Management Information Systems

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Program Requirements

Helping organizations harness ever-changing technology and the data it provides to improve business operations and outcomes is the heart of a management information systems (MIS) career. An integrative, cross-disciplinary field, MIS experts are the bridge between business needs and technology. With an emphasis on finding solutions, MIS focuses on applying information technology to business problems.

Requirements for the Major in Business Administration, Management and Information Systems, B.S.

Students seeking the Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems must complete a minimum of 120 credits including the following requirements:

General Education Requirements

In order to graduate on-schedule without taking additional courses, it is highly recommended that students meet with an Undergraduate Academic Adviser concerning the selection of all of their General Education courses.

Each candidate for an Oakland University baccalaureate will need to satisfactorily complete approved courses in each of the following areas: Foundation, Exploration, Integration, Writing, U.S. Diversity, and Capstone. For details, refer to the General Education Requirements section of the catalog.

Business Pre-Core Required Courses

course Financial Accounting (4)
course Managerial and Cost Accounting I (4)
course Public Speaking (4)
or course Group Dynamics and Communication (4)
or course Communication in Organizations (4)
or course Interpersonal Conflict (4)
course Principles of Global Macroeconomics (4)
or course Principles of Macroeconomics (4)
course Principles of Microeconomics (4)
course Business Problem Solving with Information Technology (3)
course Linear Programming Elementary Functions (4)
or course Precalculus (4)
or course College Algebra (4)
or course Calculus for the Social Sciences (4)
or course Calculus I (4) *
course Statistical Methods for Business I (3)
or course Introduction to Statistical Concepts and Reasoning (4)
or course Applied Probability and Statistics (4)
course Statistical Methods for Business II (3)
course ACHIEVE I (0)
course ACHIEVE II (0)

*If a student places into and completes course or course with the required minimum grade, course or course or course is not required.

Business Core Required Courses

course Managerial Economics (3)
course Managerial Finance I (3)
course Legal Environment of Business (3)
course Management Strategies and Policies (3)
course Management Information Systems (3)
course Marketing (3)
course Introduction to Organizational Behavior (3)
course Introduction to the Management of Human Resources (3)
course Operations Management (3)
course Business Writing (4)
or course Advanced Critical Writing (4)

Management Information System Required Courses

course Information Technology Foundations (3)
course Business Database Systems (3)
course ACHIEVE III - Management Information Systems (0)
course Business Systems Analysis and Design (3)
or course Systems Analysis and Design (3)
course Managing Information Systems Projects (3)
or course Managing Information Systems Projects (3)

Complete 3 Management Information System Elective Courses

course Networks (3)
course Information Security Lab (3)
course Practical Cyber Security Fundamentals (3)
or course Practical Cyber Security Fundamentals (3)
course IS Risk Analysis and Security Controls Development (3)
or course IS Risk Analysis and Security Controls Development (3)
course Electronic Commerce (3)
course Business Object Development (3)
course Business Application Architecture (3)
course Business Application Technology (3)
course Operations Analytics (3)
course Business Analytics (3)
or course Business Analytics (3)
course Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3)
or course Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3)
course Web Analytics (3)
course Introduction to Data Science (3)
or course Introduction to Data Science (3)
course Deep Learning and Text Analytics (3)
course IS Security (3)
course Mobile Security and Secure Application Development (3)
course Special Topics in MIS (3)
course Networks (3)*
course Network Management (3)*

*Some 5000-level courses can be taken by undergraduate students if they are part of the Combined Bachelor/Masters in Information Technology Management Program.

Additional Requirements

Students must complete the core program and the requirements of 1 of the business majors in the SBA with a minimum grade of C in each of the pre-core, core, major courses, and major-dependent concentration courses. Once admitted to the business program as a pre-business or undecided business student or major, a student must complete all of the remaining business core, major and business minor coursework for the degree at Oakland University.

Students must complete at least 31 credits of courses offered by the School of Business Administration, excluding course, course or course, course, course and course and course. Of these 31 credits, at least 12 credits must be in the student’s major.

Students earning an additional major are permitted to do so in all areas except general management. No more than 4 credits of independent study (4996) courses may be used to meet the major elective requirement. Courses numbered 3800 and 4900 may be repeated for up to 8 credits provided the topics are different. All major courses require a 2.6 GPA or better or major standing to take these courses (excludes Economics and non-SBA major courses).

Optional Concentrations

The Management Information Systems program offers major dependent concentrations in Business Analytics and Cybersecurity Analytics and Management to students interested in broadening their knowledge in a particular area of Management Information Systems. The following concentrations are only available to students enrolled in the Management Information Systems, B.S. program. The concentration will be noted on the student’s transcript.

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems with one of the following concentrations, students must fulfill all requirements of the Management Information Systems major and the selected concentration. The concentration requirements below will replace some requirements of the Management Information Systems major, where noted.

Business Analytics Concentration

Management Information System Required Courses

This replaces the "Management Information System Required Courses" in the Management Information Systems major requirements.

course Information Technology Foundations (3)
course Business Database Systems (3)
course ACHIEVE III - Management Information Systems (0)
course Business Systems Analysis and Design (3)
or course Systems Analysis and Design (3)
course Managing Information Systems Projects (3)
or course Managing Information Systems Projects (3)
course Business Analytics (3)
or course Business Analytics (3)
course Introduction to Data Science (3)*
or course Introduction to Data Science (3)
or course Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3)
or course Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3)

*Students are recommended to take both MIS 4560 and MIS 4470. If students take both of these courses, one of them will be counted towards the elective.

Complete 1 Management Information System elective course

This replaces the "Complete 3 Management Information System Elective Courses" in the Management Information Systems major requirements.

course Operations Analytics (3)
course Web Analytics (3)
course Introduction to Data Science (3)
or course Introduction to Data Science (3)
course Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3)
or course Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3)
course Deep Learning and Text Analytics (3)
course Special Topics in MIS (3)
course Management Science (3)
course Forecasting (3)
Some 5000-level courses can be taken by undergraduate students if they are part of the Combined Bachelor/Masters in Business Analytics Program.

Cybersecurity Analytics and Management Concentration