Information Systems, MSIS

Core Requirements (27 Credit Hours)

The Informatics course must be completed in the student’s first semester of coursework. The IS Strategy and IT Leadership courses should be completed in the student’s last two semesters of work.

• IS 8005 - Informatics (Must be completed in student’s first semester in MSIS)
• IS 8100 - Advanced IT Project Management
• IS 8200 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Systems
• IS 8300 - Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning
• IS 8400 - Enterprise Process Models
• IS 8500 - Emerging Technologies
• IS 8600 - Global IS Management
• IS 8700 - Information Systems Policy and Strategy (Capstone Experience - should be taken in the student’s last two semesters in the MSIS)
• IS 8800 - IT Leadership (Capstone Experience - should be taken in the student’s last two semesters in the MSIS)

Electives (9 Credit Hours)

Students must take three courses (9 semester hours) of elective credit. The MSIS program offers students the unique flexibility to design their own areas of interest by taking a variety of elective courses, such as Business, Statistics, Leadership, Accounting, Professional Writing, Governance, and Information Systems. Students may decide to design custom concentrations in one of the following: 

• Information Security
• Data Mining/Business Intelligence
• Accounting/IT Auditing
• Business/Global IT Management
• Advanced IT Project Management
• Leadership
• Statistics/SAS

Since prior permission is required to take courses outside of the department, students should contact the program director before they register for non-MSIS courses.

• IS 8900 - Special Topics in Information Systems
• IS 8910 - Special Projects in Information Systems
• IS 8916 - Cooperative Education
• IS 8918 - Internship
• IS 8920 - IT Customer Relationship Management
• IS 8930 - Information Security Administration

Program Total (36 Credit Hours)