Program Description

The BBA degree with a major in information systems (IS) produces students who know how to apply technology as a driver of business strategy. This requires students to have strong technology skills, a clear understanding of business strategy, processes, and environment, and ultimately an ability to envision and apply technology solutions in a business environment. Students earning a BBA with a major  in information systems understand web and application development in the context of the business environment. Graduates have capabilities in systems analysis and design, database management, and IT project management. Students also have the opportunity to consider information systems strategy in the global environment and bring everything together into an IS capstone course. The program of study includes general business courses, and business topics are integrated into many IS courses. The BBA in IS provides students with flexible elective options. Elective courses focus on cutting-edge IT topics such as data mining and business intelligence.

Students completing the BBA with a major in IS may choose to pursue graduate studies in IS, business, and related fields, or they may choose to begin careers in industry, government, or other agencies. Graduates of the IS program are prepared for a variety of careers in IS, especially in the design, implementation, and management of IT projects. Example job titles include application developer, application support, business analyst, business intelligence manager, client services analyst, database administrator, database analyst, information resource manager, IT consultant, programmer/analyst, project manager, quality assurance analyst, systems analyst, user support analyst, web developer, web page designer, and webmaster.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to:

1. Define Information Systems: Define concepts of an information infrastructure and apply strategies and tools for implementing, accessing and using information systems. Compare and contrast various implementations of the information systems function, such as centralized, distributed and outsourced.
2. Differentiate Information Technology: Differentiate and understand the role and function of various technologies, including but not limited to computer hardware, networking, programming, database and Web technologies. Explain in system terms the fundamental characteristics and components of computer and telecommunications hardware and system software and demonstrate how these components interact.  
3. Conduct IS Research: Identify information technology literature and the current topics and issues related to the management of information systems. 
4. Enumerate Controls: Enumerate (suggest) controls that can be incorporated into an information system to ensure or encourage conformance with legal regulations, ethical standards, business policies, business procedures, and information security practices. 
5. Develop Requirements: Define user requirements and integrate social and technical needs to frame systems problems so that they clearly express user stories (personas) and technical functionality according to standard methodologies. Identify related technical specifications and cost/benefit tradeoffs.
6. Design Methodology: Take given requirements and frame a project to develop and deliver a solution implementing a Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Ensure the project design addresses the business problem and related environmental constraints. 
7. Communicate Requirements: Represent requirements in appropriate design formats to confirm understanding of customer requirements (e.g. flow chart) and to depict the requirements for technical developers (e.g. pseudocode).
8. Model Solutions: Develop an application solution based on visual modeling techniques that applies basic database concepts and appropriate programming principles.
9. Develop Solutions: Develop hardware and/or software designs to provide working solutions, including use of appropriate programming languages, web-based systems and tools, design methodologies, and database systems. Develop and deliver an application solution or prototype for a business case using appropriate programming language, development framework, and device platform. Learn to persist even when facing constraints and difficulties.

This program is a part of the Michael J. Coles College of Business .

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Admissions, Enrollment, and Graduation Criteria

Admissions Criteria

Admission to Coles B.B.A programs is separate from Admissions  to Kennesaw State University. Students must meet the program requirements, outlined below. In order to be able to take upper-division courses in Information Systems and graduate with an Information Systems B.B.A., students must successfully:

• Complete BUSA 2150: Professionalism I: Clarifying My Major and Career . 
• Meet the Coles College Sophomore GPA Requirement.
• Be admitted to the Coles Undergraduate Professional Program. Additionally, all business majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in all business courses counted toward their degree.

View the special admission, progression, and graduation requirements of the Coles College of Business.   

Enrollment Criteria

This program does not have specific enrollment requirements. 

Graduation Criteria

Each student is expected to meet the requirements outlined in Academic Policy 5.0 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & GRADUATION .

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Program Course Requirements