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M.S. Information System Engineering and Management
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The 36-semester hour graduate program in Information Systems Engineering and Management (ISEM) is designed to educate the leaders who can plan, architect, integrate, and manage the systems needed to support the modern digital enterprises. Graduate studies in ISEM cut across the following three active areas of work:
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Information Systems - latest technologies and approaches (e.g. web-based components, mobile computing and wireless communications, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies);
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Systems Engineering - systems thinking and emphasis on systems instead of individual components; enterprise architectures consisting of people, processes and technologies; and
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Management - business strategies, entrepreneurship, planning integration, security, governance, global enterprises, and agile enterprises.
Degree Course Requirements - 36 credit hours
15 Credit Hours Core Courses
Complete the following courses - 12 semester hours:
ISEM 500 - Strategic Planning for Digital Transformation (3 semester hours)
ISEM 530 - Systems Engineering Principles (3 semester hours)
ISEM 540 - Enterprise Architecture and Integration (3 semester hours)
MGMT 510 - Business Strategy and Management Principles (3 semester hours)
Note: The ISEM program also offers ISEM 501 - Introduction to Digital Technologies, which is designed for the student who does not enter the program with a Computer Science (CS) or Information Technology (IT) background. This course is a prerequisite for certain other non-ISEM and ISEM MS courses.
Complete one of the following courses - 3 semester hours:
ISEM 502 - User-Centered Design (3 semester hours)
ISEM 534 - Database Design and Management (3 semester hours)
ISEM 551 - Web-based Software Engineering (3 semester hours)
ISEM 570 - Principles of ITIL for IT Quality (3 semester hours)
MGMT 511 - Digital and Global Enterprises (3 semester hours)
Experiential courses - 6 Credits
GRAD 695 - Research Methodology and Writing (3 semester hours)
ISEM 699 - Applied Project in Information Systems Engineering and Management (3 semester hours) or GRAD 699 - Graduate Thesis (3 semester hours)
In order to graduate with a concentration, students must take five (5) courses, totaling 15 credit hours in the area of their chosen concentration
Individualized (15 semester hours)
Artificial Intelligence for Business (15 semester hours)
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (15 semester hours)
Cloud Computing for Business (15 semester hours)
Management Science, Strategy and Technology (15 semester hours)
For a complete description of the above requirements, please go to the Course Catalog.
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