MS in Finance/MS in Management Information Systems
Admission Requirements
Applicants must meet the admissions criteria of both programs and are admitted separately to each through separate applications.
Degree Requirements
In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, students must meet the following program requirements:
- Minimum Semester Hours Required 56.
- Coursework Depending on their background, students may be required to take additional technical, business, and other background courses as part of the degrees' requirements.a
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses—MS in Finance (12 hours) | ||
| Investments | ||
| Corporate Finance | ||
| Quantitative Methods in Finance | ||
| Required Courses and Capstone—MS in Management Information Systems (20 hours) | ||
| Enterprise Application Development | ||
| Enterprise Information Infrastructure Planning & Security | ||
| Advanced Database Management | ||
| IS Management (Select one of the following): | ||
| Information Systems Strategy and Policy | ||
| Project Management and Vendor Management | ||
| Global Innovation Management | ||
| Capstone Project Experience (Select one of the following): | ||
| Advanced Systems Analysis and Design Project | ||
| E-Commerce Project | ||
| Independent Study in Information and Decision Sciences | ||
| Electives—MS in Finance (12 hours) | ||
| Select at least 12 hours from the following finance electives. Other finance electives may be taken with the advice and approval of the director of graduate studies. | ||
| Portfolio Analysis | ||
| Theory and Structure of Options and Futures Markets | ||
| Money and Banking | ||
| Capital Markets | ||
| International Finance | ||
| Financial Decision Making I | ||
| Empirical Issues in Finance | ||
| Special Topics in Finance | ||
| Independent Study in Finance | ||
| Electives—MS in Management Information Systems (12 hours) | ||
| Eight hours can be shared electives as suggested below. Courses must be chosen with the approval of the director of graduate studies. Courses from other departments and colleges may be taken as electives with approval. These courses may be chosen to fit career tracks in IS consulting, auditing and forensics, corporate IT management, supply chain and service operations, enterprise applications, or IS operations. | ||
| Shared Electives (8 hours) | ||
| Preapproved suggestions for 8 hours of shared electives across two degrees are listed below. Students must work with the directors of graduate studies of both programs to identify other appropriate courses. | ||
| Information Systems Project & Program Management | ||
| Information Systems Strategy and Policy | ||
| Advanced Database Management | ||
| Audit and Control of Information Systems | ||
| Analytics for Big Data | ||
| Data Mining for Business | ||
| Risk Management | ||
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Prerequisites for the MS in Finance are ACTG 500, FIN 500, IDS 570, and ECON 520.
Prerequisites for the MS in Management Information Systems include:
- Two business prerequisites in any two functional areas of business: operations management (IDS 355 or IDS 532); accounting (ACTG 210 or ACTG 211 or ACTG 500); finance (FIN 300 or FIN 500); Marketing (MKTG 360 or MKTG 500); Management (MGMT 340 or MGMT 541).
- Technical prerequisites of foundational knowledge in database, programming, and systems analysis and design (IDS 401, IDS 405, and IDS 410).
- Business and technical prerequisite courses may be waived based on equivalent prior coursework or appropriate work experience in the functional area.