The Masters of Science in Information Systems is a 30 semester hour Master's degree (48 semester hours, for students lacking all undergraduate prerequisites). Students entering the program are expected to have an undergraduate degree with emphasis in information systems and technologies within a business organizational environment. Following graduate policy, students must have a 3.0 GPA for admission. Students whose educational background differs from this profile can apply for prerequisite waivers with equivalencies (e.g., computer science majors) or will be required to complete undergraduate preparation prior enrollment in the MSIS.

 

Waivers of prerequisite undergraduate coursework with appropriate testing will be offered to working IS professionals without the undergraduate prerequisites.

 

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Prerequisites for admission:

 

• Demonstrated ability to code in at least one programming language (e.g., PHP, C++, Python, Java) at an advanced beginner level commensurate with an undergraduate course.

• Bachelor's degree with following criteria:

  • Equivalencies to undergraduate MIS core curriculum (ITM352, 353, 354, 431) from an accredited 4 year college.

  • General business curriculum, including at least one course each in accounting (equivalent to ACC201 or ACC201) and finance (equivalent to BUS314)

 

 

Coursework:
 

Core Courses (12 semester hours):

 

• ITM 682 Enterprise Data and Information Management

• ITM 685 Digitally Enabled Business Processes

• ITM 684 Enterprise System Architecture and Management

• ITM 433 Advanced Security

 

Electives (12 semester hours)

 

• BUS 619 Data Analytics and Statistics for Business

• BUS 625 Digital Transformation with Information Systems and Technology

• ITM 680 Project Management, Information Technology and Change

• ITM 683 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics

• ITM 688 Management of Health Information Technology and Population Health

• ITM 660 Special Topics in Information Systems

  • Big data analytics and visualizations;

  • Data, Text and Web mining Application development for IoT, mobile apps

  • Service analytics and Smart Service Systems

 

Capstone Experience (6 semester hours):

 

• ITM 696 for Capstone project (3 semester hours taken twice, or 6 semester hours taken once)