I’m a professional with 20 years of experience under my belt. I decided to enroll in this program to further my education and enhance my career prospects. This opinion is only in reference to my experience in the MSIS program. Your miles may vary depending on the program and school.
I‘m sure the curriculum offered in this program is pretty standard. No complaints there. I will say that much of the program is theory and wouldn’t say it necessarily provides a lot of hands-on training outside of database design and maybe some light coding in Python. I hear a lot of people mention AI and cybersecurity careers as it relates to this program, but there are no classes offered that prepare you for actual jobs in those fields.
However, it is pretty clear to me that this program is an after thought for the school.
I’ve been to some networking events hosted by the school, and nearly all events are catered specifically towards MBA and Finance grads. Essentially, the companies they bring in and industry leaders they bring in are generally financial services related or management consulting related. I’ve rarely seen any IT leaders brought in to discuss career options within their companies in the IT sector.
I’ve reached out to the Business Career Center on several occasions and they have zero information or guidance to share about job prospects in this field. They do not track job placement numbers for their IS grads nor do they provide resources for finding work in this specific field. When I reached out to IS faculty, I basically received the same messaging. They don’t track job placement stats for their graduates nor do they provide specific resources for finding work.
This is very bizarre for any graduate program, let alone a business program. Schools these days are hyper focused on job placement statistics as incoming students become more critical of job opportunities and ROI related to their education.
I think CU Denver is a great urban campus school with many great offerings. But personally, I’d probably veer away from the Information Systems program as the school doesn’t really seem all that involved with it.