Mar 28, 2024  
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2020-2021 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Systems and Business Analytics (ISBA), B.B.A.


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Objectives


The Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree in Information Systems and Business Analytics (ISBA) is designed to prepare students for careers in the Information Systems and Business Analytics fields and provide students opportunities to develop analytics skills and learn how to apply latest information technology tools to solve business problems at the operational, technical, and strategic levels. Students will acquire foundational programming skills, learn to use various development tools, and acquire critical data management skills and competencies. They will understand how organizational processes interact with IS/IT and learn how to design systems and analytic tools to support these processes. The major will provide students critical skills necessary to foster innovation as well as continuously adapt to the ever-changing field of IT and business applications.

Learning Outcomes


Learning outcomes for ISBA majors are as follows:

  1. Utilize competencies gained from hands-on experience in core information technologies that include programming languages, database management systems, web development tools, spreadsheets, and other data analysis and visualization tools.
  2. Identify, structure, and solve business problems by proposing an IS, IT and/or data analytics solution
  3. Plan, manage, develop, and describe how to implement IT and/or data analytics-based IS solutions in business and organizational settings
  4. Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills when analyzing business problems
  5. Effectively communicate complex technological and/or analytical concepts through oral, visual, and written communication

Core, Major, and Elective Information Systems and Business Analytics Courses:


Upper Division Business Core Requirements:


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All majors in ISBA must complete BCOR 2710  before they can start taking the upper division ISBA courses. Students with a B.B.A. in ISBA are required to complete five 4-semester-hour courses (for a total of 20 semester hours) in the ISBA area including two required classes: ISBA 3710 Database Management Systems  and ISBA 4797 Capstone Project . Students must also fulfill a programming requirement by completing either ISBA 3730 Programming for Business Applications  or CMSI 185 Computer Programming . If students take ISBA 3730 , then they only need to take two additional 4-semester-hour ISBA electives. If they take CMSI 185 , then they need to take three additional 4-semester-hour ISBA electives.

ISBA Major Course Requirements


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Additionally, students need to choose two 4-semester-hour courses if they took ISBA 3730  (or three 4-semester-hour ISBA courses if programming requirement is satisfied by CMSI 185 ) from the following list of ISBA electives:

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A cumulative GPA of C (2.0) must be achieved in the core requirements (all business, economics, and math courses).

For purposes of meeting the requirements for the Information Systems and Business Analytics major curriculum, an overall cumulative grade point average of at least a C (2.0) must be obtained in all courses required in the major.

Model 4-Year Plan–Bachelor of Business Administration–Information Systems and Business Analytics Major Curriculum


The following curriculum represents the order or sequence in which it is expected that students will take the various courses required for the B.B.A. (Information Systems and Business Analytics major) degree.

ISBA (B.B.A) Sample Schedule


Freshman Year


Fall Semester


Total: 16-17 semester hours

Spring Semester


Total: 14-16 semester hours

Sophomore Year


Fall Semester


Total: 16-18 semester hours

Spring Semester


Total: 15-16 semester hours

Junior Year


Total: 16 semester hours

Spring Semester


Total: 15-16 semester hours

Senior Year


Fall Semester


Total: 15-16 semester hours

Spring Semester


Total: 15-16 semester hours

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Electives and some University Core courses may vary in terms of the number of credits granted. The total number of semester hours required is 128 for graduation, which assume that each course will be 4 semester hours. If less, compensatory credits may be required to reach 128.

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