Eastern Connecticut State University

Recommended Course Sequence: Business Information Systems Major (BS)
Check all course descriptions for prerequisites before planning course schedule.

First Year:
Subject	Course	Title	Credits
		LAC-T1M – Mathematics (First Year Foundational)	3
		LAC-T1W – College Writing (First Year Foundational)	3
		LAC-T1HW- Health & Wellness (First Year Foundational)	2
		LAC-T1Q – First Year Liberal Arts Colloquium (First Year Foundational)	3-4
		LAC-T1TS – Tech-SETT (satisfied by taking assessment) (First Yr Foundational)	-
		LAC-T1SS – Social Sciences	3
ECO	201	LAC-T2IS – Principles of Microeconomics (take 2nd Term Yr 1 or 1st Term Yr 2) (Prereq: LAC-T1SS)	0-3
MAT ECO	216 or 215	Statistical Data Analysis or Statistics for Business and Economics (take 2nd Term Yr 1 or 1st Term Yr 2) (Prereq: LAC-T1M)	0-3
BUS	205	LAC-T1IT – Information Management (take 2nd Term Yr 1 or 1st Term Yr 2) (Prereq: LAC-T1M)	0-3
		LAC – Other Tier 1 or Tier 2 categories	6-9
Total for Year			30

Second Year:
Subject	Course	Title	Credits
ECO	201	LAC-T2IS – Principles of Microeconomics (take 2nd Term Yr 1 or 1st Term Yr 2) (Prereq: LAC-T1SS)	0-3
MAT ECO	216 or 215	Statistical Data Analysis or Statistics for Business and Economics (take 2nd Term Yr 1 or 1st Term Yr 2)	0-3
BUS	205	LAC-T1IT – Information Management (take 2nd Term Yr 1 or 1st Term Yr 2)	0-3
BUS	201	Principles of Management	3
ACC	201	Principles of Accounting I	3
ACC	202	Principles of Managerial Accounting (Prereq: ACC 201)	3
BUS	225	Principles of Marketing (Rec. ECO 201)	3
BUS	245	Business Finance (Prereq: MAT 101, ACC 201) (take 2nd Term Yr 2 or Term 1 Yr 3)	3
BUS	260	Operations Management (MAT 216) (take 2nd Term Year 2 or 1st Term Yr 3)	0-3
BIS	361	Business Information System & Web Techs. (take 2nd Term Year 2 or 1st Term Yr 3)	3
		Minor Courses and LAC – Other LAC Tier 1 or Tier 2 categories	9-15
Total for Year			30

Third Year:
Subject	Course	Title	Credits
BUS	245	Business Finance (Prereq: MAT 101, ACC 201) (take 2nd Term Yr 2 or 1st Term Yr 3)	3
BUS	260	Operations Management (MAT 216) (take 2nd Term Year 2 or 1st Term Yr 3)	0-3
BIS	361	Business Information System & Web Techs. (take 2nd Term Year 2 or 1st Term Yr 3)	3
BIS	370	Systems Analysis & Design	3
BIS	377	Organizational Website & Database Management (LAC – Tier 3) (Req: BIS 370)	3
CSC	249 or 251	Visual Basic (Req: CSC 110 and rec: BIS 361) or Net Centric Computing (Req: See BIS Advisor/Coordinator)	3
BIS	xxx	BIS Major Electives	3-6
		LAC – Other Tier 1 or Tier 2 categories	9-15
		Minor Courses or Electives	3-6
Total for Year			30

Fourth Year:
Subject	Course	Title	Credits
BIS	375	E-Commerce (Req: BIS 370)	3
BIS	430	Enterprise Resource Planning and E-Business (Req: BIS 370)	3
BIS	440	Business Data Communications and E-Networks (Req: BIS 370)	3
BIS	461	Seminar on Info. Systems & Business Strategies (BIS 370 & Senior)	3
BIS	xxx	Advanced BIS Major Electives	6-9
		Minor Courses or other Electives	9-15
Total for Year			30
Degree Total			120

Note: Please see BIS Major LAC Advisement Sheet for logical prerequisite flow of LAC courses and BIS major courses and listings of BIS electives. Pay close attention to prerequisites and sequencing of BIS electives, minor courses, and courses cross-listed with minors.