Dual Degree Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Management Information Systems Online

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Prepare for career advancement as a professional leader with business management qualifications paired with technical systems knowledge. Save time and money by pursuing two graduate degrees in this unique online program rather than earning each separately.

Apply by: 12/26/24
Start class: 1/16/25

Program Overview

Get to know our online Dual MBA and M.S. in MIS program

The Dual Degree Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Management Information Systems online program is designed to give you a competitive advantage through advanced organizational knowledge combined with hands-on technical training in information systems. Gain in-demand skills and experience working with the most up-to-date enterprise resource planning (ERP) software—such as Oracle, Primavera P6, Tableau, Advanced Excel, MS Access, SAS Visual Analytics and Salesforce.

As a student, you will strengthen your business acumen in core MBA courses covering marketing, economics, accounting, finance, strategic management, international business and more. Our SAP-enabled MIS courses increase your marketability and earning potential as you learn to apply technology-based solutions to support business activities and improve performance in a variety of industries.

This innovative online Dual MBA and M.S. in MIS program teaches you to use software compatible with the Microsoft Windows operating system only and is not compatible with Mac OS.

In this online M.S. and MBA dual degree program, you will enhance your ability to:

  • Attain SAP TS410 – Integrated Business Processes in SAP S/4HANA certification
  • Work effectively in a team-oriented environment
  • Communicate business ideas and analyses in writing and presentations
  • Apply business concepts to managerial decision-making within a global or domestic setting
  • Attain SAP TS410 – Integrated Business Processes in SAP S/4HANA certification
  • Work effectively in a team-oriented environment
  • Communicate business ideas and analyses in writing and presentations
  • Apply business concepts to managerial decision-making within a global or domestic setting

Career outcomes for the Online Dual MBA and M.S. in MIS include:

  • Chief Information Officer
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Director of Information Technology
  • Database Executive
  • Cloud Architect
  • Chief Information Officer
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Director of Information Technology
  • Database Executive
  • Cloud Architect
Total Tuition $21,045*
Duration As few as 18 months
Credit Hours 48

*Price does not include leveling courses (if required). Distance learning fee is included in the tuition listed.

¹ Pending final approval by the THECB

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Tuition

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The following is the tuition breakdown for students pursuing the Dual Degree Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Management Information Systems online. Our tuition is affordable and can be paid by the course.

Financial Aid

Ready to get started on your degree program online but need help finding ways to fund your education? We can help you discover student financing sources that include grants, loans and other payment options. Learn more about financial aid here.

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $21,045*
Per Credit Hour $438
Total program cost with leveling courses $23,676

Calendar

Important dates for our students

Our Dual Degree MBA and M.S. in Management Information Systems online program features multiple start dates to accommodate your busy schedule. Find the start date that works best for you and apply before the application deadline associated with it.

8 week coursesProgram Start DateApplication DeadlineDocument DeadlinePayment DueLast Class Day
Spring I1/16/2512/26/241/2/251/7/253/7/25
Spring II3/17/252/24/253/3/253/10/255/7/25
Summer I5/29/255/8/255/15/255/20/257/31/25
Fall 18/21/258/7/258/7/258/15/25
Fall 29/29/259/15/259/15/259/23/25

Now enrolling:

Apply Date 12/26/24
Class Starts 1/16/25

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Admissions

Apply for our online M.S. and MBA dual degree program

The Dual Degree Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Management Information Systems online program has specific requirements that applicants must meet to enroll. Please read the admission guidelines to ensure you qualify.

Admission Requirements:

  • Online Application
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Official Transcripts*

Leveling Requirements

Students with non-business undergraduate degrees may be required to take two leveling courses: ACCT 5315 and FINC 5300. International students, who are required to submit an English Proficiency Test score may be required to take BCOM 3350 at the discretion of the MBA Office.


Pre-MBA

The Pre-MBA program allows students to take up to 9 hours of graduate level coursework to apply toward their MBA. In order to qualify for Pre-MBA admission, students must have a minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA.

University Admission Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following standards:

  • Hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university with a minimum GPA of 2.5 (cumulative or last 60 hours, 4.0 system). The GMAT/GRE is waived if the GPA is 2.5 or higher.
  • Hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university with an undergraduate GPA of below 2.5 and GMAT (or the GMAT equivalent of GRE) scores totaling at least 1,000 points based on the formula: 200 times the undergraduate GPA (cumulative or last 60 hours, 4.0 system) plus the GMAT (or the GMAT equivalent of GRE) score.

