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College of Business
Other catalog change: Pages 68-69, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog
College Mission Statement
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Requirements for College of Business Majors
Limited Retention Requirements
All students must complete all required 100- and 200-level courses before enrolling in 300-level
business courses.
All business majors must complete UBUS 310 in the first semester in which they enroll in 300- or
400-level business courses. Prerequisites for UBUS 310 are: completing all required 100- and
200-level courses in the Business Core; earning a C or better in ACCY 206, ACCY 207, MGMT
217, and UBUS 223; having a 2.75 or better cumulative GPA; and having junior standing. To
continue as a business major, students must earn a C or better in UBUS 310. UBUS 311 must be
completed no later than the semester or term immediately following completion of UBUS 310.
Additional retention requirements for each major can be found under Department Requirements.
Additional Requirements
The major portion of the professional business courses must be taken during the junior and senior
years, and at least 50 percent of the total hours required for the baccalaureate degree must be
taken in subjects other than business and economics. Up to 9 semester hours of economics and up
to 6 semester hours of statistics may be counted as part of the non-business curriculum.
The College of Business is competitive based on a student’s overall GPA and performance in
selected tool courses. All students must take UBUS 310 in the first semester in which they take
300-level course work in the College of Business. All 100- and 200-level College of Business
core requirements with a C or better in ACCY 206, ACCY 207, MGMT 217, and UBUS 223, a
cumulative GPA of at least 2.75, and junior standing are prerequisites for UBUS 310. UBUS 311
must be taken no later than the semester or term immediately following completion of UBUS
310.
No student with a major or minor in the College of Business will be permitted to take any
business course on the pass/fail basis.
Students may be allowed to audit a business course with permission from the Office of
Undergraduate Studies in Business; however, enrollment preference goes to students who are
taking course work for credit.
Students may enroll in a business course no more than twice. A withdrawal from a 300- or 400level business course counts as an enrollment. Students enrolling in a junior-senior level business
course may not subsequently transfer that course from another college or university.
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A minimum of 6 semester hours of credit in senior (400-level) courses required in the major must
be earned at NIU.
To graduate with a degree in the College of Business, students must have a minimum GPA of
2.00 (C average) in their majors, computed by using all 300- and 400-level courses taken in a
student’s major whether elective or required. Included in the calculation of a student’s major
GPA are all 300- and 400-level courses taken outside the department and outside the College of
Business that are required by the student’s major.
Business Core (45-50)
The business core must be completed by all students majoring in business.
ACCY 206 - Introductory Financial Accounting (3)
ACCY 207 - Introductory Cost Management (3)
*ECON 260 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
*ECON 261 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
*ENGL 104 - Rhetoric and Composition II (3),
OR *ENGL 105 - Rhetoric and Composition (3), if placed into ENGL 105,
OR pass the English Core Competency II Examination (0)
*MATH 211 - Calculus for Business and Social Science (3),
OR*MATH 229 - Calculus I (4)
MGMT 217 - Legal Environment of Business (3)
MGMT 468 - Strategic Management (3)
OMIS 351 - Information Systems in Organizations (3),
OR ACCY 310A1 - Accounting Information Systems (3),
AND ACCY 310S1 - Accounting Information Systems Laboratory (1)
*PSYC 102 - Introduction to Psychology (3)
UBUS 223 - Introduction to Business Statistics (3)
UBUS 310 - Business Core: Lecture (9)
UBUS 311 - Business Core: Applications Seminar (3)
One of the following (3)
*ANTH 120 - Anthropology and Human Diversity (3)
*GEOG 202 - World Regional Geography (3)
*GEOG 204 - Geography of Economic Activities (3)
*HIST 171 - The World since 1500 (3)
*PHIL 170 - World Religions (3)
*PHIL 231 - Contemporary Moral Issues (3)
*POLS 260 - Foreign and Comparative Politics (3)
*SOCI 170 - Introduction to Sociology (3)
*WOMS 235 - Women Across Cultures and Centuries (3)
100- and 200-Level Courses
ACCY 206 - Introductory Financial Accounting (3)
ACCY 207 - Introductory Cost Management (3)
*ECON 260 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)
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*ECON 261 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
*ENGL 104 - Rhetoric and Composition II (3),
OR *ENGL 105 - Rhetoric and Composition (3), if placed into ENGL 105,
OR pass the English Core Competency II Examination (0)
*MATH 211 - Calculus for Business and Social Science (3),
OR*MATH 229 - Calculus I (4)
MGMT 217 - Legal Environment of Business (3)
*PSYC 102 - Introduction to Psychology (3)
UBUS 223 - Introduction to Business Statistics (3)
One of the following (3)
*ANTH 120 - Anthropology and Human Diversity (3)
*GEOG 202 - World Regional Geography (3)
*GEOG 204 - Geography of Economic Activities (3)
*HIST 171 - The World since 1500 (3)
*PHIL 170 - World Religions (3)
*PHIL 231 - Contemporary Moral Issues (3)
*POLS 260 - Foreign and Comparative Politics (3)
*SOCI 170 - Introduction to Sociology (3)
*WOMS 235 - Women Across Cultures and Centuries (3)
300- and 400-Level Courses
UBUS 310 - Business Core: Lecture (9)
UBUS 311 - Business Core: Applications Seminar (3)
OMIS 351 - Information Systems in Organizations (3),
OR ACCY 310A1 - Accounting Information Systems (3),
AND ACCY 310S1 - Accounting Information Systems Laboratory (1)
MGMT 468 - Strategic Management (3)
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Available for general education credit.
