The BSIS Program is available at the following locations:

Spring 2008: San Francisco, San Ramon, Cupertino, Santa Rosa

Fall 2008: San Francisco, Sacramento

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Specifically designed for the working adult, the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems (BSIS) program equips students with critical skills and knowledge required to direct and to control computerized information resources within diverse organizational settings. The study of Information Systems provides professionals with the expertise and knowledge to support innovation, planning, and management of information infrastructures as well as the coordination of information resources. The curriculum is designed to respond to the need for information systems professionals with systems management and development expertise. The BSIS program, based upon nationally approved curriculum recommendations from the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), continuously updates its curriculum. The program is taught within an Ignatian framework fostering ethical and social awareness.

Objectives

The BSIS program is designed to shape IS leaders who are capable of developing a personal IS vision and a critical understanding of the IS role and operation in modern organizations. Such vision and understanding rest upon certain foundational elements that the program seeks to foster: sound technical skills; effective project management skills; critical decision-making skills; and a professional code of ethics. Prerequisite BSIS 301 Productivity with Information Technology This course enables students to improve their skills as knowledge workers through efficient use of packaged software. It covers both individual and group work. The emphasis is on productivity concepts and how to achieve them through functions and features in computer software. Design and development of solutions focus on small systems. (3 units) BSIS 301 must be completed prior to taking BSIS 310. Equivalent courses may be transferred from another institution or be taken through the College of Professional Studies Extended Education program. Students may waive BSIS 301 with the permission of the program director based on placement testing or experiential knowledge