BBA in MIS

The nationally ranked Fox BBA Major in Management Information Systems (MIS) produces leaders who initiate, design, and apply technology to transform business functions and produce innovative products and services.

The program is ranked in top 20 by U.S. News and World Report for 2012, and also for 2013. It was also ranked top 10 in the U.S. by TechRepublic for 2008/2009. Fox MIS students are sought by the top firms in the nation, and the placement rate was 100% for the class of May 2012.

The BBA in MIS prepares students for a digital centric economy in which large and growing IT centric firms provide infrastructure like services that smaller entrepreneurial firms re-imagine to create innovative and value added services for consumers and business.

Fox MIS students will successfully compete in a world in which traditional large corporations continue to streamline their IT operations but grow by adding new technologically enhanced innovative capabilities. 

Fox BBA MIS students will learn to:

• Initiate and lead technology enabled change (e.g., act as a change agent in a large firm)
• Analyze and design innovative digital products and services (e.g., create and implement the social media strategy for a new start-up)
• Apply IT to automate and improve business processes (e.g., patient information system for a hospital)
• Transform a business function with IT (e.g., use iPhone apps to reach new customers)
• Analyze clients, specify needs, integrate applications, and manage projects (e.g., select and acquire a new web conferencing system)

Over the next seven years, the number of jobs in the information technology sector is expected to swell 24% – a figure more than twice the overall job-growth rate.

Time Magazine, May 25, 2009

CURRICULUM

Required courses

• MIS 2501 – Enterprise IT Architecture
  Specify the IT architecture of the enterprise and understand digital platforms and ecosystems
• MIS 2502 – Data Analytics
  Analyze and present insights from business data
• MIS 3501 – Data-Centric Application Development
  Learn how to develop data-centric applications using scripting
• MIS 3504 – Digital Design and Innovation 
  Create innovative technology enabled corporate and consumer products/services
• MIS 3535 – Lead Global Digital Projects
  Lead technology-enabled and process-centric transformation
• MIS 4596 – Information Systems Integration
  Apply and evaluate enterprise information technology assets and capabilities. Work in teams to participate in a real-world project.

Selected electives

• MIS 3536 – Information Systems Innovation
  Apply IT to create business opportunities for both new entrepreneurial ventures and traditional firms.
• MIS 3537 – Internet Enabled Supply Chains
  Learn how firms revolutionize their supply chains on the Internet.
• MIS 3538 – Social Media Innovation
  Learn new business models that apply Web 2.0 and social media.
• MIS 3580 – Special Topics
  Special course that brings in new topics (previous topics: ERP, mobile application development, Cyber-security)
• MIS 3581 – Co-operative Experience in Management Information Systems
  Gain course credit for practical work experience and internship opportunities. Learn more about internship opportunities…

More information

• Download BBA MIS Course Structure
• Temple University Undergraduate Bulletin FSBM/MIS
• College Graduation Requirements for Freshmen and Transfer Students

THE FOX MIS EDGE: CONNECT AND INNOVATE

• What is MIS and why should you consider MIS?
• What is unique about the Fox MIS program?
• The Fox IT Career Fair includes top employers and is only open to MIS students.
• Access extensive networking and placement opportunities through Fox’s Institute of Business and Information Technology and exclusive Fox Center for Student Professional Development 
• All Fox BBA in MIS students receive exclusive professional development counseling and training.
• Fox MIS students are eligible for scholarships and awards
• The award winning Association for Information Systems (AIS) student professional organization provides students with professional, social, and community activities (check AIS on Facebook).
• The Fox BBA in MIS is closely connected to industry and designed in partnership with the Fox IT Industry Advisory Board
• Fox BBA in MIS students use and learn the latest technologies
• Fox is one of the largest and most highly-ranked business schools

CAREERS AND PLACEMENT

Fox MIS BBA majors get placed in the top firms in the region and nationally. The Fox MIS careers site provides a one-stop placement and internship site for students majoring in MIS. The Fox IT Career Fair includes top employers and is only open to MIS students. Click the links below to learn more about careers in MIS.

• Business analyst | Systems analyst 
• Data analytics | Business Intelligence
• Database administrator / manager
• Information systems / project manager
• Consultant
• Application developer / web designer
• Information architect
• Social media consultant
• Digital entrepreneur and innovator

LEARN MORE

• Review the qualifications of our internationally renowned faculty
• Read the material on Why Fox MIS? and What is MIS?
• Contact the students of our award winning student professional organization on Facebook
• Check out scholarships available exclusively for Fox MIS students.
• If you are a high performing motivated student – we want to recruit you – please contact Joe Allegra at jallegra@temple.edu