Program Overview
The PhD concentration in Management Information Systems (MIS) is designed for higher caliber students who seek academic careers in MIS or managerial positions in modern corporations. Recent MIS graduates have been placed as assistant professors in prestigious institutions such as Virginia Tech and Clemson University.
The graduate coordinator works closely with each student to design the PhD course work to fit the student's individual needs. This customization permits each candidate to take full advantage of prior training and special interests. Students take a variety of courses, including Business Analytics, Database Management, Systems Analysis and Design, Business Strategy, Statistics and Econometrics and Research Methodology.
The MIS faculty publishes state-of-the-art research in leading academic journals, such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Management Science, Journal of Management Information Systems, and Journal of the Association for Information Systems. Some are serving on the editorial boards of premier journals such has ISR and JAIS. Many have received external grants from leading corporations such as FedEx and national agencies such as NIH, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Commerce.
The graduate faculty members are easily accessible and work closely with the PhD students in their research and instructional activities. Under the guidance of our faculty, our PhD graduates have published papers on premier journals such as MISQ, Journal of Operations Management and Information and Management based on their dissertation work.
Curriculum
- Research Core - 12 credit hours
- ECON 8811 - Econometrics II
- SCMS 8530 - Survey of Statistical Techniques
- SCMS 8540 – Multivariate Methods
- MGMT 8921 - Management Research
- Concentration - 30 credit hours
- MIS 8710 - Research Seminar in IS I
- MIS 8720 - Research Seminar in IS II
- MIS 8730 - Theory building in IS
- MIS 8605 - Business database systems
- MIS 8620 - Business machine learning I
- MIS 8640 - Information systems mgmt/plan
- MIS 8670 - Information security mgmt
- MIS 8610 - System analysis and design
- Dissertation - 15 credit hours
- Dissertation Semester 5
- Dissertation Semester 6
- Dissertation Semester 7 (6 credit hours)
- Dissertation Semester 8
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Additional Graduate Level Coursework - 15 credit hours
TOTAL = 72 credit hours needed to obtain a PhD in Management Information Systems
*brochure says 60 hours
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