Thus, professionals with a primary interest and expertise in marketing, health care, banking, finance, accounting, management, are being sought by business application-area specialists such as, for example, Andersen Consulting, EDS, Price Waterhouse, and Sprint. These firms are in the forefront of a trend in the information industry to employ qualified graduates of business programs who are knowledgeable about their primary field of study but are also conversant about how computing technology relates to and may be applied within their primary field. The minor will offer graduates a competitive advantage in terms of the types of positions for which they qualify. This does not preclude students from outside the college from pursuing this as a minor. A minor in MIS requires a minimum 18 hours.
All prerequisite courses are the students' responsibility.