Business Information Systems

Concentrations

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in:

Business Information Systems – Industry Concentration (BISI), and
Business Information Systems e-Business Technology Concentration (EB)

Both are detailed further below.

IT Certification Aids

Students are encouraged to target top IT certifications.

CONCENTRATIONS IN DETAIL

BIS-Industry Concentration (BISI)

Required Courses (18 Hours)
BISE 3350	Business Research and Report Writing	3
BISI 3160	Business Application Development	3
BISI 3260	Object-Oriented Programming	3
BISI 3360	Applied Information Technology	3
BISI 4150	Database Systems	3
BISI 4230	Analysis Design, and Implementation	3
		18
Track I: Networking Track (12 hours)
BISI 3500	Data Mining	3
BISI 4300	Business Telecommunications	3
BISI 4360	PC Networks and Computer Security	3
BISI Elective	Any Upper Division BISI Course	3

Track II: General Track (12 Hours)
BISI/BISE Upper Division Courses		12

Track III: Organizational Information Systems Track (12 hours)
BISE 3400	Desktop Presentation Tools	3
BISE 4000	Information and Media Management	3
BISI 4240	End-User Computing Development	3
BISE 4300	Administrative Office Management	3

General Electives
BISI 2150/Non-Business Elective*		3
Non-Business Electives		9
		12

* Students testing out of BISI 2150 must take any 3 hour non-business elective course.

In selecting non-business electives, the department highly recommends that BISI students consider, in consultation with their faculty advisor, programming language courses offered by the department of Computer Science. These courses will provide a strong background in programming, and also allow students to enroll in additional upper division computer science offerings. (Course prerequisites must be taken.)

BIS-EBusiness Concentration (EB)

Guided Electives are recommended for the student to develop the requisite skills for the EB concentration.

Graduate

MBA with Concentration in Management Information Systems

The TSU MBA curriculum is a broad-based management education that provides you with the knowledge and skills to assume leadership positions in public and private companies.

The MBA program is accredited by the AACSB International a distinction held by less than a quarter of the nation’s business schools. The MBA program consists of 12 courses for 36 hours of credit. If your undergraduate degree is not in business, you will need to take foundation courses prior to beginning your graduate course work. Refer to the Graduate Catalog for graduate course listings.

The Management Information Systems concentration provides students with focused study of several important subjects in the current business information technology environment. It has the primary objective of strengthening current and future managers' abilities to manage information technology.

Students in the MIS concentration are required to take three of the four MBA level MIS courses offered in addition to the Common Courses.

For degree and admission requirements, contact:
MBA Director
Avon Williams Campus
(615) 963-7121
Email: rrussell3@tnstate.edu

Or write to:
Director of Graduate Programs
College of Business
Tennessee State University
330 10th Avenue North
Nashville, TN, 37203, USA