Management Information Systems B.S.
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
School of Business Admin
Catalog Year: 2015-2016
Degree Specific Credits: 77
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Note: At least 55 credits must be earned in Business classes (ECNS courses may be counted in OR out of Business). A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required for these courses.
At least 60 credits must be earned outside of SoBA (excluding HHP/ACT activities courses).
At least 28 credits in business AND BMIS 476 must be taken at UM.
All business credits transferred in after matriculating to UM must be pre-approved by the department chair in your major.
SoBA - Primary Lower Core Courses
Rule: All courses are required
Note: All primary lower core courses must be completed with a "C" or better prior to admission into an upper-division Business Major.
A math course and a statistics course are also required in the primary lower core. See Math Requirements and Symbolic Systems Requirements below. Math 3-4 Credits
Symbolic Systems 3-4 Credits
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ACTG 201 - Principles of Fin Acct
Offered every term. Prereq. or Coreq. M 115, M 121, M 151 or M 162. Introduction to financial accounting concepts, including transactions analysis, financial statement analysis, and corporate financial reporting practices.
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3 Credits |
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ACTG 202 - Principles of Mang Acct
Offered every term. Prereq., ACTG 201 and M 115, M 121, M 151 or M 162. Continuation of ACTG 201 with a focus on managerial accounting topics.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 270 - MIS Foundations for Business
Offered every term. Prereq., WRIT 101. Introduces the development, use, and management of computer-based information systems.
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3 Credits |
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ECNS 201S - Principles of Microeconomics
Offered every term. The nature of a market economy, economic decisions of the household and firm, competition and monopoly, value and price determination, distribution of income and applied microeconomic topics.
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3 Credits |
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WRIT 101 - College Writing I
UM: Offered every term. Prereq., WRIT 095 or proof of passing score on writing diagnostic examination, referral by WRIT 095 instructor-SAT writing score at or above 440, MUSWA at or above 3.5, SAT/ACT essay score at or above 7, or ACT Combined English/Writing score at or above 18. Expository prose and research paper; emphasis on structure, argument, development of ideas, clarity, style, and diction. Students expected to write without major faults in grammar or usage. Credit not allowed for both WRIT 101 and COM 101. Grading A-F, or NC (no credit).
MC: Offered every term. Prereq., WRIT 095 or proof of appropriate SAT/ACT essay, English/Writing, writing section scores, appropriate MUSWA scores, or proof of passing scores on Writing Placement Exam). Expository prose and research paper; emphasis on structure, argument, development of ideas, clarity, style, and diction. Students expected to write without major faults in grammar or usage. Grading A-F, or NC (no credit).
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C | 21 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA Math Requirement
Rule: Students choose one course from the list below to fulfill their Math Requirement
Note: SoBA requires that credit be earned for one of the math courses below (with a C or better) before enrolling in ACTG 202.
A student's result on the ALEKS Math Placement Exam does not waive this requirement.
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M 115 - Probability and Linear Math
Offered every term. Prereq. M 090 with a grade of B- or better, or M 095, or ALEKS placement >= 3, or ACT score of 22, or SAT score of 520. Systems of linear equations and matrix algebra. Introduction to probability with emphasis on models and probabilistic reasoning. Examples of applications of the material in many fields.
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3 Credits |
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M 121 - College Algebra
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., M 095 or ALEKS placement >= 4. Intended to strengthen algebra skills. The study of functions and their inverses; polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Credit not allowed for both M 121, and M 151.
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3 Credits |
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M 151 - Precalculus
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ALEKS placement >= 4. A one semester preparation for calculus (as an alternative to M 121-122. Functions of one real variable are introduced in general and then applied to the usual elementary functions, namely polynomial and rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, and miscellaneous others. Inverse functions, polar coordinates and trigonometric identities are included. Credit not allowed for both M 151 and M 121 or 122.
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4 Credits |
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M 162 - Applied Calculus
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., ALEKS placement >= 5 or one of M 121, 122 or 151. Introductory course surveying the principal ideas of differential and integral calculus with emphasis on applications and computer software. Mathematical modeling in discrete and continuous settings. Intended primarily for students who do not plan to take higher calculus.
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4 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C | 3 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA – Secondary Lower Core Courses
Rule: All courses are required
Note: All courses must be completed with a "C" or better to satisfy prerequisites for certain major, upper major core, or capstone courses. Students are advised to complete these courses prior to being admitted to an upper-division Business Major. Prerequisites are strictly enforced.
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BGEN 220E - Bus Ethics & Soc Responsiblty
Offered autumn and spring. Focuses on moral judgments, responsibilities to society and their impact on decision making, with particular emphasis on business ethics and values. Addresses organizations and their relationship to the external environment, the law, and various stakeholders.
