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IT Concentration: Management Information Systems
(Management)

For those entering the program Fall 2007 semester & beyond

Contact Person: Frank Wright

Description:
The Management Information Systems concentration prepares you for careers in information systems analysis and programming, design, management, and consulting.

Beyond the Information Technology curriculum and the management core, the student will cover such topics as systems analysis, telecommunications, database design, and computer programming.

The capstone course will closely integrate the IT and MIS course experiences in an extended application, possibly with a large local company.

Required Courses:
Semester I Semester II

ITEC-1961 Introduction to Information Technology

ITEC-1220 Politics and Economics of IT

CSCI-1100 Computer Science I

MATH-1010 Calculus I

CSCI-1200 Computer Science II

Math Elective1

MGMT-1100 Introduction to Management

MGMT-2300 Fundamentals of Accounting for Decision Making

Semester III Semester IV

ITEC-1150 Introduction to UML

ITEC-2961 Creativity and IT

One of:*
- ECSE-2610 Computer Components & Operations and ENGR-2350 Embedded Control
- CSCI-2500 Computer Organization

H&SS Elective**

Free Elective

ITEC-2110 Web Systems Development

ITEC-2210 Intro to Human Computer Interaction

One of:*
- ECSE-2660 Computer Arch, Networking & OS
- CSCI-2300 Data Structures & Algorithms

MGMT-2320 Managerial Finance

Semester V Semester VI

ITEC-4310 Managing IT Resources

MGMT-4430 Marketing Principles

Life Science Elective (BIOL-XXXX)

H&SS Elective**

IT Elective (one of):
- CSCI-4380 Database Systems
- MGMT-496X Data Resource Management

One of:
- MGMT-4850 Organizational Behavior in High Performance Organizations
- MGMT-4860 Human Resources in High Performance Organizations

ENGR-2600 Modeling and Analysis of Uncertainty

Free Elective

Semester VII Semester VIII

ITEC-4100 IT Capstone Experience

MGMT-4240 Systems Analysis and Design

H&SS Elective**

Free Elective

MGMT-4130 Enterprise IT Integration (Enterprise Information Architecture)

MGMT-4150 IT Project Management (Systems Implementation)

Physical Science Elective (PHYS-XXXX)

H&SS Elective**


Students must satisfy an 8-credit communication requirement. See your advisor for details.

*Select either the three-course ECSE sequence or the two-course CSCI sequence. If the ECSE sequence is chosen, ENGR-2350 will replace one free elective slot. Move the H&SS elective to a semester with a free elective. If the CSCI Sequence is chosen, your math elective in Semester II must be MATH-2800 Intro to Discrete Structures.

**See H&SS requirements

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