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Jun 20, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Communication Literacy Requirement

Communication Literacy courses for the Information Technology major include: MCOM 2310 , PCOM 3373 , ISQS 3344 , and ISQS 3358 .

Recommended Lower-Division Curriculum for B.B.A. All Majors

First Year

Fall

BA 1301 - Foundations of Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
BA 2140 - Microsoft Excel for Business 1 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1330 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis I 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours*
(Does not require a grade of C or higher.)

Total: 16

Spring

MATH 2345 - Introduction to Statistics with Application to Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours*
(Does not require a grade of C or higher, ENCO majors must take GEOL 1303 and GEOL 1101 .)
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
ISQS 2377 - Decision Making in Business 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Second Year

Fall

ACCT 2300 - Financial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Accounting and finance majors must achieve A or B.)
ISQS 2340 - Information Technology for Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours*
(Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
Language, Philosophy, and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours*
(Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Does not require a grade of C or higher.)

Total: 16

Spring

ACCT 2301 - Managerial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Accounting majors must achieve A or B.)
ECO 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours
(Does not require a grade of C or higher.)
MCOM 2310 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours
Multicultural Course 3 Semester Credit Hours*
(Does not require a grade of C or higher.)

Total: 15

Notes:

* Choose from core curriculum requirements. Life and Physical Sciences must include both a lecture and a lab.

Students wanting to pursue the Accelerated Bachelor’s-to-Masters 150-hour program should take ACCT 3101 and ACCT 3304 spring of second year.
Students wanting to major in Finance should take FIN 3320 spring of second year.
Students wanting to major in Information Technology should take ISQS 3345 and ISQS 3348 in the spring of second year.

Recommended Upper-Division Curriculum

Third Year

Fall

ISQS 3345 - Analytics and Development with Python 3 Semester Credit Hours
ISQS 3348 - Data Base Management Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
BECO 3310 - Applied Business Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
BLAW 3391 - Business Law and Ethics 3 Semester Credit Hours
PCOM 3373 - Applied Workplace Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

SCM 3353 - Supply Chain and Operations Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
ISQS 3358 - Business Intelligence 3 Semester Credit Hours
FIN 3320 - Financial Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
MGT 3370 - Managing People and Organizations 3 Semester Credit Hours
MKT 3350 - Marketing for a Global Marketplace 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Fourth Year

Fall

ISQS 3349 - Data Communications and Security 3 Semester Credit Hours (Systems Concentration Only)
ISQS 3360 - Information Security 3 Semester Credit Hours (Systems Concentration Only)
ISQS 3352 - Data Visualization 3 Semester Credit Hours (Data Analytics Concentration Only)
ISQS 4370 - Data Mining 3 Semester Credit Hours (Data Analytics Concentration Only)
ISQS 4349 - Information Systems Analysis and Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
Electives 6 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

ISQS 4350 - Information Systems Project Management 3 Semester Credit Hours (Systems Concentration Only)
ISQS 4351 - Web Design Implementation 3 Semester Credit Hours (Systems Concentration Only)
ISQS 4371 - Analytics for Optimal Decision Making 3 Semester Credit Hours (Data Analytics Concentration Only)
ISQS 4373 - Simulation for Business Analytics 3 Semester Credit Hours (Data Analytics Concentration Only)
Electives 6 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 12

Total Hours: 120