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Information Systems and Operations Management Major (ISOM)

General Program Requirements

1. Successful completion of all major and related area requirements listed below
2. Grade of C or higher in ISM 110
3. A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0
4. For IS concentration: grades of C or better in ISM 218, 240, 280, 301
   
   For SCM concentration: grade of C or better in ISM 210, 218, 280, and C or better in SCM 302 and 306
   
5. 122 s.h.
6. At least 50 percent of the business semester hours required for the degree must be earned at UNCG

I General Education Core Requirements (GEC)

See complete GEC requirements and approved course listings for all categories.

Core Category	S.H.
Students may select courses for:
Literature (GLT)	3
Fine Arts (GFA)	3
Historical Perspectives on Western Culture (GHP)	3
Natural Sciences (GNS) one must be a laboratory course; each must have a different departmental prefix	6–7
One additional GLT, GFA, or GPR course	3
Department specifies courses for:
Mathematics (GMT) MAT 120 or 191	3
Philosophical, Religious, Ethical Principles (GPR) PHI 361	3
Reasoning and Discourse (GRD) ENG 101 or FMS 115 or RCO 101, and CST 105	6
Social and Behavioral Sciences (GSB) ECO 201 and 202	6

 

II General Education Marker Requirements

See details and courses. It is possible to meet all GE Marker Requirements while completing the GE Core requirements or courses required by the major/concentration.

 

III Major and Related Area Requirements

For Both Concentrations

1. ISM 110, 218, 280, and SCM 302
2. Related areas: ACC 201, 202; BUS 105**; CST 105*; ECO 201*, 202*, 250, 300*; ENG 101* or FMS 115* or RCO 101*; FIN 315; MAT 120* or 191*; MGT 301*, 309*, 312, 330, 491; MKT 320; PHI 361
3. Global and Cultural Perspectives
   
   The Bryan mission emphasizes successful performance in a global economy. Our student learning objectives include the following common learning objective for all of our Bachelor of Science programs (with the exception of the Economics and the Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies majors): Students can evaluate the role global markets have on management decisions and formulate appropriate strategies to improve performance in the world economy. There are four learning dimensions for this learning objective (Objective #5):
   
   
   • 5.1 Identifies global issues relevant to a business decision.
   • 5.2 Considers global consequences of human and financial resources management.
   • 5.3 Appreciates the challenges of accessing supply sources, financial markets, and intellectual capital in a global market (barriers to entry, etc.).
   • 5.4 Recognizes the dynamic nature of international political, environmental, and legal forces and their implications for organizations and the ways in which they operate.
   The Bryan School uses MGT 301 to deliver much of the content/knowledge required for Dimension 5.2 above, and ECO 300 to deliver Dimensions 5.3 and 5.4. A variety of courses can be used to improve our students' understanding of Dimensions 5.1, 5.3, and 5.4 based on the match between the learning dimensions and the specific course learning objectives, and the student work products required in these courses.
   
   Our Global and Cultural Perspectives requirement for all Bachelor of Science majors include foreign language through the 102 level of any one specific language—the typical sequence of UNCG courses for foreign languages is 101 and 102. Students may be exempted from the beginning levels through a placement test. Students studying abroad may fulfill the foreign language requirement by taking any foreign language course in the host-country language, at any level.
   
   Students must also select a Global and Cultural Perspectives (GCP) elective from the following:
   
   Any foreign language 203 course or a 101-level course in a second foreign language; ATY 325, BUS 130 or ENT 130, BUS 342 or ENT 342, CHI 220, CRS 221, CST 337, ECO 100, ECO 365, FIN 444, FRE 232, FRE 241, FRE 341, GEO 315, GEO 333 or 533, HEA 207, HMT 251, IGS 210, JNS 220, MGT 304, MKT 426, PHI 338, PSC 240, PSC 290, PSC 340, PSC 341, PSC 344, PSC 347, PSC 348, PSC 350, PSC 355J, PSC 355P, PSC 391 or 392, SOC 202, SOC 344, SPA 233, SPA 240, or SPA 341.
   
   Non-native speakers of English are exempted from the foreign language and GCP elective requirements, but must complete ECO 300 and MGT 301.

*MAT 120 or 191 fulfills GMT; CST 105 and ENG 101 (or FMS 115 or RCO 101) fulfill GRD; ECO 201 and 202 fulfill GSB; ECO 300 and MGT 301 fulfill 6 semester hours of GL requirement; MGT 309 fulfills major WI and SI; CST 105 fulfills SI outside major; PHI 361 fulfills GPR.

**BUS 105 is for students entering UNCG as freshmen and must be taken during the first two semesters of enrollment.

Information Systems Concentration

Required: ISM 116, 240, 301, 321, 324, 452

Supply Chain Management Concentration

1. Required: ISM 210; SCM 304, 306
2. Three (3) s.h. of electives from: ISM 116, 240, 301, 321, 324, 411, SCM 402, 432, or other approved elective

IV Electives

Electives sufficient to complete 122 total semester hours required for the degree.