The overall purpose of the Management Information System program is to prepare students for challenging positions in the application of information technology to solving business problems. Consistent with the College of Business and Management’s mission, the purposes of the department are:
to provide students with the analytical and practical frameworks and methodologies necessary to analyze, design, implement, and manage complex information systems in contemporary organizational structures;
to provide knowledge of the principles necessary for understanding basic computer hardware and software systems to ensure the data quality, transmission, processing, and storage necessary to facilitate organizational decision making and general operations;
to enable students to develop competencies in applying systems analysis and design strategies and techniques in realistic marketplace environments; and
to provide a balance between technical and organizational knowledge for a variety of
professional organizations.
In addition to completing the UIS application for graduate study, all students applying for admission to the MIS Department are expected to submit a Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) score or a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score. Students may take their required prerequisite courses while they are waiting to submit either of these test scores.
Applicants whose native language is not English must submit official international TOEFL scores. A score of at least 550 (paper based) or 213 (computer based) is required. If you hold a U.S. bachelor’s degree with a GPA of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, you are not required to submit TOEFL scores. Note that if your native language is not English, you will also be required to take an English proficiency test on campus the week before registration.
To be eligible for full admission to the master of science program in management information systems applicants must have earned a baccalaureate degree with a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.50 on a 4.00 scale and are expected to have completed:
two semesters of accounting, or ACC 311 Administrative Uses of Accounting;
one semester of production/operations management (such as BUS 322 Operations Management);
one semester of statistics (such as ECO 313 Statistics for Business and Economics);
one semester of college algebra or mathematics, or the equivalent; and
to possess competency in a structured high-level programming language such as Java, C++, Visual Basic, COBOL, C, Fortran, etc., either through course work, such as MIS 322 Structured Programming, or practical experience.
Applicants who do not meet all entrance requirements may be granted conditional admission.
See the MIS Program website or the MIS Online Program website for additional information.