Program: Management Information Systems Major (MIS), BBA - Harding University

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 53 Hours

POLS 202 and BMIN 280, 286 or 388 (3 hours) are recommended for global literacy.

Major: 71 Hours

Business Core (38 hours):

All Bachelor of Business Administration degree majors require a uniform Business Core of 41 hours. Included in this business core is ECON 201 **, which could also satisfy 3 hours of the Liberal Arts program, resulting in a 38-hour Business Core. The purpose of the core is to provide understanding of a generally recognized common body of knowledge in business. The Business Core consists of:

ACCT 205 - Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ACCT 206 - Managerial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
* BUS 265 - Quantitative Business Analysis Credit Hours: 3
BUS 317 - Legal Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3
BUS 350 - Business Communications Credit Hours: 3
BUS 435 - Christian Business Ethics Credit Hours: 2 or 3
** ECON 201 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 202 - Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
FIN 343 - Managerial Finance Credit Hours: 3
*** IS 290 - Management Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
MGT 354 - Productions/Operations Management Credit Hours: 3
MGT 368 - Management and Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3
MGT 430 - Strategic Policy Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 240 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3

Note(s):

* MATH 200 is strongly recommended to fulfill the Liberal Arts requirement in math for all B.B.A. degree majors and serves as the prerequisite for this course.
** ECON 201 is part of the Liberal Arts program.
*** All business majors are required to satisfy the technology competency requirements for graduation in one of the following ways:

Pass the IS proficiency online exam prior to taking IS 290 .
Pass IS 101 or IS 260 .

The IS proficiency exam is offered through the Harding University testing office located in the Pryor-England Science Center. Further information regarding this exam may be obtained from the COBA dean’s office or from the COBA Web site.

Computing Courses (27 hours):

COMP 150 - Programming I Credit Hours: 3
IS 260 - Data Management Credit Hours: 3
IS 280 - Business Applications Programming Credit Hours: 3
IS 312 - Local Area Networks Credit Hours: 3
IS 320 - Business Systems Analysis and Design Credit Hours: 3
IS 350 - Systems Planning and Management Credit Hours: 3
IS 380 - Database Design Credit Hours: 3
IS 400 - Information Technology Project Management Credit Hours: 3
IS 410 - Information Systems Project Credit Hours: 3

Other Required Courses:

Choose one 3-hour elective from Internet development courses offered by the Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration (IS 235 ), Department of Computer Science (COMP 250 ), College of Communication (COMM 254 ), or Art Department (ART 220 ). 3 hours from IS 323 , IS 367 or any 300-/400-level Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration course.

Remaining Bible: 4 Hours

BUS 435 , included in the Business Core above, satisfies the Bible requirement in the semester it is taken. BMIS 386 or BMIS 388 , recommended above under Liberal Arts , also satisfies the Bible requirement in the semester it is taken. If not taken, 2 additional hours of Bible are required.

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