Naveen Jindal School of Management

Computer Information Systems and Technology (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and Technology

Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)

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Faculty

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Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Riki Takeuchi @rxt173730, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Michael Hasler @mxh190031, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Rafael Copat @rxc190027, Soraya Fatehi @sxf200005, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Jason Kautz @jdk200000, Tongil Kim @txk200012, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Christopher Mace @cxm200014, Samir Mamadehussene @sxm200118, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Zixuan Meng @zxm200005, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Jedson Pinto @jpp200002, Ignacio Rios Uribe @iar200000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Kirti Sinha @kxs190050, Shujing Sun @sxs200168, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Hongchang Wang @hxw140930, Pingle Wang @pxw200007, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930

Professor Emeritus: R. Chandrasekaran @chandra

Associate Professor Emeritus: David J. Springate @spring8

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Paul Convery @pxc141930, Tevfik Dalgic @tdalgic, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Robert Kaiser @rck180000, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Van Latham @vml170230, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Larry Norton @lxn171230, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Prakash Shrivastava @pcs130130, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos @clb120030, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Dupinderjeet Kaur @dxk110730, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Jason Parker @jap090020

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Suzette Plaisance Bryan @stp170002, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Hirofumi Nishi @hxn210016, Daniel Sibley @dcs170002, Agnieszka Skuza @axo027000, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Daniel Karnuta @dxk173030, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130

Professors of Practice: Gregory Ballew @geb011100, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Charles Haseman @cxh180018, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000, Donald Taylor @det190000, Keith Thurgood @klt160130

Associate Professors of Practice: Nozar Hassanzadeh @nozarh, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, Julie Lynch @jxl180030, Jennifer Murray @jrm160330, David Parks @dxp153830, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Steven Haynes @sxh102420, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Edward Meda @exm150330, Paul Nichols @pxn120030, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours¹

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses (see advisor)

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{2, 3, 4, 5}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses⁴ (see advisor)

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses (see advisor and degree requirements)

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses (see advisor)

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses (see advisor)

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History Core courses (see advisor)

Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Core courses (see advisor)

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one of the following:⁶

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{2, 3}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{2, 3}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{2, 3}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{2, 3}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses (see advisor)

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Choose two of the following:⁶

MATH 1326 Applied Calculus II^{2, 3, 4}

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{2, 3}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{2, 3}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{2, 3}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{2, 3}

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses (see advisor)

II. Major Requirements: 75-78 semester credit hours

Students must meet all course prerequisites.

Major Preparatory Courses: 21-24 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting²

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting²

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law²

ITSS 3311 Introduction to Programming⁷

ITSS 4381 Object Oriented Programming with Python^{8, 9}

or ITSS 3312 Object-Oriented Programming^{8, 9}

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{2, 3, 4, 5}

MATH 1326 Applied Calculus II^{2, 3, 4, 10}

or OPRE 3340 Advanced Business Quantitative Methods^{2, 11}

OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis^{2, 10}

or MATH 2333 Matrices, Vectors, and Data^{2, 12}

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

Choose two of the following:⁶

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{2, 3}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{2, 3}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{2, 3}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{2, 3}

Major Core Courses: 24 semester credit hours

BCOM 1300 Professional Communication¹³

or BCOM 3300 Business Communication¹³

BCOM 4300 Advanced Professional Communication

FIN 3320 Business Finance

IMS 3310 International Business

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

or OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management

OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management

Students are required to complete 100 hours of community engagement:

BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum¹⁴

Major Related Courses: 21 semester credit hours

ITSS 4300 Database Fundamentals

ITSS 4330 Systems Analysis and Design

ITSS 4351 Foundations of Business Intelligence

ITSS 4360 Network and Information Security

ITSS 4370 Information Technology Infrastructure

ITSS 4382 Applied Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

ITSS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Information Systems

or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the following courses.

ITSS 4090 Information Technology and Systems Internship¹⁵

or BA 4090 Management Internship^{15, 16}

Guided Electives: 9 semester credit hours

The BS CIST degree program requires students to focus on a specific concentration to obtain in-depth knowledge in a particular business area.

A change to a student's concentration will require a formal change in major.

Students may choose 9 semester credit hours from one of the following Concentrations.

