The major in Information Systems leads to the Bachelor of Science degree. At least two of the courses under requirement A.2. below must be completed at Stony Brook.

Completion of the major requires approximately 70 credits.

A. Information Systems/Computer Science Courses

1. CSE 113 Foundations of Computer Science I
   CSE 114 Computer Science I
   CSE 213 Foundations of Computer Science II
   CSE 214 Computer Science II
   CSE 219 Computer Science III
   CSE 220 Computer Organization and Systems Programming
   
2. ISE/CSE 305 Principles of Database Systems
   ISE/CSE 308 Software Engineering
   ISE/CSE 310 Data Communication
   
3. Five upper­division CSE or ISE courses excluding CSE and ISE 475.

B. Mathematics Courses

1. AMS 151 Applied Calculus I
   ( or MAT 131 or MAT 141 or MAT 125, 126)
   
2. AMS 201 Matrix Methods and Models or AMS 210 Applied Linear Algebra or
   MAT 211 Introduction to Linear Algebra
   
3. AMS 310 Survey of Probability and Statistics or ECO 320 Mathematical Statistics

C. Economics and Business Courses

1. ECO 108 Introduction to Economics
   
2. BUS 210 Financial Accounting
   
3. One course chosen from the following:
   BUS 214 Managerial Accounting
   BUS 346 Operations Management
   BUS 349 Management Science
   BUS 355 Investment Analysis
   BUS 356 Financial Engineering
   ECO 348 Analysis for Managerial Decision Making
   ECO 368 Modern Portfolio Theory
   ECO 389 Corporate Finance
   EST 392 Engineering and Managerial Economics
   EST 393 Production and Operations Analysis
   
4. One course chosen from the following :
   BUS 347 Business Ethics
   BUS 348 Principles of Marketing
   ECO 326 Industrial Organization
   ECO 343 Transformation in Economic Systems
   ECO 345 Law and Economic Issues
   POL 319 Business Law
   POL 359 Public Policy Analysis
   POL 364 Organizational Decision Making
   SOC 381 Sociology of Organizations
   
5. One course chosen from the following:
   BUS 340 Information Systems in Management
   BUS 343 Expert Systems in Business Based Technologies
   EST 305 Applications Software in Information Management
   EST 320 Communication Technology Systems
   EST 325 Technology in the Workplace

D. Upper­Division Writing Requirement: ISE 300 Writing in Information Systems

All degree candidates must demonstrate writing skills in English at a level acceptable for Information
Systems majors. To satisfy the requirement, the ISE student must submit a technical paper on an appropriate information systems topic that illustrates the student's ability to write in a clear, concise, technical, and organized manner.