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This part-time Master's degree program equips both experienced and aspiring IT professionals with the management tools needed to excel in today's competitive marketplace.
- 10-course (30-credit-hour) program
- Classes meet on evenings and Saturdays at the Arlington Graduate Education Center
- Can be completed in 18 months
- Approved as meeting the CIO (Chief Information Officer) Council's Core Competencies for the GSA CIO University program.
- One of four concentrations offered by the School of Business MSIST programs.
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The demand for excellence in information management is greater now than ever before. Outstanding managers with solid information technology credentials are the most sought-after professionals today. The George Washington University Master of Science in Information Systems Technology (MSIST) with a concentration in Management Information Systems equips both experienced and aspiring IT professionals with the management tools needed to excel in today's competitive marketplace and succeed in tomorrow's challenging future.
The MIS program focuses on the technical and management issues surrounding the selection, design and implementation of information systems affecting public- and private-sector organizations. The program is suitable for individuals with strong academic backgrounds from a variety of disciplines who seek a comprehensive education in a field that is critical to organizational competitiveness. The program is designed to meet the needs of information systems managers, consultants, systems analysts, sales and marketing professionals, network and database administrators, and professionals seeking to keep pace with the information age.
Areas of study offered as required or elective course work through the Department of Management Science include:
- Organizational dynamics
- Project management
- Systems development and applications
- Telecommunications and networking
- Database systems
- Advanced technology in information systems
- Information resource management and security
- Decision systems
- Quantitative methods and modeling
- Online systems design
- E-commerce
The MIS program is taught by full-time and adjunct faculty who bring considerable academic experience and real-world expertise into their classrooms and labs. More than half of all MIS courses provide hands-on experience in our two state-of-the-art computer labs. The program attracts an educationally and academically diverse student population from the public and private sector that, when coupled with GW's superior faculty, provides students with a challenging and dynamic forum in which to learn.
The School of Business Department of Information Systems Technology Management has offered the Master of Science in Information Systems Technology since the early 1980s. Students seeking this degree may choose from four fields of concentration: Management Information Systems (MIS), Information Systems Development, Information Systems Project Management, or the Executive Master of Science in Information Systems (EMIS). Students can choose from three locations: Arlington, VA; Loudoun, VA and Washington, DC. To learn more about what each location has to offer, visit www.msist.gwu.edu.
CIO University Partner
 The MIS program has been approved as meeting the CIO (Chief Information Officer) Council's Core Competencies for the GSA CIO University program. Students may qualify for a certificate from the CIO University by choosing: ISTM 272 Information Resources Management and ISTM 274 Survey of Advanced IT Technologies as electives. The EMIS program is CIO Universitiy approved as well.
The CIO University is a collaborative effort between the Federal government and educational institutions to develop executives for the top IT jobs in industry and government.
The General Services Administration (GSA) conducted a series of focus groups for each of the major competency areas identified by the federal CIO Council. (These "core competencies" were originally developed and adopted by the Federal Chief Information Officers Council in 1997 based on the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.) Over 100 subject area experts from academia, industry and government participated in the professionally facilitated sessions. The product was a set of some 600 learning objectives among the competency areas. The GW MIS program meets these learning objectives.
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