Major Requirements — Management Information Technology

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Bachelor of Arts — Bachelor of Science

2009-2011 Four-Year Plan

The management information technology major encompasses the components of information systems (software, hardware, network, data and people). The courses provide the business student a unique academic choice apart from the computer science degree. This concentration is comprised of six required courses in addition to the required business core. MIT graduates gain employment in a wide variety of positions, including, but not limited to, managers requiring a technical edge, business application programmers, help desk analysts, end user training and support personnel, process consultants, user liaisons, and business system analysts.

Students will also benefit from the required professional internship experience in the management information technology field. In order to complete the Major in Management Information Technology, students will also complete concurrently all of the requirements for the Major in Business and Commerce.

To complete the major in Management Information Technology, students will also complete concurrently all of the requirements for the major in Business Administration.

Required courses: 21 semester hours

Required Management Information Technology courses: 13 semester hours

BUS3520 Advanced Software Applications (3)
BUS3540 Current Issues in MIT-People / Data (3)
BUS4590 Advanced Topics in Information Technology (3)
CSC1500 Computer Science I (4)
BUS3810,4810 Selected Topics (2-4 with approval of program chair)
Required Internship(s):
BUS 4940 8 semester hours

The internship experience must be completed during the junior and senior years.

Selected Courses: 3 Semester hours

COM3240 Public Relations (3)
BUS3940 Business Internship (3)
BUS4810 Selected Topics*(3)
*with approval of program chair

 

For the B.S., the following 9-10 semester hours are required in addition to the requirements for the B.A. for majors in Business and Commerce, Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, Management Information Technology, and Organizational Management.

When students are completing the Management Informational Technology major and an additional business-related major, the B.S. designation will be assigned to the additional business-related major.

BUS3510 Operations Research (3)
ECN3300 Business Statistics (3)
MTH2120 Calculus for Management & Sciences (3)
OR
MTH2210 Calculus I (4)

NOTE: Supporting coursework in computer science, sociology, psychology, writing, and philosophy is strongly recommended by the faculty.