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	Business Information Systems Major (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)	Print Version
	College of Business

The Business Information Systems (BIS) program provides nationally recognized research-based education that will prepare undergraduate students for successful careers as business system analysts. Graduates of this program will be able to help Oregon businesses take full advantage of improvements in information systems technology and keep Oregon’s business practices current in line with rapid changes in the technology and information systems fields. The BIS Program prepares qualified BIS graduates for a variety of professional employment opportunities in private and public organizations.

Sample Four-Year Schedule

Pre-Business (Major code 180)

First Year (42–44)

BA 101. Business Now (6)
HHS 231. *Lifetime Fitness for Health (2)
HHS 241–251. *Lifetime Fitness: various activities (1)
MTH 111. *College Algebra (4)
MTH 241. *Calculus for Management and Social Science (4)
MTH 245. *Mathematics for Management, Life and Social Sciences (4) [Pending Academic Program's approval.]
Baccalaureate Core Course (6–8)
Biological or Physical Science Labs (8)
WR 121. *English Composition (3)

Second Year (46–50)

BA 211. Financial Accounting (4)
BA 213. Managerial Accounting (4)
BA 233. Legal Environment of Business (2)
BA 260. Introduction to Entrepreneurship (4)
BA 272. Business Application Development (4)
BA 276. Introduction to Statistical Inference (2)
BA 302. Business Process Management (4)
COMM 111. *Public Speaking (3)
   or COMM 114. *Argument and Critical Discourse (3)
ECON 201. *Introduction to Microeconomics (4)
ECON 202. *Introduction to Macroeconomics (4)
WR 222. *English Composition (3)
   or WR 323. *English Composition (3)
   or WR 327. *Technical Writing (3)
Baccalaureate Core Courses (6–8)
Electives (2–4)

Professional Business Information Systems (Major code 183)

Junior Year (48–52)

ACTG 378. Accounting Information Management (4)
BA 333. Legal and Ethical Business Solutions (2)
BA 347. International Business (4)
BA 352. Managing Individual and Team Performance (4)
BA 353. ^Professional Development (4)
BA 357. Operations Management (4)
BA 360. Introduction to Financial Management (4)
BA 371. Business Systems Design (4)
BA 372. Business Information Systems Design and Development (4)
BA 376. Applied Quantitative Methods (2)
BA 390. Marketing (4)

Summer

Elective: Summer Internship (1–6)

Senior Year (42–48)

BA 364. Project Management (4)
BA 466. Integrative Strategic Experience (4)
BA 479. Business Telecommunications and Networking (4)
BA 483. Information Technology, Business Strategy and E-Commerce (4)
Baccalaureate Core Courses (6–8)
Electives (20–32)

Total=180

Footnotes:

* Baccalaureate Core Course
^ Writing Intensive Core (WIC) Course

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Business Information Systems Major (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)