3 hours

This course examines the defining characteristics of IT projects and introduces the student to a variety of project management techniques that can be applied in an IT project context. Managing scope, time, cost, and quality will be explored. The course will cover management issues associated with packaged software implementation (e.g., ERP systems), in-house developed systems, and outsourced projects.

3 hours

This course builds upon the student’s foundation of programming principles through the introduction of application programming for data analysis. Major areas covered include inheritance and polymorphism, common programming data structures, and file and database access. Students will implement data analysis applications, which will be evaluated according to advanced programming principles. The programming language will be noted in the course listing for each semester.

3 hours

This course examines the design of an organization’s structure and business processes. The course primarily focuses on the application of information technologies to transform organization and improve their performance. Methods of introducing and implementing information technologies to enable organizational change are examined.

3 hours

Developing and managing efficient and effective database applications requires understanding the fundamentals of database management systems, techniques for the design of databases, and principles of database administration. This course emphasized database concepts, developments, use and management in three main sections: database concepts, practice, and emerging trends. Relational database systems are the main focus, but other types, including object-oriented databases, are studied. Practical design of data- bases and developing database applications using modern software tools will be emphasized.

3 hours

This course addresses the unstructured data management skills needed for modern data analysis including those salient to big data and real-time data environments. The focus is on unstructured data and its environment. Unstructured data includes web data (blogs, text), user generated content, social media, location-aware data, and digital media among others. Topics covered include extraction methods for real time audio and video data, data capture, cleaning, representation, storage, queries, manipulation, and real-time data management. Also included as they apply to unstructured data environment are data security, governance, and visualization. Students will learn natural language processing and geo-spatial analytical tools.

3 hours

This course provides an in depth coverage of issues in pervasive healthcare technologies. This will include the emerging healthcare applications; current and emerging technologies; networking, wireless and mobile infrastructure; and devices, middleware, and network access issues.

3 hours

This course is designed to develop knowledge and skills for security of information and information systems within organizations. It focuses on concepts and methods associated with planning, designing, implementing, managing, and auditing security to all levels and on all systems platforms, including worldwide networks. The course presents techniques for assessing risk associated with accidental and intentional breaches of security. It covers the associated issues of ethical uses of information and privacy considerations.

3 hours

This course will explore the concepts, principles, and state of the art methods in enterprise architectures, including architectural styles, architecture description languages (ADL), software connectors, dynamism in architectures, and architecture based testing and analysis. The course will help understand the role of architecture in software engineering, specifically during requirements analysis, design (including object oriented design and related notations, such as UML), and implementation. The course will also cover practical applicability of architectures in software reuse and component interoperability platforms (such as CORBA, Enterprise JavaBeans, COM/ DCOM, and NET).

1 – 6 hours

This course is designed to provide the senior level undergraduate or master’s student with an opportunity to apply the business skills learned at the Robinson College of Business in an approved site off or on campus. The course immerses students in the planning and execution of complex activities involved in both large and small businesses.

3 hours

This course will explore the concepts, principles, and state of the art methods in successfully integrating Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems into extant enterprise architectures. The course will help both functional area and IT managers understand the respective role of users, enterprise architects, developers and managers in the selection, preparation, implementation and management of large and complex enterprise applications. This is NOT a hands on ERP tool based course, rather it is a precursor to deeper involvement in ERP management, implementation and, if desired, administration. As such the course will be of value to students in both technical and managerial programs.

3 hours

This course will explore the concepts of organizational structure, master data, transactional data, business scenarios and processes, and business process integration points. Examples of business scenarios and their associated processes are Record to Report (Financial Accounting), Order to Cash (Sales and Distribution), Procure to Pay (Materials Management: Procurement, Inventory, and Warehouse Management), Manufacturing (Production Planning), and Hire to Retire (Human Capital Management). Understanding the integration points between business processes is critical to properly set up and maintain the ERP end state design. Examples include the integration between the Order to Cash post goods issue transaction and Inventory Management and Financial Accounting.

