Degree Requirements

Students receiving a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Management degree must complete a minimum total of 185 Quarter Credit hours of instruction.

Core Curriculum Offerings

Bachelor Degree Offerings

Total Bachelor’s Degree Requirements: 185 Quarter Credit Hours

Areas I, II, III

Core Curriculum Offerings   

Area IV: Business Administration Requirements

50 Quarter Credit Hours Required Courses (Grade of “C” or better required)

• BSN 101 - Introduction to Business
• ECO 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• MGT 301 - Principles of Management
• MKT 301 - Principles of Marketing
• MSC 201 - Introduction to Statistics

Area V: Computer Information Management

30 Quarter Credit Hours (Grade of “C” or better required)

• CIM 201 - Programming I - Visual Basic
• CIM 250 - Operating Systems
• CIM 305 - Management Information Systems
• CIM 310 - Data Communication and Networking
• CIM 330 - Database Design
• CIM 410 - System Analysis & Design

Area VI: Computer Information Mgt. Electives

30 Quarter Credit Hours (Grade of “C” or better required)

• CIM 301 - Java Programming
• CIM 302 - C# Programming
• CIM 320 - Health Information Management
• CIM 350 - Multi-Media Business for Individual & Business Communication
• CIM 355 - Web Design & Programming
• CIM 370 - Software Project Management
• CIM 450 - Senior CIM Project I
• CIM 451 - Senior CIM Project II
• CIM 441-445 - CIM Internship

Area VII: General Electives

10 Quarter Credit Hours

• Any undergraduate course offered not previously taken.

Additional Completion Requirements:

1. Completion of at least four years of prescribed study, of which the last year must be in residence at Life University, with at least 25% of coursework being earned in the last year of residency.
2. Satisfactory completion of all in Areas IV – VI courses with a minimum grade of “C” or better.
3. Satisfactory completion of all courses with a minimum overall cumulative GPA of 2.0.
4. A recommendation for graduation based on completion of the Exit Exam by the Dept. of Business faculty. Once declared a degree candidate by the Registrar’s Office, students will be invited to sit for the Exit Exam session most proximate to his/her eligible graduation ceremony. Failure to apply for graduation and/or failure to sit for the Exit Exam will preclude the student from graduation until the exam is taken at the next biannual Exit Exam session. Under absolutely no circumstances will the Exit Exam be given on an individual basis, remotely, or outside the normally scheduled biannual Exit Exam sessions in Fall and Spring terms.
5. File a petition to graduate.
6. Administrative and student reviews of records
   1. Registrar Office – Complete a formal academic records review
   2. Financial Aid Office – Exit interviews with a Counselor
   3. Student Accounting – “Perkins” Exit interview and rectify account balance
7. Confirm CLP 090, FYE 101  and FYE 103  completion status requirements.