UT Dallas 2013 Graduate Catalog

Naveen Jindal School of Management

Master of Science in Information Technology and Management

36 hours minimum

Degree Requirements

The Master of Science in Information Technology Management (MS ITM) degree requires a minimum of 36 credit hours, consisting of basic business courses, IT foundation courses, IT elective courses and free electives. The business core courses are designed to provide incoming students with the context to better appreciate and understand the complex issues that occur at the interface between IT and business.

The IT foundation courses cover the essentials of IT knowledge that any student must possess. The IT elective courses provide in-depth knowledge of the technology and technology management issues. In addition, students may choose approved electives that maximize their individual educational and professional goals. The program also offers opportunities for students to concentrate in specific tracks such as 'Enterprise Systems,' 'Business Intelligence and Analytics,' 'IT Consulting,' 'Healthcare Systems,' and 'Information Security and Assurance' depending on their interests and goals. The students can contact the advising office for the recommended courses for these tracks.

Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average in both core courses and in aggregate courses to qualify for the MS degree

Course Requirements

Basic Business Core Courses: minimum of 9 hours from the following