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Business Information Systems

Developing leaders to design, implement and manage technology to drive business decisions

Overview

Business and technology go together intrinsically. As businesses continue to improve their competitive advantage, information systems such as databases, web services and business applications are supplying strategic and operational opportunities for business leadership and decision-making.

You'll learn to harness technology to help organizations gain the right insights, improve operations, make the right predictions and achieve a competitive advantage in today's rapidly changing environment. You’ll study the fundamentals of business administration while learning to architect, manage, develop and deploy information systems.

Business information systems is an exciting and competitive field, with high salary potential and expanding job prospects. Examples include jobs as a business process analyst, IT project manager, data modeler, systems analyst, developer or database administrator (just to name a few).

Some graduates specialize in BIS aspects of another business discipline, for example, accounting, management, marketing or finance.

Business information systems is a major program of study offered in Corvallis and online through Ecampus.

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What you’ll learn

Analyze and model the flow of information through business processes.

Formulate plans and architectures for the capture, storage and retrieval of data.

Develop computer programs to support or automate business processes.

Apply networking concepts and technologies to support business needs.

Align information systems and services with business strategy and formulate plans for the retrieval and analysis of supporting data.

Document, monitor and assess the effectiveness of IT controls.

28+

degrees and areas of focus

84%

of classes have fewer than 50 students

450

companies recruit our students each year

Options

All College of Business students — and those enrolled in business information systems — can pursue one of the following options:

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Dean's Academy

The Dean’s Academy is an academic forum for high-achieving first-year students, transfer students, and current undergraduate students on the Corvallis campus who wish to maximize the educational and experiential aspects of their college experience.

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International Business

When you think about where you want to be in life, are you thinking about the whole world? Then international business knowledge is a must for you.

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Business information systems opportunities

Study abroad

Sydney, Australia: University of Technology Sydney

Vienna, Austria: Vienna University of Economics & Business

Santiago, Chile: Universidad de Chile, Facultad Economia y Negocios

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Associated clubs

Beta Alpha Psi

Finance Club

Institute of Management Accountants

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Scholarships

Chevron International Experience Scholarship

Deloitte Scholarship

McNeal Family Accounting Scholarship

Pattee Family Accounting Scholarship

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Ways to attend

We offer class in the modalities that work for you and your schedule.

In-person: Corvallis

Attend classes in Austin Hall, the $50 million, 100,000-square-foot building with five research centers, a marketing research suite, 10 classrooms, 23 computer- and teleconference-equipped project rooms, a 250-seat auditorium, a café and faculty offices.

Online

Study from anywhere and earn one of our 100% online, fully AACSB-accredited business degrees. Nationally top-ranked for online learning, our classes are taught by business faculty who are known for research excellence and industry experience.

 

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MECOP: Oregon’s leading internship program

MECOP is a prestigious, paid internship program started with a few industry partners and OSU, and soon expanded to include internships with multiple Oregon universities and additional industries such as Daimler, Boeing and many others. If selected for the MECOP program and placed into an internship, your developing business information systems skills will be in demand — and put to the test!

After a competitive interviewing process, you'll complete two six-month internships with two different MECOP companies located throughout Oregon, typically during summer and fall terms of your junior and senior years.

We’re always proud that our business information systems students are part of this elite program.

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Digital Marketing

Remember, way back when, when print and television advertising were the most important marketing channels? For the most part, neither do we. eMarketer reports 2019 digital ad spending at 54% — higher than print and television combined.

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Accounting

Today's accountants are tech-savvy problem solvers, insightful planners and strategic thinkers. Many of the “number-crunching” tasks formerly thought to be part of an accountant's world have long ago been replaced by sophisticated software.

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Dean's Academy

The Dean’s Academy is an academic forum for high-achieving first-year students, transfer students, and current undergraduate students on the Corvallis campus who wish to maximize the educational and experiential aspects of their college experience.

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