Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

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Management Information Systems (MIS)

The Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems degree is designed to prepare students for entry-level employment in technology related management positions and to provide the background necessary for graduate work in Management Information Systems. Students majoring in MIS must take MTH 1210: Precalculus II (or higher) and either MTH 1180: Probability and Statistics or MTH 2180: Applied Statistics, and should use these courses to fulfill their Liberal Arts Core mathematics requirement. Depending on placement, students may have to take additional mathematics courses.

All students seeking a degree in Management Information Systems must perform satisfactorily on comprehensive examinations administered by the department. The examinations will cover the computer science core courses and the business core courses.

A list of Management Information Systems courses can be found here.

MIS Degree Requirements

Communications Requirements
Course CodeCourse TitleCredit Hours
COM 1000Public Speaking3
COM 3400 or
COM 3450
Business and Professional Communication or
Technical Writing
3
Business Requirements
ACC 2010Principles of Accounting I3
ACC 2020Principles of Accounting II3
BUS 2110Quantitative Analysis with Spreadsheets3
BUS 3120Business Information Systems3
BUS 3310Principles of Management3
BUS 4500Organizational Behavior3
ECO 1050Foundations of Economics3
MKT 2020Principles of Marketing3
Computer Science Requirements
CSC 1010Introductory Programming in Python3
CSC 1180Foundations of Programming in C++3
CSC 2180Data Structures3
CSC/SWE 2300Software Engineering3
CSC 3260Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction3
CSC 3300Fundamentals of Computer Science3
CSC 3400Database Design and Applications3
CSC 3600Operations Research3
CSC 4110Advanced Database Systems3
MIS Concentration (Choose One)
Management Concentration
Select two (2) courses from this group.
BUS 3130 - Information Security (3 hours)
BUS 3150 - Commercial Law I (3)
BUS 3410 - Conflict Management (3)
BUS 3510 - Human Resource Management (3)
BUS 3620 - Social Issues and Business Ethics in Management (3)
BUS 3750 - Organizational Leadership (3)
BUS 4850 - Strategic Management (3)
FIN 3820 - Principles of Finance (3)
FIN 3830 - Financial Management (3)
6
Systems Concentration
Select two (2) courses from this group.
CSC 2220 - Programming in Java* (3 hours)
CSC 2230 - Programming in C#* (3)
CSC 2240 - Programming in Python* (3)
CSC 3250 - UNIX Systems (3)
CSC 3750 - Web Technologies (3)
CSC 4280 - Cyber Security (3)
CSC 4350 - Computer Networks (3)
CSC 4380 - Information Security (3)
SWE 3110 - Software Requirements and Design (3)
SWE 3120 - Software Testing (3)
SWE 3240 - Software Quality and Configuration Management (3)
SWE 3420 - Software Maintenance (3)
SWE 4240 - Software Project Management (3)

*Students may only count ONE programming course from this group.
6
Mathematics Requirements
MTH 1180 or
MTH 2180
Probability and Statistics or
Applied Probability and Statistics
3
MTH 1210+Precalculus II or higher3
Senior Capstone Requirement
MIS 4990Management Information Systems Seminar1
Total Major Hours72