Why Study Management Information Systems (MIS) at Westminster?
• Our MIS program builds on the strengths of our Business and Computer Sciences offerings as well as our liberal arts education. Classes blend theory and practice in “hot” areas—issues and technologies that researchers and practitioners are currently interested in. • Each class is uniquely designed for Westminster, in response to recent scholarly findings and rising trends in the field. • Courses are not technology driven, though technology is adequately integrated into the major. Therefore, students never have to play catch-up with technology that is imposed externally. Instead, all discussions are driven by business strategy and user needs. • Majors become user and data advocates who understand that the most critical elements of an information system are not hardware and software, but the people and information. • Dr. Phelps, who designed and implemented the major, has degrees and research, and consulting experience in all of the relevant fields of MIS: business, decision science, co
