Northern Illinois University

College of Business - NIU

OM&IS Curriculum

College of Business Prerequisite Core Requirements:

ACCY 206 - Intro Financial Accounting
ACCY 207 - Intro Cost Management
MGMT 217 - Legal Environment of Business
UBUS 223 - Intro to Business Statistics
ECON 260 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 261 - Principles of Macroeconomics
ENGL 104 or ENGL 105 - Rhetoric & Composition
MATH 211 or MATH 229 - Calculus
PSYC 102 - Intro to Psychology

and ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
ANTH 120
GEOG 202 or GEOG 204
HIST 171
WOMS 235
PHIL 170 or PHIL 231
POLS 260
SOCI 170

Upper-Division OM&IS Requirements

2008 - 2009 NIU Undergraduate Catalog

College of Business Upper Level Core Requirements:

  • UBUS 310 - Business Core: Lecture (9)
  • UBUS 311 - Business Core: Application Seminar (3)
  • OMIS 351 - Information Systems in Organizations (3)
  • MGMT 468- Analysis of Strategic Business Problems (3)

Department Core Requirements:

  • OMIS 99 - Portfolio (0)
  • OMIS 300 - Career Planning in Operations and Information Management (1)
  • OMIS 352 - Business Information Technologies (3)
  • OMIS 340- Supply Chain Management (3)
  • OMIS 452 - Database Management (3)
  • OMIS 455 - Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) (3)
  • OMIS 498 - Operations and Information Management (3)
  • MGMT 346 - Business Communications (3)
  • 15 to 17 hours of major elective courses

Major Elective Courses: (Select three)

  • OMIS 379 Geographic Information Systems (3)
  • OMIS 421 Computer Simulation (3)
  • OMIS 440 Capacity Planning (3)
  • OMIS 442 Quality Management (3)
  • OMIS 449 Business Computing Environments (3)
  • OMIS 450 Service Operations (3)
  • OMIS 460 Telecommunications (3)
  • OMIS 462 Business Systems Development (3)
  • OMIS 475 Electronic Business Technologies (3)
  • OMIS 478 Supply Chain Systems (3)
  • OMIS 485 Business Technology Projects (3)
  • CSCI 240 Programming in C (4)

Other College and University Requirements:

  • Minimum of 120 hours must be completed to graduate.
  • Grade of "C" or better is required in UBUS 310.
  • Grade of "C" or better is required in each OM&IS core required course, which includes courses in the business core and all electives required for the major.
  • Minimum of 60 hours must be outside College of Business and Economics
  • 2.0 cumulative GPA ("C")
  • 2.0 major GPA is required, computed on all 300-400 level required major courses
  • Credits earned in OMIS 458, Internship in OM&IS, may not be used as an OM&IS elective course

As an OM&IS major, be sure to subscribe to the OM&IS Email Group to stay abreast of current happenings in the department as well as schedule and class changes, internships, and permanent position opportunities.