The Information Systems Minor provides students from across campus with a coherent sequence of courses that exposes them to information technology issues that they might encounter in any field and gives them skills for addressing those issues in different environments.

Minor Requirements

Minimum 18 credits
Minimum grade of ‘C’ in courses applied to the minor
Upper-level Information Systems courses completed in residence at UMBC
Students may not use a course being used to satisfy an Information Systems certificate as an elective for the Information Systems Minor.

Course Requirements

Core Courses (6 credits)

Complete the following:

IS 202 - Systems Analysis Methods (3)
IS 300 - Management Information Systems (3)

Programming Course (3 credits)

Complete 3 credits from the following:

IS 125 - Information Systems Logic and Structured Design (3)
IS 147 - Introduction to Computer Programming (3)
IS 296 - Foundations of Data Science (3)

Electives (9 credits)

Complete 9 credits from the following:

IS 303 - Fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction (3)
IS 310 - Software and Hardware Concepts (3)
IS 317 - Accounting Information Systems (3)
IS 320 - Advanced Business Applications (3)
IS 325 - Introduction to Management Science (3)
IS 350 - Business Communications Systems (3)
IS 361 - Technology for Management of Aging Services (3)
IS 403 - User Interface Design (3)
IS 430 - Information Systems and Security (3)
IS 438 - Project Management (3)
IS 460 - Health Care Informatics I (3)
IS 461 - Health Care Informatics II (3)

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