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Chair: Kurt M. Anstreicher
Professors: Kurt M. Anstreicher (Henry B. Tippie Research Professor of Management Sciences), Warren J. Boe, Gary C. Fethke (Leonard A. Hadley Professor of Leadership), Raj Jagannathan, Philip C. Jones (Clement T. and Sylvia H. Hanson Chair in Manufacturing Productivity), Johannes Ledolter (C. Maxwell Stanley Professor of International Operations Management), Timothy J. Lowe (Chester A. Phillips Professor of Operations Management), Padmini Srinivasan
Professor emeritus: Colin E. Bell
Associate professors: Samuel Burer, Ann M. Campbell, Renato E. de Matta, W. Nick Street
Associate professor emerita: Eleanor M. Birch
Assistant professors: Faiz Currim, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, Barrett Thomas
Lecturers: Kevin Felker, Yvonne Galusha
Undergraduate degree: B.B.A. in Management Information Systems
Graduate degrees: M.B.A.; Ph.D. in Business Administration
Web site: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/mansci

The Department of Management Sciences specializes in using advanced computation and mathematical techniques to solve critical business problems. Its research and instruction strengths include operations management, information systems, and quantitative methods.

Undergraduate Program

The department offers a Bachelor of Business Administration in management information systems. The program provides a variety of educational experiences that develop students' knowledge of managerial decision-making systems. Students acquire skill in applying this knowledge by constructing quantitative models, using computer technology, and creating database systems.

Students prepare for career opportunities in both manufacturing and service organizations. Graduates find entry-level work as computer programmers, systems analysts, sales representatives with computer companies, and management trainees. Entry-level work in operations management is found in materials management, line supervision, purchasing, and manufacturing systems.

Bachelor of Business Administration

The Bachelor of Business Administration in management information systems requires 22 s.h. in the major, as follows.

06K:126 Visual Basic Programming   3 s.h.
06K:176 Managerial Decision Models   3 s.h.
06K:182 Applications Database Management Systems   3 s.h.
06K:183 Systems Analysis and Design   3 s.h.
06K:184 Introduction to Data Communications   3 s.h.
22C:016 Computer Science I   4 s.h.
One additional course from approved list of management sciences courses   3 s.h.

Graduate Programs

The Department of Management Sciences offers the Doctor of Philosophy in business administration. Ph.D. requirements are described under "Graduate Programs" in the Tippie College of Business section of the Catalog and on the Department of Management Sciences web site.

The Master of Arts in business administration is a nonthesis degree awarded only to students who begin the Ph.D. program and decide not to continue. Incoming students may not elect to pursue the M.A.

For information about the M.B.A., see Master of Business Administration Program in the Catalog or contact the Tippie School of Management.

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