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2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Inclusive Education
  

  • INED 8330:Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into the Inclusive Education/ESOL Ed.D. program.
    Candidates will gain a clear understanding of how to plan and deliver culturally responsive instruction that closes the achievement gap for students with disabilities, as well as those who are culturally and linguistically diverse. The course focuses on the culture of the classroom and addresses discourse structure, applied behavior analysis, classroom ecologies, research-based applications, and action research. Candidates will participate in distributed school leadership that will allow leadership potential to be developed and recognized. In that regard, candidates will demonstrate the ability to reform classroom organization and structures to improve the performance of their students.
  

  • INED 8335:Special Education from a Historical Perspective

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Inclusive Education Ed.S./Ed.D. program or approval of the instructor and program coordinator.
    This course addresses the historical evolution of educational services for individuals with disabilities within an ethic of justice framework. Critical analysis of the impact of events related to human rights and cross-cultural views of education and disability are emphasized. Candidates will examine ethical dilemmas from legal, theoretical, contextual, and practical perspectives to expand their view of education as it applies to alal students in diverse P-12 classrooms.
  

  • INED 8340:Planning, Implementing & Assessing Instruction for Diverse Learners

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Inclusive Education/ESOL Ed.D. Program.
    This course focuses on providing opportunities for candidates to plan, implement, and assess instructional activities in diverse settings. Candidates will examine the foundations of education and diversity of special pupil populations with an emphasis on the value and structure of the integrated general classroom as it relates to the identification of learning needs of students with emotional, cognitive, physical, sensory and multiple disabilities. Case Study Analysis will be employed. Distributed School Leadership (DSL) roles will be embedded in the course to give candidates an opportunity to recognize their potential to improve the learning and performance of students and teachers.
  

  • INED 8350:Increasing Achievement of Diverse Learners Through Practical Application

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Inclusive Education/ESOL Ed.D. program and INED 8340  
    The goal of the course is threefold: (1) to examine the professional research and theory on instructional design for inclusive classrooms; (2) to demonstrate the ability to design curriculum; and instruction for such settings; and (3) and to apply this body of knowledge and skills in a P-12 setting. Distributed School Leadership (DSL) roles will be embedded in the course to give candidates an opportunity to recognize their potential for leadership by engaging in reform of curriculum, assessment and instruction.
  

  • INED 8360:Equitable Education for Diverse Learners

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Inclusive Education Ed.S./Ed.D. program or approval of the instructor.
    This course is designed to examine the academic and behavioral outcomes for diverse learners including students with disabilities. A particular emphasis will be on exploring high performing high poverty schools, alternative programs in schools, charter schools, and non-schooling contexts. Candidates will critically investigate how alternative institutions, theories, and practices are created to equitably educate diverse learners with an emphasis on the following domains: historical context, teachers, leadership, families and community, student support personnel, and curriculum.
  

  • INED 8760:Curriculum Development for English Learners and Students with Exceptionalities

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in Education.
    This course prepares professional educators to examine the relationship between the research base and applied practice especially as they relate to diverse learners (academically and/or culturally and linguistically). Candidates will examine the characteristics and needs of English language learners and students with exceptionalities, explore evidence-based practices for specific populations, employ a curriculum decision-making process that aligns with the Georgia Performance Standards and the Common Core, and translates to improved pedagogy and student achievement, and critically analyze existing curriculum guidelines as they relate to traditionally marginalized learners.
  

  • INED 8800:Data in Educational Research and Practice

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Inclusive Education Ed.S./Ed.D. program or approval of the instructor.
    This course will further candidates’ understandings of national, state, and local data systems. As a result of this course students will: 1) access, analyze, and critique data patterns at multiple levels including student outcome data; 2) design appropriate program evaluation; 3) analyze and critique issues of diversity within inclusive education data sets; and 4) develop a personal sense of individual research interests and commitment to pursuing relevant and meaningful research in inclusive education.
  

  • INED 8900:Epistemological Stance and Theoretical Frameworks in Education

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Inclusive Education Ed.S./Ed.D. program or approval of the instructor and program coordinator.
    This course will introduce candidates to theoretical and conceptual frameworks in education research and practice. Candidates will engage with concepts such as history in person, figured worlds, and apply theoretical frameworks in critical theory, critical curriculum studies and disability studies to their analysis of topics in special education. They will also apply these theories to practice, and develop alternative critical pedagogies to meet the challenge of providing socially just and equitable schooling for all students.
  

