Advisement Worksheet: Business Information Systems Option (2014-2015)
Note: The catalog contains official requirements. This is simply an advisement tool to help with planning. In all cases, you should check the catalog to make sure that you are meeting curriculum requirements.
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The General Education Requirements are expressed in Competencies. The student can meet the requirements for these competencies by taking as few as seven courses and as many as eleven courses. One course can meet as many as 3 competencies. To meet the requirements in seven courses careful planning is required. It is strongly recommended that the student meet with a CIS advisor for assistance in selecting courses. / General Education competency fulfilled by taking specified class.
ENG101 / Composition I: College Writing (3cr) / Written Communication (6cr)
ENG102 / Composition II: Writing about Literature (3cr) / Written Communication (6cr)
Pick One
MTH119
MTH125
MTH131 / Fundamental Statistics (3cr)
Modern College Math (3cr)
Elements of College Math (3cr) / Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning (3-4 cr)
Scientific Reasoning & Discovery / Pick a 3 or 4 credit course from the Scientific Reasoning & Discovery category list: Science Electives. / Scientific Reasoning & Discovery (3-4 cr)
Pick One
COM101
COM114 / Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Professional Speaking / Humanities (3 cr)
Oral Communication (0-3 cr)
The CIS department has created 2 plans that will allow the student to complete the 5 remaining competencies by taking only 2 classes. These are recommended plans, not required. The student can choose to follow either one of these plans to fulfill the specified general education competencies or the student can develop his/her own plan. Check the catalog for other options because other courses have been added to the competency lists.
If the student has transferred courses from another college or has changed majors while at BCC and has taken other BCC courses he/she should meet with a CIS advisor to determine how/if these classes fulfill any of the general education requirements in his/her program.
Plan A
Pick One
HST113*
HST114* / United States History to 1877
United States History from 1877 / Historical Awareness (3cr)
Multicultural Perspective (0-3 cr)
Ethical Dimensions (0-3 cr)
Pick One
HST111, HST1112, HST113*, HST114*, HST226, HST257, ART105, ART106, PSY271, SOC101, SOC212, SOC252, GVT111, GVT112 / Social Phenomenon (3cr)
Global Awareness (0-3 cr)
or Plan B
Pick One
HST111
HST112
HST113*
HST114* / The West and the World I
The West and the World II
United States History to 1877
United States History from 1877 / Historical Awareness (3cr)
Global Awareness (0-3 cr)
Pick One
HST113*
HST114*
SOC256 / United States History to 1877
United States History from 1877
Race Relations / Social Phenomenon (3cr)
Multicultural Perspective (0-3 cr)
Ethical Dimensions (0-3 cr)
*The same course cannot be selected from each block in Plan A or Plan B (i.e., if HST113 is selected in the first block for Plan A it cannot be used as the selection from the 2nd block for Plan A.
General Courses:
BUS115 / Fundamentals of an Enterprise (1cr)
ACC101 / Principles of Accounting I (4cr)
ACC150 / Small Business Financial Software (3cr)
CIS Requirements: Recommended Order to take CIS Courses
Semester I:
CIS112
**If you are not prepared for CIS112, take CIS111 as your CIS elective prior to taking CIS112. / Microcomputers Applications (3cr)
**Students without any experience in Microsoft Office are encouraged to take CIS111 (Intro to Business Information Systems) prior to taking CIS112. CIS112 is required in the program. Students who take CIS111 in the first semester still need to take CIS112. You should consiider taking CIS112 in the third semester. If you take CIS111, you can count it as one of the required CIS electives.
CIS120 / Programming: Logic, Design and Implementation (3 cr)
Semester II:
CIT131 / Business Creativity (3 cr)
CIS122 / Internet Developer (3 cr)
CIS121 / Operating Systems (3 cr)
Semester III:
Pick One CIS elective**
CIS111
CIS161
CIS162
CIS150
CIS152
CIS132
CIS131
CIS159
CIT164 / ** Students who took CIS111 can count that as their elective and should consider taking CIS112 this semester.
Intro to Business Information Systems (3cr)
Database Design (3cr)
Applications for Web Development (3cr)
Oracle and SQL (3cr)
Database Programming and Management with Access (3cr)
Intro to Unix/Linux Shell Programming (3cr)
Windows Server Administration I (3cr)
MySQL and PHP
Open Source Operating System
CIS160 / Microcomputer Environment (3 cr)
CIT102 / Security Awareness (1 cr)
Pick One
CIS152
CIS150
CIS159* / Database Programming and Management with Access (3cr)
Oracle and SQL (3cr)
MySQL and PHP (3cr)
*Note that CIS159 is a spring course. If you are into web development you should consider taking it and making schedule adjustments. For example move the CIS Elective from semester 4 to this semester and take CIS159 in the 4th semester.
Semester IV:
Pick One
CIS162
CIS156
CIS132 / Applications for Web Development (3cr)
Visual Basic (3cr)
Introduction to Unix/Linux and Shell Programming (3 cr)
Pick One
CIS105
EGR133* / Hardware Fundamentals (1cr)
Computer Configuration and Repair. (4cr)
* EGR133 is strongly recommended to complete requirements for A+ certificate and to prepare for taking the A+ certification exam.
Pick One
CED210
EGR133
CIS111
CIS161
CIS162
CIS150
CIS152
CIS132
CIS131
CIS159
CIT164
3 or 4 cr ACC, MAN, MAR / Cooperative Work Experience I (3cr)
Computer Configuration & Repair (4cr)
Intro to Business Information Systems (3cr)
Database Design (3cr)
Applications for Web Development (3cr)
Oracle and SQL (3cr)
Database Programming and Management with Access (3cr)
Intro to Unix/Linux Shell Programming (3cr)
Windows Server Administration I (3cr)
MySQL and PHP
Open Source Operating System
Any 3 or 4 credit ACC, MAN or MAR course
CIS270 / Systems Analysis and Design Seminar (3cr)
An electronic copy of this worksheet can be found at: under Advisement for CIS/CIT