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    UTA College of Business

MBA with Specialization in Information Systems

The MBA with specialization in Information Systems program educates business professionals in the strategic use of technology to create shareholder value, i.e., the application of information systems to improve business processes and support business decision-making. Graduates of the program are prepared to lead twenty-first century organizations in a rapidly changing, globally competitive, technologically sophisticated environment. Those managers who understand IT and how it may be effectively used for competitive advantage will, themselves, have a competitive advantage in the employment market.

Curriculum

A dynamic curriculum including course work in MBA - Information Systems introduce students to key management concepts involving the design, construction, and control of information processing activities within an organization; the strategic role of information technology in rapidly changing business environments; and the new business models and competitive strategies emerging from the electronic marketplace, enterprise modeling and business process analysis, database systems, object-oriented modeling and programming, electronic commerce, decision support systems, health care information system.

Your specialization requires 9-18 credit hours of information systems coursework. Also, you require 18 hours of advanced course work outside your specialty which can be selected from any graduate business courses. You may choose your electives from the following list:

  • 5199 GRADUATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIP
  • 5299 GRADUATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIP
  • 5309 OBJECT-ORIENTED BUSINESS PROGRAMMING
  • 5333 STRATEGIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS
  • 5335 APPLIED DATABASE MANAGEMENT
  • 5337 ADVANCED DATA MANAGEMENT
  • 5340 MANAGING THE INTERNET-ENABLED ORGANIZATION
  • 5341 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
  • 5342 ADVANCED SYSTEMS DESIGN
  • 5343 DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
  • 5347 PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SECURITY
  • 5350 HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
  • 5352 TOPICS IN OBJECT TECHNOLOGY
  • 5354 ENTERPRISE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
  • 5357 ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
  • 5363 INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
  • 5365 COMPUTER FORENSICS AND INVESTIGATIONS
  • 5370 ENTERPRISE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
  • 5373 INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  • 5375 MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
  • 5399 GRADUATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIP

Click here to see the faculty page of Information System Department.

For detailed information about course syllabus and prerequisites of each course please see the graduate catalog.