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School of Business
114A Russell Hall 318-357-5162 business@nsula.edu Senior Coordinator: Curtis Penrod, Associate Professor Coordinator of Accounting: Melissa Aldredge, Associate Professor Coordinator of Business Administration: Curtis Penrod, Associate Professor Coordinator of Computer Information Systems: Curtis Penrod, Associate Professor Coordinator of Outreach and Special Projects: Carmella Parker, Associate Professor Program Facilitator/HMT: Connie Jones, Assistant Professor
Department Head Emerita: Patricia N. Pierson Professor Emeritus: Walter H. Creighton Professors: M. Jones, McDonald, Perez-Mira, Swanstrom Associate Professors: Aldredge, Hardy, E. Horton, Parker, Powell, Upshaw, Wright Assistant Professors: Abukhalaf, Amberg, Liao, Miranda, Pharris, Prejean, Salter, Smith, Stacy, Turner Instructors: Champion, DuBois, McDowell, Mobley, Rider, Tarver
Mission of the School of Business
The mission of the School of Business is to provide our diverse student population with a business education that prepares them for successful careers and responsible citizenship roles in the world of business.
Bachelor of Science programs in: Accounting; Business
Administration with concentrations in: business analytics, e-sports management, entrepreneurship, finance, international business, management, and marketing;
Computer Information Systems with concentrations in application development, core programming, cyber security, networking and system management, web development; Hospitality Management and Tourism with concentrations in: culinary arts, hospitality services, travel and tourism Master of Science program in: Computer Information Systems
Post Baccalaureate Certificate Offered Through the School of Business
Business Analytics Post Baccalaureate Certification Northwestern State University has been authorized by the Louisiana Board of Regents to offer the above Post Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC). Refer to the Computer Information Systems web page at https://cis.nsula.edu for detailed information on the Business Analytics certification program.
Accreditation
All baccalaureate business programs are accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) – The International Association for Management Education, 777 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 750 Tampa, FL 33602-5730, telephone: (813) 769-6500, http://www.aacsb.edu.
The baccalaureate program in Hospitality Management and Tourism is accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, 400 N. Columbus Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-2752, telephone number (703) 706-4600.
Entrance Requirements for Four-Year Programs
To be admitted to a four-year program in the School of Business, a student must complete all courses listed in the first year of the curriculum with a grade point average of at least 2.0. In addition, a studentmust demonstrate computer literacy. Computer literacy may be demonstrated by completing BUAD 1800, or successful completion of a challenge exam. No 3000 or 4000 level courses in the School of Business may be taken by business majors until these requirements are met. At least 50% of business credit hours required for baccalaureate degrees in the School of Business must be earned at Northwestern State University.
Criteria for Progression in the Bachelor Degree Programs:
(1) Complete pre- and co-requisites for courses included in the degree programs; and (2) Earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above.
Course Credit for Certifications
A student will be awarded a grade of “CR” in certain classes if they can provide a copy of the certification being used by the School of Business or a past version of the certification being used by the School ofBusiness with required continuing education credits to keep the certification valid. The student will provide these certificates to the Coordinator ofComputer Information Systems who will be responsible for maintaining those copies as well as letting the Registrar’s Office know of the credit to be awarded. The classes and their associated certifications are as follows:
BUAD 1800 Microsoft Office Specialist in Word CIS 1060 IC3 Living Online CIS 2000 Microsoft Office Specialist in Excel CIS 2050 CompTIA A+ CIS 3400 CompTIA Net+ CIS 3700 CompTIA Server+ CIS 3800 Microsoft Exam 70 series -740 (part of the MCSE CIS 3980 CompTIA Security+ or CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) CIS 4080 CompTIA Essentials of Cloud, CompTIA Cloud+, or any AWS Certification
NOTE: While a student may be awarded credit for the above classes, he or she must still complete at least 50% of his or her School of Business classes at Northwestern State University. If awarded a “CR” for these classes, they will not count towards that 50%.
Accounting
Accounting Major Requirements: (78 semester hours) Students seeking a major in Accounting must complete 78 semester hours, within the 120 semester hour Accounting curriculum, which include Accounting 1040, 2000, 2010, 3060, 3080, 3180, 3190, 3200, 4020, 4080, 4300, six semester hours of advanced accounting electives; Business Administration 1800, 2120, 2200, 3250, 3260, 3270; Computer Information Systems 2000, 3100; Management 3220, 3580, 4300; Marketing 3230; Finance 3090. Accounting Minor Requirements: (18 semester hours) Accounting 1040, 2000, 2010, 3080, 3180, three semester hours of advanced accounting electives.
