Prepare students for productive careers and amplify their potential for lifelong personal and professional growth.
Prepare students to conduct research with an emphasis on applied, interdisciplinary efforts encompassing architecture, design, including the physical and life sciences, engineering, mathematics, infrastructure systems, computing information, communications technologies and management.
Prepare students for service to urban environments and the broader society of the city, state, nation and global community by conducting public policy studies, making educational opportunities widely available and initiating community‐building projects.

Apply knowledge from computing, mathematics, statistics and management to ensure effective Information Systems practice.
Analyze problems and systems
Identify, define and design appropriate computing, IS and IT solutions, tools and methodologies.
Achieve and demonstrate a working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle, which includes requirements analysis, systems design, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance and evaluation, and apply it to Information Systems projects that solve problems where computing solutions are appropriate.
Function effectively on teams in order to accomplish a desired goal.
Understand the ethical, societal and professional responsibilities of the Information Systems professional.