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3 Credits |
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COMX 111A - Intro to Public Speaking
Offered every term. Preparation, presentation, and criticism of speeches. Emphasis on the development of public speaking techniques through constructive criticism. Credit not allowed for both COMM 111A and COM 160A.
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3 Credits |
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CSCI 172 - Intro to Computer Modeling
Offered autumn and spring. Problem solving and data modeling using computer productivity software. Emphasis using spreadsheets and database for data analysis. Credit not allowed for CSCI 172, CRT 172, and CS 172.
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3 Credits |
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ECNS 202S - Principles of Macroeconomics
Offered every term. Prereq., ECNS 201S. The determination of the level of national economic activity, inflation, economic instability, the role of money and financial institutions, and selected topics in public economic policy.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C | 12 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA - Upper Major Core
Rule: All courses are required
Note: All upper major core courses must be completed before the capstones can be taken.
A student must be listed as a major in business to take these courses. Major or minor in business is defined as junior standing with all primary lower core courses completed, a 2.0 cumulative GPA, and formally admitted to the major or minor.
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BFIN 322 - Business Finance
Offered every term. Prereq., junior standing in Business. The methodology and practice of business financial decisions.
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3 Credits |
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BGEN 361 - Principles of Business Law
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., junior major or minor in business. This course examines law as it applies to business transactions. Topics include the nature and sources of law; courts and procedure; contracts, employment; Uniform Commercial Code; property; environmental; business organizations; tort liability; insurance; consumer and creditor protection; bankruptcy; criminal law; and agency law. Credit not allowed for more than one of BGEN 235, BGEN 361 and BADM 257.
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3 Credits |
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BMGT 322 - Operations Management
Offered every term. Prereq., junior major in Business, CSCI 172. A survey of the processes that organizations, public or private, use to produce goods and services. Includes management science topics.
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3 Credits |
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BMGT 340 - Mgmt & Organization Behavior
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., junior standing in Business. An intensive examination of the fundamentals of management and organization supported by the application of behavioral science principles to the management of people in organizations.
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3 Credits |
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BMKT 325 - Principles of Marketing
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., junior standing in Business. The marketing environment, product, price, distribution, and promotion strategies including government regulation and marketing ethics.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 15 Total Credits Required | |
Management Information Systems - Requirements
Rule: All courses are required
Note: BMIS 365, BMIS 370, and BMIS 476 must be taken at UM.
3 credits of BMIS 498 are required to graduate.
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BMIS 365 - Business App Development
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., junior standing in Business. Provides an understanding of algorithm development, programming, computer concepts and the design and application of data and file structures.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 370 - Managing Information and Data
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., junior standing in Business and BMIS 365. Managing and exploiting organizational data and information. Designing data and information models.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 372 - Information Infrastructures
Offered spring. Prereq., junior standing in Business. Explores the evolution of technological infrastructures with an emphasis on strategic implications. Students develop an enterprise infrastructure and then examine innovations that allow for the design and development of products and services in a global business environment.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 373 - Business System Analy & Design
Offered autumn. Prereq., junior standing in Business. Provides an understanding of the systems development and modification process, including requirements determination, logical design, physical design, test planning, implementation planning and performance evaluation.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 476 - Integrated Project Mgmt for IS
Offered every term Prereq., junior standing in Business and BMIS 365, 370, and 373. Emphasis on project planning, team selection models, and project management techniques. A software package is used to demonstrate how projects are planned, managed, monitored, and controlled.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 498 - Internship
R-6) Offered every term. Prereq., junior standing in Business and consent of instr. Extended classroom experience which provides practical application of classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Internship Services office. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
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1 To 6 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 18 Total Credits Required | |
Management Information Systems - Electives
Rule: Take 6 credits from the list below.
Note: Students taking ACTG 321 for an elective must also take the ACTG 203 co requisite course.
