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Northwest Missouri State University

B.S. in Management Information Systems

Required Courses | Course Descriptions | Careers | Four-Year Plan View PDF

Students in the management information systems program focus on knowledge of business and applied computer technologies for responsible participation in the management information systems field. Students choosing a major in MIS must take the common professional component courses as well.


Required Courses for Management Information Systems

B.S. Degree; no minor required

Course No. Course Name Hours
44-141 Computer Programming I 3
44-241 Computer Programming II 3
44-250 COBOL Programming 3
44-312 Information Technology Hardware and Software 3
44-356 CCNA:  Network Fundamentals     3
44-411 Systems Analysis and Design 3
44-418

Project Management

3
44-460 Database Systems 3
44-540 Visual Application Development 3
Total Course Hours Reqiuired: 27

*Based on 2008-2010 Undergraduate Catalog

Common Professional Component

Requirements for Accredited Business Programs; 33 credits

Applies to Management Information Systems, Office Information Systems and Business Education. To ensure a common professional component among the accredited business programs, all students majoring in business education, management information systems or office information systems are required to fulfill the following professional component requirements:

Non Business Courses

Course No. Course Name Hours
17-114 General Statistics I 3
17-118 College Algebra 3
44-130 Computers and Information Technology 3
52-150 General Economics I 3
52-151 General Economics II 3
Total Course Hours Required: 15

Business Courses

Course No. Course Name Hours
51-201 Accounting I 3
51-202 Accounting II 3
54-310 Mangerial Communications 3
53-311 Business Law 3
54-313 Principles of Management 3
54-315 Production Management 3
44-317 Mgmt Info Systems 3
53-324 Fund of Business Finance 3
55-330 Principles of Marketing 3
54-417 Org. Policy & Decision Making 3
55-438 International Business 3

Total Course Hours Required:

33

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Course Descriptions

Course descriptions are found in the current undergraduate catalog.

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Careers in Management Information Systems

Students in this major will possess the understanding gained through technical and managerial courses to join technology-based work environments as:

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