Information and Decision Sciences

The Joint MBA / MS-MIS Program

Admission to the Joint Program

Applicants must apply and be accepted to both the MBA and MS in Management Information Systems programs. It is recommended that students interested in this joint degree initiate the application process for the MS portion of the degree during their first semester of enrollment in the MBA program, but no later than their second semester of enrollment.

Contact the Liautaud Graduate School of Business Programs Office at (312) 996-4573 for more information and for specific admission requirements to the MS in Management Information Systems portion of the joint program. Current students interested in applying to a joint program should contact their academic adviser.

Degree Requirements

A minimum of 70 semester hours are required for the joint degree. Some students may be required to take technical, business and other background courses as part of their MS in Management Information Systems degree requirements.

Courses Required only for the MBA

Courses Required only for MS-MIS

ACTG 500 (4)
Introduction to Financial Accounting

IDS 517 (4)
Enterprise Application Infrastructure

ECON 520 (4)
Microeconomics for Business Decisions

IDS 520 (4)
Distributed Processing and Telecommunication Systems

FIN 500 (4)
Introduction to Corporate Finance

IDS 521 (4)
Advance Database Management

IDS 532 (4)
Introduction to Operations Management

IDS 507, 508 or 596 (4) Capstone Project

MGMT 541 (4)
Organizational Behavior

IDS 514, 515 or 523 (4)
IS Management

MKTG 500 (4)
Introduction to Marketing

MS-MIS Electives (12)

MBA Electives (14 semester hours)
At least 14 semester hours of 500-level courses from at least three other disciplines within CBA. Students have the option to complete a concentration outside of the IDS department.