Information Systems, Law, and Operations

Faculty

Office: Sellinger Hall, Room 318
Telephone: 410‑617‑6772
Website: www.loyola.edu/sellinger-business/academics/departments/information-systems-law-and-operations

Chair: Paul Tallon, Professor

Professors: Nan S. Ellis (emerita); Andrea Giampetro-Meyer; John A. Gray (emeritus); Ellen D. Hoadley (emerita); Elizabeth J. Kennedy; Charles R. Margenthaler (emeritus); Gloria Phillips-Wren; Phoebe C. Sharkey (emerita); Leroy F. Simmons (emeritus); Ravi Srinivasan; Paul Tallon
Associate Professors: Jay R. Brown; Timothy Brown, S.J.; Theresa Jefferson; Jake London; A. Kimbrough Sherman (emeritus); Laurette P. Simmons (emerita); George M. Wright (emeritus)
Assistant Professors: Dobin Yim
Executive in Residence: Brant Matthews
Assistant Teaching Professor: Pethigamage (Lami) Perera
Affiliate Faculty: Michael Best; William Finegan; Taylor Green; Abigail Hurson; Christian Lassiter; Salvatore Lenzo; Frank Houston Mason; Shelley Bliss McGarry; Devin Prater; Geneva Sedgewick; Cate Tierney; Kimberly Wagner

The Information Systems, Law, and Operations Department (ISLO) offers a major in Information Systems and Data Analytics as well as minors in Supply Chain Management and Information Systems and Data Analytics. The department also teaches courses in the Graduate Business Programs and the Master of Science and Data Science (MSDS) program (through Loyola College of Arts and Sciences).

The major and minor in Information Systems and Data Analytics prepare students to lead, create, apply, and manage advanced technology solutions in all areas of business to enhance decision making, address challenges, and capitalize on strategic opportunities. Information and technology are essential for the creation, enablement, coordination, control, communication, and innovation of effective organizations to gain competitive advantage and thus contribute to society. Courses routinely involve experiential learning along with opportunities for developing hands-on technical skills. Students are offered electives, internships, a national honor society, a student club, an independent study supervised by a faculty member, and domestic and international study tours. Students can earn a prestigious Business Intelligence (BI) certificate from SAS, Inc., alongside a series of digital badges in areas such as SQL, sports analytics, and data visualization (R, Python, and Tableau). Students outside the business school can earn a micro-credential in Information Systems and Data Analytics. An external advisory board comprising 50 information technology professionals with varying degrees of seniority, from business analysts through Chief Information Officer, provides curriculum recommendations, student mentoring, and linkage to a variety of publicly traded and privately held companies.

Learning Aims

The Information Systems and Data Analytics major prepares students for a career at the interface of information systems and data analytics. The learning goals of the major enable students to:

Acquire skills and competencies in information systems and operations management to contribute to an organization upon entry.
Develop an understanding of the conceptual frameworks of information systems and operations management.
Acquire knowledge of the processes of organizations and the key role that information systems play.
Develop the capability and initiative to lead organizations through technological changes.
Undertake discernment and understanding of responsible approaches to ethical issues in technology use by society, organizations, and individuals.

Programs

Major

Minor

Courses

Information Systems

Law and Social Responsibility/Business Law

Operations