Information Systems MSIS

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Core Requirements (24 Credit Hours)

The Informatics course must be completed in the student’s first semester of coursework. The IS Policy and Strategy course should be completed in the student’s final semester of work.

IS 8005 - Informatics (Must be completed in student’s first semester in MSIS)
IS 8020 - Object-Oriented Software Development Methods and Technologies
IS 8040 - Data Communication Theory and Practice
IS 8050 - Project Management Methods
IS 8060 - Information Systems Development Methods and Technologies
IS 8070 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Systems
IS 8080 - Database Application Design and Implementation
IS 8950 - Information Systems Policy and Strategy (Capstone Experience - should be taken in the students last semester in the MSIS)

Electives (12 Credit Hours)

Students must select four courses from the following list of approved electives. Students may select no more than three (3) hours of coursework from outside the department.

Note:

Collaborative Studies Elective: Students may select no more than three (3) hours of coursework from outside the department. Contact the MSIS program director for a listing of approved courses.

Recommended Areas of Interest

Candidates for the Master of Science in Information Systems may coordinate their elective courses to form one of the following areas of interest.

I. e-Business Systems

The e-Business specialty area of interest in the Master of Science in Information Systems program meets the expanding demand for designers, developers, and managers of electronic business solutions. The e-Business area of interest consists of three recommended courses: e-Business Systems Strategy, e-Business Technologies, and e-Business Systems Solutions. Each course focuses on specific aspects of how organizations are moving from traditional processes and physical products to electronic processes and digitized products. As a whole, the courses flow from analysis of business processes to core e-business technologies to implementation and management of e-business solutions. However, each course includes an overview of the issues organizations encounter as they undertake e-business initiatives. As such, while the area of interest is designed as a sequence, the graduate student may take each course in any order they choose.

An elective from the approved listing

II. Information Security

The graduate student with an area of interest in Information Security concentrates on coursework and projects emphasizing the protection of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information while in transmission, storage, or processing through the applications of policy, education, and training, and technology.

TWO from the following list

An elective from the approved listing

III. Systems Administration

The graduate student with an area of interest in Systems Administration concentrates on coursework and projects in selection and implementation of information systems; effective negotiation and marketing of information technology including human resources; information technology organizations and relationships, database application development methods, documentation practices, inter operability issues, and training of end-users.

An elective from the approved listing