Santa Clara University

OMIS : The Minor

The OMIS department also offers a minor degree in MIS for both non-OMIS majors in the Leavey School of Business as well as non-Business majors. The minor program provides non-OMIS majors the opportunity to enhance their understand­ing of information technology in general and how to apply this technology to their major field of study.

REQUIREMENTS FOR MINOR

Lower Division

OMIS 31 (Structured Programming)

OMIS minors may also use this course to satisfy the Information Systems requirement in the LSB core.

Upper Division

Four upper-division courses as described below:

•  OMIS 105 (Database Management System)

•  Two courses from the following list:

• OMIS 107 (Systems Programming)
• OMIS 111 (Computer Communication Systems)
• OMIS 113 (Data Warehousing and Data Mining)
• OMIS 135 (Enterprise Resource Planning Systems)
• OMIS 137 (Object-Oriented Programming)

•  One course from the following list:

• OMIS 150 (Financial Information Systems)
• OMIS 173 (E-Commerce Technologies)
• OMIS 198 (Internship)
• OMIS 199 (Independent Study)

Additional Requirements for Non-Business Majors

Non-business majors pursuing minor programs offered by the business school are required to take courses dealing with the basic concepts of calculus and analytic geometry, statistics and data analysis, and core business concepts. The requirements are:

•  Mathematics: One course from MATH 7 (Calculus for Social Science), MATH 11 (Calculus and Analytic Geometry I), or MATH 30 (Calculus for Business I)

•  Statistics and Data Analysis: One course from OMIS 40 (Statistics and Data Analysis I), MATH 8 (Introduction to Statistics), PSYC 40 (Statistical Data Analysis), or COMM 110 (Qualitative Research Methods)

•  Business Environment and Core: Three courses from the following list: BUSN 70, MGMT 160 (Organization and Management), MGMT 161 (Organiza­tional Structure and Design), MKTG 181 (Principles of Marketing), FNCE 121 (Financial Management), or OMIS 108 (Production Management)

MIS Minor Certificate

Upon completion of all the minor requirements, a certificate of completion will be awarded.