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Master of Information Systems
Program Coordinator, Paul Cronan, 575-6130, E-mail: cronan@mail.uark.edu

The Master of Information Systems is designed to provide professional preparation for positions in business and government. It is designed with sufficient flexibility to meet the needs of students with various backgrounds and foster lifelong learning and innovation. Students may concentrate in one of four areas - Information Technology Management, Telecommunications Management, Software Engineering Management, or Transportation/Logistics Technology Management.

Admission Requirements: The Master of Information Systems program is open to students who have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and who can present evidence of their ability to do graduate work. "Evidence of ability" means superior grade-point average, an acceptable test score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and recommendations with respect to ability for successful pursuit of graduate level work.

Requirements for the Master of Information Systems Degree: The Master of Information Systems is a thirty (30) credit-hour program designed to provide professional information systems preparation for positions in business and government. Students whose previous studies in business administration and economics have fulfilled requirements as to the common body of knowledge in business administration and who have complete appropriate coursework in the areas of computer information systems (programming language /COBOL, management information systems, systems analysis, database) will be required to complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of graduate work.

Core Courses (9 hours - required for all areas of concentration):

CISQ 5423 Seminar in Systems Development
CISQ 5833 Data Management Systems
CISQ 5943 Management of Information Technology Seminar

Areas of Concentration (12 hours):

Information Technology Management

CISQ 5503 Decision Support Systems
CISQ 5713 Seminar in Telecomm
Computing Electives (6 hours)
Selected from CISQ, CSEG, and CSCI

Telecommunications Management

CISQ 5713 Seminar in Telecomm
Select 9 hours from:
CENG 5643 Computer Comm Networks
CENG 4953 Minicomputer Applications
CENG 4343 Windows/GUI
CENG 4823 Graphics and Animation

Software Engineering Management

CISQ 5503 Decision Support Systems
Select 9 hours from:
CISQ 4333 O-O Technologies Seminar
CENG 4533 O-O Programming and Design
CENG 4413 Operating Systems
CENG 5023 Software Engineering I
CENG 5033 Software Engineering II
CENG 4823 Graphics and Animation

Transportation/Logistics Technology Management

CISQ 5503 Decision Support Systems or
CISQ 5713 Seminar in Telecomm
TLOG 5633 Business Logistics Systems
TLOG 5673 Transportation and Logistics Modeling
Select 3 hours from:
TLOG 5643 Strategic Issues in Transportation Management
TLOG 5653 Global Logistics Strategy
TLOG 5663 Supply Chain Management
TLOG 560V Special Topics
Electives (9 hours)

Total Hours: 30

Electives are chosen by the student in consultation with the Masters of Information Systems Program Director in the Department of Information Systems (CISQA). Approved electives (9 hours) may be any graduate course approved by the Masters Program Director, but only three hours of CISQ courses are permitted.

Note: With the approval of the Masters Program Director, any senior level CISQ course (CISQ 4-) may be taken for graduate credit. CSEG is Computer Systems Engineering. CSCI is Computer Science Arts and Sciences.

After admission, the student must maintain a 3.00 average on all graduate coursework and all information systems coursework. Additionally, the student must receive a letter grade of at least a "B" in 75 percent of the courses attempted.