Our department has advisory boards of business leaders who work with the department to enhance our educational mission. A number of internships are offered, and students are encouraged to take advantage of these unique learning experiences. Most professors bring into class experienced professionals as guest lecturers. Many classes also require projects involving field work, in addition to on-site tours at local firms. The Micron Electronic Classroom, and the Electronic Meeting Room allow for teaching and research in group decision support, electronic meetings, and team building.
Student organizations provide leadership opportunities and educational programs.
The student chapter of the Data Processing Management Association has a tradition of serving the education, social, and professional needs of our computer information systems majors. Similar advantages are offered to production and operations management students through the student chapter of the Association of Production and Inventory Control Systems. No more than one PR course may be used to satisfy this requirement. Special-topics courses may be used only with the approval of a CIS advisor. However, the selections need not be from the list of university core courses.