Minors In...

To apply for a minor, fill out the form on the Registrar's website, and bring to the CCS Undergraduate Advisor for approval.

Undergraduate Degrees

You can also start your M.S. or Ph.D. in Information Systems while doing your B.S. degree in any NJIT major.  Click here for the list of IS Courses.         

Minors for CCS Majors

The following set of courses allow you, as a CCS (CS, IS or IT) student, to earn one of 3 minors:

Web & IS (CCS majors)

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses):

  • IS 117 Introduction to Website Development
  • IS 390 Requirements Analysis and Systems Design*

Any 3 of the following courses:

  • IS 217 Advanced Website Development
  • IS 218 Building Web Applications
  • IS 322 Mobile Applications: Design, Interface, Implementation
  • IS 333 Social Networking: Apps and Interface Design
  • IS 373 Web Standards
  • IS 392 Web Mining and Information Retrieval
  • IS 421 Advanced Web Applications

* Current BA IS, BS BIS and BS HCI majors should substitute one of the latter courses for IS 390

Human Computer Interaction (CCS majors)

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses, plus a GUR requirement):

  • You must take Rutgers R830:101* (Principles of Psychology) or STS 210 as your Social Science GUR course
  • IS 247** Designing the User Experience
  • IS 375** Evaluating the User Experience
  • IS 448 Design Studio for Ubiquitous Computing
  • Rutgers R830:304* (Cognitive Processes)
  • Rutgers R830:372* (Perception)

* Rutgers courses are listed in their catalog as "21&62:subject:course"

** Current BA IS, BS BIS and BS WIS majors should substitute two BS HCI specialization courses listed in the catalog for IS 247 and  IS 375

Information Systems (CCS majors)

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses):

  • IS 265 Introduction to Information Systems
  • IS 344 Computing Applications in Business
  • IS 390 Requirements Analysis and Systems Design
  • IS 455 IT Policy and Strategy
  • IS 465 Advanced Information Systems
  

Minors for Majors Outside CCS

The following set of courses allow you to earn one of 3 minors, for students not majoring in the Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences.

Information Systems

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses):

  • IS 265 Introduction to Information Systems
  • IS 390 Requirements Analysis and Systems Design
  • IS 331 Database Systems Design and Management
  • IS 455 IT Policy and Strategy
  • 1 additional IS, CS or IT course approved by the IS Undergraduate Advisor.

Web & IS

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses):

  • IS 117 Introduction to Website Development
  • IS 390 Requirements Analysis and Systems Design

Any 3 of the following courses:

  • IS 217 Advanced Website Development
  • IS 218 Building Web Applications
  • IS 322 Mobile Applications: Design, Interface, Implementation
  • IS 333 Social Networking: Apps and Interface Design
  • IS 373 Web Standards
  • IS 392 Web Mining and Information Retrieval
  • IS 421 Advanced Web Applications

Human Computer Interaction

Required Courses (15 credits or 5 courses, plus a GUR requirement):

  • You must take Rutgers R830:101* (Principles of Psychology) or STS 210 as your Social Science GUR course
  • IS 247 Designing the User Experience
  • IS 375 Evaluating the User Experience
  • IS 448 Design Studio for Ubiquitous Computing
  • Rutgers R830:304* (Cognitive Processes)
  • Rutgers R830:372* (Perception)

*Rutgers courses are listed in their catalog as "21&62:subject:course"