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*All applicants must submit official transcript(s) indicating: 1) The conferred bachelor's or master's degree as required for the program of application from a regionally accredited US institution or its equivalent. 2) The transcript of the most recent attendance if it differs from the institution of the conferred degree. This requirement applies regardless of the length of time in attendance and regardless of whether credit was earned or is desired. However, if a department or program wishes to review additional transcripts from prior attendance for decision purposes, the department or program may directly request the applicant to submit the official transcript(s) to the Office of Admissions for processing. Students must be eligible to re-enter all colleges and universities previously attended. Failure to disclose previous college attendance is justification for revocation of acceptance and dismissal from Lamar University.


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Courses

Take a look at the Dual MBA and M.S. in MIS program online coursework

In this Dual MBA and M.S. MIS online program, you will complete core coursework for the Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Management Information Systems programs, as well as MIS electives. Students with non-business undergraduate degrees may be required to take additional leveling courses. Several courses in this program teach you how to use software compatible with Microsoft Windows operating systems (not compatible with Mac OS).

For students without any previous undergraduate study in business, two leveling courses may be needed. One or both of the leveling courses may be waived based on previous academic credit. Students with undergraduate degrees in business from AACSB-accredited colleges will be waived both leveling courses. Students with undergraduate degrees from non AACSB-accredited colleges must have 6 hours of Economics with grades of B or better, 3 hours of financial accounting with a grade of B or better, and 3 hours of upper level Finance with a grade of B or better to waive the leveling requirements.

International students whose admission to Lamar University required a TOEFL or IELTS exam will be required to take Business Communication (BCOM 3350) as part of their leveling requirements.

