Specializations - Information Systems

An emphasis in information systems provides students with the ability to lead in the digital age.

The Carlson School is ranked in the top five in the nation for information systems (U.S. News & World Report, 2021). Students taking this emphasis will appreciate the profound and often disruptive impact information and communication technologies have on business and society. Students will garner the necessary skills to leverage IT to create efficient organizations characterized by standardized business processes and integrated data.

Additionally, the emphasis will prepare students for an increasing compliance and security-intensive environments due to the heavy integration of IT with key financial and accounting processes. Finally, they will learn how to innovate and create top-line growth and differentiation opportunities based on data-driven business intelligence, harnessing social media to develop customer intimacy and by optimally leveraging global sourcing of IT and IT-enabled business processes.