required business and economics courses with a grade of "C-" or higher. In addition, the cumulative Business Foundation GPA, the overall business and economics GPA, and the overall university GPA must be 2.5 or higher. » Credit Hours Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours is required for graduation - 60-61 of these are School requirements, 33 are required within the major, and the balance should be taken outside of the major. The required 40 upper-division credit hours (courses numbered 3000 and above) are included in the School and major requirements. Advisement Advisement is strongly encouraged for all GSBE majors and minors. See more information on available advising resources on Concentration Courses Required (9-12 credit hours) Complete one of the following concentrations. Admissions Requirements Acceptance to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics is required for all business majors, minor, and certificates. Students may obtain an application for admissions from the GSBE Advising Center, WB 211, (801) 626-6534 and/or the Department of Information Systems & Technologies, D2 137, (801) 395-3520. General Education Refer to pages 38-43 for either Bachdor of Science or Bachelor of Arts requirements. The following courses required for the Information Systems & Technologies major will also satisfy general education requirements: ENGL ENIOIO and ENGL EN2010 (Composition); MATH QL1050 (Quantitative Literacy); BTNYLS1403 (Life Science); ECON SS2010 or ECON SS2020 (Social Science); ECON All740 is recommended to fulfill the Senate Bill Requirement in American Institutions. 1ST SSI 100, The Wired Society, is recommended to fulfill a general education requirement in Social Science. MATH QL1050 is, in addition to being a specific requirement in the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics, a prerequisite for ECON SS2010, QUAN S2400, and QUAN SI2600. Students seeking a major within the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics should plan to take the necessary mathematics courses as early as possible in their program of study. MATH QL1050 must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher and may not be taken on a credit/no credit basis. Course Requirements for BS or BA Degree John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements Liberal Support Curriculum (13 or 14) Business Foundations (13) Business Cross-Functional Core (19) Business Fundional Core (15) Major Courses Required (27 credit hours) 1ST 2015 Introduction to Information Systems & Technologies (1) 1ST SI2110 Software Development I (3) 1ST 2410 Information Systems Architedure (3) 1ST 2720 Data Strudures & Algorithms (3) 1ST 3210 Database Design & Implementation (4) 1ST 3610 Networks and Data Communications I (4) 1ST 3700 E-business Technologies & Web Development (3) 1ST 4730 Senior Practicum (3) TBE 3250 Business Communications (3) System 1ST 3720 1ST 3730 1ST 4710 ■ment Concentration (9 credit hours) Software Development II (3) Systems Analysis and Design (3) Enterprise Software Development (3) • Information Security Concentration (12 credit hours) CJ 3130 Investigation of Computer Crime (3) 1ST 3620 Networks and Data Communications II (3) 1ST 4600 Information Security I (3) 1ST 4700 Information Security II (3) For a course sequence, go to: http://www.weber.edu/lST/ Courses/coursesequence. html Information Systems & Technologies departmental honors In conjunction with the Honors Program, the Information Systems & Technologies Department offers a Departmental Honors curriculum. This is an enriched major program that provides greater scope for intelledual initiative and independent work. It can be particularly beneficial for students contemplating graduate school, by enhancing their credentials and also by exposing them to the type of study normally done at the graduate level. » Program Prerequisite: Enroll in the General Honors Program and complete 9 hours of General Honors courses. One of these courses must be Honors 3900, Honors Colloquium. The Honors Colloquium courses are 3 credit hours and topics vary from semester to semester (see Honors Program on page 45). » Grade Requirements: Maintain an overall GPA of 3.3. » Credit Hour Requirements: Fulfill requirements for an Information Systems & Technologies Department major. In fumlling these requirements, students must take at least 12 hours of Information Systems & Technologies courses on an Honors basis, 3 hours of which must be completed as a Senior Practicum (1ST 4730). The student may receive Information Systems & Technologies Honors credit in any upper-division or graduate-level 1ST course.* ' Permission from the department chair must be ing in a course for Honors credit. A written reached with the appropriate professor Honors credit. obtained before register- must also be the work expected for Information Systems & Technologies associate degree's (as or aa) Program Prerequisite: Generally, all business and economics courses with numbers above 3000 require prior completion of ACTG 2010, ECON SS2010, ECON SS2020,1ST 2010 and QUAN SI2600 (unless noted). These prerequisites are referred to collectively as "Business Foundations." All 1ST courses numbered above 3000 require Business Foundations except 1ST 3110. (Refer to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements on pages 164-167.) Grade Requirements: Even though a minimum grade of "C-" will be accepted in courses used to satisfy the associate's degree requirements (an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher is required). Finally, a course grade of "C-" or higher is required for all business and economics prerequisite courses. Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 60 credit hours is required - a minimum of 30 of these is required within the AS program. Weber State University 2007 - 2008 Catalog