How is the MIS degree different from other IT (Information Technology) degrees?
The SLIS Master of Information Science degree focuses on information technologies and the people who work with them. Many times these technologies are used in the workplace; lately, technologies such as cell phones and web-based interactive games are becoming more important in people’s social lives. For example, the technologies that support ebusiness have changed the way many people shop for goods and services. In most IT degree programs, you will learn how to use a range of key technologies. Unlike in other IT degree programs, however, SLIS MIS students are also learning about the social impacts of the technologies wih which they are working. They study the ways in which information technologies are designed, implemented, managed, and used in a wide range of organizational and social settings. They think about the ways that information technologies change the ways in which we work, communicate with each other, and play. We believe that this dual focus, on the information technologies