Computer Information Systems Minor for Accounting
Majors: (18 semester hours) Business Administration 1800; Computer Information Systems 1030, 2000, 2980, 4040, and 4070.
Curriculum for Accounting (101)
FIRST YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Accounting 1040, 2000 ....................................................................6 Business Administration 1800..........................................................3 Computer Information Systems 2000...............................................3 English 1010, 1020...........................................................................6 Mathematics 1020, 1060 ..................................................................6
Natural Sciences1................................................................................................................................6 University Studies 1000 ...................................................................1 31
SECOND YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Accounting 2010, 3180 ....................................................................6 Business Administration 2120, 2200................................................6 Economics 2000, 2010.....................................................................6 Fine Arts 1040..................................................................................3 History 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020...................................................3
Natural Science1...................................................................................................................................3 Psychology 1010..............................................................................3 30
THIRD YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Accounting 3080, 3190, 3200...........................................................9 Business Administration 3250..........................................................3 Computer Information Systems 3100...............................................3 English 2110.....................................................................................3 Finance 3090....................................................................................3 Management 3220, 3580..................................................................6 Marketing 3230................................................................................3 30
FOURTH YEAR SEM. HRS.
Academic Electives2 ............................................................................................................. 2 Accounting 3060, 4020, 4080, 4300...............................................12 Advanced Accounting Electives.......................................................6 Business Administration 3260, 3270................................................6 Management 4300............................................................................3 29
Total Semester Hoursfor Degree .................................................120
Footnotes: 1 Refer to University core requirements. 2 Excludes all courses offered in the School of Business. Must be academic elective. Business Administration Major Requirements: (74 semester hours) Students seeking a major in Business Administration must complete 74 semester hours, within the 120 semester hour Business Administration curriculum, which includes Accounting 2000, 2010;Business Administration 1800,2120, 2200, 3250, 3270, 4900; Computer Information Systems 2000, 3100; Finance 2150, 3090, 4200; Management 3220, 3580, 4300, 4320; Marketing 3230; three semester hours of business electives; 18 semester hours of advanced business electives.
Available Concentrations:
Business Analytics (110M): (24 semester hours) Computer Information Systems 1030, 2980, 4000, 4070; Choose 12 hours from Accounting 4220, Business Administration 3120, Management 3500, 4460, and Marketing 4440. E-Sports Management (110O): (27 semester hours) Business Administration 4000, 3280; either Computer Information Systems 1030 and 2040, or Marketing 2200 and 4600; Management 4500, 4700; Marketing 4500; and select two from either Communications 3510, 4660 or Human Performance 4600. Entrepreneurship (110N): (24 semester hours) Business Administration 4000 (05), 4190; Finance 4120, 4220; Management 4450, 4700; Marketing 4370, and 4500. Finance (110I): (23 semester hours) Business Administration 4900; Finance 2150, 3090, 3100, 4200, 9 hours of advanced finance electives. International Business (110L): (23semesterhours)Business Administration 3270, Business Administration 4000, Business Administration 4160, Business Administration 4900; 6 hours of a foreign language; Management 4350, Management 4700. Management (110J): (23 semester hours) Business Administration 4900; Management 3220, 4300, 4320; 12 hours of advanced management electives. Marketing (110K): (23 semester hours) Business Administration 4900; Marketing 3230; 18 hours of advanced marketing electives. Business Administration Minor Requirements: (nonbusiness majors) (21 semester hours) Accounting 2000, 2010; Management 3220; Marketing 3230; Economics 2000, 2010; three hours of advanced business electives. Pre-Law students should ensure that English 3200, 3210 or 3230; Philosophy 2030; three hours of political science, and three hours of history are included in their program. (See the Pre-Law advisor)
Curriculum for Business Administration (110)
FIRST YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Business Administration 1800..........................................................3 Computer Information Systems 2000...............................................3 English 1010, 1020...........................................................................6 Fine Arts 1040..................................................................................3 History 1010, 1020, 2010, or 2020...................................................3 Mathematics 1020, 1060 ..................................................................6
Natural Sciences1................................................................................................................................6 University Studies 1000 ...................................................................1 31
SECOND YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Accounting 2000, 2010 ....................................................................6 Business Administration 2120, 2200................................................6 Economics 2000, 2010.....................................................................6 English 2110.....................................................................................3
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Finance 2150....................................................................................3 Psychology 1010..............................................................................3 Science 2010 or 2020.......................................................................3 30
THIRD YEAR SEM. HRS.
