Program Admission

Admission Criteria      

• Graduate School Admission Criteria. International applicants must meet the Graduate School’s minimum requirements (see International Admissions for additional information).
• An undergraduate GPA of either 2.75 overall or 3.0 for the last half of undergraduate study.
• A score of 450 or greater in the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), with at least 20 in the verbal section and 24 in the quantitative, OR an overall score of 297 or greater in the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), including scores of at least 143 in verbal reasoning and 140 in quantitative reasoning. The GMAT/GRE requirement will be waived for students who meet any one of the following four criteria:
  • Have earned an AACSB-accredited Bachelor of Business Administration degree (minimum 60 credits)., with a Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and an average GPA of 3.0 in statistics, accounting and finance courses.
  • Have earned any other bachelor degree from a regionally or nationally accredited university with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
  • Have at least five years of managerial experience as determined by CIS curriculum committee (e.g., experience with the responsibility of managing both people and budget).
  • Have a masters or terminal degree from universities with an AACSB accredited college/school of business (degrees from any other institutions need to be approved by the CIS curriculum committee).

Requests to waive the GRE/GMAT requirement are to be sent via email to the Graduate Programs Office (cob_graduate@emich.edu).

Admission Process

1. Submit a Graduate School Application with all required documents and materials.
2. Have official transcripts from all previously attended institutions (graduate and undergraduate) sent to EMU directly. Post-secondary transcripts from a non-U.S. institution must be submitted directly to one of four approved evaluation services for a detailed, course by course report. See International Admission Checklist for additional information. Applicants should allow 2-6 weeks for the evaluation to be completed.

Priority deadlines have been established for receipt of all application materials required for admission to a graduate program (See emich.edu/graduate). Admission is granted to graduates of regionally accredited colleges and universities whose grades and GMAT or GRE scores indicate an aptitude for advanced study in computer information systems.

Department Information

Computer Information Systems | Hung-Lian Tang, Ph.D., Program Coordinator  | 412 Owen, 734.487.2454, htang@emich.edu

Advisor Information

David Chou, Ph.D., 412 Owen, 734.487.2454, dchou@emich.edu

Foundation/Prerequisite Courses: 12 hours

Once admitted into the program, students lacking basic course work must complete the foundation courses. These courses may be waived for students who have completed equivalent work with a C or better at any regionally accredited institution.

Degree Requirements: 30-33 hours