Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems

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Hassan Mustafa
Associate Professor of Digital Marketing
Business and Management Department
Offered within the
Department of Business and Management


Accredited by the
United Arab Emirates
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Bridge the gap between technology and business with a Management Information Systems degree that equips you to analyze, design, and lead digital transformation.

Overview

Technology enhances an organization’s operational efficiency. Through analysis of existing business processes, you will be able to improve and design new information systems that can help add value to an existing product and help managers make crucial decisions. The management information systems degree focuses on data analytics, teamwork, leadership skills, customer service, and underlying business theories. An MIS degree gives you the ability to develop innovative systems to solve company problems and improve business intelligence.

People, processes, and information systems are how organizations do business. Management Information Systems (MIS) is an interdisciplinary major focused on leveraging technology, people, and processes to help improve, transform, and support business operations. It is a discipline that emphasizes the management of information and communications technology elements within business organizations. As an MIS student, you can expect to gain an understanding of computer databases, networks, and computer security, but you'll also learn how to help people better use technology. You will become the essential link between technology and the people who don't understand it as well as you do.

The management information systems major prepares you for careers involving leading-edge enterprise technologies and the analysis, design, and management of computer-based information systems. The curriculum provides you with the opportunity to analyse existing business processes and learn to utilize digital technologies to improve and/or design new models. As a result, you can apply the concepts of enterprise resource planning and work with sophisticated enterprise systems to help companies achieve their goals. You will also design systems that are usable, practical, and cost-effective.

 

Typical Job Titles

Associate Data Analyst Business Analyst
Data Analyst Developer
HR Administrator IT Analyst
Management Consultant Sales Associate

 

Industries

Computer Networking

Healthcare

Food and Beverage

Management Consulting

Internet and Software

Transportation and Logistics

Mission Statement

The Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems (BS in MIS) at RIT Dubai prepares students to integrate business knowledge and information systems expertise in order to analyze business needs, design technology-enabled solutions, and support organizational decision-making in a digital economy. Grounded in applied learning and aligned with RIT’s global standards, the program develops graduates who can use data, systems, and enterprise technologies to improve business processes and contribute effectively to organizations in the UAE and beyond.

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Program Goals

  • PG1: Project Proposal: Demonstrate the ability to analyze business processes, obtain business requirements, design systems, and prepare professional proposals.
  • PG2: Roles and Tools: Demonstrate knowledge of IS roles, tools, and practices for managing technology in decision-making.
  • PG3: Data Models and Databases: Demonstrate the ability to use data models and database systems to support business processes.

Program Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze business processes
    • Obtain business requirements
    • Design a system that meets specified requirements
    • Prepare a professional project proposal
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the roles, tools, and practices used to manage information systems and technology
  • Demonstrate the use of data models
    • Demonstrate the design and development of database systems

