PART A - ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE OR
EQUIVALENT
To
enter the Jackson Community College/Franklin University program, you must meet
one of the following admissions criteria:
|
Associate’s degree in:
Computer Programming
Specialist
Microcomputer
Applications Specialist
|
or |
Other AA, AS, AGS or AAS degree
|
or |
Completion of 60 semester hours
and
a 2.5 GPA.
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PART B - BRIDGE COURSES
The
following courses are required to be taken at
Jackson Community College
if not
previously completed.
General Education Bridge:
| Franklin Competency
Requirement |
Community
College Equivalent |
| English |
ENG 131 Writing Experience |
| Speech |
SPH 231 Comm Fundamentals
or 233 Argumentation & Debate
or 234 Public Address or
240 Interpersonal Comm |
| Business/Technical
Writing |
ENG 232 Technical & Business Writing |
| Statistics |
CIS 205 Intro to
Statistics or MTH 133 Intro to Probability & Statistics |
| Science Course |
select from courses in the Science academic discipline at your community college |
| Social/Behavioral
Science Course |
select from courses in anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, economics, or political science |
| Humanities Course |
select from courses in the Humanities or History academic disciplines at your community college |
|
College Algebra |
MTH 131
Intermediate Algebra |
| Introduction to
Databases |
CIS 022 Access Workshop
or 112 MS Office Professional-Integration or 122 MS Access Comprehensive |
| Introduction to Presentational
Software |
CIS 119 MS Powerpoint Workshop
or 112 MS Office Professional-Integration |
| General Ed
Elective (8 semester hours) |
select from non-developmental courses in any general education discipline at your community college |
| Introduction to
UNIX |
CIS 113 Operating System: UNIX |
Professional
Competency Bridge:
| Financial
Accounting |
ACC 231 Principles of Accounting I |
| Managerial
Accounting |
ACC 232 Principles of Accounting II |
| Management |
BUA 220
Principles of Management |
| Structured
Programming Course |
Choose one: CPS 117 CSI: Sci & Engineering
or CIS 165 Java Prog, 182 Prog in C++ or 270 Visual C++ |
| WWW Design &
Implementation |
CIS 143 HTML and
144 Web Page Design |
|
Business Elective |
select from business-related courses at your
community college (Accounting, Management,
Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, etc.) |
Elective Bridge Courses
(taken at Jackson Community College)
Non-development level courses taken at JCC and not applied directly toward
another Bridge requirement will be applied to this area. An official
evaluation of transfer credit will determine the need for electives.
If you need additional courses to meet the 124 semester hour minimum required
for a Bachelor/s degree, please select business or computer-related courses from those offered at
JCC. Other courses
may be acceptable in this area. Please see a JCC advisor or Franklin
University SSA for approval prior to taking the course.
FRANKLIN
UNIVERSITY
PART C - CAPSTONE (40 semester hours)
The
following Capstone courses are available online and must be taken through
Franklin’s Community College Alliance program. All students must take
Franklin's orientation course, PF 321 Learning Strategies, prior to other
online courses at Franklin. It is recommended to take PH 321 before
beginning bridge courses at your community college. Degree-seeking
students must meet all the requirements for the degree(s) and major program(s)
in effect at the time they declare in writing a specific degree and major and
earn credit toward a degree by taking PH 321.
Professional
Foundations (8 semester hours):
PF
321 Learning Strategies (2)
PF
305 Global Cultures (4)
PF 310 Effective Presentational Communication (2)
Major Area (28 semester hours):
MIS
300 Management Information Systems (4)
MIS 310 Info. Systems Architecture & Technology (4)
MIS 320 Effective Technical Writing (4)
COMP 380 Database Management Systems (4)
MIS 400 Systems Analysis and Design (4)
MIS 478 Advanced Data Analysis (4)
MIS 495 MIS Capstonet (4)
Major
Area Elective (select 3 courses or 12 semester hours from the following):
AMGT 490 Project Management (4)
COMP 415 Human Computer Interaction (4)
MIS
315 Business Telecommunications (4)
MIS 360 Electronic Commerce (4)
MIS 484 Information Security (4)
MIS 480 Special Topics in MIS
MIS 499 Independent Study
Any Course in the Computer Science curriculum
Any Course in the Digital Communication curriculum
Any course, up to 4 semester credit hours, from another curriculum with
approval from the Franklin University MIS Program Chair
