Undergraduate Management Information Systems Major
Pursue a major that will take you everywhere business is headed.
Learn to lead amid profound shifts in technology, society and the economy.
A source of pride and impact at Eller since its founding, our Management Information Systems major is where technology meets the foundational principles of business. You can change the way the business world works, from the inside out—and chart a career course with limitless potential.
Management Information Systems Major Overview
The field of management information systems (MIS) involves applying computer technology, quantitative techniques and administrative skills to the information processing requirements of organizations. MIS combines computer technology with management decision-making methods to analyze, design, implement and manage computerized information systems in an organizational environment. A bachelor's degree is generally adequate for entry-level jobs; graduate training is necessary for research and teaching positions.
The undergraduate MIS program at the Eller College has placed in the top five nationally in U.S. News & World Report since the rankings' inception in 1989. Currently the MIS program ranks No. 4; No. 2 among public programs.
MIS Advising
Every Eller student has an assigned advisor to help with the academic questions that come up as you study here. Get to know the MIS advisor.
Department of Management Information Systems
The Eller MIS Department is a recognized powerhouse that scores among the nation’s top programs every year, with expertise in areas like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, big data analytics and IT strategies.
MIS Cohort Schedules
View MIS major cohort schedules by semester:
MIS Elective Course Options
This course introduces students to the concepts and practices of healthcare information systems. Topics include: 1. introduction to the health IT discipline; 2. major applications and commercial vendors; 3. decision support methods and technologies; 4. information systems design and engineering; and 5. new opportunities and emerging trends.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring
Broad survey of the individual, organizational, cultural, social and ethical issues provoked by current and projected uses of networked computers on the Internet.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring
This course exposes the student to a broad range of computer systems and information security topics. It is designed to provide a general knowledge of measures to insure confidentiality, availability, and integrity of information systems.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
The objective of this course is to provide our University of Arizona students with a thorough and operational knowledge of information security so that this critical area is recognized as a management issue and not an I.T. issue.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
The information security arena contains a broad array of multi-level models for assessing, planning, implementing and monitoring the mitigation of security risks. At the very core of this information security spectrum are the actual system and network devices which store, manage, transmit and secure information.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems represents integrated strategy for management of information among organizations, suppliers and customers.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall
With the increased challenges from terrorism, the need to protect against security threats is even greater today. Thus, it is becoming increasingly necessary to find innovative and better ways to protect ourselves from these security threats. Finding less invasive techniques of detection suggests analyzing people's behavior or the ways/patterns in which they talk/write and identify cues to detect deception and the intent of deception.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring (when offered)
This undergraduate senior-level course (elective) will cover the important concepts and techniques relating to data analytics, including: statistical foundation, data mining methods, data visualization, and web mining techniques that are applicable to emerging e-commerce, government, health and security applications. The course contains lectures, readings, lab sessions, and hands-on projects. Most business school seniors are welcome. The course will require some basic computing and database background. The course will prepare students to become a data scientist or a data-savvy manager for different businesses.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring
Operational aspect of quality improvement. Topics include statistical process control, quality management programs.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring
Organization, management and control of material flow processes; logistical strategies and relationships of procurement, handling, warehousing, transportation and inventory control.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring
Project Management is the application of knowledge, analytical skills, scheduling software tools and techniques related to various project activities in order to meet project requirements.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports and/or papers.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring (not offered regularly)
An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
This course can only be used for 3 units of MIS elective, despite being 2 semesters and 6 honors units.
Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring
MIS Careers
Your MIS degree translates to in-demand careers in programming, software development, applications development, database management and network administration.
Meet the MIS Career Coach
Eller students have a world of options in front of them—which is why a dedicated career coach is so valuable. Get professional coaching on internship and job opportunities awaiting you.