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4.00 Credits
This hands-on course provides students with an intermediate to advanced-level understanding of Excel, preparing them to organize and evaluate quantitative data for personal and managerial decision-making. The course covers the Excel skills necessary for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Excel Associate Certification and many needed for the MOS Excel Expert Certification. Specifically, the course covers creating formulas that use functions and work with cells, ranges, arrays, and tables, referencing data on worksheets and other workbooks, manipulating data, validating data, creating pivot tables, creating graphs, and creating simple macros. Techniques to improve workbook maintainability and reuse are also explored.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of information and cybersecurity. It covers how to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and information systems that modern organizations depend upon. The information security domains examined include network security, risk management, governance, physical security, cryptography, application development, business continuity and legal issues. Special consideration is given to studying major security incidents and cybersecurity trends. Students will learn about the threats and vulnerabilities facing computer systems and the tools and techniques used to secure them.
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4.00 Credits
Building on ITM251, this course emphasizes advanced programming techniques using a contemporary programming language to develop business applications. Students complete hands-on exercises and an experiential project.
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the short-and long-term decisions that are made in manufacturing and service systems relating to the operations function. Emphasis is placed upon maximizing productivity, improving quality and discussing key issues within operations which are of relevance in a firm's ability to remain competitive in a global economy. The course also covers global supply chain management aspects such as outsourcing/offshoring and strategic use of information systems. Students are given realistic exercises and gain hands-on experience using a contemporary enterprise information system.
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4.00 Credits
This course prepares students to design, implement and maintain a robust information security program. Students will be introduced to various standards that define best practices for creating and maintaining security policies, performing an enterprise risk assessment, business continuity/disaster recovery planning, and security incident response handling. Students will also be exposed to the legal and regulatory requirements of a successful information security program. A practical approach to learning these topics will be taken, requiring students to apply their knowledge to real-world situations in project work and report writing assignments.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to network security and cryptography. Students learn about computer network configurations, devices, services, vulnerabilities and threats. Topics include firewalls, intrusion prevention/detection systems, honeypots, wireless systems, remote connectivity, malware threats and common attack types. Students design a network security architecture for an organization. The course also covers cryptography topics including encryption methods, symmetric/asymmetric systems, hashing, public-key infrastructures and attack types. Emphasis is placed on reinforcing concepts with hands-on, lab-based exercises.
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4.00 Credits
Studies fundamental concepts of data and information management with primary focus on database systems, including identifying organizational requirements, conceptual data modeling, logical and physical database design, SQL and database administration tasks. Other topics include business intelligence technologies, data quality management and emerging trends. This course requires completion of an application prototype on a currently popular DBMS.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores secure software development and digital forensic analysis. For software security, we cover the most critical application security vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them. The methodologies of developing secure applications are addressed. Secure coding practices are introduced. Additionally, students learn how to conduct vulnerability scans against software as well as take precautionary steps to prevent exploitation. For digital forensics, we explore computer crime types, investigations, and evidence analysis from different devices and operating systems. Students gain experience using digital forensic tools. Understanding cyber risks facing critical national and global infrastructures is also treated.
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4.00 Credits
This course builds on database, development, and systems analysis knowledge, emphasizing project governance and business processes. Students develop business writing skills to analyze business cases and create project governance documents. Topics include information systems project governance, risk, business process modeling, and stakeholder communications. Additionally, the course includes current topics related to an organization's use and management of technology. Students apply the knowledge acquired in their MIS studies to a real-world business problem in a semester-long project.
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4.00 Credits
A comprehensive and intense preparation for the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) exam. The course reviews the domains of the CISSP common body of knowledge. Students sharpen test taking skills with practice questions. A comprehensive exam is given that mimics an actual certification exam.
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