Information Systems, B.S. General Focus
Program Transfer Guide
Salisbury University
Effective
Fall, 2024 - Current
Instruction Methods
In person
About the Program
Advisement for the major is available from the Information Systems and Operations Management Department
Information systems majors must choose one or multiple focuses. Students who choose the General Focus are not allowed pursue additional focuses in the Information and Decision Sciences Department.
The information systems major addresses information analysis, business system design and information systems management. The program curriculum emphasizes business and organizational studies as well as information systems technology. Students are prepared to enter careers in areas relating to developing, maintaining and using information in a variety of organizational settings.
Students become familiar with modern computer technology and how appropriate hardware and software are integrated into analyzing business problems. Students learn how to apply computers, software and systems techniques to solve information systems problems within organizations and provide managers with the information needed for operational and strategic decisions. The major balances theory and application to prepare students for careers in private-sector or public-sector positions such as business systems analysts, information resource managers, database and network administrators.
The undergraduate information systems curriculum consists of a lower-division (pre-professional) core, upper-division (professional) core, special requirements and information systems requirements. The pre-professional curricular requirements enable majors to acquire a common body of knowledge essential to successful completion of the professional program coursework.
Information Systems Policies & Procedures
- A student with an intended information systems major will be classified in a preprofessional track until the student has applied to and been accepted in the information systems B.S. major.
- Information systems majors must submit applications for admission to the Professional Program. No information systems student will be allowed to remain in 300/400 level Perdue School courses if s/he has not submitted this application.
- A GPA of 2.5 or higher in the pre-professional core courses is required for admission into the Professional Program, including those courses taken at another institution. A GPA Calculator can be found here: GPA Calculator.
- Information systems requirements (3 courses) and Electives (3 courses) need to be completed with a C grade or higher.
- Students majoring in information systems must complete all upper-division courses with a 2.0 GPA or higher and may repeat courses only once.
- Lower division core, upper division core, major and special requirements may be repeated only once. Students desiring to repeat an SU course to improve a grade must repeat that course at SU.
- Students must have completed 40 total credit hours of college courses to be admitted into the Professional Program.
- Complete at least 9 out of 11 Pre-Professional Courses (26 credits):
o 5 of which must be MATH 155, MATH 160, ECON 211 or ECON 212, ACCT 201, and BUAD 200
o The remaining 2 courses must be completed in the first semester after being admitted to the Professional Program - Track courses are to be taken at SU. A maximum of 6 credit hours of comparable courses may be approved if taken at AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accredited schools.
- For Additional Policies and Procedures: Please refer to the Department of Information and Decision Sciences.
University Undergraduate Major Policies
- Refer to the program page for this major and the Courses section of this catalog for approved prerequisites and General Education courses.
- Program requirements may not equal 120 credit hours. Students must register for additional electives to complete 120 credits required for graduation.
- All graduates must have a minimum of 30 credits of 300/400-level courses with C grade or above; at least 15 of those credits must be taken at SU.
- Students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 for graduation.
- Students must complete at least 30 credit hours by direct classroom instruction and/or laboratory experience.
- Students must take 30 of the last 37 credit hours at SU.
- It is the student’s responsibility to satisfy graduation requirements. Please refer to the program page of this catalog for detailed major requirements.
- Students must apply online for graduation by November 15 for May and by May 15 for December.
See the below SU program requirements to be completed as part of the AA/AS program. For most up-to-date requirements, please refer to the current SU Catalog.