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. 		 

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CONTACT THE LGSB:

Liautaud Graduate School of Business (MC 077)
815 W. Van Buren
Suite 220
Chicago, IL 60607

Phone: (312) 996-4573
Fax: (312) 413-0338

E-mail: mba@uic.edu