MIS Degree?.?.?.?.?

JMOSQ

Hello all,


I am a sophomore in college and am relatively confused as what I should major in. I know I want to do business but not sure exactly what type. I own a lawn care business and I can confidently say that I like all areas of the field; that I've exposed myself to. However, I am a technology enthusiast, and am considering MIS. I know that new technologies are evolving and eventually it'll all be just that: technology. What can you tell me about this Degree? How is the job market? What has been your experience? In advance, thank you for your time.

SoCalGuy858

In general, "MIS" and "information systems" degrees tend to have a business-based curriculum with some exposure to different technologies. You'll most likely fill your core courses up with accounting, finance, statistics, and marketing (similar to a business administration degree), and your concentration or electives will contain a courses in basic networking, database management, programming / scripting, and / or security.

The biggest thing to note with a degree name is that they're not all standardized, and as I said above, this is just a general description of what is commonly listed as an MIS degree. What you really need to do is take a deep look into the curriculum offered at the schools you are interested in. To further complicate things, other schools have similar majors like "Computer Information Systems" and "Information Technology" (not to mention "old trusty".... computer science!). I've seen degrees with all of these majors that were exactly as I described above, and only required college algebra (at most)... and I've also seen degrees with each of these majors that were nearly identical to a computer science degree (heavy on theory, programming electives, lots of math).

I'm in my last course of my associates degree and will (most likely) be enrolling in this program soon after. I can't comment on the job market, because that's certainly going to depend on your locale, but in my area (heavy with IT jobs), MIS degrees seem to be accepted just as commonly as computer science degrees. You'll find that in this industry, there's more emphasis placed on experience and certifications than your degree title.

Good luck and feel free to reach out if you've got any questions!

Node Man

Technology is a broad topic. If i was going to go back to school, i would probably take Computer Science or Electrical Engineering over Information Systems.