Business Information Systems

If you are interested in business and like to work with computers, then Baldwin Wallace’s business information systems (BIS) program is for you. BIS will help you gain the highly valued skills and knowledge necessary to design, develop and deliver innovative information technology solutions for all types of organizations.

Designed with the combined input from business, international software and information technology professionals, BIS unites accounting, finance, marketing, operations and management information systems approaches — such as systems analysis and design, data analytics and visualization, project management, cybersecurity governance and intelligent software engineering.

You'll work on real-world projects and gain the insights and skills needed to succeed in today's growing tech environment. BW faculty are experts in the field with impressive business and IT contacts. They'll help you connect to outstanding internship and career opportunities.

Real Projects with Real Clients

Hands-on learning is at the core of the BIS major. You'll solve real problems for real companies and lead a team of peers in directing systems design, software applications, data analytics and data visualization for client projects. Among opportunities, you can learn to build a business from the ground up using web programming, create a new mobile app or use marketing skills and online web metrics to track financial and strategic goals.

You'll gain experience and confidence making business presentations to key stakeholders and benefit from courses and experiences offering state-of-the-art technologies from industry leaders. Best of all, you'll finish your senior year with an applied capstone project and completed portfolio of work that showcases your business and IT skills.

Admission to Baldwin Wallace is selective, and determined by a thorough review of all items submitted. Completed applications are reviewed on a daily basis with decisions determined within 2-4 weeks. 

Required items are submitted through the applicant portal and include:

• Application
• Secondary School Transcripts
• Secondary School Report Form
• Teacher Recommendation
• International Student Certification of Financial Support Form
  • Prospective F-1 students must have the financial resources to live and study in the United States. This includes being able to cover the cost of tuition, books, living expenses and travel while enrolled. BW must collect evidence of the student’s financial ability to attend BW for at least one year (or the program length, whichever is shorter) before issuing a Form I-20. Please review the Instructions for Completing the International Student Certification of Financial Support Form for additional information.
• Financial Sponsor Letter
  • A financial sponsor letter is required documentation if a sponsor is helping the student financially.
    • Sample financial sponsor letter
• One of the following exams*:
  • TOEFL (recommended scores of IBT 79, CBT 213, PBT 550)
  • IELTS (recommended composite of 6.5)
  • SAT (recommended evidence-based reading/writing score of 520)
  • ACT (recommended English score of 21) 

As noted, the score levels above are recommended but not required. Students whose English language skills need development may be conditionally admitted and placed in BW’s ESL program provided by the LADO International Institute.

* Students who have taken an English language curriculum are highly encouraged to take the SAT or ACT exam. If these exams are not available, students should submit TOEFL or IELTS scores.