Program Handbook

• Index
• Introduction
• BBA in MIS Program
• FAQ
• Course
  Requirements
• IBIT
• IT Resources
• Careers in MIS
• Professional Development
• Student
  Professional Organization
• Finances and Scholarships
• Registration and Policies
• Academic and Campus Resources
• Alumni
• Faculty and Staff

4 BBA in MIS Requirements

The degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) may be conferred upon a student by recommendation of the faculty and upon the satisfactory completion of a minimum of 123 semester hours of credit with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 overall and in the major. A minimum of 123 credit hours will be earned in the following four categories:

(This information is based on: http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/Academic_programs/schools_colleges/fox/intro/gradreq/fox_gradreq.shtm)

4.1 University Core Curriculum

Students entering Temple as freshmen and transfer students with fewer than 45 transfer credits complete these Core requirements:

• Temple Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT) (formerly known as Library Skills) - 0 s.h.
• Composition - 3 s.h.
• Intellectual Heritage - 6 s.h.
• American Culture - 3 s.h.
• The Arts - 3 s.h.
• The Individual and Society - 3 s.h.
• International Studies/Language - 3-6 s.h.
• Quantitative Reasoning - 6-8 s.h.
• Science/Technology - 6-8 s.h.
• Studies in Race - 3 s.h.
• Additional Writing-Intensive Courses* - 3-9 s.h.
• Total Core Credits** = 39-52

* Three Writing-Intensive courses are required in addition to the two Writing-Intensive Intellectual Heritage courses. The three additional courses include a Writing Capstone course (3 credits) required by the student's major and two other approved Writing-Intensive courses. A range of credits is given because those courses may overlap with another Core area, and so are not counted as separate credits, or may be Writing-Intensive only.

**The results of placement tests and options in the International Studies area may result in lower numbers of required courses and credits. For more info: http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/Academic_programs/core/generalinfo/core_generalinfo.shtm

Advanced transfer students satisfy the Core through either the 45+ Transfer Core or Core-to-Core Transfer. For more information: http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/Academic_programs/core/transfer_programs/core_transfer_programs.shtm

4.2 Fox School of Business and Management Requirements

4.2.1 Lower-Division Foundation Requirements

4.2.2 Upper-Division Foundation Requirements (limited to juniors and seniors)

4.2.3 Requirements of Management Information Systems Major

Twelve business courses (34 s.h.) and eight non-business courses (25 s.h.) are required as part of the lower- and upper-division foundation requirements for the BBA program. In addition, a minimum of nine business courses must be completed in the major, which is comprised of 1) required major courses, 2) one information technology course, 3) an international course, 4) one 200+ Economics course, 5) and business electives.

NOTE: Many upper-division foundation courses and major courses have prerequisites. Some of these prerequisites also include grade requirements. Students are required to meet all prerequisites. The School reserves the right to de-enroll students from courses when prerequisites have not been met. Prerequisites will be strictly enforced. The majority of the major course work, as well as all prerequisites, must be completed prior to taking the capstone course for the major. Students not meeting the requirements for the courses they enroll in may be de-enrolled from those courses. You can review course descriptions at http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/ugradbulletin/ucd/ucdtoc.html and select Management Information Systems from the list of majors.

4.3 MIS Course Structure

Note: Students should start their MIS courses in their sophomore year or at the very latest – the first semester of their junior year
To print the course structure, and use it as a template, please download the form.

Electives

Students who have satisfied all of the requirements listed above may need to take additional credits to achieve the 123 credit minimum required for graduation. These credits may be taken in either business or non-business courses.

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Department of Management Information Systems

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