Wesley J. Howe
School of Technology
Management

Master of Science in Information Systems

Overview
Degree Requirements
Concentrations & Career Options

As new technological applications continue to influence business decisions, firms must install and maintain more sophisticated networks and troubleshoot complications both efficiently and creatively. Today’s technology and information intensive, complex business environment demands professionals who have both applied IT experience and management insight.

According to U.S. News and World Report, "There seems to be no end to organizations' appetite for advanced or improved data communications technology. And E-commerce continues to increase the need for systems analysts."

The Master of Science in Information Systems program (MSIS) is a 36-credit degree that prepares graduates to lead and manage organizational efforts and respond to managerial changes and opportunities. This flexible program prepares IT leaders and managers with technical, business, management, industry, and interpersonal skills.

Small class sizes build discussion, collaboration, and global professional networks. Graduates leave Stevens with better communications, interpersonal and team skills to plan, implement, and manage leading-edge practices in information systems.

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About the Curriculum

The MSIS program is a 36 credit-degree designed for information systems professionals seeking to advance their careers in the IT function or as IT experts in other areas of business. It is also suitable for business professionals looking to gain a strategic understanding of IT. In addition, graduates of the program leave with strong and practical IT management skills, as well as improved interpersonal and team communication skills. The MSIS program prepares students for careers such as: Business Analyst, Internal IT Consultant, IT Manager, Management Consultant, Data Analyst, Knowledge Manager, Social Media Expert and Technology Specialist. The MS in Information Systems curriculum has three components:

Common Business Core (3 courses)
Degree Requirement (6 courses)
MSIS Concentrations or Career Options (3 courses)

MSIS COMMON BUSINESS CORE

MSIS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The MSIS program consists of twelve graduate courses (36 credits) with a minimum GPA of 3.0 for the degree of Master of Science or twenty graduate courses (60 credits) with a minimum GPA of 3.0 for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Concentrations & Career Options

MSIS CONCENTRATIONS

Four 3-course concentrations are available in MSIS:

Business Intelligence and Analytics

IT is emerging from an era in which the emphasis was on producing information to an era in which competitive advantage can only be obtained by sophisticated analysis of large volumes of information. There is a strong demand on Wall Street and in all areas of business for graduates with the analytic skills provided by this concentration.

MIS 635 Designing the Knowledge Organization
MIS 636 Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
MIS 637 Knowledge Discovery in Databases

Business Process Management and Service Innovation

Organizations need effective and efficient processes to execute their strategies and successfully compete in a rapidly changing world of global competition. Howe School faculty members are leaders in research and education on business process management (BPM) with a particular emphasis on relationship of processes to organizational strategy and structure and supply chain management. There is strong demand in all areas of business for graduates who can analyze, design and implement effective business processes. Read more...

MIS 690 Supply Chain Management & Strategy
MIS 712 BPM and Workflow Implementation
MIS 714 Service Innovation

Social Media

Social media are fundamentally transforming every aspect of our political, social, and business lives. Consumers now connect to each other and to businesses through large-scale dynamic networks based on non-traditional internet and mobile media. Companies must analyze the huge amount of data that is generated minute-by-minute by social media to understand and influence their customers and to predict and take advantage of important trends. Social network analysis is an exciting new field with strong demand for the kinds of skills that are developed in this concentration.

MIS 661 Marketing Online
MIS 669 Analyzing and Leveraging Social Media Websites
BIA 660 Web Analytics

Project Management

This concentration provides project and program management concepts withan emphasis on managing technology-centric projects in private and public enterprises.

MGT 610 Stragegic Perspectives in Project Management
MGT 612 Human Side of Project Leadership
MGT 614 Advanced Project Management or MGT 619 Leading across Projects and Programs

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Career Options

Within the Howe School of Technology Management

Additional concentrations can be designed to fit student and organizational interests, for example information Security Management, Technology Leadership, or Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

From Other Schools at Stevens Institute of Technology

With permission of a faculty adviser, qualified students may alternatively choose to take up to 3 courses in another school at Stevens. Example career options include:

School of Systems and Enterprises

Engineering Management
Systems Engineering
Systems Security
Software Engineering

School of Science and Engineering

Computer Science
Manufacturing
Biotechnology

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