Online MS in Information Systems

Master of Science

Your gateway to being a leader in tech engineering—even without previous tech experience.

100%

online

18+

Months

8

Courses

$24k

$3,000 per course

About the program

With the Online Master’s of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) from the College of Engineering at Northeastern University, you’ll learn how to use technology to address the challenges facing people in businesses, organizations and communities across the world.

Designed for graduates and working professionals from any background, the MSIS equips you with the technical skills and business management expertise to drive digital transformation in any organization. You’ll gain deep applied knowledge across a range of technological fields, including UX design, software development, data analytics and digital business processes.

Along the way, you’ll absorb and become proficient in business leadership best practices. With a strong working knowledge of quality assurance, data management, agile methodologies and marketing assessment, you’ll be ready for leadership in almost any organization or industry.

With this unique and flexible set of must-have skills, you’ll be ideally positioned to step into a diverse range of tech leadership roles, including IT project manager, systems administrator, software developer, information security analyst and more.

This prestigious and meticulously designed master’s allows capable graduates from all academic and professional backgrounds to reposition themselves across a range of rapidly growing IT industries, ready to help define and lead the systemic changes that are reshaping our societies.

Learn more about the Online MSIS program on Coursera.

Skills

  • Mobile app software engineering 70% 70%
  • User experience (UX) design 60% 60%
  • Python application engineering 80% 80%
  • Information systems development 50% 50%
  • Agile software development 70% 70%
  • Business management 90% 90%

Skip the application—let your performance pave the way

With the MSIS program’s Fast App pathway, you can skip the application process, and use your performance on two initial courses to secure your place in the MSIS program.

Complete two courses, get a ‘B’ grade or better, show proof of your bachelor's degree by the time you complete the two courses, and you’ll join the next cohort in the full master’s degree.

View the pathway courses for the upcoming term.

You can also apply to the program using the standard graduate application for direct admission consideration. Learn more about the standard application requirements at the College of Engineering graduate admissions.

How to prepare

We encourage you to review the material in the MSIS Bridge specialization, Information Systems Foundations, through Coursera, in preparation for your Online MSIS performance-based admissions pathway courses. This series of courses was created by College of Engineering faculty and is designed to equip you with essential skills and knowledge that will significantly enhance your success in the pathway courses.

Specialized Focus Areas

Align your MSIS journey with your career goals through specialized focus areas. Choose from four different options:

  • Cyber & Information Security: Master threat detection and security compliance
  • Software Testing & Quality Assurance: Develop expertise in test planning and automation
  • Product Management & DevOps Leadership: Bridge technical knowledge with business acumen
  • General: Create a more flexible and customized MSIS program by selecting electives across all focus areas

College

Current Fast App dates

Term

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Fall 2025 August 1, 2025 August 25, 2025 September 3, 2025

Missed an enrollment deadline? Use the enrollment link in your email to enroll in the available term.

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Resources

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Is a Master’s in Information Technology Worth It?

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Fall 2025 pathway courses

Explore the Fast App Performance-Based pathway courses starting Septemer 2025. Use the course outlines to start preparing in advance of the courses starting.

For your performance-based pathway, you'll enroll in INFO 5100 and your choice of available elective shown below for a total of two courses.

INFO 5100: Application Engineering & Development

Note: INFO 5100 must be taken first or in combination with other available course.

Takes students in a step-by-step manner through the process of systematically combining UX techniques, business processes, and complex data models to assemble applications that are user-friendly and meet business requirements. Employs the object-oriented paradigm, visual user experience, and system design principles to put together complicated, powerful, real-world applications. The primary objective of this course is to practice social-technical software engineering methods and tools to solve real-world problems. Offers students an opportunity to learn innovative design and programming techniques to build significant business applications quickly; to practice simple and smart ways of making software construction enjoyable; and to master the art of how to systematically write software programs to solve any business problem.

View the INFO 5100 course outline.

INFO 6150: Web Design and User Experience Engineering

Focuses on advanced user interface engineering, with a strong emphasis on utility and personalized user experiences development. Through the use of tools like React and Flutter, explores how to engineer highly personalized web applications tailored to individual user needs and preferences. Topics include responsive layouts, interactive elements, animation integration, and performance tuning. Offers students an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in building interfaces that dynamically adapt to user behavior, preferences, and context, ensuring a unique and engaging experience for each user.

This elective aligns with the General and the Product Management Focus Areas

View the INFO 6150 course outline

DAMG 6210: Data Management and Database Design

Studies design of information systems from a data perspective for engineering and business applications; data modeling, including entity-relationship (E-R) and object approaches; user-centric information requirements and data sharing; fundamental concepts of database management systems (DBMS) and their applications; alternative data models, with emphasis on relational design; SQL; data normalization; data-driven application design for personal computer, server-based, enterprise-wide, and Internet databases; and distributed data applications.

This elective aligns with the Cyber & Information Security and the Software Testing Focus Areas

View the DAMG 6210 course outline

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