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Department of Management Information Systems

Management Information Systems (MIS) is a hands-on major which equips students with real-world skills that are in demand in the job market. Our program prepares students to lead IT-enabled change in organizations.

The Terry MIS program provides the foundation for students to go in a technical direction (such as a programmer or database administrator), a non-technical direction (such as a business process analyst or project manager), or somewhere in the middle (such as a business intelligence or IT risk & security specialist).

Points of Pride

Research

Active research projects in healthcare information systems, social media, innovation management, enterprise systems, technology adoption, and cyberinfrastructure.

Accomplishments

New field of "Energy Informatics" was founded by UGA MIS researchers

Research

Faculty have research experience in a variety of traditions such as experimental methods, quantitative psychometric and econometric analysis, and qualitative case-based research.

Student Experience

Student MIS organization was named the "Student Chapter of the Year" in 2012 out of 65 chapters internationally.

Recruiting

The MIS Advisory Board is comprised of over 20 corporate members who hire graduates. The Managment Information Systems major also has one of top job placement rates.

Rankings

Ranked one of the top 10 undergraduate programs by U.S. News & World Report in 2012.

Faculty

Faculty is published in leading journals across multiple disciplines, including all major information systems journals, but also top management and engineering journals.

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Spotlight on Mark Huber

Mark Huber pushes his students to accept the challenges of ambiguous situations, which is why he's embracing his new appointment as the interim director of the Institute for Leadership Advancement.

Craig Piercy

Program director named an invited expert by Open Web Education Alliance

MIT program director, Craig Piercy, named an invited expert by Open Web Education Alliance

Rick Watson

Knowledge herder

Prolific researcher and sage to a host of CIOs, the Australian-born Rick Watson straddles the world of theory and practice. What’s his secret? He never left the farm.

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