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General CIS Track

Required Courses                              12 credits

Elective Courses                                 12 credits

Foundations of Business Analytics

Data Warehousing for Analytics

Quantitative Methods for Accounting*

Quantitative Decision Making for Business I*

*Students may not receive credit for both OPR 3450 and OPR 3300.

Data Analytics Track

Required Courses (12 credits)

Elective Courses (12 credits)
Choose four (4) courses of 3 credits each from the following. At least one of which should be a CIS course and one should be a STA course or an OPR course.

Foundations of Business Analytics

Quantitative Decision Making for Business I

Information Risk Management and Cybersecurity Track

Required Courses (15 credits)

Elective Courses (9 credits)
Choose three courses from the following list:

*OPR 3300 Quantitative Methods for Accounting may be substituted for OPR 3450 with the approval of the area advisor

Elective Courses (12 Credits)

Note: Other quantitative courses may be selected subject to approval of the area advisor. A maximum of three elective courses may be taken outside the Zicklin School of Business.

This minor is designed to prepare students majoring in other areas of business to be competent end users and decision makers in a computer information systems environment. The focus is on using microcomputers and higher-level applications software to implement useful applications in a wide range of business areas.

Required Courses  

Choose any three courses (9 credits) from the list of 3000, 4000, or 5000 level CIS courses except CIS 3270, CIS 3810 and CIS 4910.
Prerequisites must be satisfied.

Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (9 credits)

This minor would provide an opportunity for students majoring in various areas of business to develop basic understanding of information security and assurance issues that organizations face today and the potential solutions available.

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Data Analytics (9 credits)

This minor would provide an opportunity for students majoring in various areas of business to develop basic data literacy and to integrate techniques and solutions from the areas of technology, statistics, and quantitative modeling in developing business intelligence to facilitate organizational decision-making

OR

Business Decision Models*

Quantitative Decision Making for Business I*

3 credits

3 credits

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Quantitative Methods and Modeling (9 credits)

The minor in quantitative methods and modeling is designed to prepare students majoring in other areas of business with a background of quantitative skills that facilitate the decisionmaking process. In addition to one required course, two elective courses are selected with the approval of the area advisor to complement the students major and provide the student with an appropriate background.

Other quantitative courses may be selected subject to approval of the area advisor.

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The minor in statistics consists of the courses listed below.

Elective Courses                                 6 credits

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Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Minor in Information Technology and Social Responsibility

The internet age has fostered an environment of widespread interconnectedness. This hyperconnectivity, and the new media that proliferate along with it, come with their own specific problems. The purpose of this concentration is to study the effects of these new technologies on the individual, the workplace, and society at large. In this program of study students will examine the increasing importance of individual and organizational social responsibility in today’s interconnected and computer-mediated environment, as well as the specific issues that stand at the intersection of social responsibility and information technology.

Elective Courses                                 6 credits

Computer Ethics* (

Information and Society  (

Information and Society (

Computer Ethics* (

*For the purposes of this program, this course counts as an Arts and Sciences course.

Students in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences or in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs who wish to take business courses may do so by declaring a minor in statistics and quantitative modeling or in technology, business, and the Internet. Before declaring the minor, they must complete either BUS 1001 (1 credit) or have previously completed BUS 1011 (3 credits). To be awarded the minor, students must have a GPA of 2.0 or more in the courses included in the minor. Eligibility to declare such a minor is restricted to students who have an overall GPA of 2.0 or more at time they declare the minor. Courses that apply to the minor may not be used for any other requirement. This minor does not fulfill the requirement to complete a liberal arts minor.

Students must choose three courses (9 credits) from the following: