Management Information Systems

Program Structure

Prerequisites

  • B.Comm or equivalent with at least 15 credits in MIS and/or Computer Science
  • Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree with at least 15 credits of Commerce courses
Students with a first degree other than B.Comm, Computer Science, and Computing Engineering should consider our M.M. program (or M.B.A. program) in MIS. Alternatively, they can complete 15 credits of Commerce courses and 15 credits of MIS and/or Computer Science courses elsewhere before applying to our M.Sc. program.

Students having most of the prerequisites but missing 1-2 courses can still be admitted into the M.Sc. program, but they will have to add the missing prerequisite courses as part of the M.Sc. requirements.

M.Sc. Program Requirements

9 credits of advanced MIS courses
3 credits of research methodology courses
6 credits of electives
12 credit thesis

Advanced MIS Courses (9 credits)
  • Comm 633 (3 credits): Modelling Methods in the Research and Practice of Information Systems
  • Comm 634 (3 credits): Empirical Research Methods in Information Systems
  • Comm 635 (3 credits): Advanced Topics in Management Information Systems
Research Methodology Courses (3 credits)
Commerce 525 (Introduction to Behavioural Research Methods for Business) is highly recommended.

MIS Workshop
Participation in the MIS Workshop throughout the M.Sc. studies is required. The MIS workshop is devoted to learning and sharing information on current research topics.

Thesis (12 credits)
A required and major component of the M.Sc. program in MIS is the thesis. The thesis work can comprise basic or applied research.
 
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