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MIS and ISD Graduate Program Curriculum
Curriculum
Note: This new
curriculum is effective as of Fall 2009.
Students entering the program prior to the
Fall 2009 semester will meet with their
advisor to discuss their options.
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Management Information Systems
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Information
Systems Development
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Common Required
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ISTM 201
Information Systems Development and Applications
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ISTM 202
Relational Databases
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ISTM 203
Telecommunications and Enterprise Networks
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ISTM 204
Information Technology
Project Management
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ISTM 205
Internet Computing
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ISTM 206
Information Systems Security
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ISTM 207
Information Resources
Management
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Capstone
ISTM 210
Integrated Information
Systems Capstone
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Choose three
recommended electives:
ISTM 221
ISTM 222
ISTM 223
ISTM 224
ISTM 225
Other electives may be considered by your faculty advisor.
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Choose
three
electives:
ISTM
211
ISTM 213
ISTM 214
ISTM 215
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Management Information Systems
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Information Systems Development
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Technology Core, including Capstone Course
ISTM 201 Information Systems Development and Applications
Each
stage of the information systems life
cycle is discussed in terms of
technologies, impact, and management.
Topics include structured and
object-oriented analysis, prototyping,
software reuse, testing, life-cycle
costs, software development
environments, and organizational and
behavioral aspects of development
projects
ISTM
202 Relational Databases
The course provides an introduction to the
theory of relational databases and an
in-depth discussion of relational database
design at the conceptual, logical and
physical levels. Structured query language
(SQL) is also covered in depth.
ISTM 203 Telecommunications and Enterprise Networks
This course covers
telecommunications and networking as
applied to enterprises in the commercial
and public sector. It provides a survey
of the technologies and applications of
telecommunication systems with emphasis
on wireless, mobile and Internet
communication protocols. Emphasis is
placed upon selection of technologies
and configurations necessary to support
business applications. Hands-on
exercises will familiarize the student
with the functional characteristics of
network technologies.
ISTM 204
Information Technology
Project Management
This course
provides a comprehensive overview of project
and program management, with special
emphasis on information technology
projects. Students are expected to
understand and use the elements, practices
and tools critical to the success of
information technology project and program
management. The basic tools of project
management including work breakdown
structure, cost, schedule and performance
goal setting and risk analysis are studied.
ISTM 205
Internet Computing
This course
introduces the development of Web
applications. The course provides the
student with the opportunity to understand
modern web technologies including concepts,
architectures and frameworks. This course
examines the internet as hardware and
software architecture for creating business
applications. Topics covered include web
servers, web application servers, web
application development methods, client side
and server side scripting, and web
application development techniques.
ISTM 206
Information Systems Security
A
comprehensive examination of the issues
involved in computer security from the
perspective of a designer, manager, and
owner of a business information system. This
course is designed to develop knowledge and
skills for security of information and
information systems within organizations.
The course focuses on concepts and methods
associated with planning, designing,
implementing, managing, and auditing
security at all levels and on all system
platforms, including worldwide networks. The
course presents concepts of security
policies, models and the goals of a security
strategy to achieve confidentiality,
integrity, authentication, identification,
and availability issues related to
information and information systems. The
student will gain an understanding of
methods for assessing risk associated with
accidental and intentional breaches of
security. Apply the basics of Cryptographic
techniques and network security for ensuring
the basic security goals of security of
information systems. Hands-on exercises will
provide familiarity with applications for
security management.
ISTM 207
Information Resource Management
Information
Resources Management is an emerging
discipline that helps managers assess and
exploit information technology assets for
competitive advantage. This course offers
students an understanding of how to manage
information as a strategic resource in
different organizational settings. The
course highlights the role of the Chief
Information Officer, and the many tasks
associated with this function in managing
information resources including: planning,
security, technology integration, use of
advisory committees, development of an
enterprise model, information integration,
and data administration.
ISTM 210
Integrated
Information Systems (Capstone Project)
This is the CAPSTONE course in the
Master of Science in Information System
Technology and Management degree program
from the Information System and
Technology Management Department, School
of Business at the George Washington
University. It is normally taken during
a student's final semester at the
University. This course encompasses
many of the topics covered in the other
courses in this degree program. The
course requires that students apply
many of the topics covered in the other
courses in the program in a simulated
employee team or small group setting.
Students will be introduced to the
experience of designing an on-line
information system, and are required to
complete an on-line system design
document. All aspects of system
planning and design are included.
PREREQUISITES: ISTM 201, 202, 203, 204, 205,
206, 207; completion of all
prerequisites/workshops; course is to be
taken during the final semester of a
student's program. (Completion of
prerequisites and program status data will
be verified using each student's
registration records and registration data.)
Additional Electives
Information Systems
Development - Track Electives
ISTM 211 Data
Warehousing and OLAP
The course provides an introduction to the
theory of data warehousing, dimensional data
modeling and online analytical processing (OLAP).
The theory is introduced through case
studies, technology, and a design project.
