[hurst]

I am a recent graduate from college, earning a B.A. in History. I am somewhat tech savvy and pick up fast on learning programming languages, using computer programs, etc. I was wondering if getting an MIS masters degree is worth it?

I ask this question because I do not have a business background, so I am not too sure if it would even be worth going to school for. Is an MIS degree even valued anymore? I know CIS is more of the technical programming type of degree, but the math scares me away from this degree.

I have checked the Occupational Outlook Handbook online and the job prospects are supposedly pretty good. Are there any MIS majors out there that could maybe help me out with this?

Thank you!

[casey]

The main problem with management degrees is that most companies promote from within the ranks of technical people. Where I work there are probably a few project planners that may have management related degrees but all the other managers came up through the technical ranks. That means that managers of today are often yesterday's programmers and technical people that hung around for a while and showed some management skills and got promoted into their current management jobs.

The school that I attended to get my MCSE certs and CIS degree dropped that program because they could not keep up getting class materials and instructors with teaching technical courses that were constantly changing > Windows 3.1 classes had to upgrade to be Windows 95 and so on. So after that cancelled all the technical course they then started teaching MIS course because management principles were easier to keep up with and seldom changed. The classes offered were offered not because they were in demand in the marketplace but because it was easier for them to teach and find materials and faculty to cover.

In my CIS degree I had a few programming courses and the math emphasis was minimal so I'm not sure about that for you.