Management Information Systems
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A Presentation By:
Dr. Mohammad A. Rob
Associate Professor
Management Information System
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The University
University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) is an
upper-level university offering mainly bachelor and
master’s programs in more than 40 disciplines.
We are located at the heart of Clear Lake’s high-tech
community adjacent to NASA Johnson Space
Center in Houston, Texas, USA.
We have a student population of diverse cultural
background, including a substantial number of
foreign students form India, China, and Vietnam.
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The School of Business
The School of Business offers undergraduate and
graduate degrees in Accounting, Finance,
Management Information Systems, Healthcare,
Human Resources, and Business Administration.
It is among the 149 business schools worldwide to
have accreditations for both undergraduate and
graduate accounting and business administration
programs through AACSB International (The
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business)
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The MIS Program
The program in the Management Information
Systems (MIS) is focused on hands-on approach to
train students for the fast-changing information
technology job market such as:
Business Application Developer, Database
Administrator, Network Administrator, System
Security Administrator, Systems Analyst, Web
Designer, e-Commerce Developer, and IT Project
Manager.
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The MIS Program …..
The MIS department maintains expert faculties in
areas of programming, database, networking,
systems design, and web development.
Many of our faculty members maintain
professional certifications from companies like
Microsoft and Oracle.
We have recently moved to a new Student
Services Building and we maintain three separate
computer labs for programming, web & database
development, and networking.
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The MIS Student Population
Most of our undergraduate students
come from the local community colleges
as well as from the work-force of the
high-technology companies around the
NASA Johnson Space Center as well as
from other areas of Greater Houston.
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The MIS Laboratories
Application Programming Laboratory
Offers hands-on programming using various
programming languages to develop business
information systems.
Database Laboratory
Offers hands-on practice to develop web sites, ecommerce sites, databases, and data warehouses.
Network Laboratory
Provides opportunities for students to put-together
cables, routers, and switches to develop a network and
administer a network.
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The Undergraduate Program
UHCL offers only junior and senior-year
(upper-level) courses towards completing
a four-year bachelor degree in any
program.
All undergraduate students coming to
UHCL are required to complete a set of
lower-level requirements (60 hours) at the
junior-college level and a set of upperlevel courses (60 hours) at UHCL.
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The 60-hour Lower-level Requirements (Junior College)
• English Composition
• Government
• History
• Accounting Principles
• Economics
• Mathematics
• Natural Sciences
• Humanities
• Social Sciences
• Business Law
• Speech
• Computer Literacy
• Visual & Performing Arts
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• Managerial Accounting
• Quantitative Methods for Management
• Statistics
• Money & Banking
• Business Finance
• Management Theory & Practice
• Strategic Management
• Organizational Behavior
• Marketing
• Written Communication
• Information Systems
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All Business Majors
• Introduction to Business Programming
• Application Programming in Visual Basic
• Object-Oriented Programming/Java
• Database Design & Development
• Internet Applications Development
• Introduction to Network Management
• Analysis & Design of Information Systems
• Business Elective
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MIS Majors
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The 60-hour Upper-Level Requirements
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Double-Majors in MIS
Undergraduate Students in MIS can
also have a double-major in the
following combination:
• MIS & Accounting
• MIS & Finance
• MIS & Healthcare Administration
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Undergraduate MIS Courses
• Information Systems for Management
•Introduction to Business Programming
• Introduction to Business Databases
• Applications Programming in Visual Basic
• Internet Applications in Business
• Advanced Internet Applications in Business
• Advanced Business Databases
• Analysis and Design of Business Systems
• Introduction to Network Management
• Advanced Network protocols
• Internship in Management Information Systems
• Independent Studies in Information Systems
• Selected Topics in Information Systems
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MIS Faculty Members: Expertise
Dr. Naveed Saleem, Professor & Chair:
• Database design and development, Oracle Database
Dr. Van Tran, Professor:
• Internet Applications development, audit & Security
Dr. Vance Etnyre, Associate Professor:
• Applications programming in Visual Basic & C-sharp
Dr. Mohammad Rob, Associate Professor:
• Systems Design, Internet Applications, e-Commerce, Database,
Data Warehouse, Project Management, & GIS
Dr. Gokhan Gercek, Associate Professor:
• Network Design, Security, and Performance Analysis
Dr. Hak Kim, Assistant Professor:
• Wireless Network and IP Telephony, Enterprise Resource
Systems (ERP) & Customer Relationship management (CRM)
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Important Information for Inquiry & Application
UHCL Main Web Site & Telephone:
• http://www.uhcl.edu
• (281) 283-7600
Admissions Office:
• http://wwwadmin.uhcl.edu/admissions
• (281) 283-2500; admissions@uhcl.edu
School of Business Advisors:
• (281) 283-3110; busadvoff@uhcl.edu
MIS Program:
• (281) 283-3186; saleem@uhcl.edu
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Undergraduate Admission Requirements
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