The Master of Science degree is designed to provide students with computing, quantitative, and application skills to be used in a business problem-solving setting. The primary areas of concentration in the M.S. program are information systems and supply chain management.
Requirements span traditional academic disciplines to produce a multiple-discipline major.
Typical positions for graduates include decision support specialist, information systems specialist, systems analyst, and logistic support specialist. Students come from a variety of backgrounds, with the most common being engineering and business administration. For a student with a bachelor's degree in business or economics, the M.S. nonthesis program consists of a minimum of 36 credit hours, normally requiring three semesters of study, which may include a summer. Students without the prerequisite course work may need another semester. The required courses total 26 credit hours.