OPIM Changes for Academic Year 2023-2024
Analytics and Information Management (AIM), housed in the Operations and Information Management (OPIM) Department, is a fast-growing major that prepares students with knowledge and skills in managing information and technology to drive business efficiency and performance. AIM provides students with highly sought-after proficiencies that help discover business insights and identify technology improvements across business functions. Students will learn how to analyze and interpret data to make informed business decisions, manage data and information systems to mitigate security risks, formulate creative technology solutions to fulfill business requirements and manage teams to implement solutions. Students who major in AIM are eligible to apply to the Accelerated Master of Science in Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) Program
- Current seniors who are graduating in May 2023 are not impacted by these changes, and will graduate with the Management Information Systems major as long as all degree requirements are met.
- Current Business students, admitted to Business for Spring 2023 or prior, who are graduating August 2023 or later will be Analytics and Information Management majors.
- Students can continue to plan and take the same classes as written in their catalog, just referencing the updated catalog numbers below.
- Once the Fall term starts, students can plan to advance their catalog year, if they so choose, to take advantage of the new major requirements.
- More information, including updated plans of study documents, will be available in the summer once the new 2023-24 catalog is published.
- Current UConn students admitted to Business for Fall 2023 or later will be Analytics and Information Management majors and will follow the new major requirements.
- Students applying to enter UConn as a first year or transfer student in Fall 2023 or later will be Analytics and Information Management majors and will follow the new major requirements.
- See the University Catalog for OPIM course descriptions and prerequisites
- The major requirements listed below are completed in addition to all general education, Business core and capstone, and other bachelors degree requirements
MIS Major Requirements | NEW AIM Major Requirements (2023-2024) |
18 credits | 15 credits without a concentration, or 18 credits with a concentration; limit to total OPIM credits at 27 (or 30 for Honors students) |
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- OPIM 3301 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Analysis (formerly OPIM 3803)
- OPIM 3302 Data Visualization (formerly OPIM 3804)
- OPIM 5603 Statistics in Business Analytics
- OPIM 5604 Predictive Modeling
- OPIM 3701 Network Infrastructure (formerly OPIM 3222)
- OPIM 3702 Risk, Trust and Modern Security
- OPIM 3401 Business Software Development (formerly OPIM 3220)
- OPIM 3402 Mobile Application Development (formerly OPIM 3224)
- OPIM 3403 UX/UI Design (formerly OPIM 3805)
- OPIM 3601 Managerial Supply Chain Management
- OPIM 3602 Supply Chain Logistics
- OPIM 5111 Supply Chain Analytics
- OPIM 5112 Strategic Sourcing
- OPIM 5113 Distribution and Logistics
These optional concentrations are only available to students in the Analytics and Information Management major in catalog year 2023-2024 and later.
Former Catalog Numbers and Course Names | New Catalog Numbers and Course Names (new numbers/titles bolded) |
OPIM 3220: Business Software Development | OPIM 3401: Business Software Development |
OPIM 3221: Business Database Systems | OPIM 3204: Database Design and Management |
OPIM 3222: Network Design and Applications | OPIM 3701: Network Infrastructure |
OPIM 3224: Web Business Application Development | OPIM 3402: Mobile Application Development |
OPIM 3777: IT Security, Governance and Audit | OPIM 3207: Information Security |
OPIM 3801: Principles of Project Management | OPIM 3603: Project Management and Planning |
OPIM 3802: Data and Text Mining | OPIM 3203: Analytics for Business Intelligence |
OPIM 3803: Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Analysis | OPIM 3301: Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Analysis |
OPIM 3804: Data Visualization | OPIM 3302: Data Visualization |
OPIM 3805: Gamification in Business | OPIM 3403: UX/UI Design  |
If you completed a course under its former catalog number/name, you do not need to take any action. The course will automatically satisfy the same requirement(s) as they had been before. If the same course is retaken (with the new catalog number), repeat forgiveness will be applied.
New OPIM Course Number System
- OPIM courses with numbers 32XX note the core AIM courses
- OPIM courses with numbers 33XX note Analytics courses
- OPIM courses with numbers 34XX note Application Development courses
- OPIM courses with numbers 35XX note Business Data Analytics courses
- OPIM courses with numbers 36XX note Supply Chain courses
- OPIM courses with numbers 37XX note IT Security courses
- OPIM 3401 Business Software Development (formerly OPIM 3220)
- OPIM 3402 Mobile Application Development (formerly OPIM 3224)
- OPIM 3403 UX/UI Design (formerly OPIM 3805) OR OPIM/BADM 3603 Project Management and Planning (formerly OPIM/BADM 3801)
- and one 3-credit 3000/4000-level OPIM course
The Analytics minor and the Information Assurance minor were not updated for the 2023-24 academic year, and current catalog requirements should be referenced for planning purposes.
- OPIM/BADM 3104 Operations Management OR MEM 1151 Intro to the MEM Program
- OPIM 3601 Managerial Supply Chain Management OR OPIM 3602 Supply Chain Logistics
- OPIM/BADM 3603 Project Management and Planning (formerly OPIM/BADM 3801) OR OPIM/BADM 3301 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Analysis (formerly OPIM/BADM 3803)
- and one 3-credit 3000/4000-level OPIM course