Information Technology
Concentration
Students who select the Information Technology concentration must take
fifteen credits, which must include the following three 3-credit courses:
In addition to these three courses, students must take at least one course from Information Technology list and at most one course from the Business and Economics , Law and Public Policy, and Health Care and Services Industry lists to complete the five courses required for the Information Technology concentration.
Note: For students interested in the IT concentration, the Department of Information and Software Engineering has created a Certificate in Electronic Commerce for MS in E-Commerce Students. The courses for the certificate are the following:
INFS 612 Principles and Practices of Communication Networks
INFS 614 Database Management
INFS 770 Knowledge Management for E-Business
ISA 662 Information System Security
ISA 767 Secure Electronic Commerce
Thus, INFS 614, INFS 612 and ISA 662 would constitute the required courses and INFS 770 and ISA 767 would constitute the remaining courses for the 15 credits of the Information Technology concentration.
Students may opt for the certificate, or may take the three required courses and select electives from the Information Technology list.
Business and Economics
Concentration
Students must take MBA 623 Marketing Management and select four additional
courses from the list below.
MBA 725 Leadership
MBA 712 Project and Cost Management
MBA 731 Business Systems Development
MBA 732 Knowledge Management
MBA 733 Business Data Communications
MBA 734 Electronic Commerce
MBA 735 Systems Thinking and Business Simulation
MBA 736 Managing Digital Business
Law and Public Policy
Concentration
Students must take fifteen credits by choosing, in consultation with
their advisor, a coherent set of courses from the Law
and Public Policy list.
Health Care and Services Industry Concentration
Students must take 15 credits: 12 required and 3 elective credits. The elective course is selected, in consultation with the advisor, from the Health Care and Services Industry Courses below.
The required courses are as follows:
HSCI 678 Introduction to the US Health System (3 credits)
HSCI 601 Online Market for Health Services (3 credits)
HSCI 709 Health Care Databases (3 credits)
HSCI 740 Management of Health Information Systems (3 credits)
The course HSCI 678 can be waived for students that have prior, broad health care experience.The course HSCI 709 can be waived for students with prior experience with database design and Structured Query Language (SQL).
Electives may be used to substitute for HSCI 678 and 709. Suggested electives are:
HSCI 720 Health Data Integration (3 credits),
HSCI 745 Health Care Security Policy (3 credits), and those from List D Below.
Students may also earn the Health Care Information System Certificate which consists of the following suite of six courses (18 credits):
HSCI 678 Introduction to the US Health System (3 credits)
HSCI 601 Online Market for Health Services (3 credits)
HSCI 709 Health Care Databases (3 credits)
HSCI 720 Health Data Integration (3 credits)
HSCI 740 Management of Health Information Systems (3 credits)
HSCI 745 Health Care Security Policy (3 credits)
The course HSCI 678 can be waived for students that have prior, broad health care experience.The course HSCI 709 can be waived for students with prior experience with database design and Structured Query Language (SQL). Electives may be used to fulfill the 18 credits for the Certificate from the Health Care and Services Industry below.
Course Lists
Information Technology
Courses
CS 571 Operating Systems (3:3:0).
CS 671 Advanced Operating Systems (3:3:0).
CS 672 Computer System Performance Evaluation (3:3:0).
CS 673 Multimedia Computing and Systems (3:3:0).
CS 707 Distributed Software Systems (3:3:0).
CS 750/INFT 750 Theory and Applications of Data Mining (3:3:0).
CS 755 Advanced Computer Networks (3:3:0).
ECE 646 Cryptography and Computer Network Security (3:3:0).
ECE 741 Wireless Networks (3:3:0).
INFS 601 Operating Systems Theory and Practice (3:3:0).
INFS 623 Information Retrieval (3:3:0).
INFS 755 Decision Support Database Systems (3:3:0).
INFS 760 Advanced Database Management (3:3:0).
INFS 770 Knowledge Management for E-Business (3:3:0).
ISA 765 Database and Distributed Systems Security (3:3:0).
ISA 766 Internet Security Protocols (3:3:0).
ISA 767 Secure Electronic Commerce (3:3:0).
INFT 809 Scaling Technologies for E-Business (3:3:0).
OR 635 Discrete System Simulation (3:3:0).
SWE 619/CS 619 Software Construction (3:3:0).
SWE 620/CS 620 Software Requirements and Prototyping (3:3:0).
SWE 621/CS 621 Software Design (3:3:0).
SWE 632/CS 632 User Interface Design and Development (3:3:0).
SWE 642 Software Engineering for the World Wide Web (3:3:0)
SYST 781/INFS 781/STAT 781: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (3:3:0).
Note: CS 571 and INFS 601 are mutually exclusive. Only one of them
can be used for the MS in E- commerce program.
Business and Economics
Courses
MBA 623 Marketing Management (3:3:0).
MBA 712 Project and Cost Management (3:3:0).
MBA 725 Leadership (3:3:0).
MBA 731 Business Systems Analysis and Design (3:3:0).
MBA 732 Knowledge Management (3:3:0).
MBA 733 Business Data Communications (3:3:0).
MBA 734 Electronic Commerce (3:3:0).
MBA 735 Systems Thinking and Business Simulation (3:3:0).
MBA 736 Managing Digital Business (3:3:0).
Law and Public Policy Courses
ITRN 604 International Trade and Technology (3:3:0).
ITRN 712 World Trade Organization and Global Trade (3:3:0).
ITRN 730 Information Technology Fundamentals for International Business
and Trade (3:3:0).
ITRN 742 Technology Policy and International Strategies (3:3:0).
ITRN 756 National Security and the Global Economy (3:3:0).
ITRN 759 Trade Licensing, Controls, and Documentation (3:3:0).
ITRN 768 Global Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade
(3:3:0).
ITRN 772 International Telecommunications (3:3:0).
ITRN 773 International Strategic Management (3:3:0).
LRNG 762 Strategic Knowledge Management (3:3:0).
PUBP 736 E Commerce and the Digital Divide (3:3:0).
PUBP 737 Cases and Concepts in E-commerce. (3:3:0).
PUBP 760 Science and Technology Policy in the 21st Century (3:3:0).
PUPB 771 Enterprise Engineering and Organizational Policy. (3:3:0).
PUBP 773 Supply Chain Integration and Management (3:3:0).
PUBP 775/SYST 695 Economics of Electronic Commerce (3:3:0).
PUBP 777/SYST 697 Critical Information Technology Infrastructures (3:3:0).
PUAD 781 Information Management: Technology and Policy (3:3:0).
Health Care
and Services Industry Courses
HSCI 678 Introduction to the US Health System (3:3:0)
HSCI 601 Online Market for Health Services (3:3:0)
HSCI 709 Health Care Databases (3:3:0)
HSCI 740 Management of Health Information Systems (3:3:0)
HCSI Electives
HSCI 586 Process Improvement (3:3:0).
HSCI 712 Health Services Research (3:3:0).
HSCI 715 Health Economics (3:3:0).
HSCI 720 Health Data Integration (3:3:0)
HSCI 730 Decision Analysis in Health Care (3:3:0).
HSCI 745 Health Care Security Policy (3:3:0)
Updated: Saturday, September 8, 2007