Business Administration, Management Information Systems Option, B.S.

In order to graduate with an undergraduate business degree from CSULB, a student must complete a minimum of 120 units. A majority of the upper division business courses, including economics and statistics, must be completed at this university. For details, refer to the COB Policy on Course Transfers/Substitutions.

All undergraduate students officially admitted to the College of Business (all options) are required to complete all remaining lower division major requirements in a timely fashion. The lower division major courses must be completed within two academic semesters (excluding summer and winter session) to continue with the major.

All COB majors must maintain major GPAs of 2.0 or higher. A student whose GPA in the major falls below 2.0 will be advised that they are at risk of being dismissed from the major and granted one semester to raise their major GPA(s) to 2.0. Students who do not successfully raise their major GPA(s) must meet with an advisor to declare another major or submit an appeal to the COB Center for Student Success explaining why they need one additional semester. Students whose major GPAs remain below 2.0 after this additional semester must declare a new major.

Lower Division:

Take all of the following:

• ACCT 201 - Elementary Financial Accounting (3 units)
• * “C” or better required.
• ACCT 202 - Managerial Accounting (3 units)
• * “C” or better required.
• BLAW 220 - Introduction to Law and Business Transactions (3 units)
• * “C” or better required.
• ECON 100 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 units)
• * “C” or better required.
• ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)
• * “C” or better required.
• MATH 115 - Calculus for Business (3 units)
• * “C” or better required.
• STAT 118 - Introductory Business Statistics (3 units)
• * “C” or better required.

Critical Thinking Course Requirements

Any critical thinking course (GE category A3); I S 100 is recommended.

Complete one of the following:

All business and pre-business majors shall demonstrate computer literacy and competency..

• Passing score (70%) on the Computer Proficiency Examination (CPE).
• I S 233 - Office Productivity Software (3 units)
• Transfer equivalent course with a “C” or better grade.

Upper Division:

Take all of the following:

• CBA 300 - International Business (3 units)
• CBA 400 - Business Ethics (3 units)
• FIN 300 - Business Finance (3 units)
• I S 300 - Management Information Systems (3 units)
• I S 301 - Business Communications (3 units)
• I S 310 - Business Statistics I (3 units)
• HRM 360 - Organizational Behavior (3 units)
• MGMT 300 - Principles of Management and Operations (3 units)
• MKTG 300 - Principles of Marketing (3 units)

Capstone Course:

The following Capstone course must be taken at CSULB as a senior and after the upper-division prerequisite core courses have been completed:

• MGMT 425 - Business Strategy and Policy (3 units)

Elective Courses

Elective courses to total 120 units. Student are encouraged to select electives for expansion of knowledge and intellectual interests as well as for preparation for business employment.

Option in Management Information Systems (120 units)

This option has an emphasis on systems management, information process and analysis, and new uses of information technologies and management information systems for business applications and decision-making. Also included are application development, e-commerce, business telecommunications, and decision technologies.

Requirements

Take the following courses:

• I S 340 - Business Application Programming (3 units)
• I S 380 - Database Management (3 units)
• I S 385 - Systems Analysis and Design (3 units)

Take 9 units selected from the following:

• I S 320 - Spreadsheet Modeling for Business and Management (3 units)
• I S 355 - Introduction to Business Telecommunications (3 units)
• I S 360 - Cybersecurity in Business (3 units)
• I S 435 - Applications of AI, Blockchain, and Internet of Things (3 units)
• I S 445 - Internet Applications Development (3 units)
• I S 456 - Systems Integration and Security (3 units)
• I S 457 - Wireless Systems and Mobile Applications (3 units)
• I S 460 - Defensive Cybersecurity in Business (3 units)
• I S 464 - Network Modeling and Simulation (3 units)
• I S 470 - Business Intelligence (3 units)
• I S 480 - Advanced Database Management (3 units)
• I S 482 - Enterprise Systems (3 units)
• I S 484 - eBusiness: Applications and Management (3 units)
• I S 485 - Information Systems Project (3 units)
• I S 495 - Selected Topics in Information Systems (3 units)