CIS Major Checklist
Dept. of Computer Information Systems & Business Analytics
College of Business - James Madison University
CIS Advisors: Ms. Katrina Spickler (spicklkm@jmu.edu), Dr. Tom Dillon
(dillontw@jmu.edu), and Dr. Michel Mitri (mitrimx@jmu.edu)
Course
Title
General education courses1
Non-business electives
COB 191
COB 202
COB 204
COB 218
COB 241
COB 242
COB 291
GECON 2001
ECON 201
Credit
hours
Completed
credit hours
35
12-13
47-48
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3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3 or 4
30-31
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


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MATH 205/231/235, GISAT1511
Business Statistics
Interpersonal Skills
Computer Information Systems
Legal Environment of Business
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Introduction to Management Science
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Principles of Economics (Micro)
Calculus I
COB Core GPA > 2.7
Admission to the College of Business
COB300A-D
Integrated Functional Systems
12
12
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CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
CIS
Principles of Programming
Operating Systems & Server Admin.
Enterprise Architecture
Telecommunications
Database Design and Application
Intermediate Computer Programming
CIS Internship
Systems Analysis & Design
IS Development & Implementation
3
1
3
3
3
3
0
3
3
3
3
28
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3
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221
301
304
320
330
331
361 (recommended)
454
484
elective2
elective2
COB 487
See comments below
Strategic Management
120-122
1
Assumes that MATH 205/231/235 or GISAT 151 and GECON 200 are taken as General Education
courses. The General Education program contains a set of requirements that each student must
fulfill. The number of credit hours necessary to fulfill these requirements may vary.
2
The student majoring in CIS must successfully complete 6 credit hours of CIS elective courses.
CIS electives include: CIS 366, CIS 411, CIS 420, CIS 424, CIS 428, CIS 434, CIS 463, CIS
464, CIS 490, CIS 498 and BSAN 393
Revised April 2013