South Dakota Board of Regents

EXISTING PROGRAM: SUBSTANTIVE PROGRAM MODIFICATION

This form is used to request substantive changes in already existing programs (majors, minors, specializations).

1. INSTITUTION:

Dakota State University

2. PROGRAM TITLE:

Minor in Electronic Commerce

3. THIS PROPOSAL DEALS WITH A CHANGE IN:
	Distribution of Credits
		total credits required within the discipline	Program name
		total credits of supportive course work	Existing specialization
		total credits of elective course work	Addition of specialization
	X	total credits required for program	Other (explain)

4. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHANGE:

Fall 2007

5. LEVEL:		6. CATEGORY:
	Certificate	x	Minor
	Associate Degree		Major
	Bachelor’s Degree		Specialization
	Master’s Degree
	Doctoral Degree

7. PRIMARY ASPECTS OF THE MODIFICATION:

Existing Curriculum				Proposed Curriculum (Highlight Changes)
Pref	Num	Title	Cr Hrs	Pref	Num	Title	Cr Hrs
CIS	251	Bus App Prog	3	CIS	251	Bus App Prog	3
					or
				CSC	250	Computer Science II
CIS	275	Web Prog I	3	CIS	275	Web Prog I	3
CIS	332	System Analysis	3	CIS	332	System Analysis	3
CIS	375	Web Prog II	3	CIS	375	Web Prog II	3
CIS	385	Networking II	3
CIS	424	Internet & Ecom	3	CIS	424	Internet & Ecom	3
CIS	484	Database	3	CIS	484	Database	3
Total number of hours required			21	Total number of hours required			18

8. EXPLANATION OF THE CHANGE:

A choice of the programming sequence between CIS 130/251 in Visual Basic and CSC 150/250 in C/C++ is appropriate.  The CIS 385 course is removed because the focus is the minor is on software design, web applications, and e-commerce. This brings the minor down to 18 credits.