B.S. Combined Major for Information Science and Business
For Students Entering in Fall 2013 or Later
Summer 2013
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The College of Computer and Information Science and the College of Business reserve the right to modify the curriculum described in this document or the individual courses as necessary in the future.
The 2009 version of these requirements may be found at 2009 Requirements
Change History
Computer Science (33 or 34 SH: 7 @ 4 SH, 5 or 6 @ 1 SH)
Required Computer Science Courses (33 or 34 SH)
Students will take CS 1200 during their first semester.
Students will take CS 1210 in the semester before going on co-op.
CS 1200 CS/IS Overview 1 1
CS 1210 CS/IS Overview 2: Co-op Preparation 1
Freshman level courses with labs or recitations
CS 1800 Discrete Structures 4
CS 1801 Recitation for CS 1800 0
CS 2500 Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 4
CS 2501 Lab for CS 2500 1
CS 2510 Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 4
CS 2511 Lab for CS 2510 1
CS 2800 Logic and Computation 4
CS 2801 Lab for CS 2800 1
Upper level courses
CS 3200 Database Design 4
CS 3500 Object-Oriented Design 4
CS 4800 Algorithms and Data 4
Senior Seminar
CS 4000 Senior Seminar 1
Information Science (12 SH: 3 @ 4 SH)
Required Information Science Courses (12 SH)
IS 2000 Principles of Information Science 4
IS 3500 Information System Design & Development 4
IS 4800 Empirical Research Methods 4
English (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)
ENGW 1111 (ENGL 1111) College Writing 4
ENGW 3302 (ENGL 3302) Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions 4
With permission, you may substitute ENGW 3301 for ENGW 3302.
ENGW 3301 (ENGL 3301) Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 4
Mathematics (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
Choose one:
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 4
MATH 1231 Calculus for Business and Economics 4
Economics (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)
ECON 1115 Macroeconomics 4
ECON 1116 Microeconomics 4
Business (52 SH: 13 @ 4 SH)
Required Business Courses (28 SH)
ACCT 1201 Financial Accounting and Reporting 4
ACCT 2301 Managerial Accounting 4
FINA 2201 Financial Management 4
ORGB 3201 Organizational Behavior 4
MKTG 2201 Introduction to Marketing 4
MGSC 2301 (MGSC 1201) Business Statistics 4
Choose one of the following (4 SH)
STRT 4501 Strategy in Action 4
STRT 4514 Internal Case Competition Challenge 4
STRT 4516 External Case Competition Challenge 4
STRT 4501, STRT 4514, and STRT 4516 all satisfy the Capstone Requirement.
Required Business Concentration (16 SH)
A 4-course business concentration (other than MISM)
Business Concentration 1 4
Business Concentration 2 4
Business Concentration 3 4
Business Concentration 4 4
Integrative Courses (8 SH)
MISM 3305 Information Resource Management 4
MISM 3404 Business Data Communications 4
Computing and Social Issues (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
Students learn how computing and social issues intersect.
Choose one.
SOCL 4528 Computers & Society 4
SOCL 3485 Environment, Technology, and Society 4
ANTH 3418 Wired/Unwired: Cybercultures and Technopolitics 4
POLS 3308 Governance and Society in the Cyberage 4
IA 5240 Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights 4
General Electives (12 SH: 3 @ 4 SH)
Elective 1: Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core 4
Elective 2 4
Elective 3 4
The general electives must be consistent with the policy on general electives articulated by the College of Computer and Information Science on the college web site.
NU Core
1 of the general electives must be used to satisfy:
Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core
Comparative Cultures Requirement
The Comparative Cultures Requirement must be satisfied. If this is done by taking a course then this course must be one of the general electives that is taken in addition to the NU Core Level 1 electives.
Combined majors with Business are eligible to take the following course to satisfy this requirement:
INTB 1203 International Business and Global Social Responsibility 4