MS in Information Systems and Technology
About the Program
This 30 credit hour degree program is for engineers, computer scientists, business people, and other professionals who have responsibility for using, designing, improving, installing, managing, and evaluating integrated enterprise-wide information systems. The program emphasizes business processes and ERP software to integrate the functional areas, such as manufacturing, distribution, sales, finance, etc. Concentrations are available in the areas of:
- Information Management Applications
- Supply Chain and Information Systems Design
- Information Security
- Web Information Management
- Information Systems Engineering
- Data Analytics and Science
As in the cases of existing MS degree programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the course offerings for the MS (IS&T) program are mainly in late afternoon and evening hours to enable students to earn the degree through part-time study. The program may be completed entirely on campus, entirely online, or through a combination of on-campus and online courses.
It is not just about the technology; it is all about the enterprise system, and how integration between the system and the technology happens.
Program Details
The MS in IS&T program is a response to the need of students who want to complement, extend, and integrate technical and organizational knowledge on information systems. The program designed meet the need of the industry to incorporate enterprise wide information systems to be competitive in the global market place. Students who possess either technical knowledge about computers and information systems, or knowledge about information needs and information system requirements in organizations, but who want to expand their knowledge in a constructive way, constitute an important part of the intended audience.
The degree aims to achieve simultaneously the following educational goals.
- Provide access to advances in the information systems field.
- Provide necessary skills to effectively integrate information technology in organizations.
- Provide training in specialized areas of information systems and technology.
Undergraduate Degree Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering, a physical science, computer science, applied mathematics, business administration, or liberal arts with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
Standardized Test Scores
GRE not required
Prerequisite Courses
- A course in Data Structures (IMSE 350/351, CIS 350/352, or equivalent)
- A course in computer programming, such as C++ or Java (IMSE 255, IMSE/CIS 150, CIS 205 or equivalent)
These course requirements may be completed after admission into the program.
Curriculum
- IMSE 556 or CIS 556 Database Management Systems
- IMSE 570 or CIS 564 Enterprise Information Systems
- IMSE 5725 or CIS 572 Object Oriented Systems Design
Seven concentration areas exist in the program. Six of the concentration areas are identified below while the seventh is an individual concentration that student develops jointly with the Program Advisor.
Students are required to take:
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Concentration Area 1: Information Management Applications (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
- HCDE 530 Information Visualization
- IMSE 515 Fundamentals of Program Mgt
- IMSE 516 Project Management and Control
- IMSE 5215 Program Budget, Cost Est & Con
- IMSE/CIS 555 Decision Support/Expert Sys
- IMSE 564 Applied Data Analytics and Modeling for Enterprise Systems
- IMSE 5715 Modeling of Int Info Syst
- IMSE 5755 Bus Proc Int using Entrpr Tech
- IMSE 586 Big Data Aanal & Visuliztn
- ACC 505 Devel & Interp Financial Info
- HRM 561 Human Resource Management
- MKT 515 Marketing Management
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Concentration Area 2: Supply Chain and Information Systems Design (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
- CIS 544 Computer and Network Security
- IMSE 538 Intelligent Manufacturing
- IMSE/CIS 555 Decision Support/Expert Sys
- IMSE 559 System Simulation
- IMSE 5655 Supply Chain Management
- IMSE 5715 Modeling of Int Info Syst
- IMSE 5755 Bus Proc Int using Entrpr Tech
- IMSE 580 Prod & Oper Engineering I
- IMSE 581 Prod & Oper Engineering II
- IMSE 586 Big Data Aanal & Visuliztn
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Concentration Area 3: Information Security (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
- CIS 527 Computer Networks
- CIS 535 Wireless Technologies and Pervasive Computing
- CIS 540 Foundation of Information Security
- CIS 544 Computer and Network Security
- CIS 545 Data Security and Privacy
- CIS 546 Security and Privacy in Wireless Networks
- CIS 548 Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing
- CIS 565 Software Quality Assurance
- CIS 568 or ECE 537 Data Mining
- CIS 584 Advanced Computer and Network Security
- IMSE 5715 Modeling of Int Info Syst
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Concentration Area 4: Web Information Management (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
- CIS 525 Web Technology
- CIS 534 Semantic Web
- CIS 535 Wireless Technologies and Pervasive Computing
- CIS 550 Object-Oriented Programming and Its Applications
- CIS 559 Principles of Social Network Science
- CIS 562 Web Information Management
- CIS 571 Web Services
- CIS 575 Software Engineering Mgmt
- CIS 586 Advanced Data Management
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Concentration Area 5: Information Systems Engineering (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
- IMSE 5715 Modeling of Int Info Syst
- IMSE 577 Human-Computer Interaction or CIS 577 S/W User Interface Dsgn&Analys
- CIS 527 Computer Networks
- CIS 544 Computer and Network Security
- CIS 550 Object-Oriented Programming and Its Applications
- CIS 553 Software Engineering
- CIS 568 or ECE 537 Data Mining
- CIS 578 Advanced Operating Systems
- CIS 586 Advanced Data Management
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Concentration Area 6: Data Analytics and Science (Students are required to take any 5 courses from the following list)
- IMSE 500 Models of Oper Research
- IMSE 505 Optimization
- IMSE 514 Multivariate Statistics
- IMSE 586 Big Data Aanal & Visuliztn
- IMSE 605 Advanced Optimization
- CIS 5570 Introduction to Big Data
- CIS 568 or ECE 537 Data Mining
- CIS 5700 Advanced Data Mining
- CIS 579 Artificial Intelligence
- CIS 585 Advanced Artificial Intelligence
- ECE 5831 Pat Rec & Neural Netwks
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Concentration Area 7: Individual Concentration
Select 5 courses from Areas 1 through 6. Requires Advisor's approval.
Other CIS, ECE, IMSE and business graduate courses may be taken per advisor approval.
A thesis may be substituted for six hours of electives, on approval by the program directo