  • INED 9300:Critical Issues for Student Learning: (Topic)

    3 (Repeatable) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.S./Ed.D. program and permission of the advisor.
    A doctoral seminar focused on analysis and problem solving of a current topic of vital concern relevant to teaching, leading and student learning as they apply to students with disabilities and/or those who are culturally and/or linguistically diverse.
  

  • INED 9350:Doctoral Directed Study

    1-9 (Repeatable) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Ed.D. program and permission of the advisor.
    Individualized and independent scholarly investigation and research of an important topic involving teaching, leading and student learning, particularly as they apply to students with disabilities and/or those who are culturally and/or linguistically diverse. The focus, content and expectations for this study will be formally established by the doctoral student and supervising professor.
  

  • INED 9900:Dissertation

    1-9 (Repeatable) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 12 hours of graduate level research courses.
    Course work supports and guides doctoral candidates in the implementation of their research and the development and defense of the dissertation. This format and structure will provide individual time with the Doctoral Committee and collegial and academic support from their peers.

    Note Course may be repeated as necessary.

Information and Instructional Design
  

  • IID 6001:Foundations of Instructional Technology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of IID program core courses
    Course provides students a detailed introduction to and overview of the field of instructional design-technology. Emphasis on historical origins and principles, seminal literature, important theorists, current and best practices, emerging technologies, and future directions. Provides students with the “big picture” of instructional technology and gives them a context for future courses.
  

  • IID 6010:Technology Applications in Teaching and Learning

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to MSIID Program
    Course provides a comprehensive overview of technology applied to teaching and learning needs from historical to contemporary applications to emerging technologies.Ê Emphasis on theory and literature underlying judicious technology integration, myths and realities, challenges and affordances.
  

  • IID 6020:Corporate Applications of Industrial Technology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to MSIID program and completion of half of core courses
    Course provides opportunities to directly explore exemplary education, training, and performance support centers in the Metro Atlanta corporate sector.Ê Special attention to emerging technologies and challenges to quality and success.Ê Extensive literatue review and reflective field experience reports provide opportunities to examine the opportunities, and latest tools, techniques, and solutions.
  

  • IID 6050:Instructional Applications of Multimedia Design

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Course introduces and applies theories, tools and techniques of professional multimedia use in instructional design settings.
  

  • IID 6140:Instructional Systems Design

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IDC 6001  
    Course introduces and applies the literature, tools, and techniques of systematic instructional design. Includes substantial online course elements. Students will study major models of instructional design and apply them to develop and refine a unit of instruction. The course addresses the literature and theory underlying formal instructional development particularly cognitive psychology – and provides practice in goal analysis, team instructional development, formative evaluation, and evaluation.
  

  • IID 6141:Advanced Instructional Systems Design

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Project-based course proceeds from foundations course in instructional design to apply design principles and adult learning theory to accomplish real world instructional goals.
  

  • IID 6145:Human Performance Technology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Course applies tools, and techniques of human performance technology, the parent field of instructional design. The performance technologist analyzes and solves workplace human productivity issues.
  

  • IID 6155:Online Instructional Development

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Course explores online instructional development and deployment in higher education and corporate arenas, addressing issues of pedagogy, current and emerging technologies, marketing, design, and evaluation. Students will create, deploy and evaluate online instructional modules in a variety of online technologies.

Information Design and Communication
  

  • IDC 5001:Writing in the Professions

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the conventions of professional written discourse for graduate-level work. Course reviews grammar, style and writing for students who demonstrate weak writing skills or for students without writing-intensive undergrad degrees. Also introduces writing for areas of information design, content development, visual thinking and instructional design. Taken the first semester of enrollment in the MSIDC, MSIID and certificate in Technical Communication programs.
  

  • IDC 5002:Graphics in the Profession

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    For students without page layout or graphic backgrounds: introduction to the conventions of professional graphics and document layout for graduate-level work. Course reviews industry standard page layout and graphic application skills such as initial setting up of documents, creating styles, adding graphics and graphic elements; creating and manipulating elementary digital graphics in both raster and vector formats, including changing color modes, resolving resolution issues, and choosing correct file formats; understanding different types of graphs and how to create them and when to use them; and identifying copyright issues.
  

  • IDC 6001:Professional Practices of Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Overview of technical writing and editing. Emphasis on drafting and editing many documents that reflect the variety of writing done in the field of professional communication. Both experienced and inexperienced writers will benefit from this course, which must be taken the first semester of enrollment in the master’s program.
  

