Business Option

Major Area Requirements
36 semester hours of courses in computer science (CUS)

• Structured Programming Techniques
• Mainframe Assembler Language or Microcomputer Assembler Language
• Introduction to Data Structures
• Business Data Management

3 credits from each of the following: 

• Advanced Business Programming; Commercial Systems; Systems Resource Management; Object-Oriented Programming; Unix Operating System; PERL Programming Language
• Advanced Data Structures; Survey of Languages; Event-Driven Programming; Java and World Wide Web Applications; Advanced Java Programming
• Logical Design; Computer Architecture; Operating Systems; Compilers and Program Translation; Database Management Systems; Software Engineering; Systems Analysis; Theory of Programming Languages; Advanced Database Management Systems
• Distributed Operating Systems; HTML and JAVA Script; Dynamic Web Page Development; Artificial Intelligence; Computers and the Law
• Operations Research I and II; Simulation; Data Communications; Data Security and Cryptography; Theory of Computation; Finite Automata and Formal Languages; Analysis of Algorithms

9 additional credits in computer science, 6 of these must be selected from CUS 1144 or higher numbered courses.  CUS 1101-1108 may not be used toward the fulfillment of the major area requirements. 

Specialized Area Requirements
18 semester hours of courses in business administration

• Fundamentals of Accounting I or Fundamentals of Accounting II (Non-Accounting majors)
• Fundamentals of Accounting II
• Law and Business
• Principles of Management I
• Financial Management
• Principles of Marketing

Free electives
9 semester hours selected from the courses offered through any of the undergraduate units of St. John's University.  No more than 6 credits of free electives may be chosen from business administration courses. 

Students completing this program will have a minor in business as well as a major in computer science.

A second language (6 credits) may be substituted for these courses.