Operations and Information Systems

Students in the Operations and Information Systems (OIS) major train to become scholars in Operations Management (OM) and Management Information Systems (MIS). All students receive training in the fundamentals of both OM and MIS and in-depth training in at least one of these two disciplines. OM and MIS intersect in various ways. The fields share a focus on understanding and improving business processes. OM and MIS researchers often reside in the same university departments and belong to the same professional societies. The goal of the PhD in OIS is to train the student to perform and publish first-class research, in preparation for a career at a research-intensive university.