All Computer Information Systems majors are required to satisfy the School of Business bachelor of science program requirements as well as the following.

Required Courses		Semester Hours
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
General Studies (Level I and Level II)		34
Business Core		33
School of Business requirement		9
Major in Computer Information Systems		27
Electives		17
Total Hours (minimum)		120

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 MSCD. 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 MSCD.

To better support our students and also to respond to the businesses' needs we have created Certificate Programs. These programs are available to all of our students who complete the required courses in our major.

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 the previous semester.