  • IDC 6002:Information Design

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Study of the main design elements in information products with an emphasis on rhetorical and theoretical underpinnings for design decisions. Students work on designing and redesigning products in various media. Requirements include a report on document design that demonstrates solid application of theoretical principles. Should be taken as soon as possible after admission.
  

  • IDC 6004:Research Methods

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to how to make practical use of research to inform information design and communication decisions. Students learn to create and to be critical consumers of research reports by getting hands-on exposure to quantitative and qualitative methods, including interviewing, survey design, and analysis. The course teaches how to use standard software products such as MS Word and MS Excel to perform basic qualitative and quantitative analyses. Although students learn important statistical concepts, formulas and calculations are de-emphasized.
  

  • IDC 6005:Visual Thinking

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Course examines principles of effective visual communication. Students analyze visual artifacts, select visual representations for key concepts, and identify appropriate visual forms for different information structures.
  

  • IDC 6030:Visual Design Strategy

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IDC 6001   or departmental approval
    Application of fundamental elements and principles of graphic design to professional communication. 
  

  • IDC 6035:Information Graphics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Process and product of visual representation and display of information utilizing advanced techniques to produce infographics. Research and production of data infographics, visual instructions and comics as infographics, dashboards, and news infographics. Must have working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator or comparable raster-based and vector-based image applications.
  

  • IDC 6090:Medical Communication

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IDC 6001  
    Course examines the scope of medical communication, with emphasis on opportunities for technical communication professionals. Students will analyze, edit, and revise various medical document types, such as medical research abstracts, patient education materials, professional medical training documents, medical advertisements, and pharmaceutical package inserts. Students will independently study medical terminology and develop a portfolio of medical writing samples.
  

  • IDC 7601:Internship

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 27 hours of IDC coursework or consent of the program coordinator, confirmation of approved internship
    Course provides student with hands-on experience in information design and technical communication in a professional environment. Work should be typical of information designers and technical communicators. Work may be either an extended project or a variety of shorter assignments. (Total of 6 hours of Masters Internship required.)
  

  • IDC 7602:Internship

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 27 hours of IDC coursework or consent of the program coordinator, confirmation of approved internship
    Course provides student with hands-on experience in information design and technical communication in a professional environment. Work should be typical of information designers and technical communicators. Work may be either an extended project or a variety of shorter assignments. (Total of 6 hours of Masters Internship required.)
  

  • IDC 7603:Internship

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 27 hours of IDC coursework or consent of the program coordinator, confirmation of approved internship
    Course provides student with hands-on experience in information design and technical communication in a professional environment. Work should be typical of information designers and technical communicators. Work may be either an extended project or a variety of shorter assignments. (Total of 6 hours of Masters Internship required.)
  

  • IDC 7801:Thesis

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 30 hours of IDC coursework or consent of the program coordinator, approval of thesis proposal
    Intensive research project that results in a formal written thesis. Usually flows from an area of interest discovered by the student in early stages of the Information Design and Communication program or through work experience. Thesis work will be closely supervised by the student’s advisor. Students may enroll for a maximum of 3 hours per term for thesis credit, with exceptions at the discretion of the department chair. (Total of 6 hours of Thesis required.)
  

  • IDC 7802:Thesis

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 30 hours of IDC coursework or consent of the program coordinator, approval of thesis proposal
    Intensive research project that results in a formal written thesis. Usually flows from an area of interest discovered by the student in early stages of the Information Design and Communication program or through work experience. Thesis work will be closely supervised by the student’s advisor. Students may enroll for a maximum of 3 hours per term for thesis credit, with exceptions at the discretion of the department chair. (Total of 6 hours of Thesis required.)
  

  • IDC 7803:Thesis

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 30 hours of IDC coursework or consent of the program coordinator, approval of thesis proposal
    Intensive research project that results in a formal written thesis. Usually flows from an area of interest discovered by the student in early stages of the Information Design and Communication program or through work experience. Thesis work will be closely supervised by the student’s advisor. Students may enroll for a maximum of 3 hours per term for thesis credit, with exceptions at the discretion of the department chair. (Total of 6 hours of Thesis required.)

Information Systems
  

  • IS 8005:Informatics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MSIS program or permission of the program director.
    This course will provide students with a study of the application of computer and statistical techniques to the management of information, and the science and art of turning data into information. This course requires the student to further refine technical research and authoring skills, report writing and presentations, computer-based statistical analyses and information organization and presentation.

    Note This course is required of all MSIS students in their first semester.
  