*International students who needed a TOEFL or IELTS exam for admission will also be required to take Business Communications, BCOM 3500 as part of their leveling requirements.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Concepts of financial accounting. Emphasis is on the conceptual framework of accounting and preparation and uses of financial statements. Additional topics include Managerial Accounting and Cost Concepts, Cost Volume Profit Analysis, Flexible Budgets and Standard Costs and Variance Analysis.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An introductory survey of the principal issues, decision areas, and analytical procedures relevant to the financial management of private business firms including capital budgeting, cost of capital, short and long-term financing, dividend policy and valuation. Prerequisites: Junior Standing and ACCT 2301, ACCT 2302, ECON 2301, ECON 2302, and MATH 1314 (MATH 1325 or MATH 1324 preferred).
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Emphasis on practical applications of business writing and speaking scenarios. Course covers how to write memos, letters, resumes, analytical reports, and how to give a professional oral presentation. Prerequisite: Junior Standing.
Core (MBA and MIS) Plus MBA ERP Concentration Electives (36 hours, 12 courses).  MGMT 5340 or BUSI 5380 can be taken as core.  If BUSI 5380 was not taken as core it can be an option as an elective.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Application of accounting data in decision making; cost analysis as applied in the development of budgets and standards; accounting as a tool for cost and pricing; case problems, using the microcomputer as a decision-making tool, which require students to interpret and discuss their analysis in the context of managerial decision-making. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and ACCT 5315 or equivalent.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study in the depth of the principles and techniques of economics analysis applicable to the problems of business management. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, ECON 5300.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the financial policy of business firms along with the theory supporting that policy. Topics include capital budgeting, capital structure, cost of capital, dividend policy, and management of working capital, as well. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, FINC 5300 or equivalent.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course promotes tools for effective decision-making using a variety of techniques. Students learn to apply analytical methods to the processes of data collection, presentation, assessment and interpretation. The course emphasizes quantitative and statistical methods and includes topics such as correlation, regression analysis, data mining and model optimization.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An intensive study of specific marketing concepts and theories. Marketing strategies for the national and multinational firms are surveyed. Emphasis is placed on reading from current journals and other related publications. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an inter-disciplinary study of the international dimensions of organizational behavior. This course draws from different fields including psychology, sociology, economics and anthropology to create an understanding of human behavior in a global work environment. Course content includes topics such as cross-cultural management, cross-cultural communication, and global aspects of leadership, motivation, team management, and decision-making. The course will incorporate a variety of teaching and learning methods - short lectures, readings, research, discussions, cases, movies, student presentations. Student will demonstrate mastery of the material through class participation, group presentations, individual written assignments, and tests.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The global enrichment program allows students to increase their interest in other cultures, become less ethnocentric as they become aware of cultural differences, develop language skills within a cultural context and become more culturally sensitive and accepting. Students can make professional contacts, gain a sense of direction for their future career and gain a sense of responsibility in working on a project. Offered: Summer
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The capstone course for the MBA. Students are required to successfully complete this course to be eligible for graduation. The course assumes that the company success depends upon formulation of an astute "game plan" and the ability to implement and execute that game plan proficiently. The purpose of the class is to enable students to “think strategically,” consider the total enterprise, and to make long-term decisions in a global market environment. Prerequisite: Must be in last semester of course work and/or have approval of advisor.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with an understanding of fundamental business processes and enterprise systems. Students will learn how to integrate these business processes into an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, specifically SAP. Students gain hands-on experience using SAP for the fulfillment, procurement, production, financial accounting and management of business processes. The course includes an ERP simulation (ERPsim) strategy game.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the principles of electronic commerce from a business perspective, including technology innovations, business models, virtual value chains and marketing strategies. In addition, as a potential disruptive technology, blockchain and its possible applications are explored. The course provides students with the conceptual foundations as well as hands-on experience in utilizing some of the SAP HANA modules.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to business intelligence (BI), which is the user-centered process of exploring data, data relationships and trends, thereby helping to improve overall decision-making. Students will use a major enterprise software application for business intelligence, analytical reporting and Data Warehousing solutions. Application of data visualization software is also included.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the concepts of Business Analytics to help professionals make informed decisions based on data. Besides learning Excel functions, students will use data visualization and data mining techniques to discover hidden trends in data sets. Students will also use the latest predictive analytical tools from SAP to anticipate future behavior that will help make better managerial decisions.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the concepts, capabilities and benefits of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), the use of CRM by companies for customer acquisition, retention and development, and the implementation of CRM using concurrent technologies. The course covers various aspects of operational, strategic and analytical CRM. Students access CRM platforms such as SAP and SalesForce to learn how to enable marketing, sales and service transactions related to the CRM processes.
If BUSI 5380 was not taken as core it can be an option as an elective. Choose any 4 courses from the following:
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with an interactive view of the supply chain function and the role played by the supply chain manager in the overall organization. The use and applications of information in the supply chain functions are included. the course also explores the different processes that are associated with supply chain management.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Using an outside organization or one of the learning institutes within the College, the student must submit a paper with an analysis of their experiential learning, prepare an industry bibliography and write a paper summarizing the tasks and accomplishments encountered within the organization. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The global enrichment program allows students to increase their interest in other cultures, become less ethnocentric as they become aware of cultural differences, develop language skills within a cultural context and become more culturally sensitive and accepting. Students can make professional contacts, gain a sense of direction for their future career and gain a sense of responsibility in working on a project. Offered: Summer
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course covers design, implementation and management of database systems. Students will learn: 1. Database design concepts 2. The physical implementation of a database design with software such as MS Access, Oracle and Structured Query Language (SQL) 3. DBMS functions, database administration and database management approaches.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The student who successfully completes this course should understand the genesis of project management and its importance to improving the success of information technology projects. Students must demonstrate knowledge of project management terms and techniques such as: the triple constraint of project management, project management knowledge areas and process groups, project life cycle, tools and techniques of project management (for example: project selection methods, work breakdown structures, network diagrams and critical path analysis, cost estimates and earned value analysis). Students would learn to use the current version of Primavera P6 Professional Project Management software to help plan and manage an IT project.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This is an introduction to programming fundamentals, computational thinking and problem solving. Students will apply elementary programming concepts including the use of variables, loops, decision logic, functions, data types and simple object-oriented concepts. Students will learn th use a high-level computing language to create programs to solve business problems.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide the student the opportunity to learn about the element comprising Information Assurance and Security. Information Assurance and Security is a topic of increasing importance for many organizations as threats to computer and network systems continues to increase and evolve. It is imperative that the information organization store in their systems be protected from unauthorized disclosure, modification or destruction. This course provides an in-depth presentation of information assurance concepts, terminologies, models and practices. The topics covered in this course include but not limited to: Organizational Security Management, Cryptography, Physical Security, Infrastructure Security, Intrusion Detection Systems, Network Security and Risk.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will acquire knowledge necessary to implement cybersecurity programs and policies to protect an organization's systems and data. This course covers topics such as cybersecurity policy and governance, policy organization, format and style, cybersecurity frameworks, asset management and data loss prevention, cybersecurity incident response and business continuity management.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course prepares students to understand and apply the concepts related to the emerging trends in IT-enabled healthcare and to understand the role of analytics in healthcare and clinical decision-making. Students will learn to evaluate the effectiveness of various healthcare information systems.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to cover new technologies and current trends in the design, development and implementation of Information Systems in a business environment. Offered: Summer

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