The Bachelor of Science in Information Systems program prepares students to be Information Systems professionals. Graduates develop and deploy enterprise-level systems to meet organizational needs. The Application Development emphasis prepares students for jobs requiring coding, requirements gathering and definition, managing software development projects, and maintenance of systems. The Business Intelligence Systems emphasis prepares students to become business intelligence analysts who produce financial and marketing intelligence by querying data repositories, generating reports, and devising methods for identifying data patterns and trends. The Information Security Management emphasis prepares students for information technology management and information security analyst positions. The core of the BS IS program prepares students to have a strong foundation in data modeling, data management, data-driven web development, business process analysis and information security.
Accreditation by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET (http://www.abet.org) assures quality.
Information Systems (BS) Majors | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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# of students in major | 181 | 203 | 225 | 233 | 258 | 250 | 237 |
Graduates | 23 | 27 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 60 | 57 |
Within three to five years of graduation, alumni of the Information Systems program are expected to:
The B.S. in Information Systems program uses the following ABET Student Outcomes 1 through 6:
In order to continually improve the curriculum, the Information Systems program at Utah Valley University, in collaboration with students, faculty, graduates, advisory board and employers, uses various assessment tools to measure achievement of student outcomes and program objectives.