Academic electives3..........................................................................................................................6 Business Administration3250, 3270 ................................................6 Computer InformationSystems 3100 ...............................................3 Finance 3090, 4200 ..........................................................................6 Management3220, 3580 ..................................................................6 Marketing 3230................................................................................3 30
FOURTHYEAR SEM. HRS.
Advanced business electives4.............................................................................................. 18 BusinessAdministration 4900..........................................................2 Business elective (any level)............................................................3 Management4300, 4320 ..................................................................6 29
Total Semester Hoursfor Degree .................................................120
Footnotes: 1 Refer to University core requirements. 2 A business elective is any course in business administration, accounting, finance, 3 Excludes all courses offered in the School of Business. 4 An advanced business elective is any 3000 or 4000 level business administration, accounting, finance, management, marketing, or computer information systems class.
Computer InformationSystems
Computer Information Systems Major Requirements: (80 semester hours) Students seeking a major in Computer InformationSystemsmustcomplete80semesterhours,within the 120 semester hour Computer Information Systems curriculum consisting of a CIS core, composed of: CIS 1015, 1030,2980,3020,3900,and4600andoneofthefive available 24 hour concentrations described below. Additionally, the following CIS support courses are required: ACCT 2000 and 2010; BUAD 1800,2120, 2200, 3270, 3280, 4900; CIS 2000; FIN 3090; MGT 3220, 3580; and MKTG 3230.
Available Concentrations:
Application Development (102A): (24 semester hours) CIS 2050, 3300, 3970, 4000, 4020, 4030, either CIS 2040 or CIS 4060, and 1 CIS electives (3 semester hours) from any CIS class, except CIS 1010, 1060, 3050, 3100, and 4050. CyberSecurity(102G): (24semester hours) CIS2050,3400, 3410, 3700, 3800, 3980, 4040, and 1 CIS elective (3 semester hours) from any CIS class, except CIS 1010, 1060, 3050, 3100, and 4050. Networking & System Management (102D): (24 semester hours) CIS 2050, 3400, 3700, 3800, 3980, 4080, 4220, and4230. Web Development (102E): (24 semester hours) CIS 2050, 3300, 3970, 4030, 4100; 6 semester hours from ART 2560, 3410, 3560, 3810, 3960, 4560, 4610, 4960, CIS 4000, 4060; and 1 CIS elective (3 semester hours) from any CIS class, except CIS 1010, 1060, 3050, 3100, and 4050. ComputerInformationSystemsMinorRequirements:CIS 1015; Select one from CIS 1030 or CSC 1060; CIS 2980; Select three from BUAD 4800, CIS 2040, 2050, 2100, 3020, 3300, 3400, 3980, 3410, 3700, 3800, 3900, 3970, 3980,4000, 4030, 4040, 4060, 4070, 4080, 4100, 4220, 4230, 4600; ART 1010, 2560, CSC 2060.
Curriculum for Computer Information Systems (102)
FIRST YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Business Administration 1800..........................................................3 Computer Information Systems 1015, 1030, 2000, 2050................12 English 1010, 1020...........................................................................6 Fine Arts 1040..................................................................................3 Mathematics 1020, 1060 ..................................................................6 University Studies 1000 ...................................................................1 31
SECOND YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Accounting 2000..............................................................................3 Business Administration 2120, 2200................................................6 Computer Information Systems 2980, 3020.....................................6 Computer Information Systems concentration .................................3 Economics 2000, 2010.....................................................................6
Natural Sciences1................................................................................................................................6 30
THIRD YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Accounting 2010..............................................................................3 Business Administration 3270..........................................................3 Computer Information Systems concentration ...............................12 English 2110.....................................................................................3 Management 3220............................................................................3
Natural Sciences1................................................................................................................................3 Psychology 1010..............................................................................3 30
FOURTH YEAR
SEM. HRS.
Business Administration 3280, 4900................................................5 Computer Information Systems 3900, 4600.....................................6 Computer Information Systems concentration .................................6 Finance 3090....................................................................................3 History (1 from 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020).........................................3 Marketing 3230................................................................................3 Management 3580............................................................................3 29 Total Semester Hours for Degree.................................................120
Footnotes: 1 See University Core, Natural Sciences Component.
