Management Information Systems (MIS), housed in the Operations and Information Management Department, is a fast growing major that teaches skills that lie at the interface between business functions and information technologies. These include highly sought after proficiencies that help identify technology improvements in business practices including accounting, finance, marketing, operations and everything in between, formulate creative solutions, manage teams that will implement solutions and understand business requirements with the perspective of technologies.
Current MIS Plan of Study (2018-19)
MIS Majors learn:
- C# programming language
- Database design (Entity-Relationship Diagramming)
- Oracle SQL (Structured Query Language)
- Linux operating system
- Vmware virtualization platform
- Python programming language
- Unity Virtual Reality development
- HTML / CSS programming languages
- Microsoft Excel / Solver platform
- SAS Enterprise Miner / JMP
- Microsoft Project
- Tableau Visualization platform
- Splunk Analytics
These skills are in high demand in multinational corporations, mid-size companies, and startups.
Faculty
MIS faculty include leading researchers and experts with advanced degrees from MIT, Wharton, NYU Stern, Carnegie Mellon, University of Minnesota, and other top universities.
Scholarships
MIS Majors receive scholarships from sources such as Accenture, Cigna, United Technologies, Travelers, and others.
Internships
Paid MIS internships are available to students during the summers after their junior year (and some after their sophomore year as well). In addition, several on-campus paid student IT jobs are available during the semester.
Companies and Jobs
UConn MIS majors are in strong demand and typically earn among the highest average starting salaries among all Business majors.
Average salary: $65,000
Salaries up to: $80,000
Companies that recruit UConn MIS majors include major internationally famous companies like Accenture, Aetna, Cigna, Deloitte, EMC, ESPN, GE, IBM, KPMG, PwC, Travelers, United Technologies, United Healthcare, and others. Several companies have Information Technology (IT) Leadership Development programs for MIS majors. Such programs groom MIS majors to be future IT leaders of their companies.
MIS is for you if:
- You enjoy working with technology and you want a career in Business
- You’re curious about how data can be used in business environments
- You enjoy solving puzzles and complex problems
- You like to travel, see the world
- You like (or don’t mind) working in teams of people to solve challenging business problems with creative use of technology
- You dream about doing a technology startup
List of Courses
- Business Software Development
- Business Database Systems
- Network Design and Applications
- Advanced Business Application Development
- Web Business Application Development
- IT Security, Governance, and Audit
- Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Analysis
- Data Mining and Text Mining
- Principles of Project Management
- Systems Analysis and Design
- Special Topics, current topics include:
- Data Visualization
- Gamification in Business
- Introduction to Industrial IoT
- Foundations of Machine Learning
See the course catalog for a complete list with descriptions.
Management Information Systems Website
Operations and Information Management Department Website
Link to OPIM Course Descriptions
The Management Information Systems major is available to students at the Storrs Campus.