John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics 181 • BSAD 2899 - Business Foundations and Admission Assessment (o) • Business Cross-Functional Core (19) • Business Functional Core (15) Major Courses Required (21 credit hours) • 1ST 3110 - Information Technology for Business (3) • MGMT 3200 - Managerial Communications (3) • MGMT 3300 - Human Resource Management (3) • MGMT 3350 - Employment and Labor Law (3) • MGMT 4300 - Influence and Group Effectiveness (3) • MGMT 4310 - Compensation and Benefits (3) • MGMT 4320 - Staffing Organizations (3) Major Electives (9 credit hours) • BSAD 3500 - Introduction to Business Research (3) • BSAD 3600 - [World Region] Business and Society (3) • BSAD 4210 - Survey of Business Law (3) • BSAD 4500 - Entrepreneurship (3) • ECON 3400 - Labor Economics (3) • SCM 3500 - Computer Models/Applications (3) • SCM 4100 - Quality Management and Productivity (3) • MGMT 4350 - Training (3) • MGMT 4650 - Negotiations (3) • MGMT 4865 - Human Resource Internship (3) or • BSAD 4680 - Small Business Diagnostics (3) Information Systems & Technologies (BS) Program Prerequisite: 1ST Associate of Science Degree, or equivalent degree or course work (which may be articulated for the 1ST Associate) from an accredited AS/AAprogram. Most business and economics courses with numbers above 3000 require formal admission to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics and prior completion of ACTG 2010, ECON 2010, ECON 2020,1ST 2010, and QUAN 2600. These five courses are referred to collectively as "Business Foundations." (Refer to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements.) Minor: Not required. Grade Requirements: Candidates for the bachelor of science degree must complete all prerequisite and 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 in the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics section of this catalog. Admission Requirements Acceptance to the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics is required for all business majors, minors, emphases and certificates. To be admitted, students must register for BSAD 2899. Students may obtain information regarding 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 Degree and General Education Requirements for Bachelor of Science requirements. The following courses required for the Information Systems & Technologies major will also satisfy general education requirements: ENGL 2010 (Composition); MATH 1050 (Quantitative Literacy); BTNY 1403 (Life Science); ECON 2010 or ECON 2020 (Social Science); ECON 1740 is recommended to fulfill the Senate Bill Requirement in American Institutions. 1ST 1100, The Wired Society, is recommended to fulfill a general education requirement in Social Science. MATH 1050 is, in addition to being a specific requirement in the John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics, a prerequisite for ECON 2010, QUAN 2400, and QUAN 2600. 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 1050 must be completed with a grade of "C"'or higher and may not be taken on a credit/no credit basis. Major Course Requirements for BS Deg ree John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements • Liberal Support Curriculum (13 or 14) • Business Foundations (13) • BSAD 2899 - Business Foundations and Admission Assessment (o) • Business Cross-Functional Core (19) • Business Functional Core (15) Major Courses Required (27 credit hours) • 1ST 2015 - Introduction to Information Systems & Technologies (l) • 1ST 2110 - Software Development I (3) • 1ST 2410 - Information Systems Architecture (3) • 1ST 2720 - Data Structures and Algorithms (3) • 1ST 3210 - Database Design and Implementation (4) • 1ST 3610 - Networks & Data Communications I (4) • 1ST 3700 - E-business Technologies & Web Development (3) • 1ST 4730 - Senior Practicum: Project Management and Systems Development (3) • NTM 3250 - Business Communication (3) Concentration Elective Courses (12 credit hours) Select 4 courses from the following with at least one 4xxx level course • 1ST 3620 - Networks and Data Communications II (3) • 1ST 3720 - Software Development II (3) • 1ST 3730 - Systems Analysis and Design (3) • 1ST 4600 - Information Security I (3) Weber State University 2012-2013 Catalog