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Management Information Systems Minor

Information & Decision Sciences
Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
  • Program Type: Undergraduate minor related to major
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2023
  • Required credits in this minor: 15
See the major for a detailed description.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Admission Requirements
This minor is only available to students who are pursuing a BSB degree from the Carlson School of Management.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the Office of Admissions website.
Required prerequisites
Information Systems
IDSC 3001 - Information Systems & Digital Transformation (3.0 cr)
or IDSC 3001H - Honors: Information Systems for Business Processes and Management (3.0 cr)
Minor Requirements
A minimum of 3 credits in the minor must be taken at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus.
Minor Requirements
IDSC 3202 - Analysis and Modeling of Business Systems (4.0 cr)
Electives
IDSc 4493, Directed Study in Information Systems may be considered for elective credit with department approval. Case competition credit may not fulfill elective credit.
Take 3 or more course(s) totaling 8 or more credit(s) from the following:
· IBUS 3055 - Innovating with Technology: Global IT Entrepreneurship in Action (4.0 cr)
· IDSC 3101 - Introduction to Programming (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 3102 - Intermediate Programming (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 3103 - Data Modeling and Databases (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 3104 - Enterprise Systems (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 3511 - Pitching Business Strategy (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4161 - Python for Business Applications (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4204W - Strategic Information Technology Management [WI] (4.0 cr)
· IDSC 4301 - MIS in Action: A Capstone Course (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4401 - Information Security (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4411 - Information Technology Governance and Assurance (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4441 - Electronic Commerce (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4444 - Descriptive and Predictive Analytics (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4455 - Web 2.0: The Business of Social Media (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4471 - Agile Methods (2.0 cr)
· IDSC 4490 - Information Systems Special Topics (2.0 cr)
 
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IDSC 3001 - Information Systems & Digital Transformation
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Digital transformation through new technologies such as artificial intelligence, enterprise systems, electronic commerce, Internet of things, social media; IT strategy and data-driven decision making; privacy and security issues related to the Internet; a must take for students who want to be prepared for the rapidly changing technological landscape as successful professionals
IDSC 3001H - Honors: Information Systems for Business Processes and Management
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: IDSC 3001/IDSC 3001H
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Digital transformation through new technologies such as artificial intelligence, enterprise systems, electronic commerce, Internet of things, social media; IT strategy and data-driven decision making; privacy and security issues related to the Internet; a must take for Honors students who want to be prepared for the rapidly changing technological landscape as successful professionals.
IDSC 3202 - Analysis and Modeling of Business Systems
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Improving/automating key business processes in manufacturing and service industries. Roles of business management and MIS. Selecting business process opportunities, business process analysis, process modeling of work/data flow, decomposition, software tools. Traditional/object analysis methods. prereq: 3001
IBUS 3055 - Innovating with Technology: Global IT Entrepreneurship in Action
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course provides state-of-the-art knowledge about information technologies and fundamentals of entrepreneurship with an international perspective. It also provides a comprehensive overview of current and emerging technologies in several different areas of IT, focusing on the needs of the modern net-enhanced organizations and IT adaptation to local markets. In particular, the course covers basics of consumer electronics, Internet and mobile communications, web technologies, cloud computing, cyber-security, social network, etc. Students will be trained to use sprints to evaluate ideas, risk, costs, and culturalization needs of IT solution for local markets. We will look at how technology leaders/entrepreneurs in the rest of the world are addressing these opportunities. This class will teach students to use sprints to answer pressing business questions. First, students will map out the problem and pick an important place to focus. Second, they will sketch competing IT solutions on paper. Third, they will need to make decisions and turn their ideas into testable hypothesis. Fourth, they will develop a real or conceptual model for a prototype. Lastly, they will prepare to test out the ideas or pitch them to the partner companies.
IDSC 3101 - Introduction to Programming
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Introduction to Programming introduces students to a number of fundamental programming concepts, including: variables, decision structures, programming functions, and repetition structures. These concepts, which are widely applicable to different programming languages, are introduced using Python.
IDSC 3102 - Intermediate Programming
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Programming concepts to develop large, full-featured applications. Object-oriented programming, database applications, Web applications. Style, performance, UI design.
