Curriculum

Our curriculum was developed with two strategic goals:

1. Provide students with expert, cutting-edge information systems knowledge, ethical values and the ability to execute.
2. Support the Huntsman four pillars of excellence – Ethical Leadership, Global Vision, Analytical Rigor, and Entrepreneurial Spirit.

Checklist of requirements

• Candidates who have not graduated from an AACSB accredited business program must complete the Accelerated Business Core.
• Up to nine (9) approved graduate credit equivalents can be counted as electives towards the MSMIS degree (i.e., 5000 level credits)
• A program of study must be approved by the students’ major professor, one additional MIS faculty and the MIS graduate director.

Required Courses (21 credit Hours):

MIS 6230 – Management of Database
MIS 5300 – Data Communications
MIS 6610 – MIS Strategy
MIS 6900 – IS Development
MIS 6330 – Database Implementation

One of the following:

MIS 6650 – PHP
MIS 5050 – Asp.net

One of the following:

MIS 6110 a – Data Visualization & Dashboards
MIS 6110 b – Advanced Business Analytics Using Distributed Computing
MIS 6110 c – Advanced Business Intelligence & Data Mining
MIS 6860 & 6861 – BI & Analytics

Electives (12 credit Hours)

MIS 6110 a – Data Visualization & Dashboards
MIS 6110 b – Advanced Business Analytics Using Distributed Computing
MIS 6110 c – Advanced Business Intelligence & Data Mining
MIS 6150 – Business Communications
MIS 6350 – Performance Improvement Projects
MIS 6650 – PHP
MIS 6800 – Security
MIS 6860 & 6861 – BI & Analytics

No more than 2 of the following:

• MIS 6250 – Internship
• MIS 6950 – Independent Readings

Other approved 6XXX-level courses

No more than 9 5XXX credit hours

• MIS 5050 – Asp.net
• MIS 5150 – Special Topics
• MIS 5350 – Financial Modeling & Applications
• MIS 5700 – E-commerce