Management Information Systems (Online)

Degree Type

Bachelor of Science

About

When you work at the intersection of business and technology, you do more than identify problems—you help solve them.

Introduction

Management Information Systems (MIS) is a professional field that studies how people, businesses, and technology interact—and the synergy that these interactions create. Our world today runs on computers, and there is increasingly high demand for people who know how to apply systematic thinking and technological solutions to all types of organizational goals and needs.

You could help a restaurant chain use a database to store their entire library of recipes and ingredients. You might build a system to help a hospital find potential matches for organ donors and recipients. A nonprofit organization might need an information system to figure out who needs their services. As a MIS major, you’ll learn the knowledge and skills to gather user needs, design, implement, apply, and evaluate technology systems that could quite possibly change the world.

You can choose to major or minor in Management Information Systems.

Learn how to: 

  • Demonstrate current best practice knowledge of design and implementation aspects of computer-based information systems 

  • Apply learned knowledge and skills to solve business problems 

  • Understand the foundations of how ethics and diversity impact information technology 

  • Manage projects and achieve project goals while working within time, budget, and scope constraints 

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The Coppin State University Academic Catalog. It's full of skill-building courses that inspire and prepare you to be in-demand professionals and transformational leaders.

MIS Isn't Computer Science 

The Management Information Systems program prepares students for success in careers that require critical and quantitative analysis skills. While there are courses in computer programming, this is not a computer science program. The difference is in how our students learn to apply data-driven and systematic thinking to solve business challenges.   

Where can an MIS degree take you?

In our increasingly digitized world, organizations need people who can connect business goals with information and technology needs. See what types of roles open up to you with a MIS degree. 

Business/Management Analyst
Computer and Information Systems Manager
Computer Systems Analyst
Database Administrator
IT Project Manager

Program Requirements

To graduate with a Bachelor of Science in MIS, students must complete 120 credit hours. These credit hours split among: 

  • General Education Requirements, or GERs (40 credits)

  • College of Business Core Requirements (42 credits)

  • MIS Core Courses (18 credits)

  • MIS Electives (6 credits)

  • College of Business Electives (6 credits)

  • Free Electives (7 credits)

  • Coppin-Specific Requirements (1 credit)

General Education Requirements (GERs) 40 Credits

Students must complete 40 GER credits. Specifically for MIS majors, your program plan should include:

  • ECON 103, Introduction to Business & Entrepreneurial Economics, to satisfy the Social and Behavioral Sciences category of GER

  • MATH 131, College Algebra for Mathematics and Science Majors, to satisfy the Mathematics category of GER

  • MISY 150, Technology Fluency, to satisfy the Interdisciplinary and Emerging Issues-Local to Global category of GER

College of Business Core Requirements (42 credits)

Course Credits Name
ACCT 201 3 Principles of Financial Accounting
ACCT 202 3 Principles of Managerial Accounting
BDSC 322 3 Business Statistics
BDSC 340 3 Operations Management
ECON 211 3 Principles of Economics I
ECON 212 3 Principles of Economics II
FINM 330 3 Principles of Business Finance
MGMT 305 3 Business Communication
MGMT 320 3 Principles of Management
BUSI 310 3 Business Law
BUSI 495 3 Seminar in Business Strategy and Policy
MISY 341 3 Small Systems Software
MKTG 310 3 Principles of Marketing
BUSI 320 International Business

Core Courses (18 credits)

Course Credits Name
BDSC 392 3 Project Management
MISY 351 3 Human Computer Interface
MISY 355 3 Programming with Visual Basic
MISY 358 3 System Analysis and Design
MISY 360 3 Database Management Principles
MISY 490 3 Management Information Systems

Electives (6 credits)

Select any two courses.

Course Credits Name
MISY 356 3 Introduction to Computer and Information Security
MISY 415 3 Management of Information Storage Systems
MISY 422 3 Decision Support Systems
MISY 450 3 Special Topics in Information Systems
MISY 485 3 Internship in Management Information Systems

Sample Course Plan

Be sure to connect with your academic advisor to plan your semester courses. The plan below is just an example—your journey may have different requirements.  

Fall Semester (16 credits)

Course credits name
ENGL 101 3 English Composition I
MATH 131 3 College Algebra
PHIL 102 3 Introduction to Logic
HIST 201, 203, or 205 3 History I
FRSEM 101 1 Freshman Seminar
MISY 150 3 Technology Fluency
     

Spring Semester (15 credits)

course credits name
ENGL 102 3 English Composition II
HIST 202, 204, or 206 3 History II
PHSC 101 or 103 3 Physical Science
SPCH 105 3 Introduction to Speech Communication
ECON 103 3 Introduction to Business and Entrepreneurial Economics

Fall Semester (15 credits)

Course credits name
ART 105 3 Art Elective
PSYC 201 3 General Psychology
ACCT 201 3 Principles of Financial Accounting
ECON 211 3 Principles of Economics I
BDSC 322 3 Business Statistics

Spring Semester (16 credits)

Course credits name
ECON 212 3 Principles of Economics II
BIOL 101 4 Biology
ACCT 202 3 Principles of Managerial Accounting
MISY 341 3 Small Systems Software
FINM 330 3 Principles of Business Finance

Fall Semester (15 credits)

Course credits name
MKTG 310 3 Principles of Marketing
BDSC 340 3 Operations Management
MGMT 305 3 Business Communication
MGMT 320 3 Principles of Management
BUSI 310 3 Business Law

Spring Semester (15 credits)

Course credits name
BUSI 320 3 Fundamentals of International Business
MISY 351 3 Human Computer Interface
MISY 355 3 Programming with Visual Basic
MISY 358 3 Systems Analysis and Design
XXXX xxx 3 Reading 101 or General Elective

Fall Semester (15 credits)

Course credits name
BDSC 392 3 Project Management
MGMT 360 3 Database Management Principles
MISY xxx 3 MISY Elective
XXXX xxx 3 College of Business Elective
XXXX xxx 3 General Elective

Spring Semester (13 credits)

Course credits name
MISY xxx 3 MISY Elective
MISY 490 3 Management Information Systems
BUSI 495 3 Seminar in Business Strategy and Policy
XXXX xxx 3 College of Business Elective
XXXX xxx 1 Open Elective

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College

Management Information Systems (MIS) is within the Department of Accounting, Data Science, and Management Information Systems in the College of Business.