Computer Applications in Business (9 credits)
This minor is designed to prepare students majoring in other areas of business to be competent end users and decision makers in a computer information systems environment. The focus is on using microcomputers and higher-level applications software to implement useful applications in a wide range of business areas. |
Required Courses Three courses (9 credits) from any of the following: - CIS 2300, or any courses from the list of 3000-, 4000-, or 5000-level CIS courses with the exception of CIS 3270, CIS 3810, and CIS 4910;
- At most one course from either OPR3300: Quantitative Methods for Accounting or OPR3450: Quantitative Decision Making for Business I
- All prerequisites must be satisfied.
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Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (9 credits) (minor name change to "Cybersecurity" effective Spring 2023)
This minor would provide an opportunity for students majoring in various areas of business to develop basic understanding of information security and assurance issues that organizations face today and the potential solutions available. |
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| Computer Networking | 3 credits |
| Cybersecurity | 3 credits |
Elective Courses (3 Credits) |
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| Information Technology Audit | 3 credits |
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| Ethical Hacking | 3 credits |
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Data Analytics (9 credits)
This minor would provide an opportunity for students majoring in various areas of business to develop basic data literacy and to integrate techniques and solutions from the areas of technology, statistics, and quantitative modeling in developing business intelligence to facilitate organizational decision-making |
Required Courses (6 credits) |
| Programming and Computational Thinking | 3 credits |
| Data Mining for Business Analytics | 3 credits |
Elective Courses (3 credits) - Choose one course from the following list. |
| Programming for Analytics | 3 credits |
| Database Management Systems | 3 credits |
| Applied Natural Language Processing (effective Spring 2022) | 3 credits |
| Big Data Technologies (effective Spring 2022) | 3 credits |
| Data Visualization | 3 credits |
| Data Warehousing for Analytics | 3 credits |
| Business Statistics II | 3 credits |
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| Regression and Forecasting Models for Business Applications | 3 credits |
| Marketing Web Analytics and Intelligence | 3 credits |
| Marketing Analytics | 3 credits |
| Business Decision Models
Quantitative Decision Making for Business I | 3 credits
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* Students receiving credit for MGT 3500/OPM 3500 will not also receive credit for OPR 3450. |
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Quantitative Methods and Modeling (9 credits) The minor in quantitative methods and modeling is designed to prepare students majoring in other areas of business with a background of quantitative skills that facilitate the decisionmaking process. In addition to one required course, two elective courses are selected with the approval of the area advisor to complement the students major and provide the student with an appropriate background. |
Required Courses Choose any three of the following (All Prerequisites must be satisfied): |
| Database Management Systems | 3 credits |
| Data Mining for Business Analytics | 3 credits |
| Object-Oriented Programming II (course title change to "Data Structures and Algorithms" effective Spring 2023) | 3 credits |
| Quantitative Methods for Accounting
Quantitative Decision Making for Business I | 3 credits
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| Quantitative Decision Making for Business II | 3 credits |
| System Simulation | 3 credits |
| Bayesian Statistical Inference and Decision Making | 3 credits |
| Special Topics in Operations Research | 3 credits |
| Independent Study in Operations Research | 3 credits |
| Statistical Computing | 3 credits |
| Business Statistics II | 3 credits |
| Introduction to SAS Programming | 3 credits |
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| Regression and Forecasting Models for Business Applications | 3 credits |
| Advanced Data Mining | 3 credits |
| Independent Study in Operations Research | 3 credits |
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| Statistics
The minor in statistics consists of the courses listed below.
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Required Courses
Choose any three of the following (All Prerequisites must be satisfied):
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| Statistical Computing | 3 credits |
| Business Statistics II | 3 credits |
| Sampling Theory and Practice | 3 credits |
| Introduction to SAS Programming | 3 credits |
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| Regression and Forecasting Models for Business Applications | 3 credits |
| Special Topics in Applied Statistics | 3 credits |
| Advanced Data Mining | 3 credits |
| Quantitative Decision Making for Business I | 3 credits |
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Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Minor in Information Technology and Social Responsibility The internet age has fostered an environment of widespread interconnectedness. This hyperconnectivity, and the new media that proliferate along with it, come with their own specific problems. The purpose of this concentration is to study the effects of these new technologies on the individual, the workplace, and society at large. In this program of study students will examine the increasing importance of individual and organizational social responsibility in today’s interconnected and computer-mediated environment, as well as the specific issues that stand at the intersection of social responsibility and information technology. |
Required Course: 3 credits |
| Information Technology and Social Responsibility* | 3 credits |
Elective Courses 6 credits Two courses selected from the following: |
| Mass Media and the Black American | 3 credits |
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| Green IT* | 3 credits |
| Principles of New Media* | 3 credits |
| Media Analysis and Criticism | 3 credits |
| International Communication | 3 credits |
| Media Ethics | 3 credits |
| Advanced Reporting and Writing | 3 credits |
| Information and Society ( or ) | 3 credits |
| Mind and Computers | 3 credits |
| Ethics, Economics, and the Business System | 3 credits |
Courses may be organized into the following suggested tracks:
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| Mass Media and the Black American | 3 credits |
| Principles of New Media* | 3 credits |
| Media Analysis and Criticism | 3 credits |
| International Communication | 3 credits |
| Media Ethics | 3 credits |
Information Society |
| Principles of New Media* | 3 credits |
| International Communication | 3 credits |
| Advanced Reporting and Writing | 3 credits |
| Information and Society ( or ) | 3 credits |
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| Media Ethics | 3 credits |
| Mind and Computers | 3 credits |
| Ethics, Economics, and the Business System | 3 credits |
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| Business Minors for Non-Business Majors
Students in the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences or in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs who wish to take business courses may do so by declaring a minor in statistics and quantitative modeling or in technology, business, and the Internet. Before declaring the minor, they must complete either BUS 1001 (1 credit) or have previously completed BUS 1011 (3 credits). To be awarded the minor, students must have a GPA of 2.0 or more in the courses included in the minor. Eligibility to declare such a minor is restricted to students who have an overall GPA of 2.0 or more at time they declare the minor. Courses that apply to the minor may not be used for any other requirement. This minor does not fulfill the requirement to complete a liberal arts minor. Anchor |
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Statistics and Quantitative Modeling Students must choose three courses (9 credits) from the following: Statistics and Quantitative Modeling |
| Statistical Computing | 3 credits |
| Business Statistics II | 3 credits |
| Data Mining for Business Analytics | 3 credits |
| Introduction to SAS Programming | 3 credits |
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| Regression and Forecasting Models for Business Applications | 3 credits |
| Advanced Data Mining | 3 credits |
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| Quantitative Methods for Accounting
Quantitative Decision Making for Business I | 3 credits
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Technology, Business, and the Internet
Students must choose three courses (9 credits) from the following: |
| Programming and Computational Thinking | 3 credits |
| Object-Oriented Programming I | 3 credits |
| Spreadsheet Applications in Business | 3 credits |
| Database Management Systems | 3 credits |
| e-Business Technologies | 3 credits |
| Principles of Web Design | 3 credits |
| Systems Analysis and Design | 3 credits |
| Law and the Internet | 3 credits |
| Internet Marketing | 3 credits |