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.
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.
degrees and areas of focus
of classes have fewer than 50 students
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:
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
Scholarships
Chevron International Experience Scholarship
Deloitte Scholarship
McNeal Family Accounting Scholarship
Pattee Family Accounting Scholarship
Ways to attend
We offer class in the modalities that work for you and your schedule.
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.
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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