Welcome to the Operations & Information Systems Department! We offer programs leading to both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

At the undergraduate level, our students can earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems or Analytics & Operations Management. At the graduate level, we offer a Master of Science degree in Business Analytics, a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems and Management Science and graduate certificates in Business Analytics and Supply-Chain & Operations Management.

Career opportunities in the Operations and Information Systems area include:

  • Business Analytics
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • System Analysis and Design
  • Database Management
  • Network Security
  • Operations Management
  • System Analysts
  • Supply Chain Management

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Operations & Information Systems News

  • People stand in line to vote. A table has signs with flags and the word "vote."

    Shorter Lines, Stronger Democracy: UML Researchers Take on Voting Inequities

    To improve the fairness and efficiency of elections, a multidisciplinary team at UMass Lowell is developing a mathematical model to optimize poll worker assignment and voting machine allocation to reduce voting wait times, particularly in minority-dominated areas.
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    Local Business Leaders Get Crash Course in AI

    Manning School of Business Assoc. Dean Amit Deokar shared his AI expertise with nearly 80 local business leaders during his recent talk, “Leveraging Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges in the New Era of Work.” It was the inaugural event of a new Business Leaders Roundtable series hosted by UMass Lowell, Enterprise Bank and the Middlesex 3 Coalition.
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  • Two people have a conversation in a room while people mill in the background.

    Joy Tong Women in Business Pays It Forward

    Joy Tong Women in Business members presented Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell with a $2,000 fundraising donation during a dinner celebrating the student organization’s seven years in the Manning School of Business.