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3.00 Credits
Provides advanced coverage of data modeling and design. You will use Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERD), Semantic Object Modeling (SOM), database planning and normalization. There will be extensive use of Oracle in our computer labs. Prerequisite: ITM 304.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizes the development of protocols and procedures designed to minimize business and enterprise risks associated with disasters and other major disruptions to ensure the rapid recovery of critical business functions. You will learn how to write a disaster plan; the importance of rapid response and business recovery; how to identify critical business functions; considerations for developing alternative business operations, including virtual continuity and collaboration with inter-company business-continuity planning teams; and internal and external communications requirements. Co-requisite: ITM 300.
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3.00 Credits
Reviews the historical sequence of the information technology revolution and the emergence of the information technology paradigm. You will learn the cultural, institutional and economic components of the network enterprise and how the informational society continues to transform work and employment. The course will include in-depth discussions about the geography and uses of the Internet and its role in shaping global political, social and economic realities. This course offers you a chance to develop a macro view of the continuing global evolution of the network society and its larger impacts and potential consequences. Co-requisite: ITM 300.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the different types of mobile wireless communications. Focuses on some key mobile wireless technologies and studies their advantages and limitations. You will understand the hardware and software requirements for mobile wireless communications and will research the available mobile wireless devices. You will learn concepts of wireless communications; wireless regulations and frequency allocations; key wireless technologies - GSM, TDMA and CDMA; mobile TCP/mobile IP; WAP (wireless application protocol); worldwide mobile wireless applications; available mobile wireless products; and the advantages, issues and future trends of mobile wireless communications. Features a case study approach to the application of mobile wireless technologies. Prerequisite: ITM 313.
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3.00 Credits
Provides an introduction to the business knowledge and management skills necessary for leadership roles in IT departments. Emphases include aligning IT to the needs of business processes and enabling business value. You will learn and utilize IT management frameworks such as COBIT and ITIL. The culminating project in the course asks you to address a management challenge, in which you apply process tools and management frameworks to the solution of a business problem. Should be taken as the first course in the MSITM advanced program.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the elements of enterprise architecture and how the IT manager links the business mission, strategy, and processes of an organization to its IT strategy. You will examine the different EA methodologies and approaches, and understand where they fit into the IT function. Key linkages between business strategy, IT project portfolio management, and EA will be explored. Using case studies, you will learn how to apply the tenets of the EA discipline to define and chart the course of IT strategy to solve strategic business problems. Co-requisite: ITM 340
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3.00 Credits
Presents an intermediate level treatment of managerial finance for the unique needs of the IT manager. Builds on the conceptual and technical foundation of the managerial finance course. Topics include capital structure theory and practice, capital budgeting, leasing, project cash flow analysis, risk analysis, the selection of various financing methods as well as the financial implications of external contract structures. Prerequisite: FI 100 or FI 203 or FI 300A.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the processes of IT governance, IT project portfolio management, and IT program management. You will learn how to establish an organizational and governance or control structure to facilitate the alignment and delivery of IT projects with business strategy. You will learn how to identify and take the lead in effective IT decision making, manage multiple IT investments using principles of portfolio management, and organize and control and the program delivery process. You will learn how to charter and organize a program management office (PMO), demonstrate the interrelationship between IT governance and portfolio management, articulate the frameworks and objectives of effective project portfolio management, and how to manage and control the delivery of multiple IT project investments. Contemporary IT management texts, case studies, and selected readings will be used. Prerequisite: OP 340
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3.00 Credits
Bringing together the skills and knowledge developed in the other core courses, this capstone course for the MSITM degree explores the organizing, administration and strategic planning of the information technology function in the organization. Introduces advanced coverage of the areas of IT and business strategy integration, IT services outsourcing, IT budgeting and IT management frameworks. These are applied across a series of challenging case studies, and culminate in a final project in which you structure IT to solve business problems and link IT and business strategy. Prerequisites: All ITM core: ITM 340, ITM 342, ITM 343, OP 340, and ITM 344; ITM 395 must be taken as part of the final six units in the MS ITM Advanced Program.
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3.00 Credits
Address significant, topical and practical problems, issues and theories in areas encompassed by the School of Business graduate degrees. Topics are compiled and selected by the department chairs. Prerequisites will vary based on topic.
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