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Course Name
:Master of Information Systems Management
Course Description
:The Master of Information Systems Management programme provides the students with both the strong business leadership skills and the know-how necessary to determine and implement thecompany's goals in computer-related technologies. It recognizes the need to balance one's education, work and family life. The programme is on a flexible full-time or part-time basis. Select from evening, weekend and online classes to create the schedule that best fits the students' needs.
The expert faculty staff are well experienced and ever ready to provide individualised attention to every student and wolud draw upon their own real-world experience to teach the students on how to plan, coordinate and direct the implementation, maintenance and upgrading of computer and information systems. The studnets will learn how to manage innovations in software and architectures, information security, and network and database systems expand their ability to provide effective technology solutions that fill a critical niche in the organizations theyserve.
This programme equips students with the business, management and technical skills necessary to effectively function as senior analysts, IS project leaders and MIS managers – career positions that form the backbone of the IS field. Its objectives are:
- developing and enhancing the business, technical and management skills students need to function effectively as IS managers
- enabling students to identify opportunities to use information systems to an organization's strategic and competitive benefit
- providing critical learning tools for application development, operational effectiveness, information asset management and decision-making
- preparing students to analyze and design computer/network-based applications of information technology and manage IS resources
- developing project management skills needed to manage projects and
execute project tasks with respect to information systems.
Category
:MBA
Subject
:MBA - General and Others
Campus Name
:Sherman Oaks Campus
Entry Requirements
:To be admitted to DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School, applicants must
hold a baccalaureate degree from a DeVryrecognized post-secondary institution.
This includes institutions accredited by U.S. regional accrediting agencies or
selected national accrediting agencies, and international institutions
recognized as the equivalent. International applicants must hold a degree
recognized as equivalent to a U.S. baccalaureate degree. Applicants must also
demonstrate quantitative and verbal skills proficiency (see Prerequisite Skills
Requirements). No specific undergraduate concentration or preparatory coursework
is required for admission.
The requirements are:
- Applicants who meet baccalaureate degree requirements and whose
undergraduate cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is 2.70 or higher (on a
4.00 scale) are
eligible for admission. - Applicants who meet baccalaureate degree requirements and whose
undergraduate CGPA is below 2.70 must also achieve acceptable scores on the
Graduate
Management Admission Test (GMAT), the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Keller-administered admission test. The Keller-administered test may be
completed, by appointment, wherever the University’s graduate programs are offered or through the DeVry University Assessment Center. GMAT and GRE test scores are valid up to five years from the date tests are completed. No time limit applies to scores from our alternative admission test. - Applicants must also complete a personal interview with an admissions advisor (admissions representative in Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska and Oregon). Interviews can be scheduled during day or evening hours on weekdays, or on Saturday, by appointment, by contacting the center dean or an admissions advisor. Prospective online students who are unable to meet in person must complete an interview with an admissions advisor via synchronous electronic chat mode or by telephone.
- All admission decisions are based on evaluation of a candidate’s academic credentials, applicable admission test scores and interview.
- All applicants must demonstrate quantitative and verbal skills proficiency. Proficiency can be demonstrated by submitting acceptable GMAT, GRE or Keller-administered test scores, or through prior coursework performance.
- Applicants whose demonstrated proficiency indicates their quantitative skills meet only minimum standards must successfully complete Foundations of Managerial Mathematics (GM400) with a grade of B (3.00) or better before they may enroll in most courses at the 500 level or above. However, students enrolled in GM400 who do not require Foundations of Professional Communication (GM410) may also enroll in one of the following: GM520, GM591, HR587, HR590, HR592 or HR594.
- Applicants whose demonstrated proficiency indicates their verbal skills meet only minimum standards must successfully complete GM410 with a grade of B (3.00) or better before they may enroll in most courses at the 500 level or above. However, students enrolled in GM410 who do not require GM400 may also enroll in one of the following: FI504, GM533, GM545, GM588, IS535 or PM586.
Fees
:Information not available
Level
:Masters
Mode
:Full Time
Medium
:Campus
Type
:Degree
Duration
:45 Semester-credit hours.
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