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Management of Information Systems

The MBA curriculum in the Management of Information Systems specialization shows how to use information as a competitive organizational resource and illustrates how to incorporate information technology to gain maximum competitive advantage.

The MBA curriculum in this specialization includes the following courses:

• MIS 572 Information Resource Management

  Introduces the use of the information resources through which a business can achieve competitive advantage. Topics covered include systems development, end-user computing approaches, computer-based information systems, and enterprise computing, both domestic and global. (3 credits)

• MIS 571 Advanced Information Systems Risks and Controls

  This course explores different methodologies and perspectives in the risk and control area. Major course topics include risk assessment models, operational and organizational control structures, and strategic use of risk and control feedback. (3 credits)

• MIS 570 Data Mining

  Major topics include determining business problems or questions that might be effectively answered via data mining, comparing and contrasting different data mining techniques, evaluating data mining reports, developing organizational policies on data mining, understanding the typical data-mining project cycle, and developing a plan for implementing and evaluating data mining. (3 credits)