Information & Decision Sciences

BS in IDS

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The following are the key requirements:
Core Courses
Computing Courses
Elective Courses


All of the following IDS core courses:
IDS 201 - Introduction to Business Programming or
IDS 331 - Spreadsheet Analysis
IDS 371 - Business Statistics II
IDS 410 - Business Database Technology
IDS 450 - Advanced Operations Management
 3
3
3
3


One of the following Computing courses:
IDS 400 - Advanced Business Programming
IDS 401 - Data Structures and Operating Systems
IDS 420 - Business Systems Simulation
CS 201 - Foundations of Computer Scienc



3


Three additional elective courses from the following:
IDS 312 - Information Systems Project Management
IDS 331 - Spreadsheet Analysis
*IDS 400 - Advanced Business Programming
*IDS 401 - Data Structures and Operating Systems
IDS 403 - Information Security
IDS 405 - Systems Analysis and Design
IDS 406 - Business Systems Design Project
IDS 412 - Distributed Business Systems
IDS 413 - Internet Technology and Management
IDS 420 - Business Systems Simulation
IDS 422 - Knowledge Management Systems
IDS 435 - Optimization Models and Methods
IDS 437 - Stochastic Methods
IDS 454 - Introduction to Supply Chain Management
IDS 446 - Decision Analysis
IDS 460 - Survey Sampling: Theory and Methods
IDS 462 - Statistical Software for Business
IDS 470 - Multivariate Analysis
IDS 472 - Business Data Mining
IDS 473 - Introduction to Risk Management
IDS 474 - Quality and Productivity Improvement Using Statistical Methods
IDS 476 - Business Forecasting Using Time Series Methods
IDS 478 - Regression Analysis

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Total

* IDS 400, 401 and IDS 420 if taken, will only count towards one requirement

















9
Total Hours 24

Business Electives Hours
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Any 400-level IDS course or any non-IDS 400-level course with department approval.                           3

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