Program Detail

Business Administration Degree - Information Systems Overview

Type: Pre-Professional

This degree program is suggested for those students interested in institutional and business information technology careers.

Information Assurance and Computer Security Emphasis

Information Assurance and Computer Security deals with the increasing need to provide for the protection of information that is stored and processed by computer systems and communicated using modern communication networks.

The basis for the program begins with an understanding of the role of information in contemporary society, the technological means to store, transmit, and generate information, and the importance of assuring that information will be accurate, confidential and available.

System Design Emphasis

The System Design program at Pittsburg State University draws upon the Bachelor of Business Administration degree program to provide the environmental awareness of the role of information in the firm and combine it with the Information Systems program that provides a solid technological foundation that prepares the student for careers in computer programming, system design and analysis, database programming and administration, and information technology support.

Students seeking the BBA degree with a major in information systems must complete the following curriculum. At least 50 percent of the upper division business credit hours (i.e., the credit hours from the areas of accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, and information systems) that are required for the Bachelor in Business Administration degree must be earned at Pittsburg State University.

Career Opportunities

• Embedded Systems Programming
• Network Administrators
• Database Programming
• Database Management
• Client/Server Programming
• Computer Systems Managers
• Software Testing
• Computer Support Specialists
• Computer Simulation and Modeling