Curriculum

Typical Course Sequence

Total Credit Hours - 123

Course Sem. Cr. Hrs.
First Year
ACCT-110
Financial Accounting
An introduction to the way in which corporations report their financial performance to interested stakeholders such as investors and creditors. Coverage of the accounting cycle, generally accepted accounting principles, and analytical tools help students become informed users of financial statements.
 3
ECON-101
Principles of Microeconomics
Microeconomics studies the workings of individual markets. That is, it examines the interaction of the demanders of goods and services with the suppliers of those goods and services. It explores how the behavior of consumers (demanders), the behavior of producers (suppliers), and the level of market competition influence market outcomes.
 3
MATH-161
General Education–Elective: Applied Calculus
This course is an introduction to the study of differential and integral calculus, including the study of functions and graphs, limits, continuity, the derivative, derivative formulas, applications of derivatives, the definite integral, the fundamental theorem of calculus, basic techniques of integral approximation, exponential and logarithmic functions, basic techniques of integration, an introduction to differential equations, and geometric series. Applications in business, management sciences, and life sciences will be included with an emphasis on manipulative skills.
 4
MGMT-101
Business 1: Introduction to Business Communication, Planning and Analysis
This is the first of a two-course sequence, 4 credit year long experience, comprising the freshman-integrated experience. In Business 1, students will be introduced to the key functional areas of business, discuss current factors, events, and trends that impact business, build professional, personal leadership, communication, and teamwork skills, and evaluate business decisions, and the business plan process. By understanding the key functions of business and analyzing business decisions in Business 1, students will be able to then develop their own business ideas in Business 2.
 3
MGIS-130
Information Systems and Technology
To be successful in our globally-networked business environment, contemporary management professionals must have a strong grounding in the principles of information and information technology. This course provides an introduction to the field of management information systems (MIS), including the tools and techniques for managing information and information technologies within organizations. We place a particular emphasis on the nature of systems, the role of information in business processes, the management of data, and the planning of MIS design projects.
 3
YOPS-10
RIT 365: RIT Connections
RIT 365 students participate in experiential learning opportunities designed to launch them into their career at RIT, support them in making multiple and varied connections across the university, and immerse them in processes of competency development. Students will plan for and reflect on their first-year experiences, receive feedback, and develop a personal plan for future action in order to develop foundational self-awareness and recognize broad-based professional competencies.
 0
ACCT-210
Management Accounting
Introduction to the use of accounting information by managers within a business. Explores the value of accounting information for the planning and controlling of operations, assessing the cost of a product/service, evaluating the performance of managers, and strategic decision making.
 3
ECON-201
General Education–Elective: Principles of Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics studies aggregate economic behavior. The course begins by presenting the production possibilities model. This is followed by a discussion of basic macroeconomic concepts including inflation, unemployment, and economic growth and fluctuations. The next topic is national income accounting, which is the measurement of macroeconomic variables. The latter part of the course focuses on the development of one or more macroeconomic models, a discussion of the role of money in the macroeconomy, the aggregate supply-aggregate demand framework, and other topics the individual instructor may choose.
 3
INTB-225
General Education–Elective: Global Business Environment
Being an informed global citizen requires an understanding of the global business environment. Organizations critical to the development of the global business environment include for-profit businesses, non-profits, governmental, non-governmental, and supranational agencies. This course introduces students to the interdependent relationships between organizations and the global business environment. A holistic approach is used to examine the diverse economic, political, legal, cultural, and financial systems that influence both organizations and the global business environment.
 3
MGMT-102
Business 2: Business Planning and Professional Development
This course, the second in the First-year Business 4 Credit Experience, applies business and technology tools to create a modified business plan. Supported by guest speakers on a variety of professional development topics, along with student and professional mentors, students in this project-centered course use the Business Model Canvas innovation tool and learn to identify and communicate the nine key elements of a business model. Students will complete a team project that outlines the business case for a new product or service to address a selected challenge or opportunity. Student teams present a business case in both a one-page document and a 10-minute presentation pitch.
 1
STAT-145
General Education–Mathematical Perspective A: Introduction to Statistics I
This course introduces statistical methods of extracting meaning from data, and basic inferential statistics. Topics covered include data and data integrity, exploratory data analysis, data visualization, numeric summary measures, the normal distribution, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. The emphasis of the course is on statistical thinking rather than computation. Statistical software is used.
 3
UWRT-150
FYW: Writing Seminar
Writing Seminar is a three-credit course limited to 19 students per section. The course is designed to develop first-year students’ proficiency in analytical and rhetorical reading and writing, and critical thinking. Students will read, understand, and interpret a variety of non-fiction texts representing different cultural perspectives and/or academic disciplines. These texts are designed to challenge students intellectually and to stimulate their writing for a variety of contexts and purposes. Through inquiry-based assignment sequences, students will develop academic research and literacy practices that will be further strengthened throughout their academic careers. Particular attention will be given to the writing process, including an emphasis on teacher-student conferencing, critical self-assessment, class discussion, peer review, formal and informal writing, research, and revision. Small class size promotes frequent student-instructor and student-student interaction. The course also emphasizes the principles of intellectual property and academic integrity for both current academic and future professional writing.
 3
Second Year
STAT-146
General Education–Mathematical Perspective B: Introduction to Statistics II
This course is an elementary introduction to the topics of regression and analysis of variance. The statistical software package Minitab will be used to reinforce these techniques. The focus of this course is on business applications. This is a general introductory statistics course and is intended for a broad range of programs.
 4
MKTG-230
Principles of Marketing
An introduction to the field of marketing, stressing its role in the organization and society. Emphasis is on determining customer needs and wants and how the marketer can satisfy those needs through the controllable marketing variables of product, price, promotion and distribution.
 3
FINC-220
Financial Management
Basic course in financial management. Covers business organization, time value of money, valuation of securities, capital budgeting decision rules, risk-return relation, Capital Asset Pricing Model, financial ratios, global finance, and working capital management.
 3
SCBI-035
Careers in Business
This course consists of a series of workshops designed to introduce business students to the skills needed to be successful in job and coop searches and applications to graduate schools. Students will establish their career goals, create material (e.g., resume, cover letter), and acquire skills needed to achieve these goals.
 0
BANA-255
General Education–Elective: Data Literacy, Analytics, and Decision Making
This course serves as an introduction to the uses (and potential misuses) of data in a wide variety of social settings, including the exploration of contemporary techniques to analyze such data. Data acquisition, cleansing, management, analysis, and visualization will be addressed through hands-on projects. Project work will include contemporary social problems addressed using a dynamic set of resources and technologies. An emphasis will be placed on how insights gleaned from data analysis can be used to guide individual and group decision-making scenarios.
 3
COMM-253
Communication
An introduction to communication contexts and processes emphasizing both conceptual and practical dimensions. Participants engage in public speaking, small group problem solving and leadership, and writing exercises while acquiring theoretical background appropriate to understanding these skills.
 3
MGMT-215
Organizational Behavior
As an introductory course in managing and leading organizations, this course provides an overview of human behavior in organizations at the individual, group, and organizational level with an emphasis on enhancing organizational effectiveness. Topics include: individual differences, work teams, motivation, communication, leadership, conflict resolution, organizational culture, and organizational change.
 3
MGIS-320
Database Management Systems
Transforming data into information is critical for making business decisions. This course introduces students to the concepts of data, information and the business database management systems (DBMS) used by modern organizations. Exercises and hands-on projects are used to model the information needs of an organization and implement and query databases using applications such as Microsoft Access and SQL.
 3
General Education Perspective (Artsitic, Social) 6
Open Elective 3
Third Year
MGIS-330
Systems Analysis and Design
Successful organizations utilize a systematic approach to solve real-world business problems through the use of computing resources. Students who complete this course will be able to design and model business processes. They will learn how to conduct requirements analysis, approach the design or redesign of business processes, model system functions, effectively communicate systems designs to various levels of management, work in a project-based environment, and approach the implementation of a new organizational information system.
 3
MGIS-350
Developing Business Applications
Development of business applications is transforming from programming to integration of software components using application development environments. Students learn the fundamentals of computer programming and applications development through a set of programming exercises that focus on visual development environments and component integration. These exercises expand into a project where students apply concepts of typical development and project methodologies to complete a comprehensive programming assignment.
 3
MGMT-340
General Education–Ethical Perspective: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
This course applies concepts of ethics to business at the macro level and at the micro level. At the macro level the course examines competing business ideologies exploring the ethical concerns of capitalism as well as the role of business in society. At the micro level the course examines the role of the manager in establishing an ethical climate with an emphasis on the development of ethical leadership in business organizations. The following topics are typically discussed: the stakeholder theory of the firm, corporate governance, marketing and advertising ethics, the rights and responsibilities of employees, product safety, ethical reasoning, business's responsibility to the environment, moving from a culture of compliance to a culture of integrity, and ethical leadership.
 3
DECS-310
Operations Management
A survey of operations and supply chain management that relates to both service- and goods- producing organizations. Topics include operations and supply chain strategies; ethical behavior; forecasting; product and service design, including innovation and sustainability; capacity and inventory management; lean operations; managing projects; quality assurance; global supply chains; and the impacts of technology.
 3
MGIS-499 Management Information Systems Co-op 0
General Education – Natural Science Inquiry Perspective 3
MGIS Electives 9
General Education – Immersion 1 3
General Education – Scientific Principles Perspective 3
Fourth Year
MGMT-560
Strategic Management
A capstone course drawing upon major business functions—accounting, finance, marketing, operations management, and organizational theory and how strategic managers integrate functional theories and concepts to create competitive advantage. The course provides an integrated perspective of business organizations toward the achievement of enhanced profitability and a sustainable competitive advantage. Topics include the analysis of business environments, industry attractiveness, and competitive dynamics. Students learn how to formulate and implement effective business-level, corporate-level, and global strategies using theories, cases and a simulation.
 3
MGIS-550 MIS Capstone (WI-PR) 3
General Education – Electives 9
General Education – Immersion 2, 3 6
Open Electives 9