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ACTG 321 - Acct Information Systems I
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., Junior standing in Business. Prereq., or coreq., ACTG 203. Provides thorough understanding of business processes, risks, and internal controls. Computer applications may be used to demonstrate concepts.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 326 - Data Analytics
Prereq., STAT 216 or SOCI 202 or PSYX 222 or FORS 201. This course introduces the terminology and application of big data and data analytics. Students will complete cases in a variety of disciplines as they become acquainted with some of the software, tools, and techniques of data analytics.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 391 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., junior standing in Business or consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
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1 To 9 Credits |
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BMIS 465 - Real-Time Data Analytics
Offered intermittently. Prereq., STAT 216, BMIS 365 or equivalents. Focuses on analyzing big data in motion using commercially available software.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 471 - Fund of Network Management
Offered intermittently. Prereq., junior standing. Current topics will focus on the impact of network technologies and infrastructures on facilitating and supporting business organizations. Students learn about design, installation, and configuration of networks as well as implementing security, networking protocols, and virtualization technologies. Includes a hands-on lab to demonstrate the concepts.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 472 - Advanced Network Management
Offered intermittently. Prereq., junior standing and BMIS 471. Focuses on network security and how it aligns with organizational strategy, directory services for access to organizational information, and cybersecurity management. Includes a hands-on lab to demonstrate the concepts.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 478 - E Commerce a Managerl Prspctv
Offered intermittently. Prereq., junior standing in Business. Focuses on the capabilities of the Internet to support and enable commerce. Provides a managerial perspective on topics including effective web site design, emerging technologies, business models, infrastructure architectures, and security.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 479 - Introduction to Consulting
Offered intermittently. Prereq., junior standing in Business. Managerial approach to consulting engagements. Includes scoping and writing proposals, presenting to clients, documenting consulting work, and interpersonal skills necessary for successful consulting. Course does not require a technical background.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 482 - Big Data Project
Offered spring. Prereq., BMIS 326 and any 2 electives listed in part 4 of the Big Data Analytics Certificate, or consent of instructor. Students will work in cross-disciplinary teams to complete big data projects from different disciplines. There will be emphasis on agile project management.
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3 Credits |
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BMIS 491 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., junior standing in Business or consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
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1 To 9 Credits |
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BMIS 492 - Independent Study
(R-6) Offered every term. Prereq., junior standing in Business and consent of instr.
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1 To 6 Credits |
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BMKT 460 - Mktg Hi-Tech Prod & Innov
Offered autumn. Prereq., BMKT 325; junior standing in Business or consent of instr. Exploration of concepts and practices related to marketing in fast-paced environment; draws from a range and diversity of industries and contexts including the Internet.
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3 Credits |
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C&I 341 - Information Managemnt & Design
Offered spring. Prereq., CSCI 172. Emphasis on the development and maintenance of a file management system, application of effective design concepts in the creation of professional print and digital images and documents, and the creation of digital videos for use in education and/or business.
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3 Credits |
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CSCI 135 - Fund of Computer Science I
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., computer programming experience in a language such as BASIC, Pascal, C, etc.; CSCI 104 highly recommended as prereq. or coreq. Fundamental computer science concepts using the high level structured programming language, Java.
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3 Credits |
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CSCI 136 - Fund of Computer Science II
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., CSCI 135; coreq., M 115 or M 151 or consent of instr. Continuation of CSCI 135. Survey of computer science topics including recursion, algorithms, basic data structures, operating systems, artificial intelligence, graphics, user interfaces, and social and ethical implications of computing.
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3 Credits |
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CSCI 448 - Pattern Recognition
Offered intermittently. Prereq., Junior or Senior status. Introduction to the framework of unsupervised learning techniques such as clustering (agglomerative, fuzzy, graph theory based, etc.), multivariate analysis approaches (PCA, MDS, LDA, etc.), image analysis (edge detection, etc.), as well as feature selection and generation. Emphasis will be on the underlying algorithms and their implementation. Credit not allowed for both CSCI 448 and CSCI 548.
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3 Credits |
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CSCI 464 - Applications Mining Big Data
Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper division or consent of instr. Co-convenes with CSCI 564. Introduction to existing data mining software systems and their use, with focus on practical exercises. Topics include data acquisition, data cleansing, feature selection, and data analysis. Credit not allowed for both CSCI 464 and CSCI 564.
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3 Credits |
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EDU 472 - Dev Digital Rich Workplace
Offered spring. Prereq., CSCI 172. Project-based course to gain understanding and the ability to use web development tools to create a functional, well-designed web project. Additional topics/projects include: Web 2.0+ tapping the potential of digital tool; social media—educational and business uses; gamification in education and business, and introductory electronic game development for the classroom and the boardroom.
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3 Credits |
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M 461 - Practical Big Data Analytics
Offered autumn. Prereq., STAT 341, and one of M 221 or M 273, or consent of instructor. This is a methods course supporting the Big Data Certificate Program. The course provides the students with the essential tools for the analysis of big data. The content consists of map reduce and canonical information methods for analyzing massively large data sets, windowing methods for the analysis of streaming data, an introduction to predictive analytics, and an introduction to data visualization methods.
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3 Credits |
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STAT 451 - Statistical Methods I
Offered autumn. Prereq., one year of college mathematics including M 115 or equiv. course in probability or consent of instr. May not be counted toward a major in mathematics. Intended primarily for non-mathematics majors who will be analyzing data. Graphical and numerical summaries of data, elementary sampling, designing experiments, probability as a model for random phenomena and as a tool for making statistical inferences, random variables, basic ideas of inference and hypothesis testing.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 6 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA - Capstone Courses
Rule: All courses are required; BMGT 486 and BGEN 499 are co requisite courses and must be taken together
Note: Students must complete all lower and upper core courses and their prerequisites and have an approved graduation application to register for their capstones.
Students must pass the required comprehensive exam as well as all requisite coursework to earn a passing grade in BGEN 499.
BMGT 486 must be taken at UM.
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BGEN 499 - Integrated Business Simulation
Prereq., senior standing in Business, COMX 111, ECNS 202, BGEN 220 and all business core. Analysis of external and internal firm environment and strategy formulation. Integration of cumulative business knowledge. Case orientation and class discussion.
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1 Credits |
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BMGT 486 - Strategic Venture Management
Offered every term. Prereq., senior standing in Business, COMX 111, ECNS 202, BGEN 220 with grades C or better and completed upper Business core; coreq., BGEN 499. Integration of all functional areas of business including starting and managing a growing business. Topics include recognizing business opportunities, setting strategy for the firm, raising capital, marketing new products, and organizing a management team. Students write a business plan for themselves or for a local entrepreneur or organization.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 4 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA Upper-Division Writing Requirement
Rule: All courses are required
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BMGT 486 - Strategic Venture Management
Offered every term. Prereq., senior standing in Business, COMX 111, ECNS 202, BGEN 220 with grades C or better and completed upper Business core; coreq., BGEN 499. Integration of all functional areas of business including starting and managing a growing business. Topics include recognizing business opportunities, setting strategy for the firm, raising capital, marketing new products, and organizing a management team. Students write a business plan for themselves or for a local entrepreneur or organization.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C- | 3 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA Symbolic Systems Requirement
Rule: Students complete STAT 216 (preferred) or one other course from the list below to fulfill the Symbolic Systems Requirement.
Note: This is a primary lower core course. SoBA requires that credit be earned for STAT 216 (preferred) or one of the other statistics courses below (with a C or better) prior to being admitted into an upper-division SoBA major.
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FORS 201 - Forest Biometrics
Offered autumn. Prereq., M 115 or M 121 or M 122 or M 151 or M 162 or M 171 or M 172. Introduction to probability and statistical methods for forestry and environmental sciences covering natural resource applications of common probability distributions, data analysis, hypothesis testing, and regression.
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3 Credits |
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PSYX 222 - Psychological Statistics
Offered every term. Prereq., PSYX 120; M 115, M 162 or 171. Application of statistical techniques to psychological data. Credit not allowed for both PSYX 222 and SOCI 202.
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3 Credits |
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SOCI 202 - Social Statistics
Offered every term. Prereq., or coreq. M 115, Sociology majors only, or consent of instr. Application of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques to sociological data. Required of all majors.
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3 Credits |
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STAT 216 - Introduction to Statistics
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., M 115 (preferred), or one of M 121, 132, 151, 162 or 171, or ALEKS placement >= 4. Introduction to major ideas of statistical inference. Emphasis is on statistical reasoning and uses of statistics.
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4 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C | 3 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA Expressive Arts Requirement
Rule: All courses are required
Note: Students must complete this course with a C or better prior to taking the capstones, though earlier completion is strongly encouraged.
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COMX 111A - Intro to Public Speaking
Offered every term. Preparation, presentation, and criticism of speeches. Emphasis on the development of public speaking techniques through constructive criticism. Credit not allowed for both COMM 111A and COM 160A.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C | 3 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA Social Science Requirement
Rule: All courses are required
Note: This is a primary lower core course and must be completed with a C or better prior to a student being admitted into an upper-division SoBA major.
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ECNS 201S - Principles of Microeconomics
Offered every term. The nature of a market economy, economic decisions of the household and firm, competition and monopoly, value and price determination, distribution of income and applied microeconomic topics.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C | 3 Total Credits Required | |
SoBA Ethical & Human Values Requirement
Rule: All courses are required
Note: Students must complete this course with a C or better prior to taking the capstones, though earlier completion is strongly encouraged.
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BGEN 220E - Bus Ethics & Soc Responsiblty
Offered autumn and spring. Focuses on moral judgments, responsibilities to society and their impact on decision making, with particular emphasis on business ethics and values. Addresses organizations and their relationship to the external environment, the law, and various stakeholders.
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3 Credits |
| Minimum Required Grade: C | 3 Total Credits Required | |