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Global Dual Degree Program - KAIST

UA MS MIS Program in Collaboration with KAIST.

The University of Arizona's (UA) MIS Department is offering a special track of its MS MIS program in collaboration with the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Please note that multiple formats of collaboration are being explored (including starting in either Summer or Fall semester with different tuition structures and study plans). This webpage presents one agreed-upon collaboration format that has already been approved by UA and KAIST with its inauguration in Summer 2011. Please visit this webpage later for other collaboration formats and alternatives.

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

Overview

The UA MIS department is nationally-ranked (5th by U.S. News & World Report), housing a world-class faculty and high-impact funded research projects. In collaboration with the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), a first-class research university in Asia, the UA MIS department will offer this special track of its MS MIS program, aiming at serving students who want to pursue a career in IT services.

Given the MIS department’s world-wide reputation in research and the KAIST College of Business’s existing program success in Korea, this special 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 services sector.

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Study Plan

The students entering this program will complete at least the two semesters of the requirements of the KAIST business graduate program first. They will then enroll in the UA MS MIS program to complete the UA portion.

Participating Programs from KAIST include:

• Techno MBA
• IMBA
• Information & Media MBA
• Management Engineering MS

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

Twelve (12) credits (with a grade of "A" or "B") will be transferred from the KAIST programs 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 KAIST courses viewed as equivalences to these UA MS MIS courses.

KAIST	Program	Code	KAIST Courses	Type	Code	UA MIS Courses	Type
Graduate School of Management	Techno MBA (General)	MGT542	Management Information System	C	MIS513	Business Foundation for IT	C
		~	~		MIS543	Business Data Communications	C
	IMBA (Intensive)	IBM541	Management of Information Technologies	C	MIS513	Business Foundation for IT	C
		~	~		MIS543	Business Data Communications	C
Graduate School of Information & Media Management	Information & Media MBA	IM551	IT Management & Strategy	C	MIS513	Business Foundation for IT	C
		IM555	Ubiquitous Management	E
		IM601	IT Industry Analysis	E
		IM603	Managing Digital Convergence	E
		IM621	Value Innovation with IT	C
		IM626	eBusiness Strategy Development	E
		IM708	Valuation of IT Media Business	E
		IM553	Telecommunication Systems	C	MIS543	Business Data Communications	C
		IM554	Overview of Internet Technologies	E
Dept. of Management Engineering	Mgmt Engineering MS	BA562	Business System Analysis and Design	E	MIS513	Business Foundation for IT	C
		BA661	IT and Strategy	E
		BA662	Advanced Topic in eBusiness	E
		BA561	IT Management	e	MIS543	Business Data Communications	C
		BA563	Business Media Communications	E

Since Techno-MBA and IMBA do not have equivalent courses for UA's MIS 543, the listed courses – IM553 and IM554, BA561 or BA563 taken at KAIST's other programs by Techno-MBA and IMBA students shall be equally accounted as the KAIST-MIS transfer credits.

To further note, IM courses are 1.5 credits while BA courses are 3 credits, and hence two IM courses are equivalent to UA's MIS 543.

The 6 credits of MIS equivalent electives subject to credit transfer include all of KAIST College of Business courses.

Sample Summer program study plans are as follows.

• Techno MBA
• Management Engineering MS

KAIST ► MIS-UA ► MIS-UA Distance Learning ► KAIST

Sample Study Plan (Tucson Portion)
Courses	Credits	Semester/Place
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
MIS 688 / 696H – Master Project	3	Fall - co-convened w/ internship

Option 1

	1st yr Spring	1st yr Fall	2nd yr Spring	2nd yr Summer	2nd yr Fall
KAIST	Feb ~ May	Sep ~ Dec	Feb ~ May		Sep ~ Dec
MIS-UA				May ~ Aug	Aug - Nov

Option 2

	1st yr Fall	1st yr Spring	2nd yr Fall	2nd yr Summer	2nd yr Spring
KAIST	Sep ~ Dec	Feb ~ May	Sep ~ Dec		Feb ~ May
MIS-UA				May ~ Aug	Aug ~ Nov

 

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Graduation Admissions

Students should first be admitted and accepted into KAIST.

After admittance into the KAIST 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

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 KAIST and UA.

For the KAIST application, please visit  http://admission.kaist.ac.kr/

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