  • IS 8060:Information Systems Development Methods and Technologies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IS 8005  
    This course examines the Systems Development Life Cycle and the technologies used to implement high-quality information systems. A variety of modeling techniques will be used by students to articulate client requirements and convert them into implementable specifications. Prototyping and methodology engineering will be covered.
  

  • IS 8080:Database Application Design and Implementation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program director.
    This course examines contemporary strategies for the design and implementation of applications supported by back-end database systems. Topics include data administration, data mining, user-interface design, reporting, data integrity issues, and distributed databases. Relational and object-oriented technologies are covered.
  

  • IS 8090:Leveraging Information Systems in Business

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MBA program or permission of the program director.
    In this introduction course, students learn the principles, applications and management of computer information systems. Criteria to assess the valuee, risks, and costs associated with computer information systems and how these technologies bring measurable strategic and tactical advantages are analyzed. Issues relating to successful organizational adoption as well as ethical, moral, social, and legal aspects of computer information systems in business processes are discussed. Business cases bolster the theories from text and provide real-world contexts for exploration, understanding and analysis of strategic objectives including those relating to successful implementation of computer information systems in ERP, Supply Chain, CRM, and E-business.
  

  • IS 8100:Advanced IT Project Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the program director.
    Implementation and reflection of project management principles for Information Systems projects. Students will analyze case studies and readings that address project risk management, project portfolio management, project management for global teams, integrated project teams, and virtual project teams. Project management software will be used to facilitate team projects and project reporting.
  

  • IS 8200:Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the program director.
    This course is a case based survey of contemporary legal and ethical issues faced by IS professionals. Topics include a review of applicable statutes and regulations that impact the IS organization. Students will conduct on-line research and explore ethical issues at the leading edge of the organization’s technology frontiers.
  

  • IS 8305:Foundations of Information Security

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program director.
    Examination of current Standards of Due Care and Best Business Practices in Information Security. Includes examination of security technologies, methodologies, and practices. Focus is on evaluation and selection of optimal security posture. Topics include evaluation of security models, risk assessment, threat analysis, organizational technology evaluation, security implementation, disaster recovery planning and security policy formulation and implementation.
  

  • IS 8310:Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program director.
    This course includes detailed examinations of critical information security and information systems requirements for governance, risk management, and compliance planning. It includes an examination of policies, procedures, and staffing functions necessary to organize and administrate ongoing security functions in the organization to support secure business and information system operations. Subjects to be covered include IT/InfoSec Governance, security planning and practices, legal and regulatory compliance, continuity planning, and disaster recovery planning.
  

  • IS 8320:Information Security Technologies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program director. 
    Detailed examinations of the application of technical controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and information assets. Includes tools, techniques and technologies in the protection of information from internal and external threats. Topics covered include: firewall configurations, hardening operating systems, intrusion detection systems and virtual private networks.
  

  • IS 8330:Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the program director.
    A detailed study of strategic and tactical planning for non-standard operations resulting from events beyond the organization’s control. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning prepares the student to develop and execute plans to enable the organization to recover operations and continue critical business functions in the event of a disaster. This course includes an overview of incident response planning as a possible precursor to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity and also examines Crisis Management planning.
  

  • IS 8400:Enterprise Process Models

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the program director.
    Modern information systems contain many vendor-supplied components that must be selected, integrated, tested, and installed. This course analyzed current practices in systems integration, including enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and data integration. Further, this course explores the impact of enterprise models on work practices and the role of systems in transforming global organizations and markets.
  

  • IS 8500:Emerging Technologies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IS 8005   or permission of the program director.
    This course addresses emerging technologies, how they evolve, how to identify them, and the effect of international, political, social, economic, and cultural factors on them. This course describes the business impacts of disruptive technologies, international perspectives on emerging technologies, and forecasting methodologies, such as monitoring, expert opinion, trend analysis, and scenario construction.
  

  • IS 8600:Global IS Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IS 8005   or permission of the program director.
    This course examines the concepts and issues inherent in global/international IT. The global IS economy is characterized by an environment where customer and supplier organizations can buy or sell IS products and services from/to anywhere on the globe. This new environment is largely fostered by the spread of the Internet, global software development standards, global software packages, and fewer trade restrictions, U.S. organizations now regularly source software development, software maintenance, systems upgrades, platform transitions, help desks, and other IS-related work globally. In this course, students will use case studies and readings to analyze, interpret, and discuss companies that compete in the global IT environment.
  