Hospitality Management andTourism
Hospitality Management and Tourism Major
Requirements: (59 semester hours) Students seeking a major in Hospitality Management and Tourism must complete 59 semester hours, within the 120 semester hour Hospitality Management and Tourism curriculum, which include HospitalityManagementandTourism1000, 1050, 3050, 4030, 4150, 4200, 4500; Nutrition 1030; Health Education 1010. Completion of a Hospitality Management and Tourism concentration area (24 hours). Special requirements: Completion of an approved minor.
Available Concentrations:
Culinary Arts (135D): (24 semester hours) Culinary Arts 2010, 2050, 3070, 3080, 3100, 3200, 3250; Hospitality Management and Tourism 3020. Hospitality Services (135A): (24 semester hours) Hospitality Management and Tourism 3000, 3020, 3080, and one from Hospitality Management and Tourism 4100, 4250, or 4260. Support areas: Culinary Arts 2010 or 2050, 3070; choose two from Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management and Tourism, or upper level Business Administration, Marketing, or Management electives. Travel & Tourism (135C): (24 semester hours) Hospitality Managementand Tourism2150, 3000, 3120, 3140; Hospitality Management and Tourism 3150 or 4260; Hospitality Management and Tourism 4100 or 4250. Support areas: Six semester hours from Hospitality Management and Tourism electives, History electives, or CulinaryArts electives.
Hospitality Management and Tourism Minor
Requirements: (21 semester hours) Hospitality Management and Tourism 1000, 3000 or 3020, 4200 or 4150, and 12
hours of Hospitality Management and Tourism electives, sixof which must be at the 3000-4000 level. May include one 3 hour Culinary Artselective. Culinary Arts Minor Requirements: Culinary Arts 2050 or Hospitality Management and Tourism 3050; Hospitality Management and Tourism 3020; Culinary Arts 3070, 3080, 3100, 3200, and 3250.
FIRSTYEAR
SEM. HRS.
Communication1010 .......................................................................3 English 1010, 1020...........................................................................6 FineArts 1040..................................................................................3 Health Education 1010 .....................................................................2 Hospitality Management & Tourism1000, 1050..............................6
Mathematics1 ..........................................................................................................................................6 Natural Sciences1.................................................................................................................................3 Nutrition 1030..................................................................................3 University Studies 1000....................................................................1 33
SECOND YEAR SEM. HRS.
Electives3....................................................................................................................................................6 English 2110.....................................................................................3 History 2010 or 2020........................................................................3 Hospitality Management & Tourismconcentrationarea2..............................9
Natural Sciences1.................................................................................................................................6 Social/behavioralScience1 .........................................................................................................3 30
THIRD YEAR SEM. HRS.
Electives3................................................................................................................................................ 12 Hospitality Management & Tourism3050, 4200..............................6 Hospitality Management & Tourismconcentrationarea2..............................9
Social/behavioralscience1...........................................................................................................3 30
FOURTH YEAR SEM. HRS.
Electives3....................................................................................................................................................3 Hospitality Management & Tourismconcentrationarea2..............................6 Hospitality Management & Tourism 4030,4150, 4500..................18 27
Total Semester Hoursfor Degree: ................................................120
Footnotes: 1 Selected to meet University core requirements. 2 Chosen to meet Hospitality Management and Tourism concentration area. 3 Electives must be chosen so as to complete an approved minor as defined by the department concerned.
Admission Requirements of the Program:
• Bachelor’s degree from regionally accredited college/university; • Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended; • Two letters of recommendation; • Immunization automatically waived; • One of the following: ▪ Minimum Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (GRE/GMAT/essay waived) OR ▪ Minimum Undergraduate GPA of 2.5 and one ofthe following: o GRE Score of 280 (verbal plus quantitative) or equivalent GMAT Score o Two to three-page essay on experience in information systems field and why the student is an appropriate fit for the Northwestern State Computer Information Systems program. Format should be Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, and APA style.
For graduate transfer students, admission to the MS in Computer Information Systems program requires the following items: • Bachelor’s degree from regionally accredited college/university; • Two letters of recommendation; • Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended; • Nine earned graduate hours with a 3.0 or higher graduate
GPA from a regionally accredited higher education institution.
Program Requirements:
Systems 5100, 5200, 5450, 5550, 5600, and one of 5300 or 5400. B. Electives: (9 semester hours) Three of Computer
Information Systems 5300 (if not taken for Foundations), 5400 (if not taken for Foundations), 5810, 5820, 5830, or 5840. C. Application Area: (6 semester hours) Computer
Information Systems 5900, 5950.
