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The following courses make up the MS Foundation courses. The MS Foundation courses do NOT count
toward the thirty-three hours needed to complete the Master of Science
degree.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION
SYSTEMS FOUNDATION |
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| DS 5300 - Business Quantitative Methods | |||||||
| ECO 5300 - Economic Concepts | |||||||
| FIN 5300 - Business Finance Concepts | |||||||
| MGT 5300 - Management Concepts | |||||||
| MIS 5300 - Information Systems Concepts | |||||||
| MKT 5300 - Marketing Concepts | |||||||
Students also have the option of completing the MBA Prep Program including
BA 5201 Concepts in Finance and Economics
BA 5202 Concepts in Accounting and Management Information Systems
BA 5203 Concepts in Management and Marketing
| TAMIU Undergraduate Equivalent Courses for MS Foundation Courses: | |||
1. |
DS 5300 - Business Quantitative Methods: | ||
| DS 2310 - Business Statistics I | |||
2. |
ECO 5300 - Economic Concepts: | ||
| ECO 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics, and | |||
| ECO 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics | |||
3 |
FIN 5300 - Finance Concepts | ||
| FIN 3310 - Introduction to Finance | |||
4 |
MGT 5300 - Management Concepts | ||
| MGT 3310 - Principles of Management&Organizational Behavior | |||
5 |
MIS 5300 - Information Systems Concepts | ||
| MIS 3310 - Management Information Systems | |||
6. |
MKT 5300 - Marketing Concepts: | ||
| MKT 3310 - Principles of Marketing | |||
WAIVER POLICY FOR MASTER OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION COURSES
Students may be waived from the MS Foundation courses by either:
1. successfully successfully graduating with a business bachelors degree from a university
in which the business program is accredited by the Association for the
Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB International), or
2. providing evidence of equivalent course work at an accredited institution at either the undergraduate-level or graduate-level.
All course work used for waiver from a particular course must have been taken within the past seven (7) years. The student must have received a grade of “C” or better in each course applied towards a waiver. Applications for course waivers must be completed during the first in-residence semester of work on the MS program.
Students requesting a waiver must get approval from the Chair of the division for which the course is assigned. (Faculty advisors are not authorized to give waivers.) The Department Chair has the responsibility for ensuring that the student has the appropriate prior course work and knowledge as set forth in this policy before approving the waiver.
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