General Requirements (Core Areas A - E) Credit Hours: 42

Additional Requirements Credit Hours: 4

Area F - Courses Appropriate to Major Credit Hours: 18

• ACCT 2101 - Principles of Accounting I (3 Credit Hours)
• ACCT 2102 - Principles of Accounting II (3 Credit Hours)
• BUSA 1105 - Introduction to Business (3 Credit Hours)
• CISM 2530 - Advanced Business Applications (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 2105 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 Credit Hours) ¹
• ECON 2106 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 Credit Hours)

Specific Requirements Beyond Area A1-F Credit Hours: 24-30

• BUSA 3131 - Foundations of Business Analytics I (3 Credit Hours)
• BUSA 3132 - Foundations of Business Analytics II (3 Credit Hours)
• BUSA 4131 - Strategic Management (3 Credit Hours)

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• CISM 3131 - Management Information Systems (3 Credit Hours)

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• ACCT 4130 - Accounting Information Systems (3 Credit Hours)

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• FINC 3131 - Principles of Corporate Finance (3 Credit Hours)
• LSTD 2106 - Legal Environment of Business (3 Credit Hours) ²
• MATH 1232 - Survey of Calculus (3 Credit Hours) ³
• MGNT 3130 - Principles of Management (3 Credit Hours)
• MKTG 3131 - Principles of Marketing (3 Credit Hours)
• OSCM 3430 - Operations and Supply Management (3 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements Credit Hours: 24

• CISM 2030 - Introduction to Business Programming (3 Credit Hours)

• or

• CSCI 1236 - Introduction to Java Programming (3 Credit Hours)

• or

• CSCI 1301 - Programming Principles I (4 Credit Hours)

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• CISM 3133 - Database Management (3 Credit Hours)
• CISM 3134 - Enterprise Infrastructure and Security (3 Credit Hours)
• CISM 3135 - Enterprise Systems Analysis and Design (3 Credit Hours)
• CISM 3333 - ERP Systems Using SAP (3 Credit Hours)
• CISM 4135 - General Project Management (3 Credit Hours)
• Two upper-division CISM courses (6) OR one upper division CISM course (3) and one upper division (3) course in a closely-related discipline as approved by the Information Systems Department Chair

Electives Credit Hours: 6-12

• Select 6 credit hours of Electives (should be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor) unless ECON 2105  and/or MATH 1232  used to meet requirements in Area A-E, in which case students will take up to 12 credit hours of electives

Total Credit Hours: 124

¹ If taken in Area E, substitute LSTD 2106  

² If ECON 2105  taken in Area E, then substitute into Area F 

³ If not taken in Area A-E

Honors in Information Systems

To graduate with Honors in Information Systems, a student must:

• be admitted to the Honors College;
• successfully complete Research Seminar (BUSA 3610 ) and Business Seminar (BUSA 3620 );¹
• successfully complete and present an Honors Thesis or Capstone Project;
• be in good standing in the Honors College at the time of graduation.

Honors students in the Parker College of Business are strongly encouraged to take Introduction to Business (BUSA 1105 ), Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON 2105 ), Principles of Accounting I (ACCT 2101 ), Principles of Accounting II (ACCT 2102 ), Legal Environment of Business (LSTD 2106 ), and Advanced Business Applications (CISM 2530 ).

¹ Note: BUSA 3610  and BUSA 3620  together count toward a business degree program as 3 hours of free elective credit, meaning that business honors students have 3 hours less of free elective credit towards their degree than non-honors business students.

Advisement

Undergraduate Academic Advisement at Georgia Southern is provided to all degree-seeking undergraduate students by professional advisors. Academic Advisors are located on all three Georgia Southern University campuses. Students are required to meet with their assigned Academic Advisor at least once a semester. For more information visit the Academic Advisement  catalog page.

Areas of Emphasis

Students May complete Information Systems, B.B.A with the following areas of focus in place of the general degree:

• Information Systems - Emphasis in Business Analytics, B.B.A  
• Information Systems - Emphasis in Enterprise Systems , B.B.A.  
• Information Systems - Emphasis in Enterprise Security, B.B.A