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Information Systems & Operations Management

For more information about the ISOM Department contact:

Dr. Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah
ISOM Department, UNCG
PO Box 26165
Greensboro, NC 27402-6165
Voice: 336.334.5666
Fax: 336.334.4083
Email: kwasi_amoako@uncg.edu

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Information Systems and Operations Management
Undergraduate Course Requirements

Degree: Bachelor of Science
Required: 122 semester hours, to include at least 36 hours at or above the 300 level
Available Concentrations & AOS Codes:
     Information Systems, U313
     Supply Chain Management, U339

General Program Requirements

1. Formal admission to the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, including the following:
   1. Successful completion of ACC 201, 202; CST 105; ECO 201, 202, 250; ENG 101 or FMS 115 or RCO 101, and ENG 102; ISM 110, 280; and MAT 120* or 191
   2. Grade of B- or higher in ISM 110
   3. A cumulative GPA of at least 2.0

1. For IS concentration: grades of B- or better in ISM 210 and 240, and C or better in ISM 280, 301, 310 and 318
   For SCM concentration: grade of B- or better in ISM 210; grades of C or better in ISM 240, 280, 301, 318, and SCM 302, 306, and 402
2. 122 semester hours
3. At least 50 percent of the business credit hours required for the degree must be earned at UNCG

*MAT 100 and MAT 115 may be needed as prerequisites for MAT 120 depending upon math placement test score or completion of previous college math.

I. General Education Core Requirements (GEC)

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

Students may select courses for:

3 hrs Literature (GLT)
3 hrs Fine Arts (GFA)
3 hrs Philosophical, Religious, Ethical Principles (GPR)
3 hrs Historical Perspectives on Western Culture (GHP)
6-7 hrs Natural Sciences (GNS)
   — one must be a laboratory course; each must have a different departmental prefix

Department specifies courses for:

3 hrs One additional GLT, GFA, or GPR course
   — Required: Foreign language XX 203B (e.g., SPA 203B) or equivalent
3 hrs Mathematics (GMT)
   — Mat 120 or 191
6 hrs Reasoning and Discourse (GRD)
   — ENG 101 or FMS 115 or RCO 101, and Eng 102
6 hrs Social and Behavioral Sciences (GSB)
   — ECO 201 and 202

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.

Students may select courses for:

Global/Global Non-Western Perspectives (GL/GN)

four (4) courses carrying GL/GN markers, at least one of which must carry the GN marker

One Speaking Intensive (SI) Course

In addition to this SI Marker requirement, students must also complete a second SI course within the major. All programs have identified at least one course among their major requirements that is taught as Speaking Intensive.

One Writing Intensive (WI) Course

In addition to this WI Marker requirement, students must also complete a second WI course within the major. All programs have identified at least one course among their major requirements that is taught as Writing Intensive.

III. Major and Related Area Requirements

For Both Concentrations

1. ISM 110, 210, 240, 280, 301, 318, 321, and SCM 302
2. Related areas: ACC 201, 202; BUS 105A**; CST 105*; ECO 201*, 202*, 250, 300*; ENG 101*, 102*; FIN 315; MAT 120* or 191*; MGT 301*, 309*, 312, 330, 491; MKT 320
3. Nine (9) hours of a foreign language*; see requirement details.

*MAT 120 or 191 fulfills GEC MT; ENG 101, and ENG 102 or CST 105 fulfill GEC RD; ECO 201 and 202 fulfill GEC SB; ECO 300, MGT 301, and foreign language fulfill 9­12 hrs of GL/GN requirement; MGT 309 fulfills major WI and SI requirements; CST 105 fulfills SI requirement outside major.

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

Information Systems Concentration

1. Required: ISM 310, 452
2. Six hours of electives from: ISM 325, SCM 306, 402, or other approved electives

Supply Chain Management Concentration

1. Required: SCM 306, 402, 432
2. Three hours from: ISM 310, 325, SCM 304, or other approved electives

IV. Electives

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

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