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Management Information Systems,
MBA
The Fox School of Business and Management offers MBA programs that help develop a solid understanding of business models created by the synergistic forces of globalization, entrepreneurship, and information technology.
Our approach to graduate education helps develop practical expertise through case analysis, presentations, interaction with business practitioners, and team projects.
The Fox School prepares students to step immediately into key management roles in highly specialized fields.
The Fox School is the region's second largest business graduate school with over 1300 students studying in 16 areas of concentration including management information systems.
The MBA in MIS stresses:
- Information architecture of modern organizations,
- The critical role of information technology in new web enabled business models,
- Internet and Intranet based infrastructure,
- The view of organizations as information processes,
- In-depth study of organizational information systems such as transaction processing, enterprise systems, electronic commerce, decision support, groupware, and knowledge management,
- Business programming as systems integration and scripting,
- Information systems strategy and planning,
- Acquiring, managing, controlling, and evaluating information systems,
- In-depth study and use of database management,
- Data modeling, design, and administration,
- Systems analysis design and development including prototyping.
Campus
Location:
Fort Washington
All six required business foundation classes and the advanced managerial courses are offered at both the Fort Washington and Center City campuses throughout the year. Upper-level courses are offered at the Fort Washington campus but not necessarily in the same semester. Courses are also offered on-line.
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m. Students able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).
Department
Information
Temple University
Speakman Hall LL5,
1810 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
ssokol@sbm.temple.edu
215-204-7678
Ranking:
The Fox School of Business and Management is ranked 14th for technology MBA programs by Computerworld, and holds a specialty ranking of 26th in the nation for healthcare management programs. The Fox School has been recognized for research in numerous departments. Currently we are submitting materials to several media outlets responsible for the general ranking of business schools; we believe that the Fox School will be ranked among the top 50 business schools for our MBA programs.
Accreditation:
True
All of our MBA programs are accredited by AACSB -- The International Association for Management Education.
Areas
of Specialization:
The four courses that make up the concentration requirement for the MBA in Management Information Systems are:
MIS 501 - Information Architecture and Networking; MIS 510 - Information Systems Management and Processes; MIS 520 - Database Analysis and Design; MIS 530 - Information Systems Modeling and Development.
Temple University also offers a dual degree MBA/MS in E-Business that combines the MBA in MIS with the MS in E-Business.
Job
Placement:
Graduates of the Fox School of Business and Management obtain jobs in: Computer / Information Technology;
Consulting; Pharmaceutical Industry;
Consumer Products / Services; Energy / Utilities; Financial Services / Banking; Government; Healthcare;
Industrial Products / Services; Manufacturing; Telecommunications; and Tourism / Transportation.
Affiliation(s):
Research is supported by the Fox School of Business and Management's eBusiness Institute, the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Institute for Global Strategic Management, the Institute for Healthcare Management, the Center for e-Marketing, the Ethics Resource Center, the Safeguard Scientifics Center for Economic Education, the Institute for Financial Services, and the Small Business Development Center. Research interests of the Fox School faculty are also supported by numerous centers and institutes throughout Temple University.
Interdisciplinary
Study :
Study
Abroad:
The Fox School of Business provides graduate level courses during the summer at its Rome, Italy campus.
Licensure:
False
Non-degree
Student Policy:
Students with an undergraduate GPA of 2.8 or above may take classes on a non-matriculated status. Non-matriculated students can take a maximum of nine credit hours. Any additional courses require the student to be matriculated in a program.
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