Grand Valley State University's Master of Science (M.S.) in computer information systems is designed to make educational opportunities available to the professional computing community in West Michigan. The program is intended for computer professionals who are already working in the industry and are using computer and information systems.

Students pursue the M.S. in computer information systems in any of the following content areas: databases, distributed systems, information systems management, object-oriented, software engineering, or biomedical informatics. The program is a hybrid of computer science (CS) and information systems (IS). It incorporates topics from both disciplines to allow students great flexibility in tailoring a graduate degree to suit their needs.

  • Flexible. The CIS program serves working professionals who want to pursue graduate study on a part-time basis, as well as full-time and international students.
  • Top-Notch Faculty.We take our teaching seriously, and that's what sets us apart from the rest. But we are also active scholars, publishing regularly both nationally and internationally.
  • State-of-the-art facilities. Within our facilities are a nationally recognized networking and data communication teaching laboratory, a Linux lab, an architecture lab, and student research project rooms.
  • Convenient All courses are offered in the evening at the John C. Kennedy Hall of Engineering in downtown Grand Rapids.
 

Admissions

M.S. CIS admission requirements and application for admission are available online.

The $30 application fee is waived for undergraduate alumni of Grand Valley.

Courses Offered

M.S. CIS requires 33 graduate credit hours to complete.

Click here to see the full course list.

Cost

Grand Valley offers an excellent education at a reasonable cost.

Related Programs

Medical and Bioinformatics M.S., P.S.M.
Engineering, M.S.E.

 

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