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Department of Management Information Systems
Overview
Management Information Systems (MIS) is an applied discipline that studies the processes of the
creation, operation, and business contexts and consequences of management systems that manipulate
information. The creation and operation of such systems requires the subprocesses of systems analysis,
design, implementation and management which are bracketed at the beginning by business context and
at completion by business consequences. Education in Information Systems has traditionally dealt with
building competencies in systems analysis, design and management, which has in the past separated
it from computer science, and software engineering in particular, which concentrate on computer
program development. However, more recently, it is the foregrounding of the brackets around the
technical competencies, along with their expansion into new technologies, that is, business context
and consequences of Information Systems that is a significant differentiator of the Management
Information Systems discipline from allied disciplines of Software Engineering, Computer Science and
Computer Engineering.
Bachelor of Management Information Systems (BMIS)
Mission
In line with ALHOSN University’s mission of educating professionals to be leaders for a modern
community, the Bachelor of Management Information Systems (BMIS) program seeks to develop
leaders who use information technology to support and be subservient to management functions and
roles in order to deliver strategic business value. The MIS curriculum combines a solid base in
technical capabilities (computer programming, database management, and information systems analysis
and design) with advanced work in business and e-business systems design and strategic business
thinking.
Goals
The goals of the BMIS program are to:
1. Produce marketable MIS graduates who can contribute to the development of the IT
industry through high quality education of Management Information Systems.
2. Equip students with a diversity of skills drawn from a large cross-section of the Humanities
and the Social Sciences to improve the communication skills and interpersonal competencies
required to succeed in the current IT industry.
3. Encourage students to conduct research that may contribute to understanding optimal ways
of integrating Information Technology into our individual, societal and organizational ways of
life.
4. Provide students with significant opportunities to develop their professional careers in MIS.
5. Expose students to improvements in the use of IT in other disciplines that use
Information Systems for their professional needs and development.
6. Encourage students’ innovativeness, creativity and leadership in using IT tools, meeting the
organization’s information needs, and appreciating professional ethics and social responsibility.
Objectives
The BMIS program objectives are built around the idea of developing in students the highest level of
fluency in Information Technology knowledge. This fluency consists of three forms of knowledge:
contemporary skills in the use of today’s computer applications; foundational and advanced concepts
on the principles of information, programming, computers and networks; and, intellectual capabilities to
apply Information Technology in complex business situations.
The Bachelor of Management Information System (BMIS) program is designed to:
1. Develop an educational program committed to producing graduates with the highest skills
and fluency in communication.
2. Produce graduates with the tools necessary to be successful professionals in their chosen fields.
3. Equip graduates with abilities and competencies in problem solving.
4. Train graduates who can work in professional interpersonal work environments.
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