Master of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems

Our MBA in Computer Information Systems is designed for full-time employed professionals who are looking for a program that allows flexibility to complement their work-life balance. Students can complete the MBA program 100% online through our asynchronous courses. For students that do not want to complete the entire program online, we do offer some of the courses on campus.

Student are allowed up to six years to complete the program, however most students graduate within a two year period. Students can choose their course load each semester within four semesters each year:

• Fall - Last week of August through the end of November, 14 weeks
• Spring - Mid-January through the end of April, 14 weeks
• Summer 1 - Beginning of June through the first week of July
• Summer 2 - Second week of July through the third week of August

LEVELING COURSES (0 - 9 HOURS)

Students seeking an MBA degree must first establish proficiency in Finance, Accounting, and Statistics. This proficiency may be established by courses taken in an undergraduate program, by completing advanced standing examinations in these areas, or by taking the following courses: ACCT 6300, CIDM 6300, FIN 6300.

MBA CORE COURSES (28 - 30 HOURS)

Accounting (Choose one)

ACCT 6305 - Accounting for Decision Making
ACCT 6306 - Seminar in Accounting Theory
ACCT 6370 - Accounting in Health Care Organizations

Quantitative Analysis (Choose one)

CIDM 6305 - Quantitative Analysis in Business
CIDM/ECON 6308 - Seminar in Data Analytics
CIDM 6320 - Econometrics

Computer Application & Technology (Choose one)

CIDM 6310 - Information Technology Management
CIDM 6311 - Social Network and Media Analysis
CIDM 6350 - Data and Information Management

Corporate Finance (Choose one)

FIN 6320 - Seminar in Finance
FIN 6370 - Financial Management of Health Care

Economic Theory (Choose one)

ECON 6305 - Seminar in Microeconomic Theory
ECON 6306 - Seminar in Macroeconomic Theory

Marketing (Choose one)

MKT 6340 - Seminar in Marketing
MKT 6352 - Seminar in Evolutionary Marketing
MKT 6356 - Marketing in the Age of Social Networks

Management (Choose one)

MGT 6334 - Seminar in Organizational Behavior
MGT 6345 - Seminar in Leadership

Business Integration (Choose one)

MGT 6318 - Strategic Management
MGT/CIDM 6390 - Project Management for the Enterprise
MKT 6348 - Seminar in Marketing Strategy

International Business (Choose one)

BUSI 6333 - Seminar in Intercultural Business Communication
ECON 6341 - Seminar in International Economics and Economic Development
FIN 6323 - Multinational Finance
MGT 5333 - Diversity and Cross-Cultural Management
MGT 6330 - Seminar in International Management
MGT 6331 - International Human Resource Management
MGT 6338 - Cultural Intelligence
MKT 6319 - Seminar in International Business and Marketing Strategy

Capstone Course (Choose one) 

BUSI 6105 - MBA Portfolio (1 hour)
BUSI 6360 - Research Methods in Business and Economics (3 hours)

COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS ELECTIVES (9 HOURS)

Students will take nine semester hours of CIDM courses, which must include six hours from: 

CIDM 5310 - Business Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
CIDM 6311 - Social Network and Media Analysis
CIDM 6325 - Electronic Commerce and Web Development
CIDM 6330 - Software Engineering and Systems Development
CIDM 6340 - Networking Management and Information Security
CIDM 6341 - Current Issues in Cybersecurity
CIDM 6350 - Data and Information Management
CIDM 6355 - Data Mining Methods
CIDM 6363 - Enterprise Process Management