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Management Information Systems BS
Program overview
The management information systems major prepares students for careers involving leading-edge enterprise technologies and the analysis, design, and management of computer-based information systems. The curriculum provides students with the opportunity to analyze existing business processes and learn to utilize digital technologies to improve and/or design new models. As a result students are able to apply the concepts of enterprise resource planning and work with sophisticated enterprise systems to help companies achieve their goals. Students also are able to design systems that are usable, practical, and cost-effective. Major career directions for graduates include business analysis, enterprise resource planning analysis and consulting, database application development and administration, network design and administration, website development and administration, and the management of information systems projects.
Curriculum
Management information systems, BS degree, typical course sequence (semesters), effective fall 2013
| Course | Sem. Cr. Hrs. | |
|---|---|---|
| First Year | ||
| MGMT-101 | Business 1: Ideas and Business Planning | 3 |
| MGIS-101 | Computer-based Analysis | 1 |
| ECON-101 | LAS Perspective 4: Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| COMM-253 | Communication | 3 |
| STAT-145, 146 | LAS Perspective 7A, 7B: Introduction to Statistics I, II | 7 |
| MGIS-102 | Business 2: Technology-enabled Launch | 2 |
| LAS Foundation 2: First Year Writing | 3 | |
| ECON-302 | LAS Perspective 3: Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ACCT-110 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| LAS Foundation 1: First Year Seminar† | 3 | |
| ACSC-010 | Year One Seminar | 0 |
| Wellness Education* | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| ACCT-210 | Management Accounting | 3 |
| MKTG-230 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| FINC-220 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| LAS Perspective 1, 2 | 6 | |
| MGIS-320 | Database Management Systems | 3 |
| MGMT-215 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| LAS Elective | 3 | |
| INTB-225 | Global Business Environment | 3 |
| MATH-161 | Applied Calculus | 4 |
| Third Year | ||
| MGMT-340 | Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility | 3 |
| MGIS-330 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| MGIS-340 | Emerging Business Technologies | 3 |
| LAS Immersion 1, 2 | 6 | |
| LAS Perspective 5, 6 | 6 | |
| DECS-310 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGIS Electives | 6 | |
| Cooperative Education | Co-op | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| MGIS-550 | MIS Capstone | 3 |
| Free Electives | 12 | |
| LAS Immersion 3 | 3 | |
| LAS Electives | 6 | |
| MGMT-560 | Strategy and Innovation | 3 |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 122 | |
Please see New General Education Curriculum–Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) for more information.
* Please see Wellness Education Requirement for more information. Students completing bachelor's degrees are required to complete two Wellness courses.
† The First Year Seminar requirement is replaced by an LAS Elective for the 2013-14 academic year.