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Elective Courses                                 12 credits

Data Warehousing for Analytics

Quantitative Methods for Accounting

Quantitative Decision Making for Business I

Quantitative Decision Making for Business I

*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.

Required Courses                                 9 credits

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Quantitative Methods and Modeling

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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Tier III 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  (

Computer Ethics  

Students in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences or in the School of Public 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 1000 (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 Tier III liberal arts minor.

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

Problem-solving Techniques Using Microcomputers

1 hour; 1 credit

Spreadsheet Techniques for Problem Solving

1 hour; 1 credit

Spreadsheet Formulas and Functions

1 hour; 1 credit

Introduction to Information Systems and Technologies

3 hours; 3 credits

Object-Oriented Programming I

3 hours; 3 credits

Computer Ethics

3 hours; 3 credits

Spreadsheet Applications in Business

3 hours; 3 credits

Database Management Systems I

3 hours; 3 credits

E-Business Technologies

3 hours; 3 credits

Networks and Telecommunications I

3 hours; 3 credits

Principles of Web Design

3 hours; 3 credits

Green IT

3 hours; 3 credits

Social Media Technologies in Organizations

3 hours; 3 credits

Principles of New Media

3 hours; 3 credits

Special Topics in Computer Information Systems

1 hours; 1 credits

Special Topics in Computer Information Systems

2 hours; 2 credits

Special Topics in Computer Information Systems

3 hours; 3 credits

Special Topics in Computer Information Systems

1.5 hours; 1.5 credits

Object-Oriented Programming II

3 hours; 3 credits

Object-Oriented Programming II with Java

3 hours; 3 credits

Internet Applications Development

3 hours; 3 credits

Web Applications Development

3 hours; 3 credits

Information Technology Audit

3 hours; 3 credits

Microcomputer Applications in Business II

3 hours; 3 credits

Database Management Systems IIData Warehousing for Analytics

3 hours; 3 credits

Networks and Telecommunications II

3 hours; 3 credits

Networked Information Systems Security

3 hours; 3 credits

Expert (Knowledge-Based) Systems and Related Technologies

3 hours; 3 credits

Financial Information Technologies

3 hours; 3 credits

Operating Systems Concepts

3 hours; 3 credits

Special Topics in Computer Information Systems

3 hours; 3 credits

Systems Analysis and Design

3 hours; 3 credits

Information Technology and Social Responsibility

3 hours; 3 credits

Independent Study and Research in Computer Information Systems

3 hours; 3 credits

Information Technology Development and Project Management

3 hours; 3 credits

Computer Information Systems Internship

3 hours; 3 credits

Hon Info Systems

3 hours; 3 credits

Hon Sprdsht App Bus

3 hours; 3 credits

Hon Network & Com

3 hours; 3 credits

Hon CIS I

3 hours; 3 credits per semester

Hon CIS II

3 hours; 3 credits per semester