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Management Information Systems (MIS) combines business and technology to get organizations the information they need to succeed in the digital age. MIS students take the same basic business courses (Intro to Marketing, Accounting, etc.) as other business students and earn the same business degree (BSBA). But MIS students also learn database, networking, web applications, etc., so they know how to help businesses leverage technology for competitive advantage. The business/technology combination reflects Silicon Valley like no other and MIS students get placed as project managers, systems analysts, online program specialists, consultants, etc. at all the big name tech firms as well as in non-tech industries including transportation, food production and others.
(See http://www.sjsu.edu/isystems for more on MIS at SJSU.)

Requirements

MIS Concentration (27 units)

Required Courses

• BUS 092 Introduction to Business Programming
• BUS 110A Fundamentals of Management Information Systems
• BUS 110B Systems Analysis and Design
• BUS 111 Introduction to Telecommunications 
• BUS 112 Introduction to Database Management Systems 
• BUS 119A Practicum in Management Information Systems 
• BUS 119B Business Systems & Information Systems 

Choose two of the following

• BUS 113 Advanced Business Programming 
• BUS 113J Advanced Business Programming - Java
• BUS 114 Advanced Systems Analysis and Design 
• BUS 115 Business Strategy and Advanced Telecommunications
• BUS 116 Advanced Database Management Systems
• BUS 118A Topics in MIS: Network Design
• BUS 118B Topics in MIS: Business Expert Systems
• BUS 118C Topics in MIS: Security System & Operating Systems
• BUS 118W Topics in MIS: Web Based Computing

Grade of "C" or better are required in ALL MIS courses.

Prerequisites

• BUS 91L with a "C" or better is a prerequisite to Business 92 and 110B.
• BUS 92 and 110B with a "C" or better are prerequisites to Business 110A. 
• BUS 110A with a "C" or better is prerequisite to BUS 111 and 112.
• BUS 111 and 112 with a "C" or better are prerequisites to Business 119A and all MIS electives.
• BUS 119A with a "C" or better and one MIS elective are prerequisites to Business 119B.
• 100W is a prerequisite to all upper division MIS courses beyond BUS 110A.
• BUS 119A and all MIS electives requires senior status (90 semester units completed).
• BUS 119B requires graduating senior status.

For a more detailed description of the concentration and related profiles see an advisor in BBC 008.

Business Pool

These courses require a "C-" or better prior to Fall 2009 and "C" or better beginning in Fall 2009 and must be completed and cleared by BSAC in BC 008 (924-3435) prior to taking upper-division Business

• MATH 71 Business Calculus (For Freshmen and Transfer Students admitted Fall 10 or later)
• ENGL 1B Composition
• BUS 20 Financial Accounting
• BUS 90 Business Statistics

Non-Business Support

• ECON 1A Macroeconomics
• ECON 1B Microeconomics
• PHIL 186 (@) Professional Business Ethics
• Non-Business Global Perspectives

Lower Division Business Core

• BUS 10 Discovering Business(Freshman, only)
• BUS 21 Managerial Accounting
• BUS 80 Legal Environment of Business
• BUS 91L Business Computer Productivity Tools(1 unit)

NOTE:  Passage of  Business 91L is a prerequisite to all MIS courses

Upper Division Business Core

• COMM 100W or ENG 100WB or LLD 100WB (Requires passing of the WST)
• BUS 130 Fundamentals of Marketing
• BUS 140 Fundamentals of Operations Management 
• BUS 160 Fundamentals of Management and Organization Behavior
• BUS 170 Fundamentals of Finance
• BUS 187 Global Dimensions of Business
• BUS 189 Strategic Management(Graduating Seniors Only)
• BUS 190 Quantitative Business Analysis

General Education (48-51 Units)

Core GE

* Areas F1-F3 may also fulfill part of Area D

Advanced GE

Standard Tracking Schedules

• Freshman Students
• Transfer Students