The program is ranked top 15 in the nation by U.S News and World Report and is ranked top 10 in the U.S. by TechRepublic. In this region it is the only ranked MIS program at a public university. Fox MIS graduates are sought by the top firms in the nation and enjoy 100% placement. The BBA in MIS is a STEM program that provides access to exclusive scholarships.
The BBA in MIS prepares students for a digital centric economy in which large and growing IT centric firms provide infrastructure like services that smaller entrepreneurial firms re-imagine to create innovative and value added services for consumers and business. Fox MIS students will successfully compete in a world in which traditional large corporations continue to streamline their IT operations but grow by adding new technologically enhanced innovative capabilities.
Fox MIS students will learn to:
- Initiate and lead technology enabled change (e.g., act as a change agent in a large firm)
- Analyze and design innovative digital products and services (e.g., create and implement the social media strategy for a new start-up)
- Apply IT to automate and improve business processes (e.g., apply analytics to discover new insights)
- Transform a business function with IT (e.g., mobile apps to reach new customers)
- Analyze clients, specify needs, integrate applications, and manage projects (e.g., acquire a new customer relationship management system)