Licenciatura en Ciencias en Sistemas de Información de Gestión

The Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems (BSMIS) prepares qualified graduates to develop, implement and maintain businesses with a foundation in both business operations and information technology practices. Taught by respected practitioners in their respective fields, this interdisciplinary degree focuses on analyzing business issues in a data-driven, evidence-based environment; identifying and leveraging principles in management, organizational behavior, operations, strategy and policy, and entrepreneurship; and developing strong leadership and communication skills while, at the same time, ensuring an ethical business approach.

The future of MIS

The core of this program focuses on the development of skills required by competent and capable individuals in the workforce. The goal is to help students to develop analytical and leadership skills and knowledge of organizations to make positive social, financial, and economic impacts. In this curriculum, students develop an understanding of how business and public organizations function; how technology will facilitate and speed up these interactions in achieving positive changes. Students take courses from four domain areas including Business Development and Analysis (BD&A), Leadership Development (LD), Technology and Innovation (TI), and Entrepreneurship Mindset (EM).

Areas of Focus

The School of Business offers a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems degree with the following four specializations:

Business Analytics

Focuses on the use of business analytics to develop models using varied and complex data sets and, implementing model results to resolve complicated business problems.

Business Optimization

Focuses on the development and implementation of plans for organizations to redefine and strategize for lean operations as well as maximize asset utilization, quality control, cost minimization, and institutional efficiencies.

Entrepreneurship

Focuses on the development and implementation of business plans and innovative strategies to drive business growth and success – either as a consultant or as a business owner.

Information Technology Management

Focuses on the strategic use and application of technologies to achieve corporate strategies as well as improve overall personal and professional productivity.

Learning to Be

Since life’s conditions are always changing and require new knowledge and skills, we often find ourselves in the role of beginner throughout our lives. The FXUA “Learning to Be” curriculum provides each student with the life-long tools to ensure competency, proficiency, expertise, and eventual mastery in those areas of life where they choose to dedicate themselves ensuring that life’s twists and turns result in opportunity and not chaos for our graduates.

Business First

FXUA has taken a very different approach to higher education by focusing on a “business first” pledge. Our goal is to ensure that you are taught by educated practitioners, not academic theorists, and provided with near-limitless access to national and international business leaders throughout your entire academic journey. Long before you graduate, you will have shaped several new prosperous roads that lead to lifetime career success – guided and mentored step-by-step by the very best the business community has to offer.

Curriculum

The FXUA curriculum is the heartbeat of this university. Developed by business experts and crafted to produce industry-leading micro-credentials, FXUA is uniquely positioned to provide an affordable and business-focused education that ensures every student has the necessary tools to reap a productive professional career. For many, an FXUA education can be your catalyst for achieving your vision of industry and, quite possibly, global transformation!

FXUA Micro-Credentials

Traditional higher education degrees tell employers what you have done. Micro-credentials tell employers what you can do – specifically, what you can do to make them more successful. At FXUA we applaud the completion of an academic journey but, moreover, enthusiastically celebrate those specific and measurable competencies that you can visibly bring into the workforce. This is the unique difference that FXUA can bring to you.