Program Overview

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MS in Information Systems and Graduate Management Program Dual Degree

Master's Program

Program Details

Degree

Master of Science or Dual-Degree MBA

School

School of Business

Department

School of Business Graduate Program

Available

On campus

Program Benefits:

Career Opportunities: Gaining technical expertise and management principles open up a wide range of career opportunities.

Specialized Expertise: Gain specialized knowledge in areas like digital innovation and cyber security with a broad spectrum of management disciplines.

Leadership Development: Combine strong leadership skills with technical knowledge to lead teams in solving complex business challenges.

Careers:

• IT Manager
• Project Manager
• Information Security Analyst
• Systems Analyst
• Data Analyst
• Technology Strategist

About the Stevens M.S. in Information Systems Program

Today's information systems manager needs to have a thorough command not only of technology — security, compliance, analytics, mobile networks and cloud-based systems — but of business, and the way employees use technology to get the job done. The Information Systems master's program brings an analytics-intensive approach to topics like digital innovation and cybersecurity, empowering you as a decision-maker whose insights guide technology strategy across the enterprise.

Courses in the Information Systems master's program encourage information systems consultants, IT auditors, and project managers to frame problems from the perspective of a CIO who drives organizational change through technology. A curricular balance of new coding skills and leadership perspectives will turn you into a creative problem-solver able to stay ahead of the rapid pace of technology.

Courses

Choose 3 elective courses in addition to the courses listed below.

GMP 05, GMP 08, and GMP 15 can be transferred to replace FIN 615 Financial Decision Making. GMP 10, GMP 13 and GMP 21 can be transferred to replace MGT 609 Fundamentals of Project Management. GMP 04, GMP 10, and GMP 28E can be transferred to replace MGT 689 Organizational Behavior and Design. GMP 13, GMP 22 and GMP 26 can be transferred to replace MIS 760 IT Strategy.

MIS 620 Analysis and Development of Information Systems (3)

This course presents and analyzes various approaches to information analysis and development of organizational information systems within a system development life-cycle (SDLC), e.g. the waterfall, concentric, and prototyping approaches. Topics include strategic planning for SDLC, front-end and back-end phases of SDLC, project management, CASE methodologies, and balancing user, organizational, and technical considerations.

MIS 630 Dealing with Data (3)

This course deals with strategic uses of data, data structures, file organizations and hardware as determinants of planning for, and implementing, an enterprise-wide data management scheme. Major course topics include data as valuable enterprise resource, inherent characteristics of data, modeling the data requirements of an enterprise, data repositories and system development life cycles.

MIS 699 Digital Innovation - 3 Credits

IT organizations must be able to leverage new technologies. This course focuses on how organizations can effectively and efficiently assess trends and emerging technologies in data and knowledge management, information networks, and analyzing and developing application systems. Students will learn how to help their organizations define, select, and adopt new information technologies.

MIS 710 Process Innovation and Management - 3 Credits

This course focuses on the role of information technology (IT) in reengineering and enhancing key business processes. The implications for organizational structures and processes, as the result of increased opportunities to deploy information and streamlining business systems are covered.

MIS 730 Integrating Information System Technologies - 3 Credits

This course focuses on the issues surrounding the design of an overall information technology architecture. The traditional approach in organizations is to segment the problem into four areas - network, hardware, data and applications. This course will focus on the interdependencies among these architectures. In addition, this course will utilize management research on organizational integration and coordination science. The student will learn how to design in the large, make appropriate choices about architecture in relationship to overall organization goals, understand the different mechanisms available for coordination and create a process for establishing and maintaining an enterprise architecture.

SP Jain Institute of Management and Research

SPJIMR was established in 1981 by India’s premier non-profit institution, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), to adapt the concepts, techniques, and practices of modern management to meet the needs and actual conditions of developing India.

BVB, an educational trust founded in 1938, by Dr. K.M. Munshi with the support of Mahatma Gandhi, is today a worldwide cultural, educational, and ethical movement of national eminence with widespread support and goodwill earned over its eight decades of public service.

Since its founding over forty years ago, SPJIMR has grown to become one of India’s leading management schools, with a global reputation for social impact.

Courses

Foundation Courses

Course Number| Course Name| Credits
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GMP 01| Case Study Method|
GMP 02| Learning to Learn |
GMP 03| Science of Spirituality | .5
GMP 04| Business Communication | .5
GMP 05| Business Computing through Spreadsheets | .5
GMP 06| Micro Economics | 1
GMP 07| PG Lab | 1
GMP 08| Financial Accounting & Statement Analysis | 2

Term 1 Courses

Course Number| Course Name| Credits
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GMP 09| Business Statistics & Research Methods | 1.5
GMP 10| Negotiations & Intercultural Management | 1
GMP 11| Design Thinking| 1
GMP 12| International Macroeconomics | 1
GMP 13| Decision Sciences | .5
GMP 14| Global Production Management | 1
GMP 15| Management Accounting | .5
GMP 16| Marketing Management | 1
GMP 17| Marketing Planning & Strategy (Simulation) | .5
GMP 18| Corporate Finance | 1.5

Term 2 Courses

Course Number| Course Name| Credits
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GMP 19| Strategy| 1
GMP 20| Business Analytics | .5
GMP 21| Project Management | 1
GMP 22| Strategic Finance | 1
GMP 23| Digital Marketing | .5
GMP 24| Global Supply Chain Management | 1
GMP 25| Startup Garage | .5
GMP 26| iBizSim (Simulation) | 1.5
GMP 27| Technology in Digital Economy | 1
GMP 28E| Responsible Management | 1
GMP 29| International Finance| 1

Elective Courses

Electives available to be taken at SPJIMR toward the GMP Degree

Course Number| Course Name| Credits
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GMP 30E| Business Models | 1
GMP 31E| Mathematical Basics (incl. Fin Math) | .5
GMP 32E| R and R Studio (Workshop) | .5
GMP 33E| Capital Markets | 2
GMP 34E| Basic Econometrics | 2
GMP 35E| Applied Econometrics | 2
GMP 36E| Consulting Tools Seminar | 1
GMP 37E| SAP for Business Process Management | 1

Master's in Information Systems: Facts & Figures

99%

Employed 6 Months After Graduation

$89,688

Average Salary

$8,167

Average Signing Bonus

#19

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