Information Systems Major Requirements

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Qualified freshman and transfer applicants may be accepted directly into the Information Systems major upon admission to the University. Currently enrolled students may apply for acceptance to the major with a cumulative grade point average of 2.80 or higher and after completing the following two courses with a grade point average of 3.00 or higher.

1. ISE 102 Introduction to Web Design and Programming
2. ISE 108 Introduction to Programming

  GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
   INFORMATION SYSTEM COURSES
   MATHEMATICS COURSES
   SPECIALIZATIONS
   UPPER-DIVISION WRITING REQUIREMENT


GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• The major in Information Systems leads to the Bachelor of Science degree.
• At least two of the UPPER DIVISION courses below must be completed at Stony Brook.
• Completion of the major requires approximately 66 credits.

INFORMATION SYSTEM COURSES

1. LOWER DIVISION COURSES
   ISE 102 Introduction to Web Design and Programming
   ISE 108 Introduction to Programming
   ISE 208 Intermediate Programming
   ISE 215 Foundations of Computer Science or ISE 218 Introduction to Computer Organization


2. UPPER DIVISION COURSES
   ISE 312 Legal, Social, and Ethical Issues in Information Systems
   ISE 305 Database Design and Practice
   ISE 311 Systems Administration
   ISE 320 Information Management


3. ELECTIVES
   Four additional upper-division ISE courses, excluding ISE 475

MATHEMATICS COURSES

To satisfy the mathematics competence requirement, the student must complete the following courses:

1. AMS 151 Applied Calculus I (or MAT 131 or MAT 141 or MAT 125, MAT 126)
2. AMS 201 Matrix Methods and Models or AMS 210 Applied Linear Algebra or MAT 211 Introduction to Linear Algebra
3. AMS 310 Survey of Probability and Statistics or ECO 320 Mathematical Statistics

SPECIALIZATIONS

Students must complete a specialization in one of the application areas listed below, or else design a specialization of six to eight courses in another application area in consultation with the ISE undergraduate director before the courses for the specialization are completed.

UPPER-DIVISION WRITING REQUIREMENT

ISE 300 Technical Communications

All degree candidates must demonstrate technical writing skills at a level that would be acceptable in an industrial setting. To satisfy this requirement, students must pass ISE 300 Technical Communications, a course that requires various writing assignments, including at least one significant technical paper.

EST 304 Communication for Engineers and Scientists may be taken in lieu of ISE 300 to fulfill the ISE upper-division writing requirement.