Information Systems, MSIS (Boston)

We offer cutting-edge expertise in a variety of courses that combine technological advances and business practices. We stress creative and inventive approaches to problem solving, which necessitates empowering students so that they can take charge of their own software projects to become originally productive. Our information systems program is as much an art as a science. It bypasses mechanical learning and highlights the value and excitement of engineering thinking that gets things done efficiently as well as imaginatively. We balance theory and practice, on the premise that they are always intertwined and interdependent.

We seek to provide a basic foundation for our students and then seek to push them to new heights to advance their information technology skills in a way that keeps up and, better yet, exceeds the necessarily fast pace of this progressive field. It is not for us just a question of not being left behind; we strive to be at the forefront of software innovation in an effort to transform contemporary society even more radically than technology has already done—to take gigantic strides in business, medicine, education, and security. 

The program offers a wide range of courses that reflect current and future industry trends:

• Cryptocurrency and smart contract engineering

• Engineering of Big-Data systems

• Business intelligence and data analytics

• Cybersecurity engineering and development

• Digital business

• Full-stack software engineering

• User experience design

• Data science and machine learning systems engineering

Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership

Master's Degree in Information Systems with Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership

Students may complete a Master of Science in Information Systems in addition to earning a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership. Students must apply and be admitted to the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program in order to pursue this option. The program requires fulfillment of the 16-semester-hour curriculum required to earn the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership, which includes an industry-based challenge project with multiple mentors. The integrated 32-semester-hour degree and certificate will require 16 semester hours of advisor-approved information systems technical courses. For students who enroll in the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership, 16 semester hours of the certificate coursework may be applied to this program's elective requirements.

Beginning with students admitted in the fall of 2026, all students pursuing on-ground master's degree programs must complete a university-level experiential learning requirement. This requirement may be fulfilled through the curriculum, co-op, or other work- or industry-integrated learning experiences.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Core Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
The College of Engineering requires that students must earn a grade of C or higher in all required core courses to fulfill degree requirements.
INFO 5100	Application Engineering and Development	4
INFO 5101	Lab for INFO 5100	0

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Students who declare the optional concentration in medical software engineering may substitute Medical Application Engineering and Development (INFO 5200).

Options

Complete one of the following options. Students may also choose to complete the Optional Concentration in Medical Software Engineering and apply concentration coursework to restricted electives or other electives requirements of these options.

Coursework Option

Project Option

Thesis Option

Restricted Electives Course List

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete courses from within the following subject code:
INFO (except INFO 5200)

Other Electives Course List

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete courses from within any of the following subject codes or course offerings:
CSYE (except CSYE 6220)
DAMG
INFO (except INFO 5200)
MUST 5510	Sound, Motion, and Computer Interaction
MUST 5520	Data Sonification
MUST 6603	Embedded Programming for Digital Musical Instruments
TELE

Optional Concentration in Medical Software Engineering

A concentration is not required. Students may complete the following concentration in medical software engineering and apply certain concentration courses to restricted electives or other electives requirements of the program's coursework, project, or thesis options.

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Students in the concentration may substitute INFO 5200 for the core requirement of INFO 5100 and INFO 5101.

Optional Co-op Experience

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following (students must complete ENCP 6000 to qualify for co-op experience):
ENCP 6000	Career Management for Engineers	1
ENCP 6964	Co-op Work Experience	0
or ENCP 6954	Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
or ENCP 6955	Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
or ENCP 6965	Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

32 total semester hours required (33 with optional co-op)
Minimum 3.000 GPA required