Approved Management Information Systems Electives

Course Code Course Title
MGIS-355 Business Intelligence
MGIS-360 Building a Web Business
MGIS-425 Database Systems Development
MGIS-429 Cyber: Risk and Resilience
MGIS-445 Web Systems Development
MGIS-450 Enterprise Systems
MGIS-489 Seminar in MIS
MGIS 589 Hacking for Defense (H4D)
MGMT-360 Digital Entrepreneurship

(WI) refers to a writing intensive course within the major.
 

All students pursuing a bachelor’s degree are also required to complete two different Wellness courses.

Students must complete one (1) co-op (MGIS-499). Students may complete co-op in any term.
 

To graduate, students need to complete all the requirements as listed in the curriculum graduation policy

Faculty

Advisory Board

Mr. Nigel Pasea
Country Head Middle East, Waystone Compliance Solutions

Ms. Binnur Tunbul
Executive Vice President, IBM - Retired

Mr. Ahsan Ali
Chief Growth Officer, Kaizen Paint Middle East

HH Sheikh Dr. Faisal Al-Mualla
Co-Founder Safety and Emergency Security Association, Director of Behavioral Strategy, UAE

Ms. Shaikha AlQaydi
Information Security Manager, Parkin, UAE

Ms. Yara Hattab
Manager, Strategic Investments/Corporate Development (Fintechs), Mastercard

Ms. Soha Ragab
CFA - Head of MENA Regional Affairs, Digital Currencies Governance Group (DCGG), UAE

Dr. Amna Alhajeri
Manager, Strategic Planning Branch, Ministry of Interior, UAE

Ms. Mashal Waqar
Head of Marketing, Octant, NY USA

Ms. Dana Osman
Head of Marketing, ISA Mia, UAE

Ms. Lori Baker
Vice President, Data Protection & Regulatory Compliance, Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), Dubai, UAE

  

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