Welcome to the MIS Department at UCA. Are you interested in business and interested in computers? Then Management Information Systems (MIS) might be for YOU! MIS graduates work with other business professionals and computer specialists to create all types of business computer systems and applications. The work is exciting and ever-changing. MIS graduates work on projects with many different people using modern computer technologies. If you like to work with computers and people then MIS might be your perfect match! MIS graduates are among the highest paid graduates from four-year universities, and the opportunities for advancement are some of the best for any undergraduate degree. A MIS degree can lead to great jobs after graduation.

The MIS Department at the University of Central Arkansas houses two majors (and minors), in MIS and in General Business.

General Business Major
If you are unsure which area of business might be the best fit for you, or you would like a broad business college background, General Business is for you. The General Business major is the College of Business interdisciplinary major. Like all business majors, General Business majors must take all foundation and core business courses. But for the eight courses required in one’s major, General Business majors may select any upper division course (3000 level or higher) in any of the core business disciplines: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Insurance/Risk Management, Management, Marketing, or MIS. The only requirement in this selection is that the student must select at least one course in at least three different disciplines. Students may select one course in two disciplines and six courses in a third, or any other combination, so long as the requirement for at least one course in three different disciplines is met.

MIS Major
The MIS major consists of three required core courses, plus five additional courses that will be selected based on the desired concentration. MIS has three different concentrations and students must select one of these. Almost all concentrations require three courses (in addition to the three required core courses), plus any two electives (any MIS or QMTH-statistics upper division course). The three core courses and three concentrations are delineated below:

Core MIS Courses:

MIS 3328 Systems Analysis and Design
MIS 3363 Telecommunications and Computer Networks I
MIS 3365 Database Applications

Concentrations:

1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKING CONCENTRATION

A. MIS 3300 Introduction to Computer Programming
B. One Programming course (MIS 3301 COBOL, MIS 3339 Java, or MIS 3362 Visual Basic)
C. MIS 4363 Telecommunications and Computer Networks II
D. Two electives

2.  APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT CONCENTRATION

This concentration is a computer software one that consists of three tracks, one of which must be selected. All three of these tracks require one programming course:

One programming course (MIS 3301 COBOL, MIS 3339 Java, or MIS 3362 Visual Basic)

A. E-Commerce Track (courses required)

MIS 3366 Web Site Development
MIS 4366 Advanced Web Site Development
Two electives (upper division MIS or QMTH courses)

B. Programmer/Analyst Track (courses required)

MIS 4329 Database Management Systems
One other programming course (of the three above or CSCI 1470 Computer Science I)
Two electives (upper division MIS or QMTH courses)

C. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Track (courses required)

GEOG 2375 Cartography
GEOG 3303 GIS Systems
GEOG 3307 GIS in Practice or GEOG 4330 GIS Analysis
One elective (upper division MIS or QMTH courses)

3. BUSINESS ANALYSIS CONCENTRATION

A. MIS 3300 Introduction to Computer Programming
B. MIS 3350 Project Management
C. One of the following:

MIS 3343 Advanced Spreadsheets Applications
QMTH 3325 Data Analysis
QMTH 4341 Quantitative Methods in Management

D. Two electives (upper division MIS or QMTH courses)