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MS-IST > MIS, ISD, ISPM > Curriculum MIS, ISD, ISPM Graduate Program Curriculum
CurriculumNote: Except as otherwise indicated, all ISTM and DNSC courses were formerly known as MGT courses with the same numeric course number and course title. For example, "ISTM 284, Database Systems" was formerly called "MGT 284, Database Systems." ISTM 290, Intro to Tech Proj Mgt, formerly known as MGT 231, Project Management, is an exception to the new course number/name system. Courses not designated as electives are required and shown against a blue background in the table below.
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ISTM 226 Decision
Support Systems
(Virginia Campus and Graduate Education
Center, Arlington)
DNSC 226 Decision Support Systems (Main
Campus)
Framework, processes, and technical components for building decision support systems dealing with unstructured and under-specified problems from managerial and organizational perspectives. Construction and exploration of decision support systems models.
ISTM 230 Management of Technology Innovation
Competitive, economic, and political factors that influence technology innovation in public and private organizations, domestically and internationally. Management of research and development: project selection, resource allocation, technology planning, management of development projects. Quality, manufacturing, and intellectual property issues.
ISTM 232 International Science and Technology
Technology transfer among advanced countries and LDC's. Comparative science and technology policies and capabilities of countries. Technology basis for international trade, licensing, patenting, and joint ventures. Global transfer of military technologies and export controls. Technology in economic development.
ISTM 235 Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The process of innovation and entrepreneurship used to launch and build new ventures. Organizing for innovation, raising venture capital, tax considerations, managing the small technology-based venture, marketing technology. Case studies of recent low- to high-tech ventures. Developing a business plan for a technology-based venture.
ISTM 239 Seminar: Competitiveness and Technology
Capstone course integrating the field of management of science, technology, and innovation. Commercialization of technology in the private sector and the impact on competitiveness. Implementation of technology in the public sector. Technology development, from new product concept to utilization.
ISTM 248 Data Warehouse Design
Key concepts in data warehouse design, including measurement of business processes, dimensional modeling, theories of data warehouse development, and methods of exploiting the data warehouse. Differences between relational databases and data warehouses.
ISTM 241 Information Systems Security
An advanced course in information technology, emphasizing the philosophies principles, and practices of security management in and impact of privacy legislation on computer-based systems. Risk assessment, state-of-the-art measures, trends in the information security field, and roles of the various levels of management and technological staff.
ISTM 249 Seminar in Hypermedia Information Systems
Current trends and in the design and implementation of hypermedia information systems. Integration of database, text, image, voice, video, and knowledge in information systems. The course will also explore how the same technologies can be used to produce multimedia presentations for both CD-ROM and web distribution.
ISTM 271 Principles of Management Information Systems
Integration of management, information, and systems concepts into a unified framework. Management information systems development, design, implementation and evaluation strategies
ISTM 272 Information Resource Management
An overview of the use of information by organizations and the strategies, policies, and technology used to manage information resources and security. Computer networking and national and international telecommunications are examined within the technical, legal, economic, and social environments of systems operations.
ISTM 274 Survey of Advanced IT Technologies
Recent examples of new technologies are analyzed, and strategies of technology planning, project selection and resource allocation are discussed from these perspectives.
ISTM 277 Design and Evaluation of User Interfaces
Effective user interfaces are one of the key success factors of an effective information system. This course addresses both the design and evaluation of user interfaces. Focusing on, but not limited to, web based systems, common tools such as VBScript and JavaScript are employed to demonstrate the concepts presented. Methods such as GOMS, cognitive walkthroughs and participatory design are used for both design and evaluation of interfaces
DNSC 279 Special Topics in Neural Networks
Fundamental concepts of neural networks and its use in business applications such as data mining finance telecommunications, network management, and data security. The relationship between neural networks and expert systems is examined.
ISTM 283 Higher Level Languages
The structure and organization of high-level languages in relation to the systems development process. Object-oriented design and programming using the JAVA programming language. Programming assignments demonstrate the concepts presented.
ISTM 285 Database and Intelligent Systems
Analysis and solution of complex
information problems through
commercially available database and
intelligent systems; development of
evaluation methodology, comparison of
implementation strategies. Hands-on
experience with major commercial
systems.
ISTM 289 Web Technologies
Conceptualization, design, and development of business applications using the World Wide Web and emerging web technologies.
*ISTM 290 Special
Topics: Introduction to Tech
Project Management
Practical examination of how projects can be managed from start to finish, including specific emphasis on planning and controlling to avoid common pitfalls. Identifying needs, defining requirements, project costing, scheduling, resource allocation, and project politics. Configuration management, microcomputer applications.
**ISTM 290 Special Topics
TBA
MGT 298 - Directed Readings and Research
Approved independent study with faculty guidance, in Information Systems Technology.
All courses and programs are approved through the regular University procedure authorized by the Board of Trustees of the University and the Charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The University reserves the right to withdraw any course announced and to make program modifications when necessary.
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