In the industrial era, businesses focused on managing materials and products. In our Information Age, success means managing information effectively, which is why management information systems (MIS) has become a core function in the business world. Companies use MIS to achieve a competitive edge through the intelligent design and use of information technology (IT). Your knowledge of cutting-edge technologies will help you guide the organization to its next level of performance.

The MIS concentration teaches future managers and analysts how to use IT to help organizations perform more efficiently and effectively. Students study database management, telecommunications, system analysis and design, and program design methodologies. They also become familiar with other IT topics, such as digital multimedia, expert systems, electronic business, and knowledge management. 

The College of Business Administration’s MIS program will show you how to develop tactics that allow businesses to use IT to their greatest advantage so they can deliver the right information in the right form to the right people at the right time. As a systems analyst, programmer, database designer and administrator, Web master, software help desk expert, project specialist, consultant, or network administrator, you will help companies use MIS to achieve a competitive edge through the intelligent design and use of IT.