Information Systems for Executives Master’s Degree

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Advance your career as a tech-driven leader.

Whether you’re an aspiring leader in tech or an executive looking to take the next step, this is the program that will get you there.

Designed exclusively for IT professionals who have been in the field for at least six years, the Information Systems for Executives program lets you earn a degree faster while focusing on growing your leadership expertise and growth potential.

By combining business courses with a defining focus on technology, you’ll learn how to strengthen your communication skills, engage your creativity and expertise to develop innovative solutions to pressing challenges, and take an interdisciplinary approach to information systems that will benefit both your team and your organization as a whole.

Our IS for Executives degree program is 30 credits and is typically completed within 2 years. The curriculum combines core classes with electives to give you a strong foundation along with the freedom to pursue the courses that interest you.

The 30 credits are distributed as follows:

  • Primary Core – 9 credits
  • Secondary Core – 9 credits
  • Electives – 9 credits
    • Students also have the option for 3-credits of internship to be substituted for one elective course.
  • Graduate Immersion Milestone Event – non-credit, required
    • This 2-to-3 day residency workshop presents emerging topics in the information studies field. Students must complete one residency workshop during the duration of their program of study. You can find more information by visiting the iSchool Seminar page.
  • Exit Requirement – 3 credits
    • Capstone Course

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As an IS for Executives student, you will graduate with a diverse set of skills that enables you to participate at all levels of information technology management. You will build the following foundational competencies:

Management of Technology

Integrate technical and solution development concepts with the principles of management, strategy, and financial analysis; apply these concepts in the analysis of management case studies and problems; analyze, compare, evaluate, and clearly articulate the relative value of IT investment alternatives.

Management of Solution Development

Apply disciplines used in the development of information system solutions, to solve organizational and business problems.

Technical Knowledge

Apply information and computing technologies to solve information problems at the individual and organizational levels.

Environmental Context of IM

Explain how demographic, social, economic and ethical factors, as well as local, national and international information policy and regulation affect Information Technology solutions.

Professional Communications Skills

Develop and deliver professional communications in the field.

Leadership and Teamwork Development

Demonstrate leadership, ethics, and effective collaboration skills.

Information Literacy, Analysis, and Problem Solving

Find, organize, manage, evaluate, and use information resources critically and effectively for the solution of professional problems.

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Pursue your own interests.

Explore your own passions, and graduate with a specialized and highly marketable skill set through Certificates of Advanced Study in Data Science and Information Security Management, as well as certificates in Health Information Systems or Enterprise Systems.

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Be in high demand.

The iSchool’s tight-knit community, coupled with the vast Orange network, means that you’ll become part of a vibrant and active professional network when you graduate.  That’s why nearly all of our graduates find exciting careers across a wide range of industries — including with tech giants, financial institutions, the U.S. government, and innovative startups.

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The same faculty and coursework, available online.

As leaders in technology, we’ve been teaching online for decades. Our online program combines live weekly classes, multimedia coursework, and collaborative group learning exercises with a platform to help you cultivate lifelong professional relationships with professors and alumni worldwide.

You’ll learn from the same faculty and take the same courses as the on-campus program, and enjoy the same access to the Orange network when you graduate.

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