Bachelor

First established in 2001, the Information Management and Information System program is an interdisciplinary program offered by IBS. Since 2018, the program has begun to lean in the direction of big data and business analysis, a decision which has proven to be transformative and which has allowed the program to be recognized as a trend-starter in Chinese universities. In 2020, the program was approved as one of the First-class Undergraduate Programs in Beijing; in 2022, it was approved as one of the National First-class Undergraduate Programs in China.

Students majoring in Information Management and Information System (Big Data and Business Analytics) can choose to pursue a minor in another specialty starting in their second year.

In order to fulfill the degree requirements and graduate, students must complete a total of 137 credits (2308 teaching hours), along with 12 credits of practical courses, over a period of four years.

Course credits and teaching hours are listed as follows:

1. General Compulsory Courses: Fundamental Principles of Marxism, Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Outline of Modern and Contemporary History of China, Ethics and Morality Cultivation & Fundamentals of Law, Current Affairs and Policies, The Xi’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, College English, Physical Education, Military Theories, Labor Education, National Security Education, History of the Communist Party of China (Elective), History of Socialist Development (Elective).

2. General Education Courses: (1) History, philosophy and comparative civilization; (2) Literature, art and cultural studies; (3) Social sciences and regional studies; (4) Language, translation and intercultural communication; (5) Science and technology, artificial intelligence and social development; (6) Psychology, life education and physical and mental health; (7) Research methods and speculative innovation; (8) International general courses.

3. Major Compulsory Courses: Advanced Mathematics I II, Linear Algebra, Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Statistics, Computer and the Internet, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Introduction and Application of Programming Language (Python), Accounting, Management, Management Information Systems, Corporate Financial Management, C Programming Language, Advanced Business Analytics, Database and data structure, Operations Research, Operations Management and Supply Chain, Introduction to Data Mining and Machine Learning, Information Systems Analysis and Design.

4. Major Elective Courses (choose from 41 courses listed below): Contemporary Economics and Management: Theory and Practice, Artificial Intelligence and Business, Research Methodology, Machine Learning and Economic Applications, Economic Law, Business Negotiation, Internet Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Professional Development and Workplace Analysis, E-Commerce, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, etc.

5. Practical Courses: Military Training (Practice), Social Practice and Field Study, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Course, Graduation Internship, Dissertation.