The Business Information Systems (BIS) major goes beyond the usual study of management information systems to emphasize E-business, enterprise resource planning and transaction processing, using web technology. It focuses on an understanding of how information systems should be administered and how they can be used to improve the performance of an organization. It incorporates the fundamentals of organizational management, of business and of information technology. The principal theme of the major is the development of business and organizational strategies, and interpersonal communication structures that truly reflect the revolution in telecommunications. The underlying objective is to provide a basis for life-long learning in a diverse world of social and technological change.
The BIS program prepares students to go on to wide-ranging careers in business management as well as in specialized systems jobs. The BIS core, required of all students, includes a comprehensive set of basic business and information technology requirements. Beyond that, it includes the study of organization behavior in the presence of the new technologies, business structures to take advantage of them, and a capstone seminar on information systems and business strategies.
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