Agenda Item #11-106
Effective Fall 2012
Management Information Systems Minor
LUMPKIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND APPLIED SCIENCES
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
TO:
Council on Academic Affairs
FROM:
Mahyar Izadi, Dean
Carla Honselman, Chair
LCBAS Curriculum Committee
SUBJECT:
Curriculum Proposals
DATE:
October 5, 2011
The School of Business recently approved the following curriculum proposals which I
support:
Revised Course Proposal – MIS 4200, Systems and Database Analysis, Design,
and Development (effective Fall 2012 – see attached proposal)
Revision of MIS major and minor (effective Fall 2012 – see attached catalog copy)
Att.
c.
C. Noll, Chair, School of Business
C. Roszkowski, Associate Chair, School of Business
MEMORANDOM
TO:
Richard Flight, Chair
School of Business Curriculum Committee
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Norm Garrett
4/15/11
Request for Revision to the Management of Information Systems Major and
Minor
PROPOSAL TO REVISE THE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MAJOR AND
MINOR
The Management of Information Systems (MIS) discipline requests modification of the MIS major
and minor as follows:
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Reducing the number of hours required in the MIS major core from 25 semester hours to
24 semester hours.
Increasing the number of elective hours required for MIS majors from 14 semester hours
to 15 semester hours.
Reducing the number of hours required in the MIS minor from 22 semester hours to 21
semester hours.
RATIONALE
These changes reflect the revision of MIS 4200 Systems and Database Analysis, Design, and
Development in which the course was reduced from 4 semester hours to 3 semester hours.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
FA 2012
ATTACHMENT:
Current and proposed catalog copy.
APPROVED BY SCHOOL CURRICULUM COMMITTEE: 4/28/2011
APPROVED BY COLLEGE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE: 10/5/11
APPROVED BY CAA: 10/20/11
CURRENT CATALOG COPY
Management Information Systems Minor
Computer technology is integral to almost all organizations. The Management Information
Systems (MIS) minor enables students to develop knowledge and skills in information systems
that will complement studies in their major. Students minoring in MIS complete a 16 hour core of
five courses plus 6 hours of electives.
Course Requirements (22 semester hours)
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BUS 1950 – Computer Concepts and Applications for Business. Credits: 3
MIS 2000 – Information Systems Careers and Logic Skills. Credits: 3
MIS 3200 – Networking Fundamentals. Credits: 3
MIS 4200 – Systems and Database Analysis, Design, and Development. Credits: 4
AND
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ACC 3900 – Accounting Information Systems. Credits: 3
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BUS 3500 – Management Information Systems. Credit: 3
or
Plus
Six semester hours (nine hours for business majors) of course work selected from the following:
…
PROPOSED CATALOG COPY
Management Information Systems Minor
Computer technology is integral to almost all organizations. The Management Information
Systems (MIS) minor enables students to develop knowledge and skills in information systems
that will complement studies in their major. Students minoring in MIS complete a 16 hour core of
five courses.
Course Requirements (21 semester hours)
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BUS 1950 – Computer Concepts and Applications for Business. Credits: 3
MIS 2000 – Information Systems Careers and Logic Skills. Credits: 3
MIS 3200 – Networking Fundamentals. Credits: 3
MIS 4200 – Systems and Database Analysis, Design, and Development. Credits: 3
AND

ACC 3900 – Accounting Information Systems. Credits: 3

BUS 3500 – Management Information Systems. Credit: 3
or
Plus
Six semester hours (nine hours for business majors) of course work selected from the following:
…