Management Major

Graduates of the management information systems (MIS) are able to design, develop, and implement information systems to solve organizational problems effectively. This major provides students with the background they need to give informational support for decision-making in organizations and to understand the impact that information systems have on the business enterprise. We strive to prepare graduates for entry-level positions in the MIS profession in both user and system departments.

Learning Goals

After completing your BBA with a major in Management Information Systems, you will be able to:

  • Recognize and analyze business problems and opportunities, apply systems development methodologies to elicit and analyze customer requirements
  • Propose information systems-based solutions that are technically sound, economically feasible, and organizationally viable
  • Communicate, orally and in writing, information systems solutions to the various stakeholders
  • Use information systems to provide customers with the data, information, and knowledge to make decisions
  • Develop state of the art information technology skills in the contemporary and emerging dynamic and complex business environment.
  • Collaborate in a team to participate in or manage complex information-based business projects

Degree Requirements

  • 60 credits of lower division course work including business pre-core courses.
  • 60 credits of upper division course work, including business core courses, MIS business major courses, and upper division business electives.
  • MIS major courses require a grade of "C" or higher.

MIS major courses

ISM 3153 Enterprise Information Systems
ISM 4054 Introduction to Web Management
ISM 4113 Systems Analysis and Design
ISM 4210 Data Base Applications
ISM 4220 Business Data Communications
ISM 4400 Management Support Systems
ISM 4151 Systems Management
ISM 4323 Information Security Management

Upper Division Business Electives

Students may take three business electives among the following courses:

ISM 4340 Organizational Impacts
ISM 4949 Cooperative Education in MIS II

or

Any 3000/4000 level business course

or

Any 3000/4000 level course offered by the Computer Science Department
or ECO3202 - Applied Macro Economics

Suggested Plan of Study

Third Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
CGS 3300 Introduction to Information Systems 3 FIN 3403 Financial Management 3
MAN 3025 Organization and Management 3 QMB 3200 Application of Quantitative Methods in Business 3
MAR 3023 Marketing Management 3 ISM 4210 Data Base Applications 3
COM 3150 Advanced Communication for Business 3 ISM 4220 Business Data
Communications		 3
Upper Division Elective 3   Upper division business elective 3
  TOTAL 15   TOTAL 15
Fourth Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
BUL 4310 Legal Environment of Business 3 MAN 4720 Strategic Management 3
ISM 3153 Enterprise Information Systems 3 MAN 4504 Operations Management 3
  Upper division business elective 3 ISM 4113 Systems Analysis and Design 3
ISM 4054 Introduction to Web Management 3 ISM 4400 Management Support Systems 3
ISM 4323 Information Security Management 3 ISM 4151 Systems Management 3
  TOTAL 15   TOTAL 15