 19
• TOEFL: 61
• iBT IELTS: 6.0
• Documentation

Financial documents

Official documentation of available funds demonstrates the ability to pay for one academic year of study in United States Dollars (USD). Approved forms of financial documentation must be liquid in nature such as: savings/checking accounts, certificates of deposits (CDs), and U.S. based money market account with immediate withdraw into U.S. dollars.

The following COB courses are to be completed prior to COB admission, and count toward the total credit hours required for this major.

College of Business Foundation Courses: 21 hours

The following COB courses are to be completed prior to COB admission, and count toward the total credit hours required for this major.

• ACC 240 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3 hrs
• ACC 241 - Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 hrs
• COB 200L4 - Introduction to Business | GELB 3 hrs
• DS 265 - Business Statistics I 3 hrs
• IS 215 - Information Systems for Business 3 hrs
• LAW 293 - Legal Environment of Business 3 hrs
• MGMT 202 - Business Communication 3 hrs

Non-College of Business Foundation Courses: 15 hours

• CTAC 124 - Foundations of Speech Communication | GEEC 3 hrs
• ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics | GEKS 3 hrs
• ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics | GEKS 3 hrs
• ENGL 121 - Composition II: Researching the Public Experience | GEEC 3 hrs OR
• WRTG 121 - Composition II: Researching the Public Experience (GEEC) 3 hrs
• Quantitative Reasoning | GEQR requirement 3 hrs

In addition to the courses listed above, students must complete an additional 17-20 credit hours of course work prior to admission to the College of Business.

The Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems provides a learning environment where the students design, develop and deploy a wide range of integrated, end-to-end business applications and services to enable small, medium and large organizations to become more connected with customers, employees, partners, and suppliers.

Students learn about interoperability and explore road maps with products and technologies such as:

• instant messaging,
• live communications,
• workflows,
• portals.

Students also learn how to integrate the organizations’ applications and processes, how to perform business-to-business communications and how to develop comprehensive and reliable e-business solutions.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, careers in the Computer Information Systems major are rated as one of the fastest growing professions.

Our Computer Information Systems graduates pursue professional careers as system and business analysts, business application developers, web and mobile application developers, database developers, network administrators, and project managers. Other career paths may include ERP consultants, security analysts, technology consultants, software support technicians and software testers.