Management Information Systems

Major/Minor

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Management information systems are the computer-based systems that provide information and handle the daily activity of management for planning, organizing, and controlling an organization. The MIS program is designed to prepare students for entry-level positions as business systems analysts, programmer analysts, applications programmers, and support persons in an information center.

• MIS curriculum requirements are based on the Information Systems model designed by the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the Association for Information Systems (AIS).
  
• Students have opportunities to solve real-world business problems in upper-level courses.

Fast Facts:

Average starting salary of professionals with a bachelor's degree in a business-related field: Accounting $36,919; Business Administration/Management $35,991; Economics/Finance $37,502; MIS $43,657; Marketing $33,141. (Source: Salary Survey Summer 2000 The National Association of Colleges and Employers)

Discover what some of WSU's alumni are doing with a degree in:

Management Information Services - systems specialist, software developer, software engineer, systems analyst.