MIS Curriculum

The curriculum consists of 12 to 15 courses that build a bridge between technology and management.  The program consists of four components: (1) a set of foundation courses that may be fulfilled partially or completely with a student's previous undergraduate or graduate coursework; (2) a common core of eight courses at North Central College including a capstone experience; (3) a set of elective courses in management and computer science: and (4) a single ethics-oriented elective course taken from liberal studies.

Foundation Coursework
These courses can be taken at the undergraduate level where a grade of B or better was earned.

CSC 500 Foundational Concepts in Computer Science
ACC 502 Managerial Accounting
ECN 500 Principle of Economics
BUS 541 Business Statistics
FIN 550 Financial Management

Core Courses (8 Courses)
CSC 553 Systems Analysis
CSC 560 Database Systems Management
CSC 536 Human Computer Interaction
MIS 510 Information Management
MGT 621 Organizational Behavior
MGT 567 Project Management
MGT 675 Strategic Management
CSC/MIS 694 Capstone Seminar

Elective Courses (1-3 Courses)

Management Perspective and Analytical Business Courses:
ACC 692 Special Topics
BUS 546 Operations Research
BUS 641 Econometric Applications for Business
MGT 591 Quality Management
MGT 620 Operations Management
MGT 623 Human Resource Management
MGT 645 Organizational Leadership and Group Performance
MGT 682 International Management
MGT 683 Innovation and Organizational Change
MGT 692 Special Topics:  Business Dispute Resolution

Computer Science Courses
CSC 515 Web Applications
CSC 520 Operating Systems
CSC 564 Data Mining
CSC 569 Computer Networks
CSC 579 Computer and Network Security
CSC 615 XML Web Services
CSC 662 Database Programming

Ethical Issues (1 course)
Students round out their program with one elective course in liberal studies, which focuses on ethical issues.