The Management Information Systems minor is available for students who wish to develop
a deeper understanding and practical skill sets in information systems. Students selecting
this Management Information Systems minor will take 18 credit hours of coding and
computer applications courses.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will gain skills in programming, develop algorithms using top-down stepwise
refinement including competencies in arrays, pointers, strings, classes, data abstraction,
inheritance, composition and overloading.
- Students will have hands on experience with excel spreadsheets, access databases and
SQL (Structured Query Language).
- Students will understand practical skill in MIS regarding the strategic role of information
systems and the organizational, managerial and industrial changes driving e-business,
globalization and the emerging digital firm.
- Students analyze the main function of the systems analyst, determine project feasibility
and manage design activities.
- Students create and use data flow diagrams, explain how a database management system
works and describe, plan, and document system requirements. They conduct project planning,
scheduling, monitoring, and reporting.
About Academic Minors
Farmingdale State College students are invited to enhance their studies with an "Academic
Minor." A minor is a cluster of thematically related courses drawn from one or more
departments. In addition to department based minors (e.g. computer programming & info
systems), interdisciplinary minors are also available (e.g. legal studies).
Academic minors are approved by the College-Wide Curriculum Committee and the Provost.
Students must make application for an academic minor through the department offering
the minor in conjunction with the Registrar's Office Specific course work must be
determined in consultation with a faculty member in the department offering the minor.
A statement of successful completion of the academic minor will appear on the student's
transcript at the time of graduation.
- A minor is considered to be an optional supplement to a student's major program of
study.
- Completion of a minor is not a graduation requirement and is subject to the availability
of the courses selected. However, if the requirements for a minor are not completed
prior to certification of graduation in the major, it will be assumed that the minor
has been dropped. Consequently, the student will only be certified for graduation
in their primary major.
- Only students in 4 year baccalaureate programs can apply for a minor.
- A minor should consist of 15 to 21 credits.
- At least 12 credits must be in courses at the 200 level or higher.
- At least 9 credits must be residency credits.
- Specific requirements for each minor are determined by the department granting the
minor.
- Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in their minor. Some
minors may require a higher GPA.
- Students are prohibited from declaring a minor in the same discipline as their major
(e.g. one cannot combine an applied math minor with an applied math major). Academic minors may not apply to all curricula.
- Students are permitted to double-count courses.
- Students are only permitted to take more than one minor with appropriate written approval
of their department chair or curriculum Dean.
Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on
the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military
status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Computer Programming and Information Systems | David S. Gerstl | cpis@farmingdale.edu | 934-420-2190
| Required: |
Credits |
| CSC 111 Computer Programming I |
3 |
| BCS 160 Computers, Society, and Technology |
3 |
| BCS 260 Introduction to Database Systems |
3 |
| BCS 300 Management Information Systems |
3 |
| BCS 301W Systems Analysis & Design |
3 |
| BCS 3XX Level or higher with permission of Chair |
3 |
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