Management Information Systems

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Undergraduate Information

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.

Faculty

Emeritus: Addo, Beatty, Easton, A., Easton, G., Feeney, Flatley, Hatch, Koster, Lackritz, Langenbach, Lyons-Lawrence, Norman, Penrose, Plice, Sherrard, Vik
Chair: Reinig
Professors: Briggs, Jennex, Raafat, Reinig, Shin, Yang
Assistant Professors: Abhari, K., Elkins, Liu, Wang
Lecturers: Abhari, M., Judge, O’Byrne, Probett, Shaul, Showghi, Tyler

The Major

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

Information Systems. Students interested in using computers 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, which is normally as a systems analyst. The systems analyst studies problems, designs solutions, and implements those solutions using computer hardware and software. 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. Positive projections continue into the future. Many graduates who major in information systems assume the following positions: systems analysts plan the activities necessary to solve a business problem by structuring the problem in logical form, identifying the data needed, and specifying the procedures to be followed in programming the data processing; information systems specialists represent various departments of a business in assuring that each department’s information processing needs are provided for effectively and efficiently; programmers and analysts plan and write computer programs to process business information; computer center managers direct the work of information processing in a company; and technical marketing specialists sell and coordinate the installation of computer systems.

Typical places of employment for information systems graduates include large businesses, government agencies, computer manufacturers, universities, and independent computer service organizations.

Business Honors Program

The Business Honors Program offers excellent upper division business students the opportunity to explore issues in our local, regional, and global business environments focusing on the social and ethical responsibility that business has to the community and society. Honors students will enroll in a one unit business honors seminar each semester. During their enrollment they will participate in activities to promote their academic and personal growth, documenting their work in a written portfolio.

Generally, students should apply to this program at the time of application to upper division business. Applicants must submit an essay with their application. Applicants must have a 3.6 cumulative GPA or good standing in the Weber Honors College. Students not meeting these requirements may petition for admission to the program. Successful completion of the Business Honors Program will be recognized at graduation. Contact Dr. Robert A. Judge, Department of Management Information Systems, for more information about this program.

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, including word processing and spreadsheets. 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 completed major preparatory courses, earned 60 units, but have less than a 2.9 GPA 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.

Business Passport

All majors in the Fowler College of Business will be introduced to the Business Passport in B A 310 , and complete the Business Passport in the capstone course (B A 404 , B A 405 , or B A 458 ). Contact the Fowler Center for Student Success (EBA-448), 619-594-5828, for more information.

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:

1. 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);
2. Complete a minimum of 60 transferable semester units;
3. 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 Fowler Center for Student Success (EBA-448), 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 http://www.sdsu.edu/mymap 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

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

Faculty

Bruce A. Reinig, Ph.D., Professor of Management Information Systems, Chair of Department
Robert O. Briggs, Ph.D., Professor of Management Information Systems
Murray E. Jennex, Ph.D., Professor of Management Information Systems (Graduate Adviser)
John M. Penrose, Ph.D., Professor of Management Information Systems, Emeritus
Feraidoon Raafat, Ph.D., Professor of Management Information Systems (Graduate Adviser)
Bongsik Shin, Ph.D., Professor of Management Information Systems
Yeongling Helio Yang, Ph.D., Professor of Management Information Systems (Graduate Adviser)
Theophilus Addo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, Emeritus
Kaveh Abhari, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Aaron C. Elkins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (Graduate Adviser)
Xialu Liu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems

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