Core
(21 credits)
These courses provide students with the understanding of how effective information systems are developed and managed. The core courses should be completed prior to registration for the elective courses and must be completed before registration in the capstone course.
Topics in the management core include budgeting, cost, acquisition, project management, IT enterprise management, and strategic planning. 770.600, 770.601, and 770.618 should be completed before registering for 770.627.
- 770.600 IT Budget and Financial Management
- 770.601 Technical Writing and Communication Skills for IT Professionals
- 770.618 Project Management for Information Systems
- 770.627 IT Strategic and Change Management
Topics in the technical core include developing effective telecommunications systems, information assurance and security, and developing enterprise-wide solutions.
- 770.610 Foundations of Data Communication Systems (formerly Business Telecommunications)
- 773.719 Information Security Foundations
- 776.736 IT Enterprise Architecture
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770.600 IT Budget and Financial Management
This course provides students with a basic understanding of accounting and financial concepts necessary to understand the role finance plays in the justification and development of new IT systems. Topics include return on investment, net present value of money, cost of money, future value of money, and critical financial ratios.
Notes: This course is not open to MBA students. (3 credits)
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770.601 Technical Writing and Communication Skills for IT Professionals
Students learn and gain experience in written and oral communication relevant to IT management topics, such as developing proposals, preparing technical papers, delivering technical and management presentations, engaging in critical thinking, conducting product and system evaluations, and providing IT consulting support to an organization. Topics also include effective and ethical methods of IT research and analysis.
Notes: This course is not open to MBA students. (3 credits)
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770.618 Project Management for Information Systems
Students learn to plan and manage projects for information systems. Topics include calendar preparation, project outlines, task analysis, resource allocation, risk management, cost analysis, and scheduling. (3 credits)
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770.627 IT Strategic and Change Management
Students learn to use information technology as a strategic resource and to manage information systems as an asset to the organization. Change management is discussed as how best to affect culture and behavioral changes in an organization, as related to the use of IT. Planning strategies, tactics, and practices are covered, and overall corporate strategic plans are linked to information technology. Through the use of case studies, students learn to develop, manage, and implement change to improve information resource utilization.
Notes: Prerequisite(s): 770.600 IT Budget and Financial Management or Completion of all MBA foundation courses. (3 credits)
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770.610 Foundations of Data Communication Systems (formerly Business Telecommunications)
The objective of this course is to prepare students to understand telecommunication systems and networks as applied enterprises in the commercial and public sectors. In this course, selections of telecommunications technologies necessary to support business applications are discussed. This course enables students to gain an in-depth understanding of telecommunications systems and networks, proposal writing and evaluations, cost vs. performance trade-offs, requirements developments, and requirements analyses. Technical and managerial aspects of telecommunication systems and networks with an emphasis on communication networks (LAN and WAN) and methodologies using distributed processing are discussed as well. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.770.517
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773.719 Information Security Foundations
This course covers the basic principles and concepts in information security and information assurance. It examines the technical, operational, and organizational issues in assuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Topics include malicious code, cryptography, security risk management, and security procedures and policies. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.770.517
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776.736 IT Enterprise Architecture
This course examines the true complexity of planning, developing, and managing integrated enterprise-wide systems. Students examine real-world examples of enterprise-wide approaches to IT and examine the implementation issues within their own organizations. Topics include proposal generation and evaluation, legacy systems, organizational issues, organizational readiness, and the acquisition, integration, and deployment of enterprise-wide systems. (3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): BU.773.719 AND BU.770.610
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