Hours required and general/college requirements

A minimum of 120 semester hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree as specified in the “University Core Curriculum ” in the Academics section of this catalog and the G. Brint Ryan College of Business  requirements regarding tiered progression and the Professional Development courses except for the professional development course BUSI 3200  which is not required for the BS Business Computer Information Systems degree.

Business foundation requirements

See “Business foundation requirements.”

Professional program requirements

See “Professional Program,” below.

Minor

See individual degree plan.

Electives

See individual degree plan.

Other requirements

Professional Development Requirements:

• BUSI 1200 - Professional Development I-Strategies for Business  (with a grade of C or higher)
• BUSI 3100 - Professional Development II-Critical Thinking and Decision Making in Business  (with a grade of C or higher)

BUSI 1200  and BUSI 3100  both require a grade of C or higher. These professional development requirements must be taken prior to BUSI 4940 .

Other requirements for the BS Business Computer Information Systems:

1. It is required that students entering the business computer information systems major for the BS degree have a grade point average of at least 2.7 in all courses completed at UNT. First term/semester transfer students must have a transfer grade point average of 2.7 in order to take professional program courses.
2. A grade of C or above must be earned in each professional program course completed in residence or transferred to UNT.
3. Academic requirements for graduation with a major in business computer information systems for the BS degree:
   • A minimum 2.7 grade point average in all hours attempted in the professional program course, with minimum grades of C required in each professional program course;
   • A grade of C or above in each BCIS course taken in the professional program.

Preprofessional program

See Pre-business requirements in Bachelor of Business Administration in this catalog

Upper-level business foundation

• BCIS 3610 - Basic Information Systems
• BCIS 3615 - Visual Display of Business Information
• BLAW 3430 - Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
• BUSI 4940 - Business Policy

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• DSCI 3710 - Business Statistics with Spreadsheets

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• DSCI 3870 - Management Science

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• FINA 3770 - Finance
• MGMT 3720 - Organizational Behavior
• MKTG 3650 - Foundations of Marketing Practice

Professional program

Business Computer Information Systems, 33 hours:

• BCIS 3630 - Object-Oriented Programming for Business
• BCIS 3680 - Enterprise-Oriented Programming
• BCIS 4610 - Analysis of Business Information Systems
• BCIS 4620 - Introduction to Database Applications
• BCIS 4630 - Fundamentals of Information Technology Security
• BCIS 4680 - Business Data Communications and Networking
• BCIS 4690 - Information Technology Management
• BCIS 4720 - Web-Based Information Technologies
• Three BCIS elective courses

Four-year degree plan (example)

The following four-year plan is one example of a variety of ways in which you can complete your chosen degree in four years, and will serve as a guide for you to design your pathway to degree completion. Variations will depend on whether you need to take prerequisites or have college credit from exams or dual enrollment.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4