Management Information Systems

Undergraduate Information
Graduate Information
Faculty

OFFICE: Student Services East 2411
TELEPHONE: 619-594-5316 / FAX: 619-594-3675
WEBSITE: https://business.sdsu.edu/MIS

A Member of AACSB (International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).

Undergraduate Information

The Major

Good business decisions require good information. The purpose of an information system is to provide the organization and its management with the information that is essential to decision-making and to assist in interpreting that information.

Information Systems. Students interested in using computing devices including computers and smartphones and various software applications to solve business problems and in devising new and more efficient solutions should consider a major in information systems. The major is intended to prepare students for their first job in information systems. The major will also prepare students for continued growth as a manager in information systems.

The employment outlook for information systems specialists is currently very good as positive projections continue.

There is a rich array of professional careers a major in information systems can pursue in small and large businesses, government agencies, educational institutes, and other organizations. Some of them are listed here along with their primary responsibilities:

Systems Analyst: Analyzes, designs, and implements information systems to support strategic, tactical, and operational needs of business organizations. This involves various tasks including system requirement gathering, design of system specifications, feasibility study, prototyping, and system testing and integration.
Network Administrator: Maintains a reliable voice and data network infrastructure undertaking such tasks as network setup and configuration, network monitoring and troubleshooting, security audit and compliance, network capacity planning, and network design and performance optimization.
Systems Administrator: Manages an organization’s IT infrastructure such as computer systems and networks, ensuring their reliability, security, and efficiency. Among the responsibilties are user accounts management, security and system access management, and system installation, configuration and monitoring.
Software Developer: Undertakes tasks related to the software development lifecycle such as designing, coding, testing, and maintaining software applications. There is a wide range of software applications from mobile apps and web development to enterprise software.
Security Analyst: Plays a critical role in safeguarding an organization’s systems, networks and data assets from cybersecurity threats.This is accomplished through such tasks as the assessment of security risks and vulnerabilities, enforcement of security policies and procedures, implementation of security audit and compliance, and etc.
Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst: Assists organizations to make data-driven business decisions. To facilitate the data-informed decision support process, the BI analyst undertakes tasks related to data gathering and preparation (e.g., transform raw data), data analysis and interpretation, and the creation of reports and dashboards.
IT Project Manager: Plans and executes IT projects within an organization. Successful project delivery requires that a project is effectively managed in many different fronts including available resources, budgets, timelines, project scope, risks and uncertainties, and stakeholder communications.
IT Consultant: Provides expert advice to organizations on various aspects of information technology to strengthen their alignment with business objectives. Such guidance includes recommendations related to IT strategies, IT solutions, and IT infrastructure.
IT Auditor: Help organizations maintain the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of their information systems and data assets through various audits related to regulation compliance, security, data privacy, incidence response, physical security, and user access control. From the IT audits, auditors identify potential risks, weaknesses, and areas for improvements.
Database Administrator: Manages the lifecycle of an organization’s data, which includes database design and implementation, enforcement of data security, database performance optimization, and ongoing maintenance.

Statement on Computers

Before enrolling in upper division courses in the Fowler College of Business, students must be competent in the operation of personal computers. Business students are strongly encouraged to have their own computers capable of running word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, e-mail, and Internet applications such as those found in packages sold by major software publishers. Availability of on-campus computing resources can be limited due to increasing demand across the University.

Retention Policy

The Fowler College of Business expects that all business students will make reasonable academic progress towards the degree. Business premajors who have earned 60 units but have less than a 2.9 may be removed from the premajors and placed in undeclared. Upper division business majors earning less than a 2.0 average in their major GPA for two consecutive semesters may be removed from business and placed in undeclared.

Transfer Credit

Lower Division: Courses clearly equivalent in scope and content to San Diego State University courses required for minors or as preparation for all business majors will be accepted from regionally accredited United States institutions and from foreign institutions recognized by San Diego State University and the Fowler College of Business.

Upper Division: It is the policy of the San Diego State University Fowler College of Business to accept upper division transfer credits where (a) the course content, requirements, and level are equivalent to San Diego State University courses and (b) where the course was taught in an AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited program. Exceptions require thorough documentation evidencing the above standards.