ISTM 213
Enterprise Web and Database Applications
The course
provides the student with the theoretical
foundation and a hands-on familiarity of the
concepts that are dramatically changing
enterprise applications. The theoretical
foundation is developed into the
technologies, concepts, architectures and
frameworks emerging today. As the
theoretical concepts of grid and utility
computing emerge in the marketplace, the
architecture of enterprise applications
continues to change. Future database
solutions must be designed to run in a
virtual, highly scalable, cloud-computing
environment. This course examines the
evolution of the internet from a resource
for providing static information to a
hardware and software architecture providing
the major resources for globally distributed
applications using grid and utility
computing. Topics covered include web
servers, web application development
methods, data stores for massively
distributed applications, client side and
server side scripting, and web application
development techniques.
This course
is offered for students interested in
understanding how to get the maximum value
from the vast array of technologies used to
build applications using the internet. Each
student will manage a virtual server and
build a contemporary web application from
the ground up. This course teaches the
development of Web applications through
extensive hands-on activities.
ISTM
214 Advanced Programming and Business
Applications
This course
provides advanced programming design,
development and analysis topics with an
emphasis on business applications. The focus
of this course is not on the programming
language itself. We emphasize the ability to
model real world problem and develop
algorithms to solve the problem. Topics
include basic data structures and algorithms
such as linked list, stack and tree, graph
theory, sorting and searching algorithms.
Students are expected to develop clear and
modular programs in real world applications
including decision tree, social network,
search engine and other e-business
applications.
ISTM
215 Human Computer
Interaction
This Course
provides an introduction to and overview of
the field of the human – computer
interaction (HCI). HCI is an
interdisciplinary field that integrates
theories and methodologies from computer
science, cognitive psychology, design, and
many other areas. Course readings will span
current theory and practice in interface
specification, design and evaluation, as
well as current and classic research papers
in HCI.
Note: This
is not a Web-Design class.
Management
Information Systems - Track Electives
ISTM
221 Management Perspectives in Electronic
Commerce
The Internet and new media are reshaping
industries, creating new opportunities, and
challenging existing commercial models and
relationships. E-Commerce and e-Business is
the fastest changing segment of the world
economy. In this course, you will learn
about critical information technologies that
provide a basis for e-commerce, and their
application in a variety of sectors and
industries. The course will begin with
coverage of the tools, skills and business
concepts that surround the emergence of
e-commerce and the consequences of applying
these information technologies to different
commercial processes from both an
operational and strategic perspective. We
will also explore several of the problems
surrounding e-commerce such as security,
privacy, content selection and rating,
intellectual property rights,
authentication, encryption, acceptable use
policies, and legal liabilities.
ISTM 222 IS/IT strategy and implementation
Over the
last few years, the business environment has
been transformed in large part by leveraging
capabilities of information systems and
technology. Today’s environment is often
called the information age, knowledge
economy, digital businesses, digital
markets, etc. Labels aside, information
systems and technology are not just
back-office process enablers any more, but
they are of strategic importance to any
business. That is even more so as
businesses become global. To be ready to
meet the challenges of this business
environment, this course provides the
necessary breadth and depth of knowledge
needed to develop IS/IT strategies that are
aligned with the business strategies, and
approaches to implement those IS/IT
strategies.
ISTM 223 Technology Entrepreneurship
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Insight
into the process of
innovation-entrepreneurship used to launch
and build new ventures based on
information technology and technology more
broadly. Organizing for innovation, raising
venture capital, wealth creation, managing
the small technology-based venture,
marketing of technology products and
services, intellectual property
considerations. Case studies of actual
companies involved in recent technology
ventures. Opportunity to develop a new
venture proposal for technology-based
ventures in group projects.
ISTM
224 Management of Technology and Innovation
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Business,
technological, economic, and political
factors that influence the development and
deployment of new technology products,
processes and services. Emerging
technologies and the birth of new
industries. Management concepts and
practices useful in managing technology and
enhancing corporate innovation, corporate
organizational alternatives and new
management approaches. Achieving competitive
advantage through technology.
ISTM 225
Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise
Architecture (EA) is a conceptual tool that
assists organizations with the understanding
of their own information resources structure
and it support for the organization’s
objectives. EA provides a map of the
enterprise and is a route planner for
technological and organizational change.
This course focuses on the concept of
enterprise information technology
architecture from a technical and management
perspective. It provides the fundamental
competencies underlying enterprise
architecture as a comprehensive framework
used to manage and align an organization's
Information Technology (IT) assets, people,
operations, and projects with the
organization’s operational characteristics.
The course covers specific methodologies,
models, technologies, and standards involved
in the planning and managing or
organizational IT. Intended for students
who are oriented towards technology
management, the course content delves into
specific functions of enterprise architects
such as extracting requirements, modeling
business processes, and decomposing
organizational IT assets. Specifically the
course will cover service oriented
architectures, performance reference models,
configuration management and system
development life cycles (SDLC), tiered
application architectures, and methodologies
for integrating technical architecture with
an organizational capital investment and
planning control, and project management.
ISTM 298 Directed Readings and Research
Approved independent study with faculty guidance, in Information Systems Technology.
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