The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning MATH 108 - ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS OR MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS OR MATH 121 - CALCULUS I (MATH 108 is highly recommended) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- School Core: ECON 102 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS (HRS 4)
- School Core: INFO 224 - PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY* (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SB1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR BUSINESS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- School Core: ACCT 221 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (HRS 4)
- School Core: INFO 233 - INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SB2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR BUSINESS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - VALUES AND ETHICS/( School Core: BADM 301 - ETHICS IN BUSINESS) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category: - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY OR - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY (Must be outside of ASB) (HRS 4)
- School Core: BADM 225 - MANAGEMENT STATISTICS (HRS 4)
- Major: INFO 332 - DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SB3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR BUSINESS
- Recommended: BADM 120 - EXCEL EXPERT CERTIFICATION PREP** (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- School Core: ECON 101 - MICROECONOMICS (HRS 4)
- School Core: ACCT 222 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (HRS 4)
- School Core: BADM 223 - BUSINESS LAW I (HRS 4)
- Major: INFO 335 - NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- School Core: MKTG 290 - MARKETING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES (HRS 4)
- School Core: FINC 301 - CORPORATE FINANCE I (HRS 4)
- School Core: MGMT 302 - MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (HRS 4)
- Major: INFO 342 - SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- School Core: International Category (HRS 4)
- School Core: MGMT 370 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (HRS 4)
- Major: INFO Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: INFO 441 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- School Core: BADM 301 - ETHICS IN BUSINESS or INFO 315 - COMPUTER LAW AND ETHICS *** (if needed) (HRS 4)
- School Core: BADM 495 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (HRS 4)
- Major: INFO Elective or Elective (if INFO 315 - COMPUTER LAW AND ETHICS was taken) (HRS 4)
- Major: INFO Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
Required GPA for Graduation: 2.0 (overall and in the major)
* Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in INFO 224 in order to take INFO 233 Introduction to Programming, INFO 310 Business Analytics I, INFO 332 Database Management Systems, and INFO 335 Networks and Distributed Processing; students must earn a grade of “C” or better in BADM 225 in order to take INFO 310 Business Analytics I
**BADM 120 Excel Expert Certification Prep (2 cr.) is recommended for all Information Technology Management majors in the second year, second semester.
*** INFO 315 Computer Law and Ethics double-counts as ASB ethics requirement and an INFO elective. BADM 301 Ethics in Business double-counts as ASB ethics requirement and as GE – Values and Ethics
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