  • IS 8700:Information Systems Policy and Strategy

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IS 8005  
    A capstone course, which integrates the program’s coursework into comprehensive, IS policies and procedures, which support the organization’s mission. Students will review and evaluate actual corporate IS strategies in a case-study format.
  

  • IS 8722:e-Business Systems Strategy

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program director.
    This course focuses on business process redesign and change management in the context of e-business. Topics include impact of e-business on business models, channel relationships and the value chain, integration of emerging technologies with legacy systems, functional and inter-organizational integration, and transaction cost issues. Applications include supply and selling chain management, customer relation management, enterprise resource planning, e-procurement, and knowledge tone applications.
  

  • IS 8724:e-Business Technologies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program director.
    This course focuses on core e-business technologies. Topics include risk management, Internet protocols and security standards, cryptography and authentication, firewalls, electronic payment systems and intelligent agents. Students will conduct an analysis of infrastructure components from functional and management perspectives.
  

  • IS 8726:e-Business Systems Solution

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Full admission to the MSIS program or permission of the graduate program director.
    This course focuses on analysis, design, development and deployment of e-business solutions by investigating business problems and examining emerging technologies and evolving e-business system solutions including composite applications, knowledge management systems, portals, decision support systems and business intelligence. Case study analysis will be heavily employed.
  

  • IS 8800:IT Leadership

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IS 8005   or permission of the program director.
    This course focuses on the IT leadership of an overall organizational system consisting of the enterprise itself, the IS function and its role in using IT and information assets to support the organization, and the information technology architecture. Basic concepts of the leader, follower, and situation that influence IT decision-making are discussed. The role of the CIO within the organization is also discussed.
  

  • IS 8900:Special Topics in Information Systems

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be approved by graduate program director.
    Exploration of selected contemporary topics of interest to the student and sponsoring faculty.

    Note Can be repeated for credit.
  

  • IS 8910:Special Projects in Information Systems

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be approved by graduate program director.
    Special projects and/or thesis option for students who wish to pursue advanced work on a particular subject in a specialized area.

    Note Can be repeated for credit.
  

  • IS 8916:Cooperative Education

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be approved by graduate program director.
  

  • IS 8918:Internship

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Must be approved by graduate program director.
  

  • IS 8920:IT Customer Relationship Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the MSIS program or permission of the program director.
    In this course, applications such as customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, and supply chain management in the context of e-business are explored. Business cases are an integral part of this coursework, and provide real-world contexts for the exploration and understandings of the strategic objectives, sources of revenue, core competencies, market competitiveness, critical success factors, and IT infrastructures required for successful implementation of e-business initiatives.
  

  • IS 8935:Business Intelligence - Traditional and Big Data Analytics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: IS 8005
    Business Intelligence centers on collecting, analyzing and understanding attributes and descriptors of events, and actions of stakeholders of an organization and use the insights to strategize actions such as responding to customer complaints etc. Students learn BI analytics including big data analytics in the way they provide value to an organization. Contemporary BI and Big Data technologies are discussed and explained.
  

  • IS 8990:Thesis

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IS 8005  , IS 8060  , IS 8080  , IS 8100  , IS 8200  , and IS 8935  
    This course provides a student an independent academic and/or applied research opportunity in the information systems area under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. The topic of research and method/s of scholastic inquiry are jointly agreed by the faculty supervisor and the graduate student.
  

  • IS 9001:Introduction to Research in Information Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into Coles College doctoral program.
    This is the first course of a multi-course sequence preparing students for conducting research in a discipline of business.  Students are introduced to the major philosophical orientations that drive academic inquiry and the related research designs and methods aligned with these different orientations.  Each aspect of the research process is introduced to develop students’ skills at reviewing academic research, identifying appropriate research questions, using or developing theory to address research questions, and choosing the appropriate research design to address the relevant research questions.  Special emphasis is placed on developing student academic writing skills and identifying ethical issues confronted by researchers.  Differences in research approaches and practices in the various business disciplines are discussed.
  

  • IS 9002:Seminar in Information Systems Research

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into Coles College doctoral program
    This course introduces students to the major research areas in their respective fields.  For each research area considered, students will review both seminal and contemporary research articles drawn from major research journals.  These articles will be chosen by the professor and augmented by the student.  Each seminar will provide a major review of the research questions, theories, research designs and methods relevant to the area of inquiry.  Seminars will be guided by a Kennesaw or global scholar with expertise in the research area and will require extensive preparation and engagement by students.  Course evaluation will include student preparation of a written research proposal pursuing an area of inquiry relevant to the content presented in the course. 
  

