Information & Decision Sciences

Degree Program: 2009 "Flex" Curriculum

An innovative change to the Information Systems major is in effect beginning Fall 2009. The new major curriculum is designed to provide students with the flexibility needed to prepare for a host of different career paths. The new flexibility also improves the fit between the Information Systems major and other Perdue School majors while increasing the number of courses that may apply to more than one major.

• First, the revised major restructures and reduces the number of required Information Systems major courses.

  The below two courses should be taken in the first year of the major and can be taken in either order or concurrently:

  Courses	Credits
  INFO 301 Business Applications Development	3
  INFO 311 Business Systems Analysis	3

• Second, the revised major increases flexibility through an increase in the number and scope of Information Systems electives. “Soft-tracks” are sets of four related elective courses that prepare students for different career paths.

(1) to prepare you for various high impact career paths in Information Systems. Four soft-tracks are illustrated below.  Students can work with their faculty advisor to customize a soft-track to fit their specific career goals. 

Soft Tracks	Requirements	Electives
Business Systems Analyst	INFO 385, INFO 386, INFO 470	INFO 315, INFO 340, INFO 350, INFO 395, INFO 440, INFO 450, INFO 465
Information Resource Specialist	INFO 350, INFO 386, INFO 470	INFO 315, INFO 340, INFO 385, INFO 395, INFO 440, INFO 450, INFO 465
Network Technology Specialist	INFO 385, INFO 450, INFO 485	INFO 315, INFO 340, INFO 350, INFO 386, INFO 395, INFO 440, INFO 465, INFO 470
Business Intelligence Analyst	INFO 340, INFO 386, INFO 395	INFO 315, INFO 350,INFO 385, INFO 440, INFO 450, INFO 465, INFO 470

(2) to compliment another major that you are simultaneously pursuing in order to increase your marketability and broaden your career options.

Second Major	Requirements
INFO and Accounting	Business Systems Analyst or Business Intelligence Analyst with ACCT 420 as the fourth elective.
INFO and Finance	Business Intelligence Analyst with INFO 315 or 470 as the fourth elective.
INFO and Managment	Business Systems Analyst or Information Resource Specialist with INFO 315 as the fourth elective.
INFO and Marketing	Business Intelligence Analyst with INFO 315 or 350 or 470 as the fourth elective, or Information Resource Specialist with INFO 340 as the fourth elective

*Note to all students: PSB school-wide policy requires

• an International course (INFO 465 or ACCT 430/435 or BUAD 386/396 or ECON 441 or FINA 447 or MGMT 422 or MKTG 423) and

• an ABLE course (INFO 490 or 476 or ACCT 490/497 or BUAD 490 or FINA 490/449 or MGMT 490 or MKTG 490).

**Note to double majors: The following courses count for both the Information Systems and another major:

• Accounting: ACCT 420 (Accounting Information Systems)

• Finance: INFO 301 (Business Application Development)

• Management: INFO 315 (Project Management)

• Marketing: INFO 340 (Data-mining)