Major Requirements

School of Business Requirements

 

CourseTitle
Hours
ECO 2010 Principles of Economics-Macro
3
ECO 2020 Principles of Economics-Micro
3
MTH 1320 Calculus for the Management and Social Sciences
3
Total Hours for School of Business Requirement
9

 

Elective Requirements

 

Unrestricted Elective credits may vary. Total unrestricted electives must be sufficient for student to meet the minimum required 120 credit hours.

Students majoring in business and interested in pursuing an International Business concentration should see an advisor.

CIS - Major Requirements

 

CourseTitleHours
CIS 2110 Structured Problem Solving in Information Systems
3
CIS 3050 Fundamentals of System Analysis and Design
3
CIS 3060 Database Management Systems
3
CIS 3145 Business Application Development with Visual Basic
3
CIS 3230 Telecommunications Systems and Networking
3
CIS 4050 Systems Analysis and Design
3
  Capstone Group (any 4000-level CIS course excluding CIS 4050)
3
  Upper-division CIS Electives
6
Total Hours Required for CIS Major
27

To earn a Bachelor’s degree in computer information systems, a student must successfully complete 30 or more credit hours of business course work at MSU Denver. This 30-hour residency requirement can be met by completing any business courses with the prefix ACC, CIS, FIN, MGT and MKT except ACC 1010, CIS 1010, CIS 2300, CIS 3300, CIS 3320, CIS 3340, and FIN 2250. A student must complete at least eight (8) upper-division semester hours in the major at MSU Denver.

Students pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems are required to participate in assessment activities at both the department and school levels during their senior year. Here are the test results for previous semesters.