IDSC 3103 - Data Modeling and Databases
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Concepts for designing, using, and implementing database systems. Normalization techniques. Structured Query Language (SQL). Analyzing a business situation. Building a database application.
IDSC 3104 - Enterprise Systems
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Management aspects of Enterprise Systems. Vendor/vendor management options. Technologies, organizational readiness. Hands-on access to software solutions from ERP software provider. End-to-end processes. Measurement of key performance indicators. Analytics, workflow. prereq: 3001
IDSC 3511 - Pitching Business Strategy
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Contemporary business strategy drives growth across industries and geographies. Thus, effectively selling an approach to an ambiguous business situation is an important skill for those entering the business world - either as a consultant or a staff member wishing to sell ideas to senior management. You will learn how to approach an opportunity and how to communicate your approach and an action plan to management with appropriate emphasis and structure. The class consists of a series of hands-on workshops and real-world, global business cases (which serve as proxies for real-life consulting and staff experiences). Prereq: IDSc 3001 or I-Core (completed or concurrent), or Instructor permission.
IDSC 4161 - Python for Business Applications
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
According to recent industry surveys, Python is a highly popular tool used by organizations for business tasks. This course is designed for students who already have an intermediate programming background such as IDSC 3101/3102 (or equivalent Computer Science programming courses) and would like to explore using Python for tasks such as text processing, data analysis, and website scraping. This course focuses on business-oriented applications of Python without requiring students to learn formal computing concepts. Participants will then learn how to apply functionality from powerful and popular libraries. We will spend most of our class time completing practical hands-on exercises.
IDSC 4204W - Strategic Information Technology Management (WI)
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Information services as service function. Investing resources to support strategy. Managing IS resources. Project Management, Human Capital Management, Infrastructure Management. Emphasis on cloud/big data infrastructures, outsourcing.
IDSC 4301 - MIS in Action: A Capstone Course
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
The course is designed for students to integrate a large number of concepts they have studied in previous course work within the department and school. The class uses a live-case/project-based design that requires students to identify and develop a detailed managerial analysis of an information technology and/or management information system (IT, MIS) project for a local corporation.
IDSC 4401 - Information Security
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Concepts/issues of security and data integrity threats that undermine utility, robustness, and confidence in electronic technologies in facilitating business transactions. prereq: 3001
IDSC 4411 - Information Technology Governance and Assurance
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Information technology audit function, internal control, audit process, smart operations, network security, systems development life cycle, enterprise resource planning risk, compliance issues. IT governance, business continuity, frameworks/methodologies. Lectures, case studies, real-world examples. prereq: 3001
IDSC 4441 - Electronic Commerce
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer
Issues/trends in applying e-commerce initiatives. Technological infrastructure, revenue models, web marketing, business-to-business strategies, online auctions, legal and ethical aspects, hardware/software, payment systems, security. Conceiving, planning, building, and managing e-commerce initiatives. prereq: 3001
IDSC 4444 - Descriptive and Predictive Analytics
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Descriptive and Predictive Analytics exposes students to a number of data mining and machine learning methods, including: exploratory methods (such as association rules and cluster analysis), predictive methods (such as K-NN and decision trees), and text mining methods. The course combines theoretical lectures with lab lectures, where the methods are practically implemented using the software R. prereqs: IDSC 3001; non-MIS majors also need IDSC 4110
IDSC 4455 - Web 2.0: The Business of Social Media
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Fall
Business use of social media technologies. Blogs, wikis, online social networks. Readings, forum discussion, case analyses. How technologies engage consumers, market products or services, benefit from open innovation, foster collaboration among employees. prereq: 3001
IDSC 4471 - Agile Methods
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
With the changing landscape of MIS methodologies, it is important to prepare for the future. This course will cover modern lightweight, and interactive IT development practices. Topics will include methodologies (RUP, Scrum, Kanban, and others); requirements gathering processes (Epics, User Stories); tools (burn-down chart, Kanban visualization); and leadership concepts (Scrum master, team member, sponsor). This class is appropriate for those with project-oriented career goals, in IT organizations as well as consulting roles. Prereq: IDSC 3001
IDSC 4490 - Information Systems Special Topics
Credits: 2.0 [max 10.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Discussion and analysis of current topics and developments in information systems.