Accountancy students are required to take ACCY 310A & ACCY 310S.
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Rationale: The designation of the Limited Retention Requirements and the realignment of the Business Core
provide business majors a clearer understanding of the requirements.
Department of Management
Course revision: Page 79, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog
457. MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING AND NEGOTIATION (3). Analysis of the
processes used by individuals, groups, and organizations to make both unilateral and bilateral
managerial decisions, as well as the development of skills to enhance managerial decision
making. PRQ: Management major and a grade of C or better in MGMT 335 and MGMT 355.
Rationale: Better describes course content.
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Department of Marketing
Other catalog change: Page 81, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog
Department Requirements
The Department of Marketing’s retention policy is competitive based on a student’s overall GPA
and satisfactory completion of UBUS 310 as evidenced by a grade of C or better. To graduate as
a marketing major, a student must earn a grade of at least C in each required MKTG course
required in the major, which includes courses in the business core and any additional upper-level
required courses outside of marketing, required MKTG courses, and all electives required for the
major.
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Rationale: To ensure that marketing students achieve average or better competency in their business course work.
Other catalog change:
Page 81, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog
Footnote at bottom of page:
¹Credits earned in MKTG 310, Principles of Marketing, and MKTG 458, Internship in Marketing,
may not be used to complete the elective requirement.
Rationale: To clarify existing requirements.
Department of Operations Management and Information Systems
Course revision: Pages 85-86, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog
340T. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (3). A comprehensive study of concepts, processes,
and strategies used in the development and management of global supply chains. Topics include
procurement, electronic commerce, information technologies, global supply chain management,
and logistics activities. PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 327, and OMIS 351, or consent of department.
CRQ: UBUS 311and OMIS 352.
352. BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (3). Advanced application of information
technology development tools and techniques to enhance individual and group problem solving
and critical thinking skills. Focus on developing seamless and integrated business applications
using the latest development techniques and tools. PRQ: OMIS 351, UBUS 310, or consent of
department. CRQ: UBUS 311 310.
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379. BUSINESS APPLICATIONS OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3).
Examination of leveraging an organization's spatial data to analyze and solve business problems.
Extensive computer laboratory work designing business geographic services using commercially
available software. PRQ: GEOG 256, or UBUS 310 and OMIS 351, or consent of department.
CRQ: UBUS 311.
421. BUSINESS COMPUTER SIMULATION (3). Study of discrete-event simulation modeling
in the business environment. Topics include problem formulation, data collection and analysis,
model development, model verification and validation, model experimentation and optimization,
output analysis, and implementation of simulation results. Extensive laboratory experience with
current simulation languages and simulators. PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 327, and OMIS 351, or
consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.
440. CAPACITY PLANNING AND SCHEDULING (3). Detailed examination of the capacity
planning and operational scheduling issues in manufacturing environments. Topics include
capacity planning factors, bills of capacity, rough cut capacity planning, loading, capacity
requirements planning (CRP), finite operational scheduling, mass production manufacturing,
database requirements and relevant computer systems including shop floor control/production
reporting systems. PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 327, OMIS 340T or consent of department. CRQ:
UBUS 311.
442. QUALITY MANAGEMENT (3). Detailed examination of the issues, techniques, and
methodologies for planning and controlling quality in a manufacturing organization. Topics
include evolutionary operation, orthogonal arrays, design of experiments, quality standards,
vendor certification, total quality control, and quality function deployment. Emphasis on the
quality paradigms of Feigenbaum, Taguchi, Juran, and Deming. PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 327,
OMIS 340T or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.
449. BUSINESS COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS (3). Study of operating systems for various
business computing environments. Comparison of micro, mini, and mainframe operating systems
is presented for the purpose of selecting an appropriate environment and configuration.
Laboratory experience with business operating systems. PRQ: CSCI 240 or CSCI 250, UBUS
310, OMIS 351, OMIS 352 or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.
452. DATABASE MANAGEMENT FOR BUSINESS (3). Comparison of database management
packages for business computers with laboratory exercises that deal with the development of
business applications. Practical experience with the most current database management packages.
PRQ: UBUS 310, and OMIS 351, or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311 and OMIS 352.
455. ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (3). In-depth analysis of current business
enterprise systems; their system components, database, information requirements, and system
interfaces. Commercial software used to illustrate the concepts presented. PRQ: OMIS 327,
OMIS 351, OMIS 340T or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.
