Information Systems and Business Analytics (ISBA), Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Degree

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.

General CBA Undergraduate learning outcomes:

All CBA Undergraduate Majors have the following common learning goals and learning outcomes:

Learning Goal 1: Students will demonstrate the ability to be ethical leaders, who reflect the tenets of corporate social responsibility as it applies to economic, social and environmental performance in the global community.

LG1-A. Students will be able to explain the interaction and importance of social, economic and environmental forces within and upon business and society.
LG1-B. Students will be able to identify and resolve ethical dilemmas in business situations.
LG1-C. Students will be able to identify and analyze opportunities and challenges faced by organizations in a global marketplace.

Learning Goal 2: Students will use creative and critical thinking skills to adapt to change and solve problems in transdisciplinary ways.

LG2-A. Students will be able to identify problems and apply creative problem-solving skills to address them.
LG2-B. Students will demonstrate critical thinking skills by defining, modeling, analyzing and evaluating complex business problems.
LG2-C. Students will be able to integrate core concepts from different disciplines and apply them to a business situation.

Learning Goal 3: Students will acquire and develop technical, communication and interpersonal skills.

LG3-A. Students will communicate effectively on business topics in written and oral form.
LG3-B. Students will demonstrate effective interpersonal skills in teamwork settings.
LG3-C. Students will describe principles of leadership skills, effective teams and self-discipline.
LG3-D. Students will be able to apply information technology to solve business problems.
LG3-E.  Students will be able to frame a business problem and collect, organize and analyze qualitative and quantitative data to report and communicate insights for decision-making.

Learning Goal 4: Students will demonstrate knowledge of fundamental business concepts.

LG4-A. Students will be able to create, read and use financial reports for decision-making.
LG4-B. Students will describe corporate structures and legal responsibilities for different business frameworks.
LG4-C. Students will be able to analyze and evaluate companies within their industries based on their unique value proposition/competitive advantages.
LG4-D. Students will be able to analyze business processes to better serve stakeholders.

ISBA (BBA) specific learning outcomes

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

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e.g., BCOR 3750 Analytics in Operations and Supply Chain Management

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e.g., BCOR 3860 International Business

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e.g., BCOR 4970 Strategic Management

Note:

All majors in ISBA must complete BCOR 2710 Business Information Technology 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 also need to complete either ISBA 4796 Capstone Proposal Development, a 1-unit Capstone Proposal Development course or ISBA 3720 Systems Analysis and Design​, a 4-unit course on Systems Analysis and Design a semester prior to their Capstone Project. If a student takes ISBA 3720 Systems Analysis and Design , it will count as one of the required 4-semester-hour ISBA electives, leaving only one additional elective needed. If a student takes ISBA 4796 Capstone Proposal Development, they must take two additional 4-semester-hour ISBA electives. Students must also fulfill a programming requirement by completing either ISBA 3730 Programming for Business Applications or CMSI 1010 Computer Programming and Laboratory. If students take ISBA 3730 Programming for Business Applications, then they only need to take two additional 4-semester-hour ISBA electives. If they take, CMSI 1010 Computer Programming and Laboratory to fulfill the programming requirement, then they need to take three additional 4-semester-hour ISBA electives.

ISBA Major Course Requirements

Majors must complete at least 20 units of upper-division ISBA courses as described below.

Note:

Additionally, students need to choose two 4-semester-hour courses if they took ISBA 3730 Programming for Business Applications (or three 4-semester-hour ISBA courses if programming requirement is satisfied by CMSI 1010 Computer Programming and Laboratory) from the following list of ISBA electives:

Note:

All upper division ISBA courses must be taken in resident at LMU. A cumulative GPA of C (2.0) must be achieved in the core requirements (all business, economics, and math courses).

For purpose of meeting the requirements for the Information Systems and Business Analytics (ISBA) major curriculum, a minimum grade of a C (2.0) must be earned in all courses required in the major. Additionally, a minimum grade of C (2.0) must also be earned in BCOR 2710, BCOR 3750, ISBA 3710, ISBA 4797 and either in ISBA 3730 or CMSI 1010. If a student is unable to attain a grade of C (2.0) in each of BCOR 2710, BCOR 3750, and ISBA 3710 after two attempts, that student will not be allowed to continue in the ISBA major.

ISBA 3730 Programming for Business Applications, if taken after taking CMSI 1010 Computer Programming and Laboratory, will be considered as one of the three required ISBA electives.

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.

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.

Model 4-Year Plan–Bachelor of Business Administration–ISBA Major Curriculum–Math placement MATH 101

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Roughly half of students will take BCOR 1910 in the fall semester of their first year. The other half will take it in the spring semester of their first year.

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Roughly half of students will take ECON 1050 in the fall semester of their first year, and the other half will take it in the spring semester of their first year.

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if not taking ISBA 3720 Systems Analysis and Design

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if took CMSI 1010 Computer Programming and Laboratory

Model 4-Year Plan–Bachelor of Business Administration–ISBA Major Curriculum–Math placement MATH 110

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Roughly half of students will take BCOR 1910 in the fall semester of their first year. The other half will take it in the spring semester of their first year.

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Roughly half of students will take ECON 1050 in the fall semester of their first year, and the other half will take it in the spring semester of their first year.

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if not taking ISBA 3720 Systems Analysis and Design

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if took CMSI 1010 Computer Programming and Laboratory

Model 4-Year Plan–Bachelor of Business Administration–ISBA Major Curriculum–Math placement MATH 112

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Roughly half of students will take BCOR 1910 in the fall semester of their first year. The other half will take it in the spring semester of their first year.

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Roughly half of students will take ECON 1050 in the fall semester of their first year, and the other half will take it in the spring semester of their first year.

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if not taking ISBA 3720 Systems Analysis and Design

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if took CMSI 1010 Computer Programming and Laboratory