**Review** Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

BACS 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Letter Graded.
1- 3

Special Notes

Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Business Administration Major(s)/Minor(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

Course Fee

Differential Tuition Required

BACS 485 Database Management Systems

An activity course covering design, implementation and operation of database systems/applications. Topics include database processing, models, organizational planning, logical and physical design, implementation, data organization and data structures.
3

Prerequisites

(BACS 287 and BACS 300 with a minimum grade of D-)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Entrepreneurship (and) Business Administration (and) Global Business (and) Computer Information Systems (and) Network/Info Systems Security (and) Software Engineering Major(s)/Minor(s)

Class Restriction

Include Senior

Course Fee

Differential Tuition Required

BACS 487 Systems Analysis and Design

An activity course that covers systems analysis and design; emphasizes techniques, tools, skills, procedures and end products. Covers investigation, analysis/design.
3

Prerequisites

(BACS 287 and BACS 300 with a minimum grade of D-)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Computer Information Systems (and) Software Engineering Major(s)/Minor(s)

Class Restriction

Include Senior

Course Fee

Differential Tuition Required

BACS 488 Senior CIS Project

This is an activity course in which students learn and apply software engineering standards and patterns to design, implement, and test software systems.
3

Prerequisites

(BACS 387 or CS 350 with a minimum grade of C-) and (BACS 487 with a minimum grade of C-)

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Entrepreneurship (and) Business Administration (and) Global Business (and) Computer Information Systems (and) Network/Info Systems Security (and) Software Engineering Major(s)/Minor(s)

Class Restriction

Include Senior

Course Fee

Differential Tuition Required

BACS 492 Internship in Computer Information Systems

Obtain practical experience in one or more of the following CIS areas: programming, systems design, DBMS, quantitative research, data communications, DSS. S/U graded.
1- 3

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Entrepreneurship (and) Business Administration (and) Global Business (and) Computer Information Systems (and) Network/Info Systems Security (and) Software Engineering Major(s)/Minor(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 3 credit hours

Course Fee

Differential Tuition Required

BACS 495 Special Topics in CIS

This seminar course explores advanced topics in computer information systems and/or quantitative methods. S/U or letter graded.
1- 3

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Business Administration Major(s)/Minor(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

Course Fee

Differential Tuition Required