UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

 

Academic Program Approval

 

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.  Proposing department should complete this form.  For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.

 

 

Submitted by: __Jackson F. Gillespie_____________phone number____1790________

                               

Department:  __ Accounting and MIS_________email address: gillespj@lerner.udel.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Action:  _____Revise major____________________________________________________________________

(Example:  add major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration,  revise major/minor/concentration,  academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)

 

Effective term_______07F___________________________________________________________________________

                                                (use format 04F, 05W)

 

Current degree___BS with a major in Management Information Systems_________

                                    (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: ____same_________________________

                                                                                             (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

 

Proposed name:__________________________________________________________

                                            Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:_Management Information Systems__

                                                                                (Example:  Applied Music – Instrumental  degree BMAS)

 

Undergraduate minor:___________________________________________

                                   (Example:  African Studies, Business Administration,  English, Leadership, etc.)            

 

Graduate Program Policy statement change:__________________________

                                                              (Must attach  your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

 

            Graduate Program of Study:________________________________________

                              (Example:  Animal Science: MS  Animal Science:  PHD  Economics: MA Economics: PHD)

 

 

                Graduate minor / concentration:_____________________________________

 

 

Note: all graduate studies proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.

 

 

 

List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?

 (Be aware that approval of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)

 

 

Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/

 

 

 

Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:

(Attach permission from the affected units.  If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

We are deleting CISC 181 as a required course for our majors, so the demand for that course should decrease.  This will affect the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.

 

 

Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s):

(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)

1.  Requiring students to get at least a C- in certain courses makes the program more rigorous, plus it makes the program more consistent with the other major in the department (accounting).

2.  Changing the required programming course in the major from CISC 181 to BUEC 325 (being

     changed to BUEC 225) will give the student Visual Basic rather than C++.  Visual Basic is

     considered to be more relevant for upper-level MIS courses.

 

Program Requirements: 

(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog.  If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparison of the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)

 

 

 

 ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION:        (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)

 

Department Chairperson                                                                                                        Date                                       

 

Dean of College                                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee___________________________________Date_____________________

 

Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies                                                                   Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com.                                                                 Date                                       

 

Secretary, Faculty Senate                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Date of Senate Resolution                                                                                                      Date to be Effective               

 

Registrar                                                                  Program Code                                         Date                                       

 

Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Planning                                                                  Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 5/02/06   /khs

 

 

DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

MAJOR: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

CURRICULUM CREDITS

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

ENGL 110 Critical Reading and Writing

(with a minimum grade of C-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

First Year Experience (see p. 64) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4

Discovery Learning Experience (see p. 64) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Three credits in an approved course or courses stressing multi-cultural, ethnic,

and/or gender-related course content (see p. 64-66) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

Twelve Humanities credits from: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Art History, History, English (except composition or similar course), Foreign

Languages (up to 6 of the allowable 9 credits may be grammar courses),

Philosophy, Music (except credit for participation in instrumental and/or choral

organization), Theatre, Comparative Literature, and literature courses in a foreign

language. No more than nine credits may be taken in one department.

Six social and behavioral science credits from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Anthropology, Psychology, or Sociology

ECON 151 Introduction to Microeconomics: Prices and Markets . . . . . . . . 3

ECON 152 Introduction to Macroeconomics: National Economy . . . . . . . . 3

COMM 212 Oral Communication in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MATH 221 Calculus I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MATH 230 Finite Mathematics with Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MATH 201/202 Introduction to Statistics I and II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

One of the following courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENGL 301 Expository Writing

ENGL 312 Written Communications in Business

ENGL 410 Technical Writing

ENGL 415 Writing in the Professions

Six Credits chosen from: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Mathematics beyond Calculus I, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Geology, Physical

Geography, Physical Science, Oceanography, Animal Science or Plant Science.                                CHANGES:

 

All of the following courses:                                                                                         Delete CISC 181 and add BUEC 225

CISC 181 Introduction to Computer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3                   Modern Business Computing (Please

CISC 250 Business Telecommunication Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3                    see note at bottom).

ACCT 207 Accounting I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      3

ACCT 208 Accounting II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       3

ACCT 160 Business Information Systems I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ACCT 261 Business Information Systems II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3                  Delete ACCT 261 as a requirement.

BUAD 301 Introduction to Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3

BUAD 306 Operations Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3                   All of the 13 courses left in this section

BUAD 309 Management and Organizational Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3                       will require a minimum grade of C- for

FINC 311 Principles of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     3                 MIS majors.

BUEC 330 Data Base Design & Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

BUEC 430 Systems Analysis & Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

BUEC 431 Technological Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

BUEC 432 Problem Solving Project Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

 

Professional Concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Twelve Credits from any one area of business, accounting, or economics. Students

must select ONE of the following disciplines: Accounting, Economics, Finance,

Management, Marketing, or Operations Management, and complete 12 credits of

300 and/or 400 level courses in that ONE discipline and approved by the

student’s academic advisor.                                                                                         MIS electives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MIS Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6                 Because we are dropping ACCT 261

BUEC courses 300-level or above (excluding BUEC 325) and CISC courses 300-                               as a requirement, the number of MIS

level or above and approved by the student’s academic advisor. CISC 220: Data                              elective credits would increase from

Structures is strongly recommended as an elective course.                                             6 to 9.

ELECTIVES

In addition to the required courses, sufficient credits must be taken to meet the

minimum credits required for the degree. Elective courses should be taken outside

of the Lerner College of Business & Economics. For Economics or International

Business Minors only six (6) credits can be applied to the elective category. No

more than two credits can come from HESC 120.

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

                                                                                                                                NOTE:

                                                                                                                                A course revision is currently going through                                                                                                                                   challenge process that will change BUEC 325                                                                                                                                 to BUEC 225 and some of its content. 

                                                                                                                                Because of the change in content in BUEC

                                                                                                                                225, students will no longer be required to

                                                                                                                                ACCT 261.