Financial Information Systems (FIS), Master of Science

(36 semester hours)

The stand-alone MS-FIS graduate degree program consists of 36 credits—18 credits from the required core, nine credits consisting of Financial electives, and nine credits consisting of Information Systems electives. The prerequisites for this degree include satisfaction of the CPC through the core one-credit modules offered to graduate students. The structure of this program is as follows:

A. Required Core

BUS 531	Adv Topics/Management Information Syst?Information Systems	3
BUS 534	Business Intelligence	3
BUS 535	Data Mining and Warehousing	3
BUS 554	Policy Formulation and Strategy?Management	3
BUS 588	Portfolio Theory and Capital Markets	3
BUS 599	Independent Research	3

BUS 554: taken after completion of at least 24 graduate credits

B. Financial Electives

(Select 3 courses)

BUS 542	Financial Planning and Management	3
BUS 582	Business Taxation	3
BUS 583	Retirement and Estate Planning	3
BUS 584	Managerial Economics	3
BUS 585	Risk Management and Insurance	3
BUS 586	SEC and the Financial Markets	3
BUS 587	International Trade and Investment	3
BUS 589	Adv. Topics Real Estate Mgmt	3

C. Information Systems Electives

(Select 3 courses)

BUS 562	Systems Analysis and Design: Industrial?Problem Solving	3
BUS 563	Information Systems - Database?Management	3
BUS 564	Accounting Information Systems	3
BUS 566	Telecom and Networking for Business Syst	3
BUS 592	Web Application Design/Dvlp	3
BUS 593	Business Info Security/Continuity	3
BUS 594	ERP Systems	3