In addition to UIS graduate admission requirements, majors must have completed the equivalent of:

• Two semesters of accounting, or ACC 311 Administrative Uses of Accounting.
  
  
• One semester of production/operations management (such as BUS 322 Operations Management)
  
  
• One semester of statistics (such as MAT 121 Applied Statistics or ECO 213 Statistics for Business and Economics)
  
  
• One semester of college algebra or mathematics, or the equivalent and
  
  
• Competency in a structured high-level programming language such as Java, C++, Visual Basic, COBOL, C, Fortran, etc; either through course work, such as MIS 322 Structured Programming, or practical experience.
  
  
• All students applying for admission to the MIS Department are expected to submit a Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) score or a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score. Students may take their required prerequisite courses while they are waiting to submit either of these test scores.

Students work closely with an academic adviser who teaches in the department. The overall objective is to achieve the balance between technical knowledge and organizational knowledge that characterizes MIS expertise. Students may select electives based on their background and interest. All electives must be approved by the faculty adviser.