这里拿两所有代表性学校的课程设置做一下对比：

　　第一所：University of Texas-Austin

　　我们先来看看开设在School of Information的University of Texas-Austin。在USNEWS2009排名中该校综合排名在47位，专业排名第三，是一所很有竞争力的学校。专业名全称叫Master of information studies,我们来看他的课程设置：

　　有13个学分的核心课程：

　　Introduction to Information Studies

　　Understanding and Serving Users

　　Organizing and Providing Access to Information

　　Managing Information Services and Organizations

　　Introduction to Research in Information Studies

　　其核心课程中只有一门管理类课程

　　第二所：University of Arizona

　　我们再来看看开设在商学院下的University of Arizona该校的MIS全称Master of science in management information systems，设在Kelley School of Business下.其课程设置如下：

　　Responsible Information Management

　　Management of Information Technology

　　IT Strategy

　　Software Design & Integration

　　Business Communications

　　Web Computing and Mining

　　Social and Ethical Issues of the Internet

　　Management of Technology I

　　Management of Technology II

　　Business Foundations for IT

　　Information Security in Public and Private Sectors (CNSS and NSTISSI certified)

　　Privacy, Security and Business Continuity (CNSSI certified)

　　Bio Medical and Security Informatics

　　Systems Modeling and Simulation

　　Models for Decision Support

　　Introduction to Enterprise Computing Environments

　　Business Process Management Systems

　　Enterprise Data Management

　　Data Management: Technology and Applications

　　Software Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

　　Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

　　Analysis and Design of Service-Oriented Systems

　　Operations Management

　　Managing for Quality Improvement

　　Production and Operations Management

　　Production and Operations Management

　　The Supply Chain and Logistics

　　Project Management

　　Knowledge Management: Technologies and Practices

　　Strategic Management of Information Systems

　　Business Intelligence

　　Data-driven Knowledge and Intelligence for Decision Making

　　Collaboration Computing

　　Virtual Teams and Technology

　　Master's Report Projects

　　总共35门课，有16门技术类课程，课程设置相对比较平均，应该说是比较理想的课程设置。