The Masters of Science in IS program is designed to provide the technical and managerial knowledge and skills to operate successfully in careers associated with the design, development and management of computer-based information, telecommunications, and internet applications. The program accommodates students with undergraduate degrees specializing in IS, business, and computer science, as well as students with undergraduate degrees outside business and IS.

The program may require as few as 30 hours for students with undergraduate business degrees from AACSB accredited institutions. Students with no academic business background will be required to take additional credit hours as outlined below.

General Requirements

Mathematics Background Requirement

All students must meet course requirements in mathematics, general business and IS. Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours beyond the general business core. Students with a B.S.B.A. with an emphasis in IS or a B.S. in IS from an AACSB accredited institution may, at the student's discretion, substitute two electives for IS 5800 and IS6805. Other courses may be waived with appropriate undergraduate course work.

Students are required to complete the equivalent of Economics 4105 "Quantitative Methods in Modeling in Economics, Business and the Social Sciences" and LOM 5300 "Statistical Analysis for Management Decisions" with a grade of C or better. Graduate credit is not given for these courses, but they may be waived with appropriate undergraduate course work.

General Business Core

Students must have a B.S. in MIS, B.S. in IS, or a B.S.B.A. with an emphasis in IS that requires a managerial communication course, -or- course work equivalent to BA 5100 (Managerial Communication) and at least five of the following courses:

BA 5900: Law, Ethics, and Business

ACCT 5400: Financial and Managerial Accounting .

FIN 6500: Financial Management

MGMT 5600: Organizational Behavior and Administrative Processes

MKTG 5700: Contemporary Marketing Concepts

LOM 5320: Production and Operations Management

BA 6990: Strategy Formulation and Implementation

Program Requirements

A. Basic IS Courses 15 credit hours

IS 5800: Information Systems

IS 6805: Applications of Programming for Business Solutions

IS 6840: Information Systems Analysis

IS 6845: Database Management Systems

IS 6850: Information Systems Design

B. IS Electives 15 credit hours

IS 6806: Managerial Applications Of Object-Oriented Technologies

IS 6807: Business Programming And File Systems

IS 6808: Internet Programming (Java)

IS 6832: Information Systems Strategy

IS 6833: Decision Support Systems

IS 6834: Fourth Generation Languages And End-User Computing

IS 6835: IT-Enabled Business

IS 6836: Telecommunications: Design and Management

IS 6837: IS/IT Architecture

IS 6838: Business Processes: Design, Management, and Integration

IS 6846: Management Of Global Sourcing

IS 6847: Financial And Project Management

IS 6848: Knowledge Management & Business Intelligence

IS 6881: Management of Transnational IS

IS 6891: Seminar on Advanced IS Topics

IS 6892: Seminar In Current Management Information System Topics

Guided internship

A maximum of 2 courses outside IS

       NOTE: Courses outside the College of Business must be approved by the IS Area Coordinator