Department of Decision and Information Sciences

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Faculty and Fields of Interest

Dan Braha operations management, complex systems analysis

Laura Forker operations management, purchasing and healthcare management

Rui Huang management information systems

Uday Kant Jha business statistics

Yuzhu (Julia) Li project management, program management, team flexibility, boundry spanning, e-commerce, technology -mediated learning

Brian Plummer operations management

Bharatendra Rai (Chairperson) business analytics & data/text mining, applied statistics, quality and reliability engineering, big data, multivariate diagnosis/pattern recognition

Timothy Shea delivery and management of web-based learning and teaching technologies, corporate universities, end-user training, implementation issues of e-commerce

Zheng Zhong Shi open source software and community, IS outsourcing, IS strategy, e-commerce

Soheil Sibdari stochastic modeling in operations, economics, and statistics

Gang (Gabriel) Wang operations management, supply chain optimization, supply chain dynamics, supply chain sustainability and uncertainty, combinatorial and non-smooth optimization.

Shouhong Wang electronic commerce, information systems analysis and design, artificial intelligence in business, knowledge management

The purpose of the Decision and Information Science program is to prepare students for careers in the application of decision models and  information technology that solve business problems and explore new business opportunities.

The Department of Decision and Information Sciences offers three major programs leading to the Bachelor of Science Degree: Operations Management, Management Information Systems (MIS), and General Business Administration. MIS Majors select from options in either E-Commerce/Digital Business or Technology and Management. Operations Majors pick from one of three options: General Operations Management, Services Operations Management, or Supply Chain Management. General Business Administration majors choose from the Online Option or the On-campus Option (which is limited to mid-career learners returning to college).

 The department also offers minors in Management Information Systems and Operations Management

Programs

• General Business Administration Major
• Management Information Systems Major (Options in E-Commerce/Digital Business, and Technology and Management)
• Operations Management Major (Options in Business Analytics, Service Operations Management, and Supply Chain Management)

• Management Information Systems Minor
• Operations Management Minor

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