Information Systems and Technology
The program may be completed entirely on campus, entirely online, or through a combination of on-campus and online courses.
Admission
Bachelor's degree in engineering, a physical science, computer science, applied mathematics, business administration, or liberal arts with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
Degree Requirements
The degree MS in IS&T requires a minimum of 30 credit hours.
- A minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher is required at the time of graduation.
- Courses in which grades of C- or below are earned cannot be used to fulfill degree requirements.
Advanced Standing
Up to six graduate credit hours (grade of B or better) may be transferred from another accredited institution.
Students may transfer up to one-half (1/2) the minimum number of credit hours required for their master's or professional degree from another University of Michigan program.
Graduate Academic Policies can be found below:
Program Requirements
The program of study must satisfy the following distribution and course requirements:
Core Courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| IMSE 556 | Database Systems | 3 |
| or CIS 556 | Database Systems | |
| IMSE 570 | Enterprise Information Systems | 3 |
| or CIS 564 | Enterprise Information Systems | |
| IMSE 5725 | Object Oriented System Design | 3 |
| or CIS 572 | Object Oriented Systems Design | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Concentration (15 credit hours)
Seven concentration areas exist in the program. Six of the concentration areas are identified below while the seventh is an individual concentration that student develops jointly with the Program Advisor.
Concentration Area 1: Information Management Applications (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HCDE 530 | Information Visualization | 3 |
| IMSE 515 | Fundamentals of Program Mgt | 3 |
| IMSE 516 | Project Management and Control | 3 |
| IMSE 5215 | Program Budget, Cost Est & Con | 3 |
| IMSE/CIS 555 | Decision Support/Expert Sys | 3 |
| IMSE 564 | Applied Data Analytics and Modeling for Enterprise Systems | 3 |
| IMSE 5715 | Modeling of Int Info Syst | 3 |
| IMSE 5755 | Bus Proc Int using Entrpr Tech | 3 |
| IMSE 586 | Big Data Aanal & Visuliztn | 3 |
| ACC 505 | Devel & Interp Financial Info | 3 |
| HRM 561 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MKT 515 | Marketing Management | 3 |
Concentration Area 2: Supply Chain and Information Systems Design (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CIS 544 | Computer and Network Security | 3 |
| IMSE 538 | Intelligent Manufacturing | 3 |
| IMSE/CIS 555 | Decision Support/Expert Sys | 3 |
| IMSE 559 | System Simulation | 3 |
| IMSE 5655 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| IMSE 5715 | Modeling of Int Info Syst | 3 |
| IMSE 5755 | Bus Proc Int using Entrpr Tech | 3 |
| IMSE 580 | Prod & Oper Engineering I | 3 |
| IMSE 581 | Prod & Oper Engineering II | 3 |
| IMSE 586 | Big Data Aanal & Visuliztn | 3 |
Concentration Area 3: Information Security (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CIS 527 | Computer Networks | 3 |
| CIS 535 | Wireless Technologies and Pervasive Computing | 3 |
| CIS 540 | Foundation of Information Security | 3 |
| CIS 544 | Computer and Network Security | 3 |
| CIS 545 | Data Security and Privacy | 3 |
| CIS 546 | Security and Privacy in Wireless Networks | 3 |
| CIS 548 | Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing | 3 |
| CIS 565 | Software Quality Assurance | 3 |
| CIS 568 | Data Mining | 3 |
| or ECE 537 | Data Mining | |
| CIS 584 | Advanced Computer and Network Security | 3 |
| IMSE 5715 | Modeling of Int Info Syst | 3 |
Concentration Area 4: Web Information Management (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CIS 525 | Web Technology | 3 |
| CIS 534 | Semantic Web | 3 |
| CIS 535 | Wireless Technologies and Pervasive Computing | 3 |
| CIS 550 | Object-Oriented Programming and Its Applications | 3 |
| CIS 559 | Principles of Social Network Science | 3 |
| CIS 562 | Web Information Management | 3 |
| CIS 571 | Web Services | 3 |
| CIS 575 | Software Engineering Mgmt | 3 |
| CIS 586 | Advanced Data Management | 3 |
Concentration Area 5: Information Systems Engineering (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| IMSE 5715 | Modeling of Int Info Syst | 3 |
| IMSE 577 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3 |
| or CIS 577 | S/W User Interface Dsgn&Analys | |
| CIS 527 | Computer Networks | 3 |
| CIS 544 | Computer and Network Security | 3 |
| CIS 550 | Object-Oriented Programming and Its Applications | 3 |
| CIS 553 | Software Engineering | 3 |
| CIS 568 | Data Mining | 3 |
| or ECE 537 | Data Mining | |
| CIS 578 | Advanced Operating Systems | 3 |
| CIS 586 | Advanced Data Management | 3 |
Concentration Area 6: Data Analytics and Science (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| IMSE 500 | Models of Oper Research | 3 |
| IMSE 505 | Optimization | 3 |
| IMSE 514 | Multivariate Statistics | 3 |
| IMSE 586 | Big Data Aanal & Visuliztn | 3 |
| IMSE 605 | Advanced Optimization | 3 |
| CIS 5570 | Introduction to Big Data | 3 |
| CIS 568 | Data Mining | 3 |
| or ECE 537 | Data Mining | |
| CIS 5700 | Advanced Data Mining | 3 |
| CIS 579 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| CIS 583 | Deep Learning | 3 |
| ECE 5831 | Pat Rec & Neural Netwks | 3 |
| CIS 585 | Advanced Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
Concentration Area 7: Individual Concentration
Select 5 courses from Areas 1 through 6. Requires Advisor's approval.
Electives (6 credit hours)
Any of the concentration courses may be chosen as an elective course.
Other CIS, ECE, IMSE and business graduate courses may be taken per advisor approval.
A thesis may be substituted for six hours of electives, on approval by the program director.