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Program checklist · B.S.

Information Systems

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington · New Kensington, PA

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
11.0401
Credits (computed from items)
94
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214625
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214625_b4993576
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    9 items
    1. ACCTG 211
      Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. BA 364Y
      International Business and Society
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. BA 462
      Business Strategy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. ECON 102
      Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. ECON 104
      Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. FIN 301
      Corporation Finance
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. MGMT 301
      Basic Management Concepts
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. MKTG 301
      3
    9. SCM 301
      Supply Chain Management
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    11 items
    1. CAS 100
      Effective Speech
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. ENGL 202D
      Effective Writing: Business Writing
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. IST 140
      3
    4. MIS 301
      Business Analytics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. MIS 307
      Object-Oriented Programming and Application Development
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. MIS 390
      Information Systems Management and Applications
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. MIS 420
      Business Process Management
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. MIS 431
      Business Data Management
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    9. MIS 446
      Information Technology and Business Strategy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    10. MIS 450
      System Design Project
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. MIS 495
      Internship
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Additional Courses

    1 item
    1. BA 241& BA 242
      Legal Environment of Businessand Social and Ethical Environment of Business
      Not resolved to a course
      or: BA 243 Social, Legal, and Ethical Environment of Business
      4

    Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    8 items
    1. MATH 110
      Techniques of Calculus I
      Not resolved to a course
      or: MATH 140 Calculus With Analytic Geometry I
      4
    2. MIS 204
      Introduction to Management Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      or: MIS 250 Introduction to Problem Solving with Spreadsheet Analysis and Information Systems Management
      3
    3. SCM 200
      Introduction to Statistics for Business
      Not resolved to a course
      or: STAT 200 Elementary Statistics
      4
    4. Select 3 credits from the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. ENGL 15
      Rhetoric and Composition
      Not resolved to a course
    6. ENGL 30H
      Honors Rhetoric and Composition
      Not resolved to a course
    7. ESL 15
      ESL Composition for American Academic Communication II
      Not resolved to a course
    8. Select 9 credits from one of the following three areas of concentration A, B, C, or D. At least one course must be at the 400-level:
      Not resolved to a course
      9

    A. Systems Design Concentration

    concentration · 6 items
    1. MGMT 410
      Project Management
      Not resolved to a course
    2. MIS 391
      Not resolved to a course
    3. MIS 413
      Interface design for Information Systems Applications
      Not resolved to a course
    4. MIS 461
      Not resolved to a course
    5. MIS 466
      Business Programming for the WEB
      Not resolved to a course
    6. MIS 489
      Seminar in Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course

    B. Data and Business Analytics Concentration

    concentration · 6 items
    1. MIS 315
      Python Programming
      Not resolved to a course
    2. DS 200
      4
    3. STAT 184
      Introduction to R
      Not resolved to a course
    4. STAT 380
      Data Science Through Statistical Reasoning and Computation
      Not resolved to a course
    5. MIS 441
      Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Business
      Not resolved to a course
    6. MIS 461
      Not resolved to a course

    C. Computing Security Concentration

    concentration · 5 items
    1. IST 454
      Computer and Cyber Forensics
      Not resolved to a course
    2. MIS 448
      Business Telecommunications
      Not resolved to a course
    3. SRA 111
      3
    4. SRA 221
      Overview of Information Security
      Not resolved to a course
    5. SRA 472
      3

    D. Individualized Concentration

    concentration · 0 items

      Course selections completed in consultation with an adviser

      0 items

        Supporting Courses and Related Areas

        1 item
        1. Select 6 credits from 200-400 level business courses from: ACCTG, BA, ECON, FIN, MGMT, MIS, MKTG, or SCM in consultation with an academic adviser and in support of the student's interests
          Not resolved to a course
          6
        Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/capital/information-systems-bs/. Captured page pages/0524.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.