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Programs of Study
Programs of Study
At ESU, you can earn a Bachelor of Science in Business degree with a major in Information Systems. If you decide to earn a major in an area other than IS, you also can minor in the IS area. Both the IS major and the IS minor prepare you for employment opportunities in business and industry.
IS Major
The four-year degree program requires you to complete approximately 8 courses (24 credit hours) in IS and approximately 13 courses (39 credit hours) in a common business core. Among the subject areas you may study are:
- Programming languages such as COBOL and Visual BASIC
- Data Base Concepts
- Telecommunications and Networking Applications
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Project Management
- Web-Based Business Applications
- Electronic Commerce
- Internship
The IS Internship course offers you an opportunity to gain on-the-job work experience that complements the traditional classroom instruction.
IS Minor
This minor allows you to pursue another area of study as your major while you minor in IS. The program requires you to complete a prescribed set of six courses (18 credit hours) in IS. If you are a business major, you can earn a IS minor by completing only 12 additional IS credit hours.
Facilities and Equipment
As a IS major at ESU, you have access to the latest hardware and software. A campus-wide, fiber optic backbone network provides students with access to world-wide computing facilities through the Internet. Campus computing facilities available from the network include multiple file servers running the latest in microcomputer software packages. The Richel Computer Lab houses a large selection of networked microcomputers that are available to students more than 80 hours each week. The lab is staffed by a full time coordinator, graduate teaching assistants, and student workers, who can assist with hardware and software problems. IS and Accounting students have opportunities to compete nationally. In 2006, a team of students and faculty won an international Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) competition.