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5. Prepare students to achieve their fullest potential of innovativeness, creativity, and leadership.
6. Inculcate students with an appreciation of ethics and social responsibility in the professional
workplace.
7. Instill in students the values of intellectual vitality that enables them to be creative about
meeting the organization’s information needs.
8. Build up MIS students’ technical skills and management knowledge to enable them use
information technology tools to meet management needs both individually and organizationally.
9. Prepare MIS students for an entry- level position in MIS field so they can effectively
manage information systems projects and value the principle of lifelong learning.
Outcomes
Upon completion of the BMIS program, graduates should be able to pursue a career as Information
Systems (IS) professionals who acquire professional skills in the areas of computer-based information
systems, programming, database management systems, data communications and networking,
intelligent decision support systems, Web development and Internet programming and other skills
needed by the expanding field of information technology management.
In order to assess the degree to which the BMIS program is successful in achieving each of the
program objectives shown above, the following measurable program outcomes have been developed.
Upon completion of the BMIS program, graduates will have the ability to:
a. Write reports and analysis and demonstrate oral presentation and communication skills.
b. Participate in multi-disciplinary teams in professional settings.
c. Identify, formulate, and solve problems related to management information systems in light of
the business management theories and concepts.
d. Understand the impact of information systems solutions in business and societal contexts.
e. Recognize the professional and ethical responsibilities of MIS professionals.
f. Evaluate current practices and contemporary issues based on research and analytical skills in
preparing management information systems projects to address business problems.
g. Apply critical knowledge and appropriate methodologies and tools to develop efficient and
effective information systems to meet organizational needs.
h. Define, assemble, deploy, monitor and manage MIS resources and project activities to meet MIS
project objectives and in turn organizational goals.
Curriculum
The BMIS program includes University General Education (UGR) requirements, Faculty
Requirements, and BMIS Program Requirements which include both compulsory and elective courses in
each category. The “Eight-Semester Plan” below shows a typical student schedule for completing the
BMIS Program in four years.
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