  • IS 9003:Seminar in Behavioral and Design Science Research

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into Coles College doctoral program and IS 9001  and BRM 9101  
    This course examines topics and research in business information systems (IS) focusing particularly on the major theories associated with relevant individual and organizational constructs and themes.  It provides an overview of the field of IS and appreciation for its diversity of research.  Theories about technology acceptance and IS success will be explored.  Students are introduced to major fields of research ranging from IT security to health IS.  Each topic is introduced through research paper treatments of seminal theories and models.  The theories and models are then reinforced with current research that applies and/or tests them.
  

  • IS 9004:Seminar in Management of Information systems Research

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into Coles College doctoral program and IS 9001   and BRM 9101  
    This course examines topics and research in the management of Information Systems (IS) focusing particularly on the major theories associated with relevant individual and organizational constructs and themes.  It provides an overview of the field of IS and appreciation for its diversity of research.  Topics include theories about Knowledge Management, IS Strategy, Enterprise Systems and IT in Education.  Each topic is introduced through research paper treatments of seminal theories and models.  The theories and models are then reinforced with current research that applies and/or tests them.
  

  • IS 9601:Seminar in Information Systems Research

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Coles DBA program and completion of DBA 9001   and DBA 9003  
    This course examines topics and research in business information systems (IS) focusing particularly on the major theories associated with relevant individual and organizational constructs and themes. Topics include theories about technology acceptance and IS success. Students are introduced to major fields of research ranging from IT security to strategy and project maanagement tailored particularly to IS. Each topic is introduced through research paper treatments of seminal theories and models. The theories and models are then reinforced with current research that applied and/or tests them.
  

  • IS 9608:Concentration Doctoral Directed Study

    3-9 (repeatable) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Coles DBA program, and completion of DBA 9001   and DBA 9003  
    Individualized and independent scholarly investigation and research of an important topic in business. The focus, content, and expectations for this study will be formally established by the doctoral student and supervising professor to provide the student in-depth knowledge of a research area within the student’s discipline. The culmination of the study will be a research project or literature review resulting in a publishable quality paper.
  

  • IS 9650:Special Topics in Information Systems

    1-3 (repeatable) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Coles DBA program and permission of the director of the DBA program.
    Selected contemporary topics in information systems of mutual interest to doctoral faculty and doctoral students.
  

  • IS 9901:Research Methods and Dissertation Design I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into Coles College doctoral program and IS 9003  and  IS 9004  
    Dissertation Design I is designed to provide a flexible learning experience to prepare students for the dissertation process.  In this course, we focus on a variety of issues including an introduction to the dissertation process, dissertation committee selection and approval, dissertation structure and design, and identification and evaluation of potential topics.  We will also discuss the preparation and writing of the proposal introduction, literature review, and hypotheses.  At the end of the semester, we will also introduce issues of research design (including how data can be collected and what methods should be employed in analyzing the data).  Research design and data analysis will be further explored in Dissertation Design II.  Each topic is introduced
  

  • IS 9902:Research Methods and Dissertation Design II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into Coles College doctoral program and IS 9901  
    The purpose of this course is to provide content to support students during the dissertation design and proposal stage.  The focus is on preparing an effective research design and methods section to support student dissertations.  Topics are introduced through scholarly discussions and course readings.
  

  • IS 9903:Doctoral Directed Study

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into Coles College doctoral program and IS 9003  and  IS 9004   and permission of advisor.
    This course is an individualized and independent scholarly investigation and research of an important topic in business.  The focus, content, and expectations for this study will be formally established by the doctoral student and supervising professor to provide the student in-depth knowledge of a research area within the student’s discipline.  The culmination of the study will be a research project or literature review resulting in a publishable quality paper.
  

  • IS 9904:Dissertation Research

    1-9 (repeatable) Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into Coles College doctoral program; Completion of 12 hours Graduate level research courses, and permission of the advisor.
    Course work supports and guides doctoral candidates in the implementation of their research and the development and defense of the dissertation.  This format and structure will provide individual time with the Doctoral Committee and collegial and academic support from their peers.  This course may be repeated as necessary.

Information Technology
  

  • IT 5413:Software Design and Development

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    In this course, students analyze and formulate software solutions appropriate for an IT organization. Foundational program constructs, software design & development are covered.
  

