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MBA with Specialization in Information Systems

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The MBA with specialization in Information Systems program educates business professionals in the strategic use of technology to create shareholder value, i.e., the application of information systems to improve business processes and support business decision-making. Graduates of the program are prepared to lead twenty-first century organizations in a rapidly changing, globally competitive, technologically sophisticated environment. Those managers who understand IT and how it may be effectively used for competitive advantage will, themselves, have a competitive advantage in the employment market. 

Curriculum

A dynamic curriculum including course work in MBA - Information Systems introduce students to key management concepts involving the design, construction, and control of information processing activities within an organization; the strategic role of information technology in rapidly changing business environments; and the new business models and competitive strategies emerging from the electronic marketplace, enterprise modeling and business process analysis, database systems, object-oriented modeling and programming, electronic commerce, decision support systems, health care information system.

Your specialization requires 9-18 credit hours of information systems coursework. Also, you require 18 hours of advanced course work outside your specialty which can be selected from any graduate business courses. You may choose your electives from the following list:

Electives

5199 GRADUATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIP

5299 GRADUATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIP

5309 OBJECT-ORIENTED BUSINESS PROGRAMMING

5330 STRATEGIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS
5335 APPLIED DATABASE MANAGEMENT

5337 ADVANCED DATA MANAGEMENT

5340 MANAGING THE INTERNET-ENABLED ORGANIZATION
5341 ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 

5342 ADVANCED SYSTEMS DESIGN 

5343 DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING

5347 PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SECURITY

5350 HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS 

5352 TOPICS IN OBJECT TECHNOLOGY 

5354 ENTERPRISE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT 

5357 ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING 

5363 INTELLIGENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

5365 COMPUTER FORENSICS AND INVESTIGATIONS
5370 ENTERPRISE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

5373 INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT

5375 MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 

5399 GRADUATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNSHIP

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For detailed information about course syllabus and prerequisites of each course, please see the graduate catalog.

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