The IT Audit and Control concentration is only available to Management Information Systems (MIS) majors. It provides students with the technical, organizational, accounting/auditing, and managerial background to plan and conduct IT audit and control activities. The concentration covers the following conceptual areas: business risks and the management of business risk, IT risk as a component of business risk, the need to manage IT risks, basic types of controls required in a business system to control IT risks, controls associated with top management, system development, quality assurance, boundary controls, and communications. Issues associated with new system control risks created by the use of the internet for business applications and electronic business will also be covered in one or more courses. Students learn to apply and integrate the technical, managerial, and conceptual skills needed to plan and conduct IT audits and to establish appropriate controls.Students are responsible for completing the prerequisites for all courses taken for the IT Audit and Control concentration.<br>The Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems degree provides students with the educational background for pursuing an exciting career in applying computers in business and government to process data and solve a wide variety of business problems. <br><br>The computer is an important tool, which processes information for management decision making. Managers can be more effective and efficient when assisted by computer-based information systems. Students pursuing a degree in Management Information Systems will learn how the computer can be applied to produce information both for controlling the day-to-day operations of a business and for planning for the future of that business. With a Management Information Systems degree, the study of information systems and quantitative analysis prepares students for pursuing career opportunities in business data management, management information systems, systems analysis, systems design, decision support, information security, electronic commerce, and other related areas.