What Can You Do With A Degree In Mis

I think there's really two questions here.  The reason I say this is because it seems to be a common misbelief that your degree ultimately determines your career path.  So, what can you do with a degree in MIS?  Anything you want to do.On the flip side, your degree provides an education in a certain set of skills, and is likely a canary for what you're interested in doing or learning about which sends pretty strong signals to employers.  So with that in mind, I would say that most of the jobs you'd be seeking after graduating with a degree in MIS would be roles such as "Engineering Manager", "Director of IT/IS", etc.  Basically, an MIS program is designed to teach you a baseline set of technical skill so you can have an informed conversation with someone who is deeply technical, while also preparing you for being in a management focused role.  To be successful after graduation, probably more than anything else I would emphasize the importance of having good communication skills.  In any sort of engineering management role, you will be responsible for clearly communicating requirements set from above to the engineering staff while also communicating any engineering hurdles that have been encountered back up the chain.  There's a lot of finesse and social/communication skill required to do this well, and it's not an easy role to fill.Realistically, though, there's no real limitation to what you can do with an MIS degree.  I know some folks who have an MIS degree that do non-technical management, are in deeply technical roles themselves (DBA, systems engineer), or are Project Managers.   My background is mostly working in technical roles in organizations and primarily in tech-related companies, so my views may be biased somewhat by that, but I don't really see MIS as being a limiting program at all.  It seems to combine some of the better aspects of a degree in business and a degree in engineering, while not being exceptionally strong to either side leaving you open to play the field based on your own personal strengths.

Do you have any training, background or just a general interest in the field? It’s a Major field today and probably will remain so for a long time, but one that will also keep changing often.If you want to have a career in it be aware it has both a lot more men and foreigners in the business. Some people are always doing their best to change this problem and maybe you will be one of them. It is what it is, so understand you would have to be very outstanding to go up the ladder in a career in it.I for one think more women should be in the business, but I have nothing to do with it personally.Look on line at College Catalogs and what their various Class Requirements are and then make a good decision for You.Good Luck

Absolutely, yes. I was a double major in Management Information Systems and Piano Performance. I loved the creativity that the piano major offered, but also enjoyed the analytical and technical skills that the MIS degree offered. The MIS degree is really nimble; it’s going to paint the broad strokes of several big things within the major. At Miami U, they had a huge concentration on data, ERDs, etc. Now, I run a medium-sized agency. I’m not a coder, but know my way around it.But knowing how the code works, and how technology fits together, is extremely important. That’s what the MIS degree helped lay out. It also helps with overall technology project management, which has been super helpful for me personally.If you have a strong interest in technology, I’d definitely recommend it. But also look at other things that also may be more niche, but doesn’t involve a heavy amount of coding (UX design, project management, etc).Hope this helps, and good luck!Best,Kevin

As a MIS bachelor student, graduating in 2016, I think it's hard to draw a clear path for MIS majors. Because the world changes faster than our imagination. The career path has to change correspondingly. When I finished my intern and had lunch with my manager, I asked her is your career path the same as that you designed when you graduated from university? She denied.But to some extent, this question could be changed into what are some possible career  choices for MIS majors.

Yes you can but I don't know if it will do you any good, I got my Masters in Systems Management from USC, I also had a BA in accounting, and studied computer science at UC Berkeley offered by their extension program, and then took a two year course in computer technology (computer hardware) from Control Data Institute which no longer exists. Later in my career, I took 6 classes per year to keep up with computer technology from Learning Tree. Most of the 29 years of my work was in the design, development, and installation of multi-million dollar financial, payroll, and personnel computer systems. The MIS degree will prepare you for jobs for $150,000 and up. The problem you will have may have is whether you will have a ladder to climb to get you into a management position. Your engineering degree will prove very helpful if your concentration is in electronics or electrical engineering.Entry level jobs include design techniques, electronic communication systems, database management, etc. which are under graduate courses. Berkeley still has the computer science classes offered in their extension courses which you can see at their website, and you can take them on-line which should be easy for you and give you the skills needed to climb the ladder.Without taking these classes, you can get your MIS probably easily. Then try getting a management job or an entry level job, and if that fails, I would look into taking under graduate classes, or you could find out which books they use, and read the books to get that knowledge if you do not the time or money to pursue the classes. Then I would estimate it would take you seven years to get to the $150,000 per year jobs.