DEGREES AVAILABLE: Major
Offered jointly with The Paul Merage School of Business
As the business environment becomes increasingly global and information-centric, the need has increased for graduates who understand and can use technology that gathers and provides information, who are able to distill and recognize patterns in that information, and who can apply those analyses to achieve business objectives.
The undergraduate Business Information Management (BIM) major administered by the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is a collaborative, interdisciplinary degree program between the Bren School and The Paul Merage School of Business.
It seeks to educate students to understand and then apply the theories and concepts of a broad, integrated curriculum covering computing, informatics, business fundamentals and analytical decision-making.
› Is Business Information Management for me?
› What do I take?
› What can I do with this degree?
› What are the pre-major requirements
› Still not sure?Is BIM for me?
Graduates of the program will:
- Learn the fundamentals of information and computer science, including the rudiments of software design and construction with an emphasis on data management
- Grasp the business fundamentals, covering all the functional areas in the business school, provide a background and context in which information and its analysis will be applied.
What do I take?
The curriculum is presented across three general academic areas:
An undergraduate degree diagram for the Business Information Management degree is available.
- Computing (computer science, informatics and software)
- Business Foundations (accounting, finance, marketing, strategy and operations)
- Analytical Methods (mathematics, statistics, economics, management science and decision analysis)
This is just one example; students may complete these courses in any order that is consistent with the prerequisites and the actual offerings each year.
A full listing of courses required for the major can be found below:
Major Requirements
Lower-Division:
- Informatics 41, 42 and 43 or ICS 21/CSE 21/ICS H21, ICS 22/CSE 22/ICS H22 and ICS 52
- Mathematics 2A-B
- Mathematics 6D/ICS 6D
- Mathematics 6G
- Statistics 67/Mathematics 67
- Economics 20A-B
- Management 10, 30A, 30B
Upper-Division Core:
- Management 101, 102, 105, 107, 109, 110, 169, 173, 178, 181
- Informatics 141/CS 121, Informatics 143
- CS 122A/EECS 116
- CS 122B
- CS 134
Electives:
Three upper-division electives taken within or outside of the Bren or Merage Schools.
Upper-division courses completed via the UC Educational Abroad Program may also be utilized toward this requirement upon prior approval by the Bren School of ICS Student Affairs Office.
Students are encouraged to consult an academic advisor in the Bren School of ICS to determine the coursework designed to meet their educational goals.
NOTE: Students majoring in Business Information Management may not double major in Business nor minor in Management, Informatics or Information and Computer Science.
What can I do with this degree?
The major prepares students for a wide variety of careers and life experiences.
Business Information Management majors can pursue careers in the for profit and not-for-profit sectors or can proceed to graduate school in several disciplines, including information systems, computing, economics, business and law.
The fundamentals of information and computer science, including the rudiments of software design and construction with an emphasis on data management, provide the foundation for understanding, describing, and evaluating the technology through which most business information is gathered and presented.
The business fundamentals, covering all the functional areas in the business school, provide a background and context in which information and its analysis will be applied.
What are the pre-major requirements?
Requirements to Declare the BIM major:
- Complete the prerequisites listed below.
- New freshmen starting Fall 2007 and current students who have earned fewer than 60 units (excluding AP or IB exam units) interested in pursuing this major must submit their official petition to change majors to the ICS Student Affairs Office prior to September 1, 2008.
Students will be evaluated and admitted on a competitive basis; only 10 students will be admitted as a change of major into BIM each academic year.
Petitioning from ICS Undeclared is not a requirement but if space is limited, priority may be given to those students.
Students interested in declaring the BIM major should meet with a counselor in the ICS Student Affairs Office in ICS 352 to discuss their academic plan ensuring timely progress within the BIM major .
ICS academic counselors can be reached at ucounsel@uci.edu or call (949) 824-5156 to schedule an appointment or verify walk-in advising schedule.GPA (Students must meet BOTH requirements):
- Minimum 2.0 GPA overall
- Minimum GPA of 2.0 in the quarter immediately preceding the change of major.
Course Grades Students must complete the following requirements with an average GPA of 2.7 or higher at the time of application:
Other
- Mathematics 2A-B
- Informatics 41/42/43 or ICS/CSE 21/22 and ICS 52*
*ICS 52 requires that ICS/CSE 23 be completed with a grade of C or better
- If the eligible pool exceeds the number of students that can be admitted to the major, the following additional criteria will apply:
1. Cumulative UC GPA.
2. Grades in all required information and computer science and mathematics courses.Still not sure?
Undergraduate counselors are eager to talk to you about this and other Bren School degrees, just drop them a note.
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