Nov 23, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Management Information Systems, B.S.

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The Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems is designed to equip students with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities required to proficiently analyze, design, develop and implement organizational information systems.

The degree coursework comprises core business courses (in areas such as accounting, marketing and finance) as well as information systems courses (in areas such as web application development, database applications development, computer networks design and administration and business applications programming). This coursework prepares students to pursue careers as business application developers, database application developers, network designers and administrators, web application developers and technical support personnel.

The Management Information Systems major leads to a Bachelor of Science degree which includes a minimum of 57 upper-level (33XX and 43XX) hours and a total of 120 hours in order to complete the baccalaureate degree.

University Core Requirements (42 hours)

Communication (6 hours)

WRIT 1301 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 1302 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 2311 - Introduction to Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

Grades must be C- or better.

Mathematics (3 hours)

MATH 1324 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

Grade must be C- or better.

Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)

Choose two courses from the approved list:

ASTR 1303 - Stars and Galaxies Credit Hours: 3
ASTR 1304 - Solar System Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1306 - Biology for Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1307 - Biology for Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1308 - Biology for Non-Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1309 - Biology for Non-Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 2301 - Anatomy & Physiology I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 2302 - Anatomy & Physiology II Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1305 - Introductory Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1311 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1312 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3
ENSC 1301 - Environmental Science I Credit Hours: 3
ENSC 1302 - Environmental Science II Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 1303 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 1304 - Historical Geology Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1301 - College Physics I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1302 - College Physics II Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2325 - University Physics I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2326 - University Physics II Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2425 - University Physics l with Laboratory Credit Hours: 4
PHYS 2426 - University Physics ll with Laboratory Credit Hours: 4

Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)

Choose one course from the approved list:

ANTH 2346 - General Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
COMM 1307 - Introduction to Mass Communication Credit Hours: 3
HUMN 1301 - Humanities Credit Hours: 3
LITR 2341 - Literature and Experience Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
WGST 1301 - Gender Matters: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Creative Arts (3 hours)

Choose one course from the approved list:

ARTS 1303 - World Art Survey I Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 1304 - World Art Survey II Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 2379 - Arts and the Child Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

Other courses may meet this requirement, however, ECON 2301 will still be required for all Business majors.

Component Area Option (6 hours)

Two 1-hour Life and Physical Science Labs

COMM 1315 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 1100 - Learning Frameworks Credit Hours: 1

College Core Requirements (48 hours)

The following courses, or their approved equivalents constitute the business core and are required of all business students. No more than 6 hours of grades in the range of D+, D or D-are permitted in upper-level (33XX and 43XX) Business Core Requirements.

Core Requirements for Business Majors (48 hours)

ACCT 2301 - Principles of Accounting I - Financial Credit Hours: 3
ACCT 2302 - Principles of Accounting II - Managerial Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 1301 - Business Principles Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 1305 - Business Computer Applications Credit Hours: 3
DSCI 3321 - Statistics I Credit Hours: 3
DSCI 3331 - Quantitative Methods for Management Credit Hours: 3
ECON 3311 - Money and Banking Credit Hours: 3
FINC 3331 - Business Finance Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 3303 - Information Systems for Management Credit Hours: 3
LEGL 3301 - Business Law Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 3301 - Management Theory and Practice Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4312 - Strategic Management (Capstone) Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 3301 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 3312 - Written Communications in Business Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

When ECON 2301 is used to satisfy the Social Behavioral Sciences Requirement, an additional elective will be needed.

MGMT 4312 - Strategic Management (Capstone) Credit Hours: 3 –requires permission.

Major Requirements (30 hours)

All courses within the major requirements must be completed with a grade of C- or better. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher is required to graduate.

ISAM 3304 - Introduction to Business Applications Programming Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 3314 - Applications Development with Java Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 3331 - Introduction to Business Database Applications Development Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 3333 - Applications Development with C# Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 4331 - Introduction to Business Internet Applications Development Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 4332 - Advanced Business Internet Applications Development Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 4362 - Advanced Business Database Applications Development Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 4365 - Analysis and Design of Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 4366 - Introduction to Computer Networks Management Credit Hours: 3

Elective Requirement (3 hours)

Any upper-level (33XX or 43XX) ISAM course beyond required courses already taken.

Graduation Requirements

Students must complete the final 30 semester hours of 3000 and 4000 level course work in residence at UHCL
Students must complete a minimum of 12 semester credit hours of upper-level (3000-4000 level) coursework: (1) in the major and (2) in residence at UHCL
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.000 on course work completed at UHCL with grades of “C” or better on at least 30 hours of resident upper-level work. Grades of “C-” or below cannot be applied toward the 30 hours of resident upper-level work

Management Information Systems, B.S.

Management Information Systems, B.S. Degree Map

University Core Requirements (42 hours)

Communication (6 hours)

Additional Information

Mathematics (3 hours)

Additional Information

Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)

Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)

Creative Arts (3 hours)

American History (6 hours)

Government/Political Science (6 hours)

Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours)

Additional Information

Component Area Option (6 hours)

College Core Requirements (48 hours)

Core Requirements for Business Majors (48 hours)

Additional Information

Major Requirements (30 hours)

Elective Requirement (3 hours)

Graduation Requirements