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Computer Applications in Business (9 credits)

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.

 

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Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (9 credits) effective Spring 2017

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.

Required Courses (9 credits)  

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CIS 3500

Networks and Telecommunications I3 credits

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CIS 3550

Cybersecurity3 credits

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CIS 4350

Information Technology Audit3 credits

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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

Required Courses (6 credits)
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Data Mining for Business Analytics3 credits
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Programming for Analytics3 credits
Elective Courses (3 credits) - Choose one course from the following list.
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Database Management Systems I3 credits
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Data Visualization3 credits
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Data Warehousing for Analytics3 credits
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Business Statistics II3 credits
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Regression and Forecasting Models for Business Applications3 credits
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Marketing Web Analytics and Intelligence3 credits
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Marketing Analytics3 credits
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Management Science3 credits

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 3 credits
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Quantitative Decision Making for Business I3 credits
* Students receiving credit for MGT 3500 will not also receive credit for OPR 3450.

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MinorQuantitativeMethods

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.

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Quantitative Decision Making for Business I3 credits
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Quantitative Methods for Accounting3 credits

Two courses selected with the approval of the area advisor from the following:
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Database Management Systems I3 credits
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Object-Oriented Programming II3 credits
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Quantitative Decision Making for Business II3 credits
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System Simulation3 credits
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Bayesian Statistical Inference and Decision Making3 credits
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Special Topics in Operations Research3 credits
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Independent Study in Operations Research3 credits
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Business Statistics II3 credits
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Regression and Forecasting Models for Business Applications3 credits
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Introduction to SAS Programming3 credits

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

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MinorStatistics
MinorStatistics
Statistics

The minor in statistics consists of the courses listed below.

 


Required Courses                                3 credits
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Business Statistics II3 credits

Elective Courses                                 6 credits

Two courses selected from the following:
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Quantitative Decision Making for Business I3 credits
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Intermediate Statistical Methods3 credits
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Sampling Theory and Practice3 credits
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Introduction to SAS Programming3 credits
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Special Topics in Applied Statistics3 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.

 

 


Required Course:                                3 credits
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Information Technology and Social Responsibility*3 credits

Elective Courses                                 6 credits

Two courses selected from the following:
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Mass Media and the Black American3 credits
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Computer Ethics*  (

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PHI 3270

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3 credits
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Green IT*3 credits
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Principles of New Media*3 credits
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Media Analysis and Criticism3 credits
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International Communication3 credits
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Media Ethics3 credits
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Advanced Reporting and Writing3 credits
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Information and Society  (

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3 credits
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Mind and Computers3 credits
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Ethics, Economics, and the Business System3 credits

Courses may be organized into the following suggested tracks:

Media
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Mass Media and the Black American3 credits
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Principles of New Media*3 credits
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Media Analysis and Criticism3 credits
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International Communication3 credits
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Media Ethics3 credits

Information Society
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Principles of New Media*3 credits
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International Communication3 credits
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Advanced Reporting and Writing3 credits
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Information and Society*  (

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3 credits

Philosophy and Ethics
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Computer Ethics*  

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PHI 3270


3 credits
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Media Ethics3 credits
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Mind and Computers3 credits
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Ethics, Economics, and the Business System3 credits

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

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Minors for Non-Business Majors

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 liberal arts minor.

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

Statistics and Quantitative Modeling
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Object-Oriented Programming I3 credits
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Quantitative Methods for Accounting3 credits
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Quantitative Decision Making for Business I3 credits
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Business Statistics II3 credits
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Regression and Forecasting Models for Business Applications3 credits

Technology, Business, and the Internet
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Object-Oriented Programming I3 credits
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Spreadsheet Applications in Business3 credits
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Database Management Systems I3 credits
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e-Business Technologies3 credits
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Principles of Web Design3 credits
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Systems Analysis and Design3 credits
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Law and the Internet3 credits
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Internet Marketing3 credits

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