A. Concentration in Business Intelligence and Analytics

Students who wish to focus on analytical applications on a firm technical foundation can choose the Concentration in Business Intelligence and Analytics, which requires a choice of three of the following courses for a total of 9 semester credit hours:

ITSS 4352 Introduction to Web Analytics

ITSS 4353 Business Analytics

ITSS 4354 Advanced Big Data Analytics

ITSS 4355 Data Visualization

B. Concentration in Enterprise Systems

Students who wish to focus on the internal, integrated information systems within an organization must take the following courses for a total 9 semester credit hours:

ITSS 4340 Enterprise Resource Planning

ITSS 4343 Integrated SCM Information Systems

or ITSS 4344 CRM using Salesforce

ACCT 4342 Accounting Information Systems and Financial Reporting

or ACCT 3322 Integrated Accounting Information Systems

C. Concentration in IT Sales Engineering

Students who wish to focus on sales of technical products and services, must take the following courses for a total 9 semester credit hours:

ITSS 4340 Enterprise Resource Planning

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Selling

MKT 4331 Digital Prospecting

or MKT 4332 Advanced Professional Sales

D. Concentration in IT Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Students who wish to focus development of new technical products in a start-up environment, must take the following courses for a total 9 semester credit hours:

ENTP 3301 Innovation and Entrepreneurship

ENTP 4330 Entrepreneurial Marketing

or ENTP 4311 Entrepreneurial Strategy and Business Models

ITSS 4344 CRM using Salesforce

or BLAW 4305 Introduction to Patent Law

E. Concentration in Cybersecurity Management

Students who wish to focus on cybersecurity within a firm technical foundation can choose the Concentration in Cybersecurity, which requires the three following courses for a total of 9 semester credit hours:

ITSS 4356 Data Governance

ITSS 4361 Information Technology Cybersecurity

ITSS 4362 Cybersecurity Governance

F. Concentration in Information Technology and Systems

Any 9 semester credit hours of ITSS upper-division courses, excluding ITSS 4301 Database Systems¹⁷ and ITSS 4V90 ITSS Internship, that are not part of the BS CIST major preparatory, major core, or major related courses may be used to satisfy the 9 semester credit hours of guided elective credit.

III. Elective Requirements: 0-3 semester credit hours

Free Electives: 0-3 semester credit hours¹¹

Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives.

The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.

1. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

2. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

3. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

4. MATH 1325 is required for all JSOM undergraduate students. Students may elect to substitute MATH 2413 or MATH 2417 for MATH 1325

5. To make timely degree progress, students should complete MATH 1325 or its equivalent by the end of their first semester at UT Dallas. Students who will not meet this requirement should contact their academic advisor to discuss their degree timeline.

6. Certain courses listed are prerequisites for major core, major concentration, or major related courses. Choose accordingly.

7. Students who have completed CS 1436 with a C or better may replace ITSS 3311 with an additional ITSS upper-division course (excluding ITSS 4301 and ITSS 4V90).

8. Students who have completed CS 1337 with a C or better may replace ITSS 3312 with an additional ITSS upper-division course (excluding ITSS 4301 and ITSS 4V90).

9. ITSS 4381 can satisfy the ITSS 3312 major preparatory requirement in prior BS CIST catalogs if the course is not used elsewhere on the degree plan.

10. Students who choose MATH 1326 or MATH 2414 or MATH 2419 instead of OPRE 3340 will require a total of 3 semester credit hours of free electives to meet the 120 semester credit hour requirement for graduation. Students who choose OPRE 3340 instead of MATH 1326 or MATH 2414 or MATH 2419 will require another 090 Component Area Option Core Curriculum course and a total of 3 semester credit hours of free electives to meet the 120 semester credit hour requirement for graduation.

11. BPS 4395 can be taken instead of ITSS 4395 only if ITSS 4395 Capstone is not available.

12. Students may substitute MATH 2418 or CS 2305 for OPRE 3333 or MATH 2333.

13. JSOM first-time-in-college freshmen are required to take BCOM 1300 in their first semester. Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BCOM 3300 in their first semester.

14. Students may fulfill the community engagement requirement with BA 4095, BPS 4396, ENTP 4340, or MKT 4360. The zero semester credit hour course BA 4095 is recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement.

15. Students may fulfill the internship requirement with ITSS 4090, BA 4090, or ITSS 4V90 (1-3 semester credit hours). The zero semester credit hour courses ITSS 4090 or BA 4090 are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement.

16. Students employed in full-time jobs may fulfill their internship requirement with their current employer as a special project with preapproval from their program director.

17. ACCT 4301 or ITSS 4301 may not be used to satisfy BS CIST degree requirements.