Online information systems master's degree

This course focuses on the managerial level of knowledge and terminology for telecommunications and computer networks. This course covers the concepts and application of the Internet, server and storage architectures, and regulatory considerations.

This course provides a background in analysis and design techniques for business system and application development. This course covers Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with emphasis on Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

This course provides an introduction to organizational managerial support systems and the use of metrics in strategic business decisions. Strategies for the use of a Supply Chain Management (SCM) system with a focus on the software selection and implementation are evaluated. Additionally, the role and benefits of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system are examined with a comparison of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) benefits to the business process. The skills developed in this course ensure that students have a strong foundation and background of successfully integrating all three strategies within an organization.

This course covers solution architecture designed specifically for the cloud, with alignment to AWS Solution Architect - Associate certification. Course topics include designing and defining resilient performant architectures and securing and cost-optimizing architectures that are operationally excellent.

This course discusses how to effectively communicate with organizational C‐suite leaders and lead as a strategic partner, as IT continues to move from a department supporting or serving the business to leading change and innovation. Leadership skills include managing project scope, cost, quality, and stakeholders. Students learn the importance of soft skills such as influence, idea sharing and generating, managing conflict, and leading change.

This course addresses Agile processes and skills for successful project management and cross-functional activities and is aligned to the Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP.) Agile is widely employed in computer information and technology environments to achieve business goals and outcomes. Topics include methodology, stakeholder engagement, estimating and planning, team performance, project tracking and change management.

This course covers the subject of technological innovation management as a strategic process from assessing competitive dynamics, strategy formulation, and strategy implementation with an eye toward new product development. Students are given opportunities to use critical and design thinking to solution real-world challenges such as skill shortages, technical debt, and DevOps.

This course provides the knowledge and skills to develop effective short, intermediate, and long-range strategic information systems plans. Course topics include the need for and contents of a corporate strategic plan; the relationship of information systems planning to overall organizational goals; assessment of the organization's current state; determination of information technology (IT), project, and management requirements; and the means of prioritizing and selecting systems projects.

The ethical issues examined in the course include information privacy, accessibility, and ownership from an organizational perspective. Information laws, regulations, and compliance requirements are examined in this course, as well as the considerations for creating a safe digital environment within the organization.

This course introduces students to a variety of data analytic solutions. Students will examine how to retrieve real business data and create reports, create visual representations of data, manage and improve a business process, analyze long‐term trends and patterns in the data, and develop actionable results that drive the business decision‐making process.

This course explores the role of the security manager who develops and manages an information security program with a deep understanding of the relationship between IS programs and the broader business goals and objectives. Topics include but are not limited to, security governance, incident management, and risk management and compliance. This course is aligned to the ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) learning domains.

This course will focus on the integration of the IS function and the information technology architecture within the enterprise. The alignment of IT with the strategy of the organization will be examined considering the decisions related to information technology architecture.