Impacted Program

The information systems major is impacted. Before enrolling in any upper division courses in business administration, students must advance to an upper division business major and obtain a business major code. To be admitted to an upper division business major (accounting, finance, financial services, real estate, information systems, management, or marketing), students must meet the following criteria:

Complete with a grade of C (2.0) or better: ACCTG 201 , ACCTG 202 ; ECON 101 , ECON 102 ; FIN 240 (or an approved business law course); MIS 180 ; MATH 120 (or an approved calculus course or an approved three-unit finite mathematics course); RWS 290 (RWS 290 is not required for the accounting major); and either STAT 119 or ECON 201 . These courses cannot be taken for credit/no credit (Cr/ NC);
Complete a minimum of 60 transferable semester units;
Have a cumulative GPA of 2.9.

Students who meet all requirements except the GPA may request to be placed on the waiting list. While all spaces are usually filled by eligible students, if there is room in the program after all the fully-qualified students have been accommodated, students will be admitted from the waiting list in GPA order. Contact the Center for Student Success, 619-594-5828, for more information.

To complete the major, students must fulfill the degree requirements for the major described in the catalog in effect at the time they are accepted into the premajor at SDSU (assuming continuous enrollment).

Major Academic Plans (MAPs)

Visit https://registrar.sdsu.edu/academic-success/major-academic-plan for the recommended courses needed to fulfill your major requirements. The MAPs website was created to help students navigate the course requirements for their majors and to identify which General Education course will also fulfill a major preparation course requirement.

Graduate Information

General Information

The Master of Science degree in Information Systems (MSIS) prepares students to take a senior position associated with the information systems held across all private industries and public sectors. The program is designed to balance management knowledge of business and technology, general technical knowledge in information systems, and domain knowledge in a special area selected by the student. Upon successful completion of the program, students will be competent in leading organizations in the evaluation and adoption of information systems and technologies for strategic advantage as well as in bridging the cultural and communication gaps that often exist between information systems and business function professionals.

The Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity Management (MSCM) prepares students to take a senior position associated with cybersecurity risk management across all private industries and public sectors. Many enterprises are finding themselves vulnerable to cybersecurity threats and trying to protect information assets while promoting communication between stakeholders. In this program, students develop and implement plans to assess and manage cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities, enact emergency response, ensure regulatory compliance, provide information assurance, perform security audits, and analyze threat intelligence and security incidents.

The Master of Science degree in Supply Chain Innovation (MSSCI) cultivates students to take senior positions associated with supply chain management across all private industries and public sectors. The program is crafted to provide students with a comprehensive set of skills: analytical prowess, technological adeptness, and managerial acumen. Upon fulfilling the program requirements successfully, students will be competent in leading organizations in developing sustainable and resilient supply chain operations, refining strategic supply chain decisions, leveraging advanced analytics and technologies for supply chain network design and execution, and mitigating global supply chain risks.

Faculty

Chair: Shin, Bongsik, Professor of Management Information Systems; Faculty Fellow - James Silberrad Brown Center for AI Research (B.A., Sogang University, South Korea; M.S., Bernard M. Baruch College, The City University of New York; Ph.D., University of Arizona)

Undergraduate Advisor: Abhari, Kaveh, Professor of Management Information Systems (B.S., University of Mazandaran, Iran; M.S., University of Tabriz, Iran; Ph.D., University of Hawaii)

Graduate Advisor (Information Systems - MSIS):

Goldberg, David M., Associate Professor of Management Information Systems (B.S.,and Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

Liu, Xialu, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems (B.S., Zhejiang University, China; M.A., Peking University, China; Ph.D., Rutgers University)

Graduate Advisor (Cybersecurity Management - MSCM):

Safaei-Pour, Morteza, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (B.Sc. and M.Sc., Sharif University of Technology, Iran; Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio)

Graduate Advisor (Supply Chain Innovation - MSSCI):

