Business Systems Design

High Demand Job Market & Great Potential for Career Advancement 

laptop with business graphs on the screenThe Business Systems Design program provides students the foundational knowledge to work in a cross-functional business enviornment to develop software solutions. Students will learn how to design, develop, and manage complex solutions and systems for businesses.

Career Opportunities

Production Coordinator ∙ Program Coordinator ∙ Programmer/Business Analyst ∙ Team Manager ∙ IT Project Delivery Lead

Average Salary - $30,000 to $50,000 starting with advancement in the $100,000 range


Learn

  • Design, develop, and implement information technology based solutions for business
  • Effective Comunication skills with both internal and external stakeholders in a project
  • Critical thinking, problem solving, business analysis
  • Professional interpersonal skills in the workplace
  • Agile and Scrum principles in collaborative software design projects
  • Develop projects using multiple programming languages
  • Apply basic Cloud principles in business situations

PROGRAM OFFERINGS

Business and Management, A.A.S.
Earn your Business and Management Degree a common core curriculum and Business Systems Design concentration.
60 total credit hours required

Learn more in the College Catalog

Business Systems Design, C.T.S.
The Business and Management Program also offers a Certificates of Technical Studies in Business Systems Design.
18 total credit hours required

Learn more in the College Catalog

FAQs

What skills will I gain?

By the end of the class, you develop skills like:

  • business problem solving
  • understanding business software systems
  • system design and planning
  • working with databases and data flow
  • project management basics

What is an Example of a Class Project?

You might be asked to:

Design a system for a small bank or business that:

  • tracks customers
  • records transactions
  • generates reports

You would:

  1. analyze the problem
  2. design the system
  3. present the solution.

What are some of the courses I would take?

  • Business Communications
  • Principles of Management & Marketing
  • Fundamentals of Information Technologies and Systems
  • JAVA Programming
  • Agile Project Business Communications