Information Systems, MSIS

Core Requirements (33 Credit Hours)

• IS 8005 - Informatics (Must be completed in student’s first semester in MSIS)
• IS 8060 - Information Systems Development Methods and Technologies
• IS 8080 - Database Application Design and Implementation
• IS 8100 - Advanced IT Project Management
• IS 8200 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Systems
• IS 8310 - Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance
• IS 8400 - Enterprise Process Models
• IS 8600 - Global IS Management
• IS 8920 - IT Customer Relationship Management
• IS 8935 - Business Intelligence - Traditional and Big Data Analytics
• IS 8940 - Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning

• Note:  

  1. The Informatics course must be completed in the student’s first semester of coursework.
  2. The remaining 30 core credits can be earned in any sequence of the student’s choice.
  3. None of the flexible capstone experience courses can be taken before the student has completed at least 12 credit hours of MSIS coursework at KSU including summer semesters, if any.

Capstone Experience Elective Course (3 Credit Hours)

Only one of the following six options can be taken for credit toward the MSIS degree.

• IS 8700 - Information Systems Policy and Strategy
• IS 8900 - Special Topics in Information Systems
• IS 8910 - Special Projects in Information Systems
• IS 8916 - Cooperative Education
• IS 8918 - Internship
• IS 8990 - Thesis

• Note:  None of the flexible capstone experience courses can be taken before the student has completed at least 12 credit hours of MSIS coursework at KSU including summer semesters, if any.  The thesis course in the flexible capstone experience can be taken only after a student has successfully completed 18 credit hours of MSIS coursework at KSU as described in the set of prerequisite courses for MSIS thesis (IS 8990).

Program Total (36 Credit Hours)