Computer Information Systems (MS)

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Turn your passion for technology into a rewarding career in programming, software engineering, project management, and beyond with a Master’s in Computer Information Systems. If you’re looking to sharpen your skills in networks, systems design, digital law, and project management, then Bradley University is your destination.

Experiential Learning

This program blends technical expertise with hands-on projects that mirror real-world challenges. You’ll gain career-ready experience through:

Career-focused design and development projects – Work on industry-relevant challenges that prepare you for the demands of the tech world.
Cutting-edge coursework – Explore networks, systems design, digital law, and project management to sharpen your skills.
Industry connections – Collaborate with faculty and peers on research and applied learning projects that set you apart.

Program Details

Required Courses – 12 hrs.

CIS 530: Information Technology Infrastructure (3 hrs.)
CS 571: Database Management Systems (3 hrs.)
CIS 575: Computer Information Systems Analysis. Design and Integration (3 hrs.)
CIS 591: CIS and IT Project Management (3 hrs.)

Other Requirements

You must take three courses from one of the concentrations offered by the department.

Degree Concentrations

Take your career any way you want! Explore the different degree concentrations we offer so you can personalize your education.

Build your understanding of game design, development and testing. Graduates are valuable in many technical settings as programmers, analysts and software engineers.

Prepare to be a leader in information technology departments by learning leadership principles in the business world with an emphasis on information technology systems and software/hardware infrastructure. This concentration covers topics such as IT systems and management, quality management, and software and computer information systems’ project management.

Explore cutting-edge interests in the computing world! This research focused concentration has produced graduates that are working at Capital One Financial Services, Technosoft Corp. and Verizon Communications.

Enhance your understanding of machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining and distributed and noSQL databases. This concentration gives you a background in advanced tools and analytical skills valuable to design, build supervised and unsupervised learning models and analyze data.

Data science skills are in high demand in almost all settings, business, finance, banking, the medical field, industry, manufacturing and engineering environments.

Get ready to advance your career in wireless networks and mobile application development. This concentration strengthens your understanding of mobile network design and development.

Courses cover wireless network development, security and advanced programming. Recent graduates have found careers in app development, networking and computer security

Take the next step and focus your learning on software systems’ analysis, design and development, as well as emerging systems’ and technologies’ use in business and industry.

This concentration strengthens your understanding of software engineering and management processes. Students will learn project management skills and systems, quality assurance processes and customer analysis.

Become a leader in secure programming, design and development of highly secure systems for computing. Build your understanding of cryptography, network, systems, web and software security with this concentration. Students learn how to enforce data confidentiality and integrity, as well as system availability and intruder exclusion.

Want to pursue a doctorate in computer science? This concentration will take you one step closer by building your understanding of computer science theory. Students focus their learning on algorithms and methods of programming languages.

Theoretical computer science concentrations are valuable for further graduate study and careers in system software development, cloud computing architecture design, next generation wireless communication, cyber security, cyber-physical systems and the internet of things.

Learn the next level of web-based software systems’ design and development in this concentration. Students will take courses that focus on web servers and protocols, as well as web-based systems and services in different computing platforms.

Career Opportunities

A degree in Computer Information Systems prepares you for careers such as:

Network, systems, or database administrator
Software developer or engineer
IT project manager
Business or systems analyst