MS in Information Systems and Graduate Management Program Dual Degree Master's Program
Program Details
Degree
Master of Science or Dual-Degree MBASchool
School of BusinessDepartment
School of Business Graduate ProgramAvailable
On campusStevens School of Business and SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) offer a highly-coordinated dual degree program in Master of Information Systems and Graduate Management Program (GMP) providing a diverse skill set combining technical expertise and digital innovation with managerial and leadership skills. At the end of the program, you will get a Graduate Management Program certificate from SPJIMR and a Master of Information Systems degree from the Stevens School of Business.
In the first year, you will enroll full-time at SPJIMR, taking courses within the Graduate Management program (30 credits). Then, you will enroll full-time at the Stevens School of Business, taking courses within the Information Systems program (24 credits). You will receive a diploma from Stevens and a certificate from SPJIMR after completion (approximately 24 months).
Program Benefits:
Career Opportunities: Gaining technical expertise and management principles open up a wide range of career opportunities.
Specialized Expertise: Gain specialized knowledge in areas like digital innovation and cyber security with a broad spectrum of management disciplines.
Leadership Development: Combine strong leadership skills with technical knowledge to lead teams in solving complex business challenges.
Careers:
IT Manager
Project Manager
Information Security Analyst
Systems Analyst
Data Analyst
Technology Strategist
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology is a premier, private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey, overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Since its founding in 1870, technological innovation and entrepreneurship have been the hallmarks of Stevens’ education and research. Within the university’s three schools, Stevens prepares its more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students for an increasingly complex and technology-centric world. Our exceptional students collaborate closely with world-class faculty in an interdisciplinary, student-centric, entrepreneurial environment, readying them to fuel the innovation economy. Academic and research programs spanning finance, computing, engineering and the arts expand the frontiers of science and leverage technology to confront the most challenging problems of our time. Stevens is consistently ranked among the nation’s leaders in ROI and career services and is in the top 1% nationally of colleges with the highest-paid graduates.
About the Stevens M.S. in Information Systems Program
Today's information systems manager needs to have a thorough command not only of technology — security, compliance, analytics, mobile networks and cloud-based systems — but of business, and the way employees use technology to get the job done. The Information Systems master's program brings an analytics-intensive approach to topics like digital innovation and cybersecurity, empowering you as a decision-maker whose insights guide technology strategy across the enterprise.
Courses in the Information Systems master's program encourage information systems consultants, IT auditors, and project managers to frame problems from the perspective of a CIO who drives organizational change through technology. A curricular balance of new coding skills and leadership perspectives will turn you into a creative problem-solver able to stay ahead of the rapid pace of technology.
Courses
Choose 3 elective courses in addition to the courses listed below.
GMP 05, GMP 08, and GMP 15 can be transferred to replace FIN 615 Financial Decision Making. GMP 10, GMP 13 and GMP 21 can be transferred to replace MGT 609 Fundamentals of Project Management. GMP 04, GMP 10, and GMP 28E can be transferred to replace MGT 689 Organizational Behavior and Design. GMP 13, GMP 22 and GMP 26 can be transferred to replace MIS 760 IT Strategy.
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research
SPJIMR was established in 1981 by India’s premier non-profit institution, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), to adapt the concepts, techniques, and practices of modern management to meet the needs and actual conditions of developing India.
BVB, an educational trust founded in 1938, by Dr. K.M. Munshi with the support of Mahatma Gandhi, is today a worldwide cultural, educational, and ethical movement of national eminence with widespread support and goodwill earned over its eight decades of public service.
Since its founding over forty years ago, SPJIMR has grown to become one of India’s leading management schools, with a global reputation for social impact.