Master of Science in
Management Information Systems

In broad strokes, this program teaches skills in the following areas:

• Vision: Identifying the business problem or opportunity, envisioning the IT solution, and determining its feasibility.
• Requirements: Determining features the system must provide and designing how those features work.
• Selecting approach: Identifying and evaluating key alternatives, including whether to build or buy the solution. 
• Project leadership: Setting and managing business customer expectations through effective negotiations and communications.
• Project management: Assembling the team, planning the project, executing development, configuring the software, and testing.
• Managing change: Identifying and mitigating risks and issues, including helping the business customer prepare the organization to use the new software.

A leading program regionally and natiowide, the MSMIS addresses all these areas; it is this breadth that sets the MSMIS apart from the more narrowly and technologically-focused computer science degree. And it is because of this wide range of skills and responsibilities that, as a MSMIS graduate, you can expect to take on one of the most challenging and rewarding professional roles in the working world.