Concentration in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
The use of spatial data for management, analysis, and decision-making has grown dramatically in both the public and private sectors, as global positioning systems, mobile devices, and geographic information systems (GIS) have become widespread. The concentration in GIS provides students with the technical and conceptual skills to manage geospatial data and apply it to solving geospatial problems. Students will learn the principles of geospatial data and mapping systems, global positioning systems, representation and management of geospatial data within computer systems, construction and use of maps, and the use of geospatial functions for decision-support.
The following courses are required for the concentration:
(2 cr) GEOG 8535 Cartography & GIS (2 cr) GEOG 8545 Cartography & GIS Lab (4 cr) GEOG 8056 GIS I
(4 cr) GEOG 8666 GIS II
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Project Management Concentration
As a part of their elective courses, students may choose to pursue a concentration, which will be noted in their transcript.
The Project Management Concentration will provide students with the technical, organizational and managerial background to be effective project managers, project leaders, information technology managers, and software engineers. The curriculum in this concentration integrates project management standards developed by organizations such as IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and PMI (Project Management Institute) with conceptual background from disciplines such as project management, software engineering, management science, psychology, organization behavior, and organization change. Students are to start coursework in the project management concentration after completion of at least 9 hours of the core courses including ISQA 8210 (Managing Software Development). For a Project
Management concentration, the 15 required credit hours of electives must include the following courses.
Required Courses (6 hours)
ISQA 8810 - Information Technology Project Fundamentals ISQA 8820 - Project Risk Management
Electives (6 hours) - Must select two courses from the following list
This is not an exhaustive list. Other courses may be taken as electives with approval of the GPC Chairperson.
ISQA 8570 - Information Security Policy and Ethics
ISQA 8196 - Process Reengineering with Information Technology ISQA 8080 - Seminar in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to Project Management. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8900 - Independent Research in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to Project Management. Prior approval from Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8990 - Thesis
(Research must be related to Project Management. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. At least three hours of thesis credit may be applied to the concentration.
Free Elective (3 hours)
A total of 3 credit hours with a number 8000 or above (excluding foundation courses listed in the admissions requirements).
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Electronic Commerce Concentration
As a part of their elective courses, students may choose to pursue a concentration, which will be noted in their transcript.
Students interested in electronic commerce are encouraged to declare a formal concentration by contacting the MS in MIS advisor. For an electronic commerce concentration, the 15 required credit hours of electives must include the following:
Required Course - 3 hours
ISQA 8186 - Electronic Commerce
Electives - 6 hours (must select two courses from the following list):
ISQA 8196 - Process Re-engineering with Information Technology ISQA 8525 - Graphical User Interface Design
ISQA 8530 - E-Commerce Security
ISQA 8700 - Data Warehousing: Theory and Practice ISQA 8080 - Seminar in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to e-commerce. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8990 - Thesis
(Research must be related to e-commerce. Approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. Only three hours of thesis credit may be applied to the concentration.)
Free Electives - 6 hours
A total of 6 credit hours with a number 8000 or above (excluding foundation courses listed in the admissions requirements).
Information Assurance Concentration
As a part of their elective courses, students may choose to pursue a concentration, which will be noted in their transcript.
Students interested in information assurance are encouraged to declare a formal concentration by contacting the MS in MIS Adviser. For an information assurance concentration, the 15 required credit hours of electives must include the following:
Required Course - 3 hours
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Electives - 6 hours (Must select two courses from the following list) ISQA 8530 - E-Commerce Security
ISQA 8560 - Information Warfare and Security ISQA 8570 - Information Security, Policy and Ethics ISQA 8580 - Strategic Planning for Information Assurance ISQA 8080 - Seminar in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to information assurance. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8990 - Thesis
(Research must be related to information assurance. Approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. Only three hours of thesis credit may be applied to the concentration.)
Free Electives - 6 hours
A total of 6 credit hours with a number 8000 or above (excluding foundation courses listed in the admissions requirements).
IT Audit & Control Concentration
The IT Audit and Control Concentration will provide students with the technical, organizational, accounting/auditing, and managerial background to plan and conduct IT audit and control activities. The concentration will cover the following conceptual areas:
business risks and the management of business risk IT risk as a component of business risk
the need to manage IT risks
basic type of controls required in a business system in order to control IT risks
controls associated with top management, system development, programming, data resource management, database, security, operations management, quality assurance, boundary controls, and communications
issues associated with new system control risks created by the use of the internet for business applications and electronic business will also be covered in one or more courses
integration of technical, managerial and conceptual skills needed to plan and conduct IT audits and establish appropriate controls
For an IT Audit and Control concentration, the 12 to 15 required credit hours of electives must
include the following courses:
Prerequisite Courses
Students must have completed at least 9 hours of the MS in MIS core courses (beyond foundation requirements) prior to enrolling for the concentration. In addition, the following preparation is required for this concentration:
79 BSAD 8110 - Accounting and Financial Fundamentals
(This course is only required for students who have had no exposure to accounting fundamentals. Students will be given an automatic waiver if they have taken two semesters of accounting in their undergraduate degree.)
