Degree Requirements
The University�s general degree
requirements are discussed here.
The M.S. degree in ITM requires a
minimum of 36 credit hours, consisting of basic business courses, IT foundation
courses, IT elective courses, and free electives. The business core
courses are designed to provide incoming students with the context to better
appreciate and understand the complex issues that occur at the interface
between IT and business. The IT foundation courses cover the essentials
of IT knowledge that any student must possess. The IT elective courses
provide in-depth knowledge of the technology and technology management
issues. In addition, students may choose approved electives that maximize
their individual educational and professional goals. The program also offers
opportunities for students to concentrate in specific tracks such as �Enterprise
Systems�, �Healthcare Systems�, and �Information Security�
depending on their interests and goals. The students can contact the advising
office for the recommended courses for these tracks.
Students must maintain a 3.0 grade
point average in both core courses and in aggregate courses to qualify for the
M.S. degree.
Basic Business Core Courses (minimum
of 9 credit hours from the following)
AIM 6305 Accounting for Managers
FIN 6301 Financial Management
MECO 6303 Business Economics
MKT 6301 Marketing Management
OPRE 6301 Quantitative Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty in Business
OPRE 6302 Operations Management
OB 6301 Organizational Behavior
IT Foundation Courses (12 credit
hours)
MIS 6316 Data Communications
MIS 6323 Object Oriented Systems
MIS 6326 Database Management Systems
MIS 6308 Systems Analysis and Project Management
IT Electives Choose 9 hours from the
list of courses that have an MIS prefix.
MIS 6302 Information Technology
Strategy and Management
MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing with SAP
MIS 6314 Systems Re-Engineering
MIS 6317 Healthcare Informatics
MIS 6318 Electronic Commerce
MIS 6319 Enterprise Resource
Planning
MIS 6322 Developing Business Applications with Visual Basic
MIS 6324 Business Intelligence
Software and Techniques
MIS 6325 Advanced Telecommunications
MIS 6327 Analysis and Design of
Telecommunication Networks
MIS 6329 Contemporary Issues in Telecommunications
MIS 6330 Information Technology
Security
MIS 6332 Advanced ERP: Sales and Distribution
MIS 6334 Advanced Business
Intelligence
MIS 6352 Web Systems Design and Development
MIS 6355 Information Technology for
E-Business
MIS 6360 Software Project Management
MIS 6369 Supply Chain Software
MIS 6378 (AIM 6378) Enterprise
Systems and CRM
MIS 6379 SAP ABAP Programming
Free Electives (6 credit hours)
Any course from the set of IT
electives may be used as a free elective. Also any course from the set of
business core courses, or any other graduate level business course may be used
as a free elective.
The following are some of the other
IT-related courses offered by the school.
AIM 6336 Information Technology
Audit and Risk Management
AIM 6338 Accounting Systems
Integration and Configuration
AIM 6339 Financial Reporting using
XBRL and XML
AIM 6340 Information Technology
Project Management
AIM 6343 Accounting Information
Systems
AIM 6378 Enterprise Systems and CRM
AIM 6384 Analytical Reviews using
Audit Software
AIM 6385 Managerial Accounting in
Enterprise Systems
IMS 6314 Global E-business Marketing
MECO 6311 Economics of Information
Goods
MKT 6322 Internet Business Models
MKT 6323 Database Marketing
OPRE 6332
Spreadsheet Modeling
OPRE 6386 Applied Programming
Languages