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The Bachelor of Science in Information Systems (BSIS) program equips students with critical skills and knowledge required to direct and to control computerized information resources within diverse organizational settings. The study of Information Systems provides professionals with the expertise and knowledge to support innovation, planning, and management of infor-mation infrastructures as well as the coordination of information resources. The curriculum is designed to respond to the need for information systems professionals with systems management and development expertise. The BSIS program, based upon nationally approved curriculum recommendations from the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), continuously updates its curriculum. The program is taught within an Ignatian framework fostering ethical and social awareness and is designed to be completed in 23 months.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Understand the components of information systems infrastructures, computing platforms, software architectures, and telecommunications networks.
• Appreciate the growth and importance of the digital economy and its socioeconomic implications on information technology, electronic commerce, and consumer behavior.
• Use methods, techniques, and models for planning, analyzing, and designing information systems.
• Understand and experience the principles of software design, development, testing, and maintenance using a popular programming language.
• Define and model database systems and understand data administration, data warehousing, and data mining issues relevant to today’s interconnected organizations.
• Understand the fundamentals of all aspects of telecommunications, including data, voice, image, and video, and the critical need for security of networks and data inside and outside of the organization.