Information Systems and Decision Sciences (ISM)*

Program of Study at USF Sarasota-Manatee
(*STUDENTS SELECTING THIS MAJOR SHOULD ANTICIPATE TRAVEL TO ANOTHER CAMPUS TO COMPLETE COURSEWORK)

Students attending a Florida community college should complete the Associate of Arts degree and include:

State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites:


NOTE: To be admitted to the College of Business, the student must first be accepted to the University of South Florida. Additionally, students must have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours, earned a 2.50 cumulative grade point average, a minimum 2.0 GPA on all credit attempted at USF, completed the seven state mandated common prerequisites with a 2.00 GPA and no grade lower than a C-. Admission requirements may be subject to change. Please check with Academic Advising for the current criteria.


The Business Core common to all majors in business requires a grade of C- or better in each course and a 2.0 cumulative business core GPA.

Required courses for an ISM Minor:
(General Business Administration Majors are eligible for a minor in IS/DS).

Plus approved ISM electives (6 hours)

  • NOTE: A grade of "C" is the minimum acceptable grade for these courses; only one grade-forgiveness allowed for upper-level ISM course.
  • *ISM 3232 Business Application Development is to be taken before, or concurrently with ISM 3113 (Systems Analysis and Design) which is a prerequisite for all other required MIS courses. Normally, ISM 3113 should be completed by the end of the first semester of the junior year.

  • **No more than three hours of ISM 4950 may be counted as MIS electives. (ISM 4905 will not count as an ISM elective).
  • Students must be admitted to the College of Business at least one term before their anticipated graduation date. To be certified for graduation, students must achieve a 2.0 grade point average in the major field work, as well as all other college work attempted, both at USF and any other institution(s) attended.
  • To be certified for graduation, students must achieve a 2.0 grade point average in the major field work, as well as all other college work attempted, both at USF and any other institution(s) attended.
  • American Sign Language is not approved by the College of Business for the Foreign Language Exit Requirement. (FLEX).
  • All courses in the major or minor field and all foundation courses in business must be taken on a graded basis; the S/U option is not available.


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