Global Dual Degree Program - CityU

UA MS MIS Program in Collaboration with City University of Hong Kong.

The University of Arizona's (UA) MIS Department offers a global track of its MS MIS program in collaboration with the City University of Hong Kong. Learn more by following a link or scrolling down for all information:

Overview
Study Plan
Graduate Admissions
UA Tuition, Fees, and Estimated Costs
Application and Application Deadline

Overview

The UA MIS department is nationally-ranked (7th by U.S. News & World Report), housing a world-class faculty and high-impact funded research projects. In collaboration with the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), a major research university with one of the best-known Information Systems programs in Asia, the UA MIS department will offer this global track of its Master's in MIS program, aiming at serving students who want to pursue a career in financial IT services.

Given the MIS department’s world-wide reputation in research and the CityU IS department’s existing program success in Hong Kong and mainland China, this global track will provide an exciting educational and professional experience for students motivated to tackle increasingly complex information system (IS) challenges and issues in the booming financial services sector.

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Study Plan

The students entering this program will complete the requirements of the CityU M.Sc. in Business Information Systems (BIS - Stream A or BIS - Stream B) or Electronic Business and Knowledge Management first.

They will then enroll in the UA MS MIS program to complete the UA portion. Note that both the Fall semester CityU M.Sc. in BIS cohorts (including Stream A and Stream B) and CityU M.Sc. in EBKM cohorts as well as past CityU M.Sc. in BIS and EBKM graduates are encouraged to apply as well.

UA requires the students complete a 32-credit study plan (identical to that of UA’s regular MS MIS program).

Twelve (12) credits will be transferred from the CityU MS BIS program and the remaining 20 credits will be earned through courses and projects offered in Tucson, Arizona, US. These 12 transfer credits will cover 2 required UA MS MIS courses (MIS 543 and MIS 531), and 2 electives. The following table summarizes the CityU MS BIS courses viewed as equivalences to these UA MS MIS courses.

MIS Course Name	Course Information
MIS 543: Business Data Communications	BIS - Stream B: IS 6523 (IS infrastructure and security mgmt) BIS - Stream A: IS 5313 (Foundations of Information and Electronic Business Systems) or IS 6322 (Internet and WWW Application Development) EBKM: IS 5313 (Foundations of Information and Electronic Business Systems) or IS 6322 (Internet and WWW Application Development)
MIS 513: Business Foundations of IT	BIS - Stream B: IS 6640 (IS planning and strategy) BIS - Stream A: IS 6640 (IS planning and strategy) EBKM: IS 6640 (IS planning and strategy)
2 MIS electives	BIS - Stream B: IS 5540 (project mgmt and quality assurance) and IS 5740 (mgmt support and business intelligence) BIS - Stream A: IS 5540 (project mgmt and quality assurance) and IS 5740 (mgmt support and business intelligence) and IS 6400 (business data analysis) and IS 5314 (eBusiness system integration) EBKM: IS 5540 (project mgmt and quality assurance) and IS 5740 (mgmt support and business intelligence) and IS 5315 (electronic business software and technology) and IS 6600 (global IS and knowledge mgmt applications in orgs)

The table below summarizes a sample study plan for a Stream B student who enter the CityU MS in BIS program in Fall. The Tucson portion of the study will start in mid May and end in mid August.

Sample Study Plan
Courses	Credits	Semester/Place
(CityU) IS 6523 - Information Systems Infrastructure and Security Management	3	Fall - Hong Kong
(CityU) IS6640 - Information Systems Planning & Strategy	3	Fall - Hong Kong
(CityU) IS5540 - Project Management and Quality Assurance	3	Fall - Hong Kong
(CityU) IS5740 - Management Support and Business Intelligence Systems	3	Fall - Hong Kong
MIS 510 – Web Data Mining	3	Summer - Tucson
MIS 507 – Software Design	3	Summer - Tucson
Finance 518 – Investment Banking	3	Summer - Tucson
MIS 509 – Business Communications	2	Summer - Tucson
MIS 581 – Financial Information Systems	3	Summer - Tucson
MIS 582 – Financial Information Systems Field Project	3	Fall - co-convened w/ internship in China
MIS 688 / 696H – Master Project	3	Fall - co-convened w/ internship in China

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Graduation Admissions

Students should first be admitted and accepted into CityU.

After admittance into the CityU program is approved, students then apply to UA.

All applicable UA graduate admission rules will apply.

View UA admissions requirements here. A US$ 75.00 application fee will be accessed.

In addition, if admitted, students will be required to pay US$ 500.00 to reserve a seat in the program.

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UA Estimated Costs for the Tucson Portion of the Study

The estimated total cost of the Global program is US $25,731.

Complete details and breakdown of the costs may be found here.

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Application

Deadline to apply is March 20th.

Applications to the global program should be submitted through the UA Graduate College's online system. There is a US$ 75.00 application fee. View UA admissions requirements here.

Again, applicants will have to submit their applications at BOTH CityU and UA.

For the CityU application, please visit http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/prospective/TPg and choose the program P05B, P05A, or P16.

Start your UA application

Enter here to start UA application. You will be redirected to the UA Graduate College online application site.

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Questions? Please contact Cinda VanWinkle (MIS department graduate admissions advisor)
cinda@eller.arizona.edu

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