Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems
Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration
Major: Management Information Systems
Hours: 120
Degree Description
The Lamar University Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Management Information Systems will prepare you to work with computer-based information systems in organizations.
In your career, you will typically manage a network of information technology workers who work together to create, maintain and manage computer systems. An MIS professional will apply technology to integrate and support business functions such as accounting, finance, marketing and management.
Why Study Management Information Systems at Lamar?
The Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Management Information Systems is the application of technology to solve business problems. As an MIS student at LU, you'll study with our outstanding professional faculty as you learn to analyze, design, develop and maintain information systems to support business activities across the organization.
Our department follows the model information systems curriculum designed by the Association of Information Systems. Our MIS graduates have found gainful employment in many major businesses and earn among the highest salaries in the College of Business at LU.
Watch the faculty interview to learn more about this degree program and the School of Accounting and Information Systems.
Courses You May Take
Enterprise Resource Planning Overview: This course will provide you an overview of the fundamental business processes and ERP systems used to run organizations.
Information Systems Analysis and Design: This course is for you if you want to be an information systems analyst, a user or manager involved in systems development projects, an active member of a project team, or the client for a system request. Since systems development is central to the IS field, this is a basic course in training for career purposes.
Java Development: You'll learn about data structures and representation: characters, records, files, multimedia; precision of data; information representation, organization and storage; algorithm development; object representation compared to conventional data flow notation; programming control structures; program correctness, verification, and validation; file structures and representation, program development in at least one high-level language.
Visual Basic Programming: This course will introduce you to programming using Visual BASIC language. We use a software engineering approach to developing programs and business systems along with the introduction of object-oriented concepts.
E-Commerce Design and Development: This course introduces you to both the theory and practice of conducting business over the internet, covering the key business and technology elements of electronic commerce.
Career Paths
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts growth in jobs for analysts of 21% during the period of 2014-24. You may choose a career in systems analysis, web development or software development, each field offering a wealth of opportunities for your specific skill set.
Primary Careers
Network security administrator, systems analyst, developer
- Data network security administrators
- Systems analysts
- Project managers
- Network administrators
- Web developers
- Software engineers
- Technical consultants
- Interface designer
- Oil refineries
- Financial firms
- Technology companies
- Schools and universities
- Retail companies
