MIS 301Lower division3 credit hours
MIS 301 Introduction to Information Technology Management
Since 2011, MIS 301 has averaged 3.32 with 25% A’s. In Spring 2026 it averaged 3.66, about the same as other undergraduate MIS classes that term.
- Credit hours
- 3
- Level
- Lower division
- Class hours a week
- 3
- Grading
- Letter grade only
- Repeat for credit
- No
- Core curriculum
- Natural science and technology, part II (093)
- Latest grades
- Spring 2026
What grades did students get?
Spring 2026: 579 letter grades, 3.66 average GPA, 48% A’s, 10 sections
Bars show the selected term. Short lines show all terms combined.
Grade counts
| Grade | Students | Share | All terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 277 | 47.8% | 25.4% |
| A− | 162 | 28.0% | 23.2% |
| B+ | 64 | 11.1% | 17.1% |
| B | 39 | 6.7% | 14.7% |
| B− | 18 | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| C+ | 8 | 1.4% | 4.0% |
| C | 3 | 0.5% | 3.0% |
| C− | 6 | 1.0% | 1.6% |
| D+ | 2 | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| D | 0 | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| D− | 0 | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| F | 0 | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Q, W, CR, and others | 16 | Not in the average | |
How have grades changed?
UT’s grade reports show 36 terms from Fall 2011 to Spring 2026 (15 falls, 15 springs, and 6 summers).
Every term
| Term | Sections | Letter grades | Average GPA | A’s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | 10 | 579 | 3.66 | 47.8% |
| Fall 2025 | 9 | 452 | 3.52 | 33.4% |
| Spring 2025 | 10 | 517 | 3.55 | 38.7% |
| Fall 2024 | 9 | 484 | 3.50 | 36.6% |
| Spring 2024 | 9 | 567 | 3.52 | 33.5% |
| Fall 2023 | 9 | 531 | 3.25 | 27.5% |
| Spring 2023 | 9 | 529 | 3.24 | 17.2% |
| Fall 2022 | 9 | 501 | 3.23 | 23.4% |
| Spring 2022 | 9 | 485 | 3.24 | 19.8% |
| Fall 2021 | 9 | 461 | 3.29 | 22.1% |
| Spring 2021 | 9 | 330 | 3.53 | 40.0% |
| Fall 2020 | 9 | 433 | 3.38 | 25.2% |
| Spring 2020 | 9 | 263 | 3.60 | 31.6% |
| Fall 2019 | 9 | 520 | 3.20 | 9.6% |
| Spring 2019 | 9 | 528 | 3.32 | 29.9% |
| Fall 2018 | 9 | 550 | 3.30 | 22.2% |
| Spring 2018 | 9 | 482 | 3.19 | 18.9% |
| Fall 2017 | 9 | 551 | 3.21 | 15.6% |
| Summer 2017 | 1 | 12 | 3.58 | 33.3% |
| Spring 2017 | 9 | 570 | 3.21 | 13.3% |
| Fall 2016 | 9 | 543 | 3.19 | 13.4% |
| Summer 2016 | 1 | 17 | 3.49 | 23.5% |
| Spring 2016 | 9 | 514 | 3.19 | 20.6% |
| Fall 2015 | 9 | 589 | 3.18 | 13.9% |
| Summer 2015 | 1 | 24 | 3.28 | 25.0% |
| Spring 2015 | 8 | 496 | 3.18 | 17.9% |
| Fall 2014 | 9 | 595 | 3.24 | 17.6% |
| Summer 2014 | 1 | 37 | 3.31 | 35.1% |
| Spring 2014 | 8 | 561 | 3.21 | 25.8% |
| Fall 2013 | 8 | 543 | 3.46 | 30.2% |
| Summer 2013 | 1 | 49 | 3.80 | 75.5% |
| Spring 2013 | 7 | 463 | 3.30 | 25.3% |
| Fall 2012 | 9 | 568 | 3.35 | 36.8% |
| Summer 2012 | 1 | 35 | 3.56 | 40.0% |
| Spring 2012 | 7 | 412 | 3.31 | 27.4% |
| Fall 2011 | 9 | 522 | 3.31 | 31.0% |
What’s MIS 301 about?
Explores how information technology helps to achieve competitive advantage and improve decision making, business processes, operations, and organizational design. Uses a cross-functional perspective to recognize the role of technology across business activities of management, finance, marketing, human resources, and operations. Management Information Systems 301 and 301H may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Past syllabi
Each lists the readings, exams, and grade weights.
- Fall 2024, section 04455 ↗
- Fall 2024, section 04460 ↗
- Fall 2024, section 04465 ↗
- Fall 2024, section 04470 ↗
- Fall 2024, section 04475 ↗
- Fall 2024, section 04480 ↗
- Fall 2024, section 04484 ↗
- Spring 2024, section 04330 ↗
- Spring 2024, section 04335 ↗
- Spring 2024, section 04365 ↗
237 more on UT’s syllabus search ↗
Who can take it
Restricted to students in the McCombs School of Business.
What comes before and after?
Prerequisites
None listed in UT’s catalog.
You can get credit for only one of these
More MIS classes
How we got this
Class details come from UT’s Management Information Systems catalog page, checked October 27, 2026.
Grades come from UT’s grade dashboard, updated October 27, 2026. UT leaves out some small classes to protect students’ privacy. Past grades describe earlier terms; your section, instructor, and effort shape yours.
We count each A–F grade once. A’s counts A grades, and A− has its own bar. Subject averages use every letter grade in that subject and level that term, including this class. How the averages are calculated.
Syllabus links come from UT’s public syllabus index, checked October 27, 2026.
Before you register
Sections, times, and seats change every term. Check MIS 301 in UT’s class schedule for the semester you’re planning.