Please note: The MIS Degree has been updated effective Fall 2007. Current Students may select either curriculum option. MIS Curriculum - "New" for Fall 2007
PREREQUISITE: must be
fulfilled before completion of 9 credit hours
RS01 Computer-Based Information Tools (3 credit hours)
Introduction to Information Science: (3 hours) - must be taken within the first nine hours.
Choose one course from each cross-cutting area:
Select one specialization area course:
Specialization courses are designed to help students develop a career path.
Elective courses will fill out a specialization track, but with great
flexibility. Each student is assigned a faculty adviser to help with course and
career decisions.
Flexible, creative, rich electives are offered. Choose from:
"Information architecture involves the design of organization, labeling, navigation, and indexing systems to support both browsing and searching. It plays a central role in determining whether users can easily find the information they need" - Argus Associates
It is the user-centered approach to Information Science at Indiana University that makes IU and Information Architecture such a good fit. While taking courses from within this area, you will investigate information architecture as a social and technological phenomenon, focusing on the ways in which organizations are making use of electronic information networking, and the impacts that networking is having on communication activities, productivity, and information seeking behavior.
Human Computer Interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the design, development and implementation of information technology that is compatible with the needs of users and organizations. In the MIS program, you will study the process of interaction in order to inform the theory and practice of user-centered systems design. The goal of the field is to shape new media and tools that will support human use, augment human learning, enhance communication and lead to more acceptable technological developments at the individual and the social levels.
Information resources include an organization's capital information assets, its network capabilities, and materials held in information centers and archives. Organizational information assets also include human and structural intellectual capital. Social intelligence expands the study of strategic management into new contexts, to cover the processes whereby a society, organization or individual acquires information in the widest sense, processes and evaluates it, stores and uses it for action. The MIS program's focus on strategic information management and leadership will prepare you to integrate internal information and external intelligence in support of organizational goals and objectives.
Information Retrieval Systems Design concentrates on understanding any information system from an information science perspective; that is, as a whole constituted of data, procedures, equipment, and system users. You will learn principles and methodologies for information systems design, with a special emphasis on user-centric planning, project management, system maintenance, and lifecycle issues. Additionally, you will learn about broader societal and organizational factors that influence design and can ultimately influence the effectiveness of information systems.
The MIS curriculum was revised in Fall 2001, and is now only available on the Bloomington campus. Research facilities and technology support for the MIS program are strong at IU Bloomington. All courses must be taken on the Bloomington campus with the exception that up to six graduate credit hours may be transferred with approval.
Goals and Objectives: The MIS degree program offers an interdisciplinary professional curriculum designed to prepare students for lifelong careers in designing, managing, or consulting about information technologies and services, in public, corporate, and nonprofit organizations. The MIS program couples best practices training in the design and use of information technologies with the essential career development skills of communication, team building, analysis, and critical thinking that are necessary for assuming management positions in business, industry, nonprofit, academic, and government organizations. Understanding the complex issues of technology, information, and human systems will directly increase the value of MIS graduates to their future employers.
