Website for Management Information Systems

Why Minor in Management Information Systems (MIS)?

  • Management Information System (MIS) is a discipline and a profession that brings Information Technology (IT) to businesses.
  • MIS uses IT to: plan, manage, create and innovate; analyze and solve real business problems; give competitive advantages to businesses.
  • In the Information age, MIS will give a well-rounded skill set that will serve as a great base for launching your career.
  • The MIS Minor will teach you to communicate Information Technology and align it with business concepts and solutions intelligently, to address problems analytically and develop appropriate solutions.

Career Benefits

  • A minor in MIS enables you to specify, select, utilize, and apply Information Technology (IT) to your major field of study.
  • You will learn the skills and terminology needed to become an expert user of IT in the business world, to find IT solutions to business problems in all functional areas.
  • You will be able to help bridge your department with the IT managers
  • You will help your organization align its IT with business goals
  • You will participate in your department’s most important decisions to choose the best IT to serve you.
  • IT Audit in Accounting is the highest paid job – an MIS minor will launch you there!
  • Either way, you will benefit from the interdisciplinary knowledge.

Professions that will benefit from a Minor in MIS

  • All majors will benefit from MIS Minor since Information Systems are everywhere!
  • “Planes don’t fly and trucks don’t roll without IT services, ” Robert Carter, FedEx Chief Information Officer

Details about the Minor in MIS

The minor in Management Information Systems requires the following two required courses and two electives, all with a grade of "C" or better. For non-Business majors, waiver of related prerequisites will be made on a case-by-case basis. A minimum of 9 credits must be taken in residence at FAU. The acknowledgment of the minor is official upon successful completion of a degree program in FAU.

ACG 4401 Accounting Information Systems
  • Advanced Systems Analysis and Design
  • Any two ISM courses 3000 level or above depending on your interests

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