Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Computer Information Systems Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Computer Information Systems Minor

Romain College of Business 

18 hours

The Computer Information Systems minor is designed to provide students with the technical knowledge and skills needed to facilitate operational and strategic decisions of an organization. Further, it prepares students to support organizations implementing computing solutions which address business problems through enhancement, innovation, management, modification, or the automation of business processes.

The Computer Information Systems minor incorporates both theoretical and applied learning practices to instill in students both a knowledge base and a practical set of Business skills. The curriculum incorporates competencies relevant to industry needs by including necessary topics like cybersecurity, data analytics, data management, data storage design, network communications, and systems development. The curriculum is dynamically updated to ensure students can address evolving challenges in an ever-changing digital landscape.

Romain College of Business Minors

Academic minor programs may be completed in accounting, business administration (only available for non-business majors), computer information systems, computer science, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, management, marketing, and web development for enterprise. Romain College of Business majors who elect to complete minors will typically have to take more than the 120 hours required for a degree in order to complete requirements for a major and a minor. All pre-requisite courses must be completed before enrollment in any upper-level business or economics course; any exceptions must receive prior approval from the dean of the Romain College of Business.

Required Courses (12 credits)

These four courses make up the base knowledge necessary for completing the CIS minor.

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CIS 201 - Business Processes and Information Systems
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CIS 375 - Systems Analysis and Design
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CIS 367 - Data Communications
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CIS 377 - Introduction to Database Concepts
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3

Elective Courses (6 credits)

Select 2 courses from the following list:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CIS 276 - Introduction to Enterprise Web Development
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
CIS 281 - Introductory Programming for Business Systems
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CIS 301 - Enterprise Processes and Information Systems
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CIS 311 - Applied Artificial Intelligence
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CIS 322 - Data Analytics with Productivity Tools
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CIS 333 - Data Visualization & Storytelling
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CIS 344 - Automated Machine Learning for All
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CIS 345 - Information Systems Security and Risk Management
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CIS 366 - Data Management for Business Intelligence & Analytics
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CIS 368 - Network Management
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CS 258 - Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Using C#
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
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