  • IT 5423:Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, and Networks

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course will cover the most important aspects of computer systems: software, hardware, computer architecture, operating system, networking, etc. Typical computer architectures and operating systems will be introduced. Protocols in different layers of TCP/IP will be discussed. After taking this course, students should have a deep understanding of computer systems and networking and be prepared for higher level CS/IT courses.

     
  

  • IT 5433:Databases: Design and Applications

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course will provide a practical foundation of database systems with emphasis on relational database design, implementation, and management. Topics include normalization, ERD, logical and physical design, SQL query, database applications, usage of XML in database, and data warehouse.
  

  • IT 5443:Web Technologies and Application Development

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5413  
    This course introduces World Wide Web as a fundamental application platform for today’s information systems. Students will examine core aspects of web technologies and web applications, and will develop secure web applications.
  

  • IT 6103:IT Policy and Law

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 6413   or IT 6423   - both can be concurrent
    This elective course will examine aspects of how the law affects an IT operation. Topics such as contract law, internet law, privacy and security will be discussed. Graduates of the MSIT need to know how the law affects IT and understand the basic laws particularly geared toward an IT operation.
  

  • IT 6203:IT Design Studio

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5433   and IT 5443  
    This core course covers technologies and methods of designing and prototyping an IT application from multiple sub-system components. Major projects included, where students will design and prototype two significant IT applications involving n-tiers of sub-system components, where n is greater than 2. The course will require foundational proficiency in all major technical areas of IT including: data management; information assurance and security; networks and communication; servers and platforms; and software and web development.
  

  • IT 6413:IT Service Delivery

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5423   or concurrent
    This class aims to prepare students for such responsibilities. First, it will cover the basics of IT service delivery. Throughout, it will place emphasis on existing and emerging standards for IT service delivery, in particular ITIL. Second, it will cover the basics of finance. The reason is that the senior IT manager will have to be able to justify any projects he or she wishes to undertake in order to improve the IT service his or her organization delivers, and no project justification is complete without a detailed financial analysis of the project.
  

  • IT 6423:IT System Acquisition & Integration

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5413   or IT 5433  
    This core course covers methods and best practices of assessing business needs, functional requirements and value for IT system acquisition (including decisions about appropriate sourcing strategies) and integrating the acquired IT components or services into the existing IT infrastructure. Major project included.
  

  • IT 6473:Multimedia Applications

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5433  
    This course introduces students to current practices, technologies, methodologies, and authoring systems in the design and implementation of systems that incorporate text, audio, images, animation and full-motion video. Students will complete multimedia projects using state-of-the-art tools.
  

  • IT 6503:Foundations of Health Information Technology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course provides an overview of the importance of information technology and information systems in the health care industry. It provides an overview of the healthcare IT industry in the U.S. and clinical terminologies, a review of fundamental characteristics of clinical information, health information exchange stands (HL7); healthcare payment and reimbursement systems, the challenges of IT implementation, and a detailed discussion of the primary clinical and managerial applications of information (including electronic health records - EHR). Group and individual research will be required.
  

  • IT 6513:Electronic Health Record Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 6503  
    This course provides an overview of the importance of key technical aspects of electronic health records, the overall architecture, features and functions of major EHR systems. Hands-on exercises with EHR systems allow students to learn by doing. The design consideration of EHR system and strategies of EHR adoption will also be covered. Group and individual research will be required.
  

  • IT 6523:Clinical Processes & Workflows: Analysis and Redesign

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 6503   or concurrent
    This course introduces the healthcare workflow and process analysis and redesign and addresses the impact of processes and workflows on organizational efficiency and productivity. Students will become familiar with the concepts of processes, process analysis and redesign in the healthcare settings. Workflow and process mapping in healthcare improvement including detailed guidance, helpful tools, and case studies are introduced. Quality improvement methods, process validation and change management are also covered.
  

  • IT 6533:Health Information Security and Privacy

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 6503  
    This course is an in-depth study and analysis of the concepts, practices and concerns of information security unique to the healthcare settings. The course provides the student with the necessary background to evaluate the HIPAA security and privacy rules and meaningful use security requirements. It covers security risk assessment in the healthcare setting and how to integrate privacy and security into healthcare settings.
  

  • IT 6583:Business Continuity Planning and implementation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course covers current practices, technologies, methodologies and tools in the design, exercising and implementation of business continuity plans for IT environment. Project and individual research required.
  

  • IT 6643:Issues in Information Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course addresses current issues relating to computers, ethics, and social values. Topics include computer ethics, computer crime, abuse, social responsibility, risk analysis, computer law and cultural impact. Library and internet research components are included, and a major research paper is required.
  

