North Central College - Naperville, IL

Management Information Systems

Extensive course work in economics, accounting, management and computer science is required with additional courses recommended in speech, psychology, communication, law and English.

You can earn either a B.A. or B.S. in management information systems. Each degree option requires the following courses:

  • ACC 201 Financial Accounting
  • ACC 202 Managerial Accounting
  • ECN 250 Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECN 252 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • BUS 162 Management of Organizations
  • BUS 168 Marketing
  • BUS 241 Business and Economic Statistics
  • BUS 475 Business Strategy
  • CSC 455 Project Management
  • BUS 446 Operations Research
  • BUS 460 Management of Information Systems
  • BUS 490 or BUS 465
  • one of ACC 307, FIN 350, BUS 393, ECN 445, or BUS 420
  • and a computer science minor consisting of at least 23.5 credit hours to include:
    • IFS 104 Problem Solving Using Spreadsheets
    • CSC 160 Computer Science I
    • CSC 161 Computer Science II
    • one of CSC 215, CSC 255, or CSC 306
    • CSC 220 Computer Systems Concepts
    • CSC 453 Systems Analysis
    • CSC 460 Database Management Systems
    • CSC 469 Data Communication and Networking

    The B.S. requires an additional course in MTH 152 Calculus II.

Minor requires 18.5 credit hours, including: CSC 160, BUS 162, BUS 168, BUS 446, BUS 460, and BUS 490.