Required Courses (9 hours)
BSAD 8200 - Managerial Accounting
ISQA 8570 - Information Security, Policy and Ethics
ISQA 8596 - IT Audit and Control (new course - cross-listed with ISQA 4590) Electives
(Must select two courses from the following list)
This is not an exhaustive list. Other courses may be taken as electives with approval of the GPC Chairperson.
ISQA 8080 - Seminar in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to IT audit and control. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8546 - Computer Security Management
ISQA 8196 - Process Reengineering with Information Technology ACCT 8060 - Advanced Managerial Accounting
ACCT 8096 - Advanced Auditing (Requires ACCT 4080 - Principles of Auditing) ISQA 8900 - Independent Research in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to IT audit and control. Prior approval from Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8990 - Thesis
(Research must be related to IT audit and control. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. At least three hours of thesis credit may be applied to the concentration.
Telecommunications Concentration
As a part of their elective courses, students may choose to pursue a concentration, which will be noted in their transcript.
Students interested in telecommunications are encouraged to declare a formal concentration by contacting the MS in MIS Advisor. For a telecommunications concentration, the 15 required credit hours of electives must include the following:
Required Course - 3 hours
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Electives - 6 hours (must select two courses from the following list): ISQA 8230 - Telecommunications Management
ISQA 8530 - E-Commerce Security CSCI 8200 - Interconnection Networks
CSCI 8210 - Advanced Communications Networks CSCI 8556 - Communications Networks
ISQA 8080 - Seminar in Management Information Systems
(Topic MUST be related to telecommunications. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8990 - Thesis
(Research must be related to telecommunications. Approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. Only three hours of thesis credit may be applied to the concentration.)
Free Electives - 6 hours
A total of 6 credit hours with a number 8000 or above (excluding foundation courses listed in the admissions requirements)
Health Informatics Concentration
As a part of their elective courses, students may choose to pursue a concentration, which will be noted in their transcript.
Students interested in health informatics are encouraged to declare a formal concentration by contacting the MS in MIS advisor. The health informatics concentration integrates MIS, medical informatics theories and methods, and medical data representation and coding requirements. Students selecting this concentration are strongly encouraged to choose the thesis option to enhance their opportunities for obtaining gainful employment in the field. Students accepted into this concentration are expected to have prior experience or education in the life sciences and allied disciplines such as pharmacy, medicine and nursing. Students are to start course work in the health informatics concentration after completion of the core courses. For a health
informatics concentration, 15 credit hours of electives are required as follows: Required Courses - 12 hours
ISQA 8570 - Information Security Privacy and Ethics PA 8760/PSM 810 - US Health Care System: An Overview
ISQA 8400/IMED 840 - Clinical Systems Architecture and Function
The two ISQA courses listed above are prerequisites for ISQA 8500/SURG 850 - Readings in Clinical Informatics
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This is not an exhaustive list. Other courses may be taken as electives with approval of the Chair, Graduate Program Committee.
ISQA 8525 - Graphical User Interface Design
ISQA 8196 - Process Re-engineering with Information Technology ISQA 8700 - Data Warehousing: Theory and Practice
ISQA 8080 - Seminar in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to health informatics. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8900 - Independent Research in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to health informatics. Approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. Only three hours of independent research credit may be applied to the concentration.)
ISQA 8990 - Thesis
(Research must be related to health informatics. Approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. Only three hours of thesis credit may be applied to the concentration.)
Applied Research Methods in MIS Concentration
As a part of their elective courses, students may choose to pursue a concentration, which will be noted in their transcript.
Students interested in research in MIS are encouraged to declare a formal concentration by contacting the MS in MIS advisor. The MIS research concentration prepares students for the thesis option, the PhD, and positions in consulting or research. For an MIS Research
concentration, the 15 required credit hours of electives must include the following: Required Course - 3 hours
ISQA 8156 - Advanced Statistical Methods for IS&T Elective - 6 hours (Must select two courses from the following list)
ISQA 8160 - Applied Distribution- Free Statistics ISQA 8340 - Applied Regression Analysis
ISQA 8080 - Seminar in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to research design or statistics. Prior approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration.)
ISQA 8900 - Independent Research in Management Information Systems
(Topic must be related to research design or statistics. Approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. Only three hours of independent research credit may be applied to the concentration.)
ISQA 8990 - Thesis
(Topic must be related to research design or statistics. Approval from the Graduate Program Committee is required to use this course in the concentration. Only three hours of thesis credit may be applied to the concentration.)
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A total of 6 credit hours with a number 8000 or above (excluding foundation courses listed in the admissions requirements)