The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865. It is the flagship university of the University of Maine System.

MSIS and MBA Dual Degree program

The dual degree program consisting of the Master of Science in Information System (MSIS) and the Maine Business School (MBS) Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The course of study normally takes two years.

It leads to two master’s degrees: one in Information Systems and one in Business.

Students are required to complete the requirements for a master’s degree in both programs.

Six hours of MSIS courses can be counted as MBA electives and nine MBA credits can be counted as MSIS electives (i.e., a total of 15 credits can be double counted).

Admission to Dual Program

Admission to the University of Maine MSIS/MBA Dual Degree is competitive.

Four-year U.S. bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or a four-year international equivalent

The two units require only one standardized admissions test—either the GMAT (usually taken by MBA applicants) or the GRE (usually taken by MSIS applicants).

Course Curriculum Requirements-

For a student enrolled in the dual degree program in Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS), the required curriculum is as follows:

MSIS Credits
I. Required Courses
SIE 505 – Formal Foundations for Information Science 3
SIE 507 – Information Systems Programming 3
SIE 515 – Human Computer Interaction 3
SIE 525 – Information Systems Law 3
SIE 550 – Design of Information Systems 3
II. Elective Courses
Three BUA required courses from the right column count toward electives in the MSIS degree 9
Two MSIS elective courses from the list below 6
Total 30
Total beyond MBA Required** 21

MBA Credits
I. Required Courses
BUA 601 Statistical Analysis & Modeling for Organizational Operations 3
BUA 605 Creating & Capturing Value in the Digital Economy 3
BUA 609 Financial Statement Analysis 3
BUA 620 Law, Business and Society 3
BUA 626 Management of Contemporary Organizations 3
BUA 649 Management Policy 3
BUA 651 Financial Management 3
One BUA elective* 3
II. Elective Courses
Two SIE required courses from the left column count toward electives in the MBA degree 6
Total 30
Total beyond MSIS Required** 24

MSIS Elective Courses

(courses the MSIS program has allowed as program electives)

Students must NOT assume that any combination of the following courses will be approved by the MSIS Steering Committee.

Some of the elective graduate courses listed may require prerequisites in addition to the minimum required for general admission to the MSIS graduate program.

Business
Note: These are not normally approved as additional electives for Dual Degree masters students since a large number of BUA courses are already included in the dual program.
BUA 561 – Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems (3 credits)
BUA 664 – Databases and Data Mining in Industry (3 credits)
BUA 668 – Electronic Commerce (3 credits)

Computer Science
Any formally approved 400 level COS courses and above

Education
EDT 520 – Methods of Teaching with Computer Technology (3 credits)
EDT 537 – Foundations of Distance Education (3 credits)
EDT 545 – Information Security in the Educational Environment (3 credits)

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Any formally approved 400 level ECE courses and above

Interdisciplinary
INT 601 – Responsible Conduct of Research (1 credit)

Intermedia
Only formally approved regular 500 and 600 level courses.

Spatial Information Science and Engineering
SIE 509 – Principles of Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
SIE 510 – Geographic Information Systems Applications (3 credits)
SIE 512 – Spatial Analysis (3 credits)
SIE 516 – Virtual Reality: Research and Applications (3 credits)
SIE 554 – Spatial Reasoning (3 credits)
SIE 555 – Spatial Database Systems (3 credits)
SIE 557 – Database System Applications (3 credits)
SIE 558 – Real-Time Sensor Data Streams (3 credits)
SIE 559 – Geosensor Networks (3 credits)
SIE 570 – Spatial Cognition and Computing (3 credits)
SIE 571 – Pattern Recognition and Robotics (3 credits)
SIE 580 – Ontology Engineering Principles and Practice (3 credits)
SIE 590 – Information Systems Internship (3 credits)

MBA Elective Courses

(Courses the MBA program will allow as program electives)

Business
BUA 454 — Derivatives
BUA 455 – International Corporate Finance
BUA 460 – Leadership (with permission)
BUA 561 — Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems (3 credits)
BUA 596 — International trip
BUA 645 — Special Topics (e.g., Climate Change, leadership, negotiations)
BUA 652 – Financial Institutions
BUA 653 — Investments
BUA 664 – Databases and Data Mining in Industry (3 credits)
BUA 668 – Electronic Commerce (3 credits)
BUA 695 — MBA internship
BUA 698 – Independent Study

English
ENG 516 — Perspectives on Technical Editing and Information Design
ENG 518 — Communication about Innovation
ENG 515 — Approaches to Reports, Proposals, and Grants in Academic and Workplace Settings

SPIA
SPI 503 International relations
SPI 573 Global Politics
SPI 590 Conflict and Extremism
SPI 590 Politics of Development
SPI 590 Research Methods and Methodology
SPI 590 International Development in Practice

Economics
ECO 405 Sustainable Energy Economics & Policy
ECO 422 Rural Economic Development
ECO 450 International Environmental Economics and Policy
ECO 488 Quantitative Analysis and Forecasting

Contact address

University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
United States