Department of Business Informatics
Certificate in Business Informatics
The Business Informatics Certificate is composed of four classes (12 credit hours) from within the MBI program. It offers an alternative to students not wishing to complete the entire MBI program. Graduates of the Business Informatics Certificate program will be prepared for a wide variety of business-related career paths. Opportunities would include many mid-or upper level management positions in business or technology consulting firms, technology support functions, commercial lending institutions, and private equity firms.
Required:
- MBI 625 Information Systems Organizations
Plus three of the following:
- MBI 630 Systems Analysis and Design
- MBI 635 Database Management Systems
- MBI 640 Data Communication & Networking
- MBI 645 Electronic Commerce
- MBI 650 Information Technology Project Management
- MBI 655 Advanced Business Application Programming
- MBI 660 Data Warehousing and Data Mining
- MBI 665 Knowledge Management and Decision Support
- Systems
- MBI 670 Object-Oriented Software Engineering
- MBI 675 Enterprise Workflow Design and Reengineering
- MBI 680 Global Information Technology and Systems
- MBI 682 Information Security and Controls
- MBI 692 Information Systems Research
- MBI 694 Topics in Information Systems
MBI Certificate Admission Requirements
Prospective students must hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution with an overall minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.5 and at least 3.00 on all graduate work that may apply to the certificate. Students must meet at least one of the following admission criteria:
- Meet the requirements for admission to the MBI program;
- Be admitted to the MBI program;
- Have completed a prior graduate degree;
- Have two years' relevant professional experience following the completion of a bachelor's degree.