Zhu, Qingyun (Serena), Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (B.A., Nanjing Normal University, China; M.S. and Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty:

Reinig, Bruce A., Professor of Management Information Systems (B.S., Truman State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona)

Yang, Yeongling Helio, Professor of Management Information Systems (B.A., National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida)

Elkins, Aaron C., Associate Professor of Management Information Systems; Director, James Silberrad Brown Center for AI Research (B.S., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona)

Huangfu, Luwen, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (B.E., Chongqing University, China; M.E., Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Ph.D., University of Arizona)

Paternina, Carlos D., Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (B.S., Universidad del Norte, Colombia; M.S. and Ph.D, University of South Florida)

Shirazi, Hossein, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (B.S., University of Kashan, Iran; M.S., Islamic Azad University, Iran; M.S. and Ph.D., Colorado State University)

Xu, Shengjie, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (B.E., Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China; M.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Additional Faculty:

Raafat, Feraidoon, 1986-2021, Professor of Management Information Systems (B.S., Phillips University; B.S., M.I.E., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University)

Lecturers:

Abhari, Maryam, D.Arch., Management Information Systems

Austin, Millard E.(Skip), B.S., Management Information Systems

Barra, Christopher, M.B.A., Technology & Strategy

Bolton, Brent R., M.B.A., Management Information Systems

Cameron, Lance, M.S., Management Information Systems

Conrado, Jordi., M.B.A., IT Management

Desai, Pritesh, M.B.A., Management Information Systems

Doiron, Jacob, D., M.S., Management Information Systems

Gustafson, Thad, B.S., Management Information Systems

Hansen, Julie M., M.B.A., Management Information Systems

Hultz, Jonathan., M.S., Cybersecurity

Jawad, Shatha, Ph.D. Management Information Systems

Luis, Andre., B.S., Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology

Meader, David K., Ph.D., Management Information Systems

Nitsch, Cynthia, M.A., Management Information Systems

Novikova, Valerie, M.S., Information Technology

O’Byrne, Christopher B., M.B.A. and M.S. Management Information Systems

Oregon, Gregory R., M.S., Management Information Systems

Oregon, Joseph, M.S., Computer Science

Qian, Huiyu, Ph.D., Management Information Systems

Randrup, Nils, M.B.A., Management Information Systems

Samara, David W., M.S., Management Information Systems

Shahsavari, Fatemeh, Ph.D., Architecture

Shaul, Kelly C., JD, M.S.B.A., Management Information Systems

Showghi, Robert S., M.B.A., Management Information Systems

Emeritus Faculty:

Addo, Theophilus, Ph.D., 1987-2015, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

Beatty, James R., Ph.D., 1973-2013, Professor of Management Information Systems [Senate Distinguished Professor]

Briggs, Robert O., Professor of Management Information Systems (B.S., M.B.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona)

Easton, Annette C., Ph.D., 1987-2016, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

Easton, George K., Ph.D., 1987-2011, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

Feeney, William R., Ph.D., 1974-1997, Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems

Flatley, Marie E., Ph.D., 1979-2007, Professor of Information and Decision Systems

Hatch, Richard A., Ph.D., 1975-2000, Professor of Information and Decision Systems

Jennex, Murray E., Ph.D., 2001-2020, Professor of Management Information Systems

Koster, Alexis, Ph.D., 1983-2017, Professor of Management Information Systems

Lackritz, James R., Ph.D., 1977-2010, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Business Administration; Professor of Management Information Systems

Langenbach, Robert G., Ed.D., 1959-1981, Professor of Information Systems

Lyons-Lawrence, Carolena L., Ph.D., 1987-2004, Associate Professor of Information and Decision Systems

Norman, Ronald J., Ph.D., 1985-2000, Professor of Information and Decision Systems

Penrose, John M., Ph.D., 1988-2016, Professor of Management Information Systems

Plice, Robert K., Ph.D., 2002-2014, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

Sherrard, William R., Ph.D., 1968-2000, Professor of Information and Decision Systems

Vik, Gretchen N., Ph.D., 1975-2009, Professor of Information and Decision Systems