Business Administration, Information Systems Concentration, BBA

Information Systems Concentration

Requirements for the Information Systems concentration and typical program of courses are listed below. Students majoring in business administration with a concentration in information systems must take the business foundation courses in addition to the concentration requirements listed below. The concentration has sufficient electives to enable a double concentration or a minor.

Concentration Requirements:

The Following Courses May be Taken as Free Electives:

Notes:

With approval of the department chair, CS 151 or a similar course may substitute for IS 352 for the purposes of completing the information systems concentration.

An example of a typical program of courses follows:

This is a possible plan of study, but it need not be followed in the same order by every student. Consult with your academic advisor.

Freshman Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

EC 103 - Macroeconomic Principles
EC 220 - Business Statistics *
IS 251 - Data Analytics and Information Systems
Natural Science Core
Language Core

Sophomore Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

AC 202 - Managerial Accounting
IS 358 - Business Intelligence and Data Mining
OM 260 - Supply Chain and Operations Management
TH 201 - Introduction to Theology
PL 200-Level Philosophical Perspectives Course

Junior Year

Fall Term

IS 352 - Introduction to Programming in Python
MG 201 - Management
Fine Arts Core
History 300-Level Core Course
Elective

Spring Term

Senior Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

IS 458 - Web-Enabled Entrepreneurial Project
Ethics Core
Elective
Elective
Elective

Key:

*Candidates for the BBA degree may substitute Introduction to Statistics (ST 210 ) for EC 220 . Note that both EC 220 and ST 210 count towards the third Math/Natural Science requirement in the Loyola Core.