Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Catalog & Student Handbook

Information Systems (A.S.) TTP

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Business and Technology
Associate of Science Degree

Students who plan to pursue a bachelor’s degree in a business-related field in Information Systems are typically designated “pre-business” or “basic business” when they enter the four-year college or university until they have met the following requirements and have been fully admitted. To be fully admitted, students must complete requirements similar to the following:

Complete all learning-support course requirements
Complete a minimum of 30 semester hours of degree credits (excluding learning support)
Achieve at least a 2.25 inclusive GPA on all attempted college-level coursework
Complete ACCT 1010 Principles of Accounting I , MATH 1530 Introductory Statistics , ECON 2100 Principles of Macroeconomics , and ECON 2200 Principles of Microeconomics with a passing grade and a minimum 2.25 GPA across the four courses

Although students may take the above courses at Motlow, they still must meet the specific four-year college or university requirements. Please consult the catalog of the college or university you plan to attend for specific requirements.

GENERAL EDUCATION (41 credit hours)

Communications (9 credit hours)

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 3 sem hrs cr
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 sem hrs cr

History (6 credit hours)

OPTION 1
HIST 2310 - Early World History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2320 - Modern World History 3 sem hrs cr
OR OPTION 2

Two of the following, taken in any order:
HIST 2010 - Early United States History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 sem hrs cr
HIST 2060 - African American History 3 sem hrs cr

Humanities/Fine Arts (9 credit hours)

At least one course (three credit hours) must be in Literature.

Three of the following:
ART 1035 - Introduction to Art 3 sem hrs cr
ART 2000 - Art History Survey I 3 sem hrs cr
ART 2020 - Art History Survey II 3 sem hrs cr
MUS 1030 - Introduction to Music 3 sem hrs cr
MUS 1035 - History of Jazz 3 sem hrs cr
THEA 1030 - Introduction to Theatre 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2045 - Introduction to Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2055 - African American Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2130 - Topics in American Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2235 - Topics in British Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2310 - Early World Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2320 - Modern World Literature 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature 3 sem hrs cr

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

MATH 1630 - Finite Mathematics 3 sem hrs cr

Natural Science (8 credit hours)

BIOL 1010 - Introduction to Biology cannot be paired with BIOL 1110 or BIOL 1120 to meet the General Education science requirement.

Additionally, CHEM 1010 - Introduction to Chemistry cannot be paired with CHEM 1110 or CHEM 1120 to meet the General Education science requirement.

(Unless otherwise noted, a sequence is not required.)

Two of the following:
ASTR 1010 - Solar System Astronomy 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 1010 - Introduction to Biology 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 1120 - General Biology II 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 1510 - Environmental Science I 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 sem hrs cr
BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 sem hrs cr
CHEM 1010 - Introduction to Chemistry 4 sem hrs cr
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 sem hrs cr
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 sem hrs cr
GEOL 1030 - Survey of Geology 4 sem hrs cr
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus Physics I 4 sem hrs cr
PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus Physics II 4 sem hrs cr
PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 4 sem hrs cr
PHYS 2120 - Calculus-Based Physics II 4 sem hrs cr
PSCI 1030 - Survey of Physical Science 4 sem hrs cr

Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 credit hours)

ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 sem hrs cr

AREA OF EMPHASIS REQUIREMENTS (19 credit hours)

ACCT 1010 - Principles of Accounting I 3 sem hrs cr
ACCT 1020 - Principles of Accounting II 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics 3 sem hrs cr (Students who plan to transfer to the University of Tennessee must complete MATH 2050 - Calculus-Based Prob/Stats instead of MATH 1530 .)
MATH 1830 - Applied Calculus 3 sem hrs cr
INFS 1010 - Computer Applications 3 sem hrs cr
General Electives 4 sem hrs cr

Area of Emphasis Notes for Transferring Students

Students who plan to transfer to the University of Tennessee must complete MATH 2050 - Calculus-Based Prob/Stats instead of MATH 1530 .
Students who plan to transfer to APSU, ETSU, or UTC should take CISP 1010 - Computer Science I and CISP 1020 - Computer Science II instead of INFS 1010 . These courses can count for 3 hours of the Guided Electives for these students.
Students who are not transferring to APSU, ETSU, or UTC can take any three-hour class for the Guided Electives. The other one credit hour must not be earned from ACCT, ADMN, BUSN, CISP, CITC, ECON, or INFS courses. (Note that BUSN 1305 is an exception.)

Semester Hours Credit: 60*

*All information systems majors who are required to take Learning Support must also complete MSCC 1300 - Introduction to College Success .

Recommended Full-Time Schedule (Fall or Spring Start)

The following is a recommended full-time schedule. Learning Support, pre-requisites, and other academic factors may impact this schedule. See your advisor to create a degree plan.

GPS (Graduation Planning System), along with the correct catalog, should be utilized by students for all of their educational planning. Students can monitor their progress toward a degree or certificate and view missing requirements with the GPS audit, which is accessible through MyMotlow.

Semester One (15 credit hours)

ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 3 sem hrs cr (Grade of “C” or higher)
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
INFS 1010 - Computer Applications 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1630 - Finite Mathematics 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Two (15 credit hours)

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 sem hrs cr
ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 3 sem hrs cr (Grade of “C” or higher)
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1830 - Applied Calculus 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Three (16 credit hours)

ACCT 1010 - Principles of Accounting I 3 sem hrs cr
History Sequence 3 sem hrs cr
Literature 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics 3 sem hrs cr (MATH 2050 - UTK transfers)
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Four (14 credit hours)

ACCT 1020 - Principles of Accounting II 3 sem hrs cr
Guided Elective (non-business) 4 sem hrs cr
History Sequence 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Recommended Part-Time Schedule (Fall and Spring Start)

The following is a recommended part-time schedule. Learning Support, pre-requisites, and other academic factors may impact this schedule. See your advisor to create a degree plan.

Semester One (6 credit hours)

ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1630 - Finite Mathematics 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Two (6 credit hours)

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I 3 sem hrs cr
MATH 1830 - Applied Calculus 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Three (9 credit hours)

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II 3 sem hrs cr
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr
INFS 1010 - Computer Applications 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Four (6 credit hours)

ACCT 1010 - Principles of Accounting I 3 sem hrs cr
Humanities/Fine Arts 3 sem hrs cr

Semester Five (7 credit hours)

ACCT 1020 - Principles of Accounting II 3 sem hrs cr
Guided Elective (non-business) 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Six (6 credit hours)

History Sequence 6 sem hrs cr

Semester Seven (7 credit hours)

MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics 3 sem hrs cr (MATH 2050 - UTK transfers)
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Eight (7 credit hours)

ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 sem hrs cr
Natural Science 4 sem hrs cr

Semester Nine (6 credit hours)

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 sem hrs cr
Literature 3 sem hrs cr

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