  • IT 6663:Data Center Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5423  
    Issues in setting up and running a multi-user computer or data system. Includes RFP generation, vendor selection, project planning and control methods, backup and disaster recovery plans, site preparation, managing help desks, end user training, IT professional development, contract negotiation, outsourcing relationships and job scheduling
  

  • IT 6683:Management of Information Technology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course provides a study of the information needs in a formal organization and the information systems required to meet those needs within the planning, control, operating and decision-making processes.

     
  

  • IT 6713:Business Intelligence Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 6733  
    This course discusses the concepts, technologies, processes, and applications of business intelligence. Student will go through the complete business intelligence process of data gathering, data model design, data integration, data analysis, and data presentation, in a specific application domain.
  

  • IT 6723:Managing & Operating Network Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5423  
    This course covers the installation and management of operating systems and telecommunications networks, including cost-benefit analysis, and evaluation of connectivity options. Students learn to evaluate, select and implement different operating and communications options to support an organization.
  

  • IT 6733:Database Administration

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5433  
    This course covers data administration and management, backup/recovery, security, access control, performance monitoring and tuning, data warehousing, data mining, online analytical processing, centralized versus distributed environments, client server and world-wide-web database integration.
  

  • IT 6753:Advanced Web Development

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5433   and IT 5443  
    This course covers web services and content management for advanced web applications. Students will gain familiarity with: advanced business concepts for the web; best practices and development processes for web applications; and a variety of appropriate web tools both in the proprietary and open-source domains.
  

  • IT 6763:Electronic Commerce

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5433   and IT 5443  
    This course covers tools, skills, business concepts, and social issues that surround the emergence of electronic commerce. The student will develop an understanding of the current practices and opportunities in EDI, electronic publishing, electronic shopping, electronic distribution, electronic collaboration and database issues. Other issues include standards, security, authentication, privacy, intellectual property, acceptable use, legal liability, and economic analysis.
  

  • IT 6823:Information Security Concepts & Administration

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5423  
    This course covers the fundamentals of computing security, access control technology, cryptographic algorithms, implementations, tools and their applications in communications and computing systems security. Topics include public key infrastructure, operating system security, database security, network security, web security, firewalls, security architecture and models, and ethical and legal issues in information security.
  

  • IT 6833:Wireless Security

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 6823  
    This course is an advanced study and analysis of the concepts, methodologies and technologies in securing wireless networks. This course covers the information security concepts related to wireless systems, security protocols and solutions different types of wireless systems, and current trends in wireless security. Students are required to research and implement solutions to secure wireless systems and networks.
  

  • IT 6843:Ethical Hacking:Network Security and Penetration Testing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5423   
    This course covers the major issues surrounding the use of penetration testing to secure network security and important skills of a professional hacker and common security challenges that an information security officer will face in his/her work. Topics include the ethics of ethical hacking, laws and regulations, vulnerability discovery and risk analysis, internal and external attacks, how malicious hackers attack and exploit system vulnerabilities, penetration testing methods and tools, latest security countermeasures, and various types of penetration testing and programming skills required to complete successful penetration tests and to secure real systems against real attacks.
  

  • IT 6853:Computer Forensics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 6823  
    This course presents techniques and tools in computing investigation and digital evidence collection/recovery/analysis. Topics may include: legal issues relating to digital evidence, recovery and reconstruction processes, integrity assessment, state-of-the-art techniques and methodologies, and trends in the area of computer forensics. The course will engage students in further research and development in computer forensics.
  

  • IT 6863:Database Security & Auditing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5433  
    This course provides students with an understanding of security concepts and practices in general and those specific to database security in a highly detailed implementation. Students will learn fundamental principles of database security and how to develop database applications embedding from simple to sophisticated security and auditing models using advanced database systems and software tools.
  

  • IT 6873:Information Security Seminar

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 6823  
    This course is a student-managed and research-based seminar focused on practical applications of information security, particularly in the area of health information security. A topic area will be selected for a given session and articles from the related publications will be reviewed and discussed. A topic may be addressed over a series of sessions in order to provide background context given the complexity of some of these topic areas.
  

  • IT 6883:Infrastructure Defense

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: IT 5423  
    This course provides an in depth examination of the infrastructure assessment and penetration testing process and the strategies for designing and maintaining a defensive infrastructure.
  

  • IT 6903:Special Topics in Information Technology

    1-3 variable Credit Hours
    Special topics selected by the Department Chair. Offered on a demand basis.
 

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