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460. TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR BUSINESS (3). Survey of various methodologies and
techniques utilized in interfacing telecommunication systems within the business environment,
along with the consideration of issues related to the management of these telecommunications
systems. PRQ: CSCI 240 or CSCI 250, UBUS 310, and OMIS 351, or consent of department.
CRQ: UBUS 311.
462. BUSINESS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT (3). In-depth study of the concepts, methods, and
tools used for business system development and project management. Topics include project
design and estimating, the system development life cycle, change management, and quality
assurance. PRQ: UBUS 310, OMIS 351, operations and information management major, OMIS
452 or consent of department. CRQ: UBUS 311.
475. ELECTRONIC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES (3). Overview of electronic business
technology including use of information technology tools to design and develop business-tobusiness applications. Impact of information technology design on electronic business strategy,
planning, implementation, and operation. PRQ: CSCI 240 or CSCI 250, and OMIS 352, and
OMIS 452 or consent of department.
498. OPERATIONS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (3). In-depth investigation of the
major issues, problems, and solution methodologies of the operations and information
management disciplines. Emphasis on case analyses that focus on the integration of operations
and information management in a global competitive environment. PRQ: OMIS 340T, UBUS
311, operations and information management major, OMIS 452 and OMIS 455 or consent of
department.
Rationale: These changes reflect an updated curriculum design that will better serve OM&IS students. While the
content of all courses has remained very similar, a more streamlined program is possible through elimination of
course content duplication.
Other catalog change: Page 84, 2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog
Department Requirements
Satisfactory completion of UBUS 310 as evidenced by a grade of C or better is required
before a student majoring in operations and information management is allowed to enroll in
any 300- or 400-level OMIS course (except OMIS 327 351 and OMIS 351 352). To be
retained as a major in the department, a student may not repeat more than two OMIS
courses.
All operations and information management majors must satisfactorily complete a portfolio
of a selected collection of their operations management and information systems
assignments to be turned in no later than the last week of classes in the semester that they
plan to graduate. Instructions for portfolio content may be found in the Department of
Operations Management and Information Systems.
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To graduate with a major in operations and information management, a student must earn a
grade of at least C in each of the following courses: OMIS 300, OMIS 327, OMIS 340T,
OMIS 352, or OMIS 452, OMIS 462, 455, and OMIS 498.
Upper-level (300- or 400-level) OMIS courses will not be accepted from other educational
institutions without permission from the department.
OMIS 458, Internship in Operations and Information Management, cannot be permanent
employment, cannot be nor taken as the last course in the program, and cannot be applied as
elective credit in the program.
Major in Operations and Information Management (B.S.)
Business Core (45-50)
Requirements in Department (31-33) (25-26)
OMIS 99 - Portfolio (0)
OMIS 300 - Career Planning in Operations and Information Management (1)
OMIS 327 - Operations Analysis (3)
OMIS 340T - Supply Chain Management (3)
OMIS 352 - Business Information Technologies (3)
OMIS 452 - Database Management for Business (3)
OMIS 455 - Enterprise Resource Planning (3)
OMIS 462 - Business Systems Development (3)
OMIS 498 - Operations and Information Management (3)
Five Three of the following (15-17) (9-10)
CSCI 240 - Computer Programming in C++ (4).
CSCI 250- Computer Programming in Cobol (4)
OMIS 352- Business Information Technologies (3)
OMIS 379 - Business Applications of Geographic Information Systems (3)
OMIS 421 - Business Computer Simulation (3)
OMIS 439 - Inventory Management (3)
OMIS 440 - Capacity Planning and Scheduling (3)
OMIS 442 - Quality Management (3)
OMIS 443 - Continuous Improvement Systems (3)
OMIS 444 - Manufacturing Technology Management (3)
OMIS 449 - Business Computing Environments (3)
OMIS 450 - Service Operations (3)
OMIS 455 - Enterprise Resource Planning (3)
OMIS 460 - Telecommunications for Business (3)
OMIS 462 - Business Systems Development (3)
OMIS 465 - Procurement (3)
OMIS 471 - Business Forecasting (3)
OMIS 475 - Electronic Business Technologies (3)
OMIS 478 - Supply Chain Systems (3)
OMIS 480 - Seminar in Supply Chain Management (3)
OMIS 485 - Business Technology Projects (3)
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Requirements outside Department (3)
MGMT 346 - Business Communications (3)
Total Hours for a Major in Operations and Information Management: 79-86 73-79
Recommendations
Students are urged to obtain an adequate mathematical sciences background. Students are
strongly encouraged to complete OMIS 300 during their junior year.
Students selecting a career in business information systems are advised to complete both CSCI
240 and CSCI 250 in their programs of study.
Rationale: These changes reflect an updated curriculum design that will better serve OM&IS students. While the
content of all courses has remained very similar, a more streamlined program is possible through elimination of
course content duplication.