Research on Comparison of MIS Curriculums between China and USA

The development of "global information society" is transforming nearly all business processes including information system education, and one implication of this transformation is that a new curriculum of management information system (MIS) should include new components of internationalization and should be accessible to other cultures. This paper first introduce the history of MIS major in China and USA, then the objectives, courses architectures, contents of course in China MIS curriculum and USA MIS curriculum are compared, and the advantages and disadvantages are discussed. In the end, conclusions are drawn, and the conclusions include that MIS curriculums must have clear objectives, scientific courses architectures, and some courses can be taught in English.