Management Information Systems
Overview
Designed for professionals who seek to establish or further their career in information systems, the major provides strong management leadership skills with an emphasis on how to utilize information technology to achieve organizational objectives. Students majoring in Management Information Systems can complete their studies entirely online.
Key Outcomes
- Acquire marketable knowledge and skills regarding information systems and business
- Recognize business needs and identify ways that information systems can be employed to achieve organizational goals
- Become a business leader and an advocate for information systems in organizations
- Work effectively as a member of project teams integrated within and across an organization’s functional areas
- Be able to participate meaningfully and responsibly in a global community where Internet technology is shaping many facets of our personal and professional lives
Location
The major in Management Information Systems is offered at the Chicago campus and online.
Beyond Your Bachelor’s
The major focuses on the strategic and competitive role of information systems in today’s business organizations, and the global, social, cultural, and economic importance of the Internet and associated technologies. The curriculum is aligned with the recommendations of professional organizations and employers with regard to critical knowledge and skills regarding information systems and business. The major prepares students to be business leaders and advocates regarding information systems in their organizations, to think critically regarding how information systems can be employed to achieve organizational goals, and to participate meaningfully and responsibility in a global community where technology is shaping many facets of our personal and professional lives.
Major Courses
All courses are 4 semester hours each, for a total of 40 hours.
ORG 3034 — Communicating in Organizations
ORG 4074 — Leading and Managing
ORG 4094 — Marketing in a Global Economy
ORG 4120 — Ethical Decisions in Organizations
ISIT 3030 — Information Systems in Organizations
ISIT 3040 — Web Technologies and E-Commerce
ISIT 4010 — Information Age Communications Technologies
ISIT 4020 — Managing Data and Information
ISIT 4040 — Information Systems Analysis and Design (2 semester hours)
ISIT 4050 — Knowledge Management & Decision Support Systems (2 sh)
ISIT 4060 — Strategic Management of Information Systems Projects
Certificate Courses
Business Information Systems can also be pursued as an academic certificate. All courses are 4 semester hours each, for a total of 12 hours.
- ISIT 3030 — Information Systems in Business
- and an additional 8 semester hours from the following courses:
- ISIT 3040 — Web Technologies and E-Commerce
- ISIT 4010 — Information Age Communications Technologies
- ISIT 4020 — Managing Data and Information
- ISIT 4040 — Information Systems Analysis and Design (2 semester hours)
- ISIT 4050 — Knowledge Management & Decision Support Systems (2 sh)