3 hours

This course will explore the concepts and tools for customizing ERP solutions to meet the enterprise’s business requirements. Customizing allows the enterprise to ensure that the ERP end state design properly reflects the enterprise’s organizational structure and master data and business process requirements. For example, the Order to Cash (OTC) scenario configuration is used to create and maintain the organizational and master data elements. Next, the OTC business processes are configured to leverage the ERP standard functionality. Lastly, when the business requirements cannot be met by the standard functionality, additional customization may be required.

3 hours

This course will explore state-of-the-art technologies for running an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. These technologies include Solution Manager, Personas, Mobility, HANA, and Cloud Computing which dramatically reduce total cost of ownership (TCO). Solution Manager supports project implementations, technology and applications, and business operations. Personas provides capabilities to personalize ERP user screens resulting in improved productivity. Mobility features help increase workforce productivity by deploying solutions, such as sales and analytics, to mobile devices. The High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) is an in-memory database system that allows exponentially faster query execution.

3 hours

The course introduces techniques for the management and use of big data for a data rich business environment. The course covers the tools for collecting and managing large volumes of structured and unstructured data from organizational and external systems to successfully design, build, evaluate and implement decision aids for a variety of practical business applications. The course will also use a variety of state-of-the-art software for the collection, organization, analysis, and visualization of large structured and unstructured databases.

1 – 6 hours

Master of science students approved for the thesis option must continuously enroll in this research course each semester until the thesis is completed and presented.

3 hours

This course introduces and describes the healthcare delivery system and the resources that comprise it. The theoretical basis for the system, as well as the overall planning, organization, management, evaluation, quality, and major health policy issues are discussed.

3 hours

This course focuses on the critical role of e-health and information systems in the planning, operation, and management of health care organizations. Topics addressed include the analysis, design, selection, implementation, operation, and evaluation of health information systems in a variety of settings such as health systems, hospitals, and medical practices.

3 hours

This course introduces the techniques of predictive modeling and analytics in a data-rich health care business environment. It covers the process of formulating business objectives, data selection, preparation, and partition to successfully design, build, evaluate and implement predictive models for a variety of health care applications. Predictive modeling tools such as classification and decision trees, neural networks, regressions, association analysis, cluster analysis, and others will be discussed in detail and applied to practical health care problems.

3 hours

This course provides an in-depth coverage of issues in ubiquitous and pervasive information systems. This will include the current and emerging applications, wireless and mobile infrastructure, devices, middleware, and network access issues.

3 hours

This course addresses the many management issues unique to the information services function within organizations. Coverage includes information systems planning, managing the information infrastructure, justifying information technology investments, the costing of services and networks evaluating information system performance, alternative information service delivery modes, managing distributed and end-user computing, project and operations management, systems security, and the management of information technology professionals.

3 hours

This course emphasizes the use of information technology to develop distinct competitive advantage in relations with competitors, customers, and suppliers, and with respect to products and services. It examines these central issues: 1) the design of information systems offering strategic advantages; 2) the competitive potential for strategic use of information systems; 3) special issues related to inter- organization information systems; 4) special issues related to strategic use of information systems involving inter- national networks; 5) development of financial and audit structures for strategic use of information systems; and 6) the impact of information technology on the global business community.

3 hours

This course is designed to assist students in developing the knowledge and skills needed to work with systems integration vendors and processes. It focuses on the concepts and methods associated with designing, planning, contracting for and overseeing information technology infrastructure and applications. The course familiarizes students with the legal issues related to preparing, distributing, and evaluating requests for proposal (RFP)and subsequent integration contracting matters. Students will prepare and evaluate systems proposals for various sourcing and managing third party relations.

3 hours

Because of the many advances in information technology and the corresponding development techniques, new business opportunities are constantly emerging, and with them the need to manage these applications effectively. This course explores these new application areas and the management approaches needed to make them successful.

3 hours

Toward the end of the 20th century, the fundamental processes in conducting business evolved with help of enabling technologies. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), supply chain management, e-Procurement with B2B technology, agent technologies and shopbots, trust and electronic payment systems and adaptive enterprise computing are just a few of the newer technologies now permeating today’s organization. The purpose of this course is to examine key technologies adapted for use in the 21st century organization.

1 – 6 hours

Master of science students approved for the thesis option must continuously enroll in this research course each semester until the thesis is completed and presented.