Washington State University's Center for Distance and Professional Education offers an online bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in management information systems. The university designed the degree to prepare students for a variety of career options, including business analysts, computer support and training personnel, programming analysts, consulting, systems analysts, systems and networks administration, project managers and technology and risk assessment auditors. Students must complete 60 credit hours in general education requirements before entry into the program. Core course requirements for the information systems and business administration degree include principles of management and organization, financial management, small business policy, business strategy and policy, marketing, operations management, web technologies and innovation, intermediate business programming, systems analysis and design and data management.
Center for Distance and Professional Education
PO Box 645220
Washington State University
Pullman WA 99164
800-222-4978
online.wsu.edu
Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offers a master of science degree in information systems. Drexel has emerged as one of the leading established universities to offer online degrees. Drexel's master of science degree in information systems focuses on design, deployment, implementation, enhancement and testing of large-scale information systems. The program requires 45 credit hours, 27 of which are core courses. Courses include foundations of information systems, introduction to database management, software development, evaluation of information systems, information systems management, software project management, human-computer interaction, distributed computing and networking, knowledge base systems, introduction to systems dynamics, language processing, cognition and information processing, data mining, healthcare informatics and information forensics, among several others.
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-895-2000
drexel.edu
A third option for an online degree in information systems is the master of professional studies degree in information sciences offered by Penn State University's World Campus. Also a leader in online education, Penn State University is among the leading universities in the United States. The school designed this degree for those who wish to get into the field of information systems for the purpose of supporting decision making or who want to take on leadership positions in the field. Two options are available for students. The first is an emphasis in software development. Students learn to design, analyze and implement software solutions for government and industry. The second option involves the study of information assurance and decision support. This track involves aspects of information science that include cyber security, analysis and decision support.
Penn State World Campus
Pennsylvania State University
128 Outreach Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-5403
worldcampus.psu.edu