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Business Administration & Management Information Systems Dual M.B.A./M.S.


The dual MBA and MS MIS program of study is designed for those who seek career and business leadership opportunities in management information systems. The program will provide students with the needed skills, knowledge, and tools to become visionary and creative business leaders with strong competency in management information systems. The core MBA program is designed to advance the knowledge and practice of business and administration. The MS MIS portion of the dual degree is designed to prepare graduates with a broad-based knowledge of information system design, development, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance. Students completing the program will receive a dual degree, an MBA and a M.S. in Management Information Systems.

Program Overview

The program includes 54-credits and the student will receive both, an MBA and an MS MIS degree. Each student completes a total of 24 credit hours in MIS courses and a total of 30 credit hours in MBA core courses with a minimum GPA of 3.0. MBA courses are accepted as hours of elective towards the MS MIS degree. The program does not require a thesis.

Admission Requirements

The admission requirements for the dual degree program are the same as those each of the MBA and M.S. in Management Information Systems programs. Applicants must be admitted to each of the MBA and M.S. in Management Information Systems programs. Candidates have to apply to the MBA/MS MIS Dual Degree program and meet the respective application requirements of each of the programs respectively.

 

Degree Requirements


Completion of the dual MBA and MS MIS degree includes:

  1. Completion of a minimum of 30 credit hours of MBA core courses and a minimum of 24 credits of MS in MIS courses.
  2. A grade point average of at least 3.00 for course work required for the degree.
  3. No grade lower than C is acceptable.

Students with unsatisfactory progress toward the degree requirements are subject to dismissal. A student with a grade of C or lower in any of the required courses for the degree will be put on probation for one semester. Conditions and deadlines for the removal of probation will be specified. Failure to meet the condition will result in departure from the program. A student with two grades of C or lower will be dropped from the program.

The following courses are required for the dual degree:

MBA Core Courses - Total Credits: 30

MBA 761 - Accounting for Managers 

MBA 763 - Leadership, Teams, and Individuals 

MBA 765 - Financial Decision Making 

MBA 767 - Market Opportunity Analysis 

MBA 769 - Applied Economic Analysis 

MBA 771 - Law and Ethics 

MBA 775 - Data Modeling and Analysis 

MBA 779 - Managing Supply Chains 

MBA 785 - Global Business 

 

 

M.S. in Management Information Systems Courses - Total Credits: 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIS 776 - Business Intelligence 

 

Culminating Experience and Graduation Requirement:


Successful completion of the capstone course,

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