Admission/Declaration Requirements

Students may choose Management Information Systems (MIS) as an intended major upon admission to East Carolina University (ECU). Current ECU students in good academic standing (minimum 2.0 GPA) are also eligible to select MIS as a major. Before enrolling in 4000-level MIS concentration or business core courses, students must meet the following requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 45 semester hours (s.h.)
• Cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale
• Completion of the following courses with a minimum grade of C- (1.7) and a 2.5 cumulative GPA across all eight courses:
  • ACCT 2401
  • ACCT 2521
  • ECON 2113
  • ECON 2133
  • FINA 2244
  • MATH 1064
  • MATH 2283
  • MIS 2223

Note: Students who attempt any of the declaration courses listed above more than twice, including withdrawals made after the schedule adjustment period, may not major in any BSBA program.

General Education (40 s.h.)

English (6 s.h.)

• ENGL 1100 Foundations of College Writing
• ENGL 2201 Writing About the Disciplines

Health and Exercise and Sport Science (3 s.h.)

• HLTH 1000 Health in Modern Society
• KINE 1000 Lifetime Physical Activity and Fitness Lab

Humanities and Fine Arts (9 s.h.)

• COMM 2020 Fundamentals of Speech Communication or COMM 2410 Public Speaking
• PHIL 1175 Introduction to Ethics or PHIL 2274 Business Ethics or PHIL 2275 Professional Ethics
• Humanities or Fine Arts elective

Mathematics (3 s.h.)

• MATH 1064 Applied Mathematics for Business

Natural Sciences (7 s.h., including a lab)

Natural Sciences courses and lab requirements.

Social Sciences (9 s.h.)

• ECON 2113 Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 2133 Principles of Macroeconomics
• PSYC 1000 Introductory Psychology or SOCI 2110 Introduction to Sociology

General Education Elective (3 s.h.)

One additional course to fulfill the general education elective requirement.

Business Core (51 s.h.)

Cognates

• ENGL 3880 Writing for Business and Industry
• MATH 2228 Elementary Statistics or MATH 2283 Statistics for Business

Business Core Courses

• ACCT 2401 Financial Accounting
• ACCT 2521 Managerial Accounting
• FINA 2244 Legal Environment of Business
• FINA 3724 Financial Management
• MGMT 3302 Management of Organizations
• MGMT 4842 Strategic Management
• MIS 2223 Introduction to Computers
• MIS 3063 Introduction to Management Information Systems
• MKTG 3832 Marketing Management
• OMGT 3123 Operations and Supply Chain Management
• OMGT 3223 Business Decision Modeling

International Perspectives Course (Choose one)

• ACCT 4451 International Accounting
• FINA 4454 International Finance
• MGMT 3352 International Business
• MKTG 3852 Cultural Environment of International Business
• MKTG 4992 International Marketing

Leadership and Professional Development

• BUSI 1200 Strategy First
• BUSI 2200 Experiential Leadership: Teams in Action
• BUSI 3200 Professional Development and Ethical Leadership
• BUSI 4200 Leadership Capstone
• Senior Business Exam

Concentration (18 s.h.)

• MIS 3673 Software Design and Development
• MIS 4113 Database Management Systems
• MIS 4123 Telecommunications and Networked Systems
• MIS 4153 Web Application Development for Business
• MIS 4163 Information Systems Analysis and Design
• MIS 4173 Information Systems Development and Implementation

General Electives

Additional courses required to meet the graduation requirements of 120 s.h.