MIS Graduate Certificate
[Program Overview] [Program Outcomes] [Curriculum] [Admission Requirements] [Transfer Credits] [Application Deadlines] [Academic Standing] [Time to Completion] [Accreditation] [Faculty] [Contact Information]
Program Overview
Metropolitan State University offers graduate certificate programs designed to meet the rapidly-evolving needs of information systems and business professionals in the field of management information systems (MIS).
There are two certificates offered. The Generalist Certificate is designed to give a thorough overview in current basic areas of MIS. The Systems Analysis and Design Certificate is tailored more to the needs of the information systems professional interested in upgrading skills within the field. Each certificate consists of five courses, which may be used as a first step in working towards a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Management Information Systems (MMIS) degree.
If you are a general business graduate with workplace experience in information systems or an MIS technical professional, the MIS Generalist Certificate brings you up to speed on important MIS management issues. The program helps you understand new MIS technologies and how to manage them and be aware of important new strategies for managing distributed computing environments, including Internet, intranets, extranets, VPNs and many others. You also learn project management skills that are crucial in the MIS environment and in great demand in the marketplace, and how to integrate many new MIS and management models.
The Systems Analysis and Design Certificate has similar goals and outcomes to the MIS Generalist Certificate, but is tailored more towards MIS technical and technical management audiences. Emphasis is placed on components of new systems design and decision-support concepts and techniques. By completing this certificate, you are better prepared to use new system design methodologies to improve the systems in your organization and to oversee development projects in traditional systems, client/server systems and distributed systems, including Internet and web technologies.
Program Outcomes
The expected outcomes include
- improved preparation for management in an increasingly information-intensive world,
- ability to develop organizational strategies based on using MIS as competitive tools, and
- broadening of your knowledge of MIS management areas, including project management, and of MIS technology and its application.
Curriculum
MIS Generalist Certificate Requirements
- MIS 600 Management Information Systems (4 credits)
- DSCI 620 Project Management (4 credits)
- MIS 662 Management of Distributed Computing (4 credits)
- MIS 663 Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (4 credits)
- MIS 671 Problem Formulation and Data Presentation (4 credits)
MIS Systems Analysis and Design Certificate Requirements
- MIS 600 Management Information Systems (4 credits)
- MIS 662 Management of Distributed Computing (4 credits)
- MIS 665 Systems Design and Decision Support (4 credits)
- MIS 667 Telecommunications and Internet Management (4 credits)
- DSCI 620 Project Management (4 credits)
Admission Requirements
To be considered for admission to the MIS Graduate Certificate Program, you must submit the following materials:
- Official Undergraduate Transcripts verifying a bachelor's degree earned from an accredited instution;
- Current resume and at least one year of full-time professional work experience is recommended;
- Essay: "Why I wish to earn the MIS Graduate Certificate," two pages in length;
- Test Scores - applicants must submit recent assessment scores;
- Metropolitan State University Graduate Programs Application and $20 non-refundable application fee (waived for Metro State baccalaureate graduates). Because this is not a degree-granting program, applications from international students studying on an F-1 student visa will not be accepted.
If the MIS coordinator determines that you have full prior competence in a certificate course, you may be given credit for the competency and allowed to take sufficient alternate credits to meet the total credit requirement of the certificate.
Transfer Credits
Once fully admitted, you may transfer up to 8 credits into your graduate program. A course is accepted in transfer only if it has been completed within the last five years from an accredited institution, no degree was granted, and a letter grade of B or better was earned in the course. Courses are accepted in transfer upon the approval of the Graduate Programs Director in consultation with discipline coordinators.
Application Deadlines
- Fall, August 1
- Spring, December 1
- Summer, Aril 1
Academic Standing
You must maintain satisfactory academic progress to remain in a College of Management graduate certificate program.
Only courses for which you receive a letter grade of C (2.0) or better count toward certificate requirements; and a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required for graduation.
If you receive a letter grade of C+ or below in any graduate course, you will be placed on academic probation. If you receive a letter grade of C+ or below in two courses, or if your cumulative GPA is below 3.0 for two consecutive semesters, you will be dismissed from the graduate program.
If you have been dismissed from the program for unsatisfactory academic progress, you may apply for readmission after one calendar year has passed. To reapply, submit an updated resume and a letter to the College of Management Graduate Admissions Committee indicating what circumstances have changed and how you plan to successfully complete the program. The Admissions Committee reviews your request and responds in writing.
Only courses in which you receive a letter grade are applied toward your certificate. The option of a competence/no competence with a narrative transcript is not available to College of Management graduate students. Only internships are graded using pass/fail criteria.
Appeal of Unsatisfactory Academic Progress Removals from the Program
If you are removed from the program for unsatisfactory academic progress, you may appeal the removal to the College of Management Dean. The appeal must be in writing, and it must provide specific grounds for the appeal. The appeal is due to the Dean within 30 days of the date of the letter notifying you of the decision to remove you from the program. The Dean has 30 days to respond, in writing, to the appeal. Appeals received after 30 days will not be considered.
Time to Completion
You have five years from your first semester of graduate study to complete your certificate program requirements. You may request an extension of the time limit by writing to the College of Management Graduate Programs Office. Such requests must be received prior to the expiration of the time limit. Requests for extensions should include your reason(s) for requesting the extension, a summary of your plan to finish graduation requirements, and a specific date for the extension to expire. Extension decisions are made by the College of Management Graduate Admissions Committee and are not automatic.
Reactivating into the Program
If you are a student in good academic standing who has not registered for courses for three or more consecutive semesters, you must apply to reactivate into the certificate program. To reactivate, submit an updated resume and a letter to the College of Management Graduate Admissions Committee expressing a desire to reactivate into the the Admissions Committee reviews your request and responds in writing, specifying certificate completion requirements and deadline for completion. You may be required to satisfy certificate requirements in force at the time of reactivation, even if those requirements differ from those in force at the time of original admission to the certificate program.
Accreditation
Metropolitan State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Higher Learning Commission
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60602-2504
(312) 263-0456
Faculty
All faculty members are:
- Holders of doctorates in their fields
- Authors of applied and refereed publications
- Professionally trained as advisors for applied research projects.
- Experienced in their employment fields.
David Bahn, Allen Bellas, David Bouchard, Steven Creason, Timothy Delmont, James Fatzinger, Ken Hess, Roger Israel, Katryna Johnson, Nancy Nentl, Hameed Nezhad, David O'Hara, Narasimha Paravastu, Roger Prestwich, Jayant Saraph, Jennifer Schultz, Francis Schweigert, Michael Sher, Adrianne Slaymaker, Joel Wilson, Michael Wilson, Minh Vo, Carol Bormann Young, Kenneth Zapp.
Contact Information
| Office Location 1300 Harmon Place Minneapolis, MN 55403 |
Mailing Address 1501 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN 55403 |
| Phone: 612-659-7290 Email: com.graduateprograms@metrostate.edu Website: choose.metrostate.edu/comgradprograms | |