Business Information Systems Major Learning Outcomes

• Business Information Systems Disciplinary Knowledge

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems, students will be able to:

  • Classify the components, elements, operations and impact of information systems
  • Interpret the dimensions, characteristics and value of quality information
  • Recommend techniques for using information and knowledge for business decision making and strategic value
  • Analyze a business case and critique appropriate information systems solutions to common business problems, based on the different components, elements, types and levels of information systems
  • Demonstrate an ability to solve basic computational and design problems using information systems development with appropriate methodologies, software tools, and innovative methods for improving processes and organizational change

• Critical thinking is the analysis and evaluation of complex ideas, artifacts, information, and arguments as a basis for formulating a well-reasoned belief, judgment, or conclusion.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems, students will be able to demonstrate critical thinking by:

  • Identifying and stating a problem or issue to be addressed;
  • Analyzing and evaluating complex ideas, artifacts, information, and arguments that can address the problem or issue;
  • Stating and assessing the assumptions and limitations of ideas, artifacts, information, and arguments that can address the problem or issue; and
  • Formulating well-reasoned beliefs, judgments, or conclusions.

• Ethical Reasoning requires students to recognize ethical issues, identify their own ethical positions and analyze other ethical perspectives in real-world situations in order to consider the impact of decisions and actions on other individuals, society, and the environment.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems, students will be able to demonstrate ethical reasoning by:

  • Recognizing ethical issues;
  • Identifying their own ethical positions;
  • Analyzing other ethical positions; and
  • Considering the impact of decisions and actions on other individuals, society, and the environment.

• Communication requires students to recognize and utilize the most appropriate means to address specific audiences in relevant contexts or genres in order to effectively inform or persuade.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems, students will be able to demonstrate communication by:

  • Recognizing and utilizing the most appropriate means to address specific audiences; and
  • Employing communication methods relevant to specific contexts or genres to effectively inform or persuade.

• Quantitative literacy is competency in working with numerical data to reason or solve problems, the ability to make judgements and draw conclusions supported by quantitative evidence, and the ability to communicate those arguments utilizing quantitative tools.

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems, students will be able to demonstrate quantitative literacy by:

  • Interpreting and explaining information presented in quantitative forms (e.g. equations, graphs, diagrams, tables);
  • Converting information into quantitative forms when required;
  • Creating arguments and arriving at judgments based on quantitative analysis of data; and
  • Expressing quantitative evidence in support of arguments

• Collaborative Work

  Upon completion of a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems students will be able to:

  • Provide a clearly articulated vision statement for the team so that it will be able to work towards a common goal
  • Create a work breakdown structure, a task dependency model and a project schedule for a project
  • Allocate project tasks to project resources in an equitable and achievable way
  • Work effectively in teams to develop information systems solutions