Registration for Spring 2025 Classes

Course enrollment for the Spring 2025 semester starts October 28 2024.

Please follow the steps outlined in this page when you prepare for course registration!

These are the courses that are offered for the MSIS program. The electives includes courses from other programs that are eligible and offered online.

Course NoCourse NameInstructorCampus
Required   
DSE 502Programming Foundations for DSE*** (equiv. to SIE507)K. BirdUM
SIE 550Information Systems Design***T. HahmannUM
SIE 525Information Systems Law***G. NelsonUM
Electives   
SIE508Object-Oriented Programming***S. NittelUM
SIE 510Geographic Information Systems Applications***M. CresseyUM
SIE 516Interactive Technologies for Solving Real-World Problems***N. GiudiceUM
SIE 557Database System Applications***J. PaulUM
BUA 680Foundations of Business Intelligence and Analysis***Y. Lu / H. TakedaUM
BUA 683Information Visualization***Y. LuUM
BUA 686Predictive Analytics and Business Forecasting***Q. ZhengUM
DIG 550Digital Preservation***Ippolito/BirdUM
CYB 501Cybersecurity FundamentalsH. FelchUMA

Note that UMA and USM courses are not yet available for registration or search.

If you cannot register for a BUA course, please contact Dr. Meghan Gardner (meghan.gardner At maine.edu).

These are the SIE courses that are tentatively offered in Fall 2025.

Course NoCourse NameInstructorCampus
Required   
SIE 507Information Systems Programming***N. RanasingheUM
SIE 509Principles of Geographic Information Systems***TBAUM
SIE 515Human-Computer Interaction***N. GiudiceUM
SIE 550Formal Foundations of Information Systems***T. HahmannUM
Electives   
SIE 559Geosensor Networks***S. NittelUM
  • After the initial enrollment, you can self-service enroll in courses using Mainestreet.
    • Please check with the Grad School for more information here.
    • You can enroll in and drop courses.
    • Note, that each semester, courses usually can be added until the end of the first semester week, and dropped for a full refund until about 3 weeks after the beginning of the semester.
  • Before contacting your academic advisor to determine the courses for the following semester, please fill out or update your program of study spreadsheet (below) and send it along to your advisor when requesting a meeting.
  • MSIS: MS IS Curriculum Sheet
  • Taking courses at other UM campuses:
    • You will register as a non-degree student at the other campuses to take a course. Please check the contact information below.
    • If you have financial support (such as a graduate assistantship), please fill out and submit a Domestic Study away form. (form)
    • If you do not have financial support via UM, please contact Emily Kuhlmann (emily.kuhlmann@maine.edu) at the end of the semester to transfer the credit to UMaine. She will ask you to fill out a program of study, including the transferred credit.
    • For courses at UMA, please contact: