MIS Majors & Minors
The College of Business offers three ways to add MIS to your
degree: an MIS
major, MIS as a double major and an MIS minor.
Adding an MIS minor is easy for anyone already majoring in
business. The required courses can be used to fulfill the
requirements for liberal arts and college of business
electives. Most business majors can add an MIS minor without
taking any extra classes above the already required set. Business
students can add MIS as a double major by taking only one extra
course beyond the MIS minor requirements. (See your advisor for
details.) Download the
curriculum.
For non-business majors, an MIS minor can also be easily
added. In most cases, the courses can be used as electives
within your curriculum. Download the
curriculum. For more information, contact Priscilla
Arling.
How a business major might use an MIS major or
minor:
- The MIS program at Butler focuses on preparing
students to be liaisons between the organization's information
technology department and other functions within a business such as
accounting, marketing and finance. Information systems are more
important strategically than ever before. Skilled
professionals who understand information systems are in high
demand.
- In a marketing department, MIS graduates may
be involved in the development of e-commerce sites or manage a
customer relationship database. MIS knowledge also helps marketing
professionals define target demographics and develop branding
specifically tailored to their customers' characteristics. In
addition these majors may research new technologies that help
achieve the marketing department's goals.
- In an accounting department, graduates may
work as an auditor of accounting systems or integrate automated
shop floor production processes with cost accounting
applications. Spreadsheets and databases are used by almost
every accounting department for everyday tasks. In-depth
knowledge of those technologies can fast-track an employee to
higher-level jobs.
- In a finance department, MIS graduates may use
their knowledge and technology to develop new financial analysis
methods, algorithms and presentations. As with accounting,
spreadsheets and databases are used by almost all finance
departments and in-depth knowledge of those tools can set a new
college graduate apart from the competition.
The MIS minor has allowed me to gain an additional set of
skills to use within the work environment. During my first
internship, I used the concepts I learned in my MIS courses to
understand the company's systems and processes. The MIS
courses allow students to gain a broad set of skills that are
beneficial to any business major.
Lindsay Schaar '12
Accounting major, MIS minor