Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems

Business Communication and Critical Thinking Skills

Effective Communicator

Demonstrate skills for effective collaboration, negotiation, and teamwork.

Construct logical, cohesive, and persuasive arguments.

Design and deliver persuasive business presentations.

Locate, verify, evaluate, and correctly cite print and electronic resources.

Exhibit proficiency in Standard American English for academic purposes.

Demonstrate knowledge of the power and ethical ramifications of language choice and communication style.

Information Literacy and Data Analysis

Innovative Thinking

Demonstrate appropriate research strategies for acquiring information necessary to meet specific business needs.

Demonstrate clarity and logic in asking relevant questions and acquiring knowledge.

Use quantitative techniques and tools to analyze data relevant to business decision making.

Apply appropriate critical inquiry strategies (e.g., inductive and deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis) to issues and questions.

Make informed decisions based on historical, current, reliable, and valid information.

Business Operations and Environments

Christian Worldview

Use financial statements in order to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization.

Examine the ideological foundation of the Christian worldview.

Examine the forces of supply and demand to understand how the market economy coordinates economic activities.

Analyze the implications of the Christian worldview as it relates to human value and dignity.

Examine management principles, strategies, and processes that lead to effective organizational outcomes.

Analyze ethical decisions made from the Christian worldview.

Determine how organizations formulate marketing strategies and tactics using market and consumer data.

Examine the application of the Christian worldview within the context of discipline and vocation.

Examine operations management methods to solve business problems.

Analyze macroeconomic policies that impact unemployment, inflation, and growth.

Legal, Ethical, and Values-Driven Business

Transformative Leader

Assess ethical issues related to the use of information and information systems within organizations.

Collaborate effectively with others to meet goals.

Examine laws and regulations that inform information systems governance within organizations.

Recognize leaders, the results of their styles, and rationale for differences.

Examine the consequences of choice; understand the concepts of accountability and personal responsibility.

Encourage and motivate others to achieve their goals.

Information Systems Technical Skills

Global Contributor

Demonstrate technological literacy skills necessary to design and maintain components of business information systems solutions.

Articulate knowledge of individual, group, and societal behavior.

Demonstrate foundational database management, programming skills, and system administration skills to build business information systems.

Define personal role in a larger, diverse social context.

Explain the suitability of various information systems tools for formulating business information systems solutions.

Acknowledge individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and belief systems, and interact appropriately.

Use knowledge of the past to develop understandings concerning the present or future.

Evaluate artistic and literary expression and how they influence and reflect society.

Information Systems Management

Perform requirements analysis to formulate and deploy business information systems solutions with an organization.

Evaluate business information systems strategy to ensure alignments with organizational strategy.

Assess system risks, threats, and vulnerabilities and practices and processes that ensure the safety and security of business information systems.

Manage design and development projects using industry standards and practices.