Required MSITS Courses
Please refer to the Course Schedule for course offering dates, times, and semesters.
(21 credits)
- 770.517 Information and Telecommunication Systems Architecture
- 770.514 Systems Analysis and Design
- 770.618 Project Management for Information Systems
- 770.610 Organization Data Communication Systems (formerly Foundations of Data Communication Systems)
- 771.732 Quantitative Decision Making for Business
- 776.736 IT Enterprise Architecture
- 773.719 Information Security Foundations
- 772.810 Graduate Capstone Project in Technology
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770.517 Information and Telecommunication Systems Architecture
This course provides the foundations of information systems and telecommunications systems as applied in business and management. The integration of these two areas are highlighted, and methodologies, techniques, tools, and applications are discussed. Topics include computer hardware and software, peripheral devices, components of data communications systems, integration of computing and distributed systems, and contemporary information system architecture in the organization, including its structure, theory, and application.
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770.514 Systems Analysis and Design
This course discusses the systems development life cycle and focuses on the analysis and design of components. Requirements analysis is highlighted, as well as integrating these topics with database systems. Topics include rapid application development, structured analysis, examination of organizational and physical factors, determination of input/output needs, dataflow requirements, case tools, system testing, alternate design methods, and development of detailed design specifications.
770.517 Information and Telecommunication Systems Architecture is recommended but not required.
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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.
Prerequisite(s): 770.517 Information and Telecommunication Systems Architecture.
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770.610 Organization Data Communication Systems (formerly Foundations of Data Communication Systems)
The objective of this course is to prepare students to understand telecommunication systems and networks as applied to business 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.
Prerequisite(s): 770.517 Information and Telecommunication Systems Architecture, or
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771.732 Quantitative Decision Making for Business
This course discusses quantitative methods for decision making for business. The course presents some of the various techniques that have been developed to help managers and other decision makers solve the problems that they encounter. Computer software is used to demonstrate strategies and methodologies, which allow students to focus on the benefits and limitations of the various methodologies presented. Topics include multicriteria decision making, multiattribute utility theory, operations research and management science techniques, and risk management.
Requires an understanding of college algebra.
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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.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all MS/ITS Core courses
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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.
Prerequisite(s): 770.517 Information and Telecommunication Systems Architecture.
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772.810 Graduate Capstone Project in Technology
The course is based on a semester-long project, which brings students from various IT concentrations together to solve an organization’s IT-related business problem. Under close supervision of a Carey Business School faculty instructor and an organizational sponsor, student teams perform required tasks to complete the projects in the semester time frame. Students prepare academic reports and make presentations of solutions to their sponsors. This course is open only to MS/ITS students and should be taken as the last course in the program. Advisor approval is required prior to registering for this course. Due to the nature and intensity of the capstone projects, no other course may be taken with the capstone.
The Department of Information Technology may also schedule a student orientation about capstone projects prior to the first week of class at one of the centers. This will be scheduled at the department’s discretion and will be announced to those enrolled in the course.
Prerequisite(s): Open ONLY to MS/ITS students; advisor approval is required
