Information Systems, MIS

Program Description:

The Master of Information Systems degree is designed to meet the educational needs of managerial and technical employee who have IT budgetary, management, or decision-making responsibilities.

The program aims to enable students to understand the following Information Systems domains: technology architectures, project assurance & failure avoidance, enterprise systems, technology strategies, and business continuity & disaster recovery, information ethics & security.

Admissions Requirements:

Preferred applicants should have three years of work experience in the field of information systems, information technology, computer science, or a related field which extensively utilizes information systems.
Those who currently hold or are on track to assume senior professional responsibility in the field of information systems will be given preference.
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and satisfy the minimum requirements to obtain graduate status

Program Requirements:

The IS degree program is a 12-month, 33-semester credit hour, lockstep, cohort-based program. The program blends four intensive weekends in-residence with three e-learning modules. The weekends in-residence include case studies, leadership lectures, breakout sessions, and simulation assignments and are scheduled between e-learning modules. E-learning modules add learning activities such as interactive cases, pedagogical discussions, and proprietary teaching material built by subject matter experts.

Dept Core and Electives

I. Prerequisites

None

II. Required Courses

MIS 7000 - Information Systems Strategy Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7100 - Technology-Enabled Business and Organizations Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7200 - IS Project Management Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7300 - Enterprise Data and Resources Management Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7400 - IT Outsourcing and Partnerships Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7500 - Business Process Management Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7600 - Customer Relationship Mgt. and Business Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7700 - Information Assurance Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7800 - Management of Technical Services Credit Hour(s): 3
MIS 7900 - IS Management Research Project Credit Hour(s): 1 to 3

Note(s):

* All courses are offered in a blended learning mode with a 3 day residency (1 day devoted to one course) followed by 5 weeks of online delivery per course.
* Three 5 week courses (one at a time) offered per 15 week semester, synchronized with the semester schedule.
* Three 5 week courses offered during summer (provided summer schedule can accommodate 15 weeks).
* Cohort structures changed to: Fall Cohort (starting beginning of Fall, continuing through Spring and Summer) and Spring Cohort (starting beginning of Spring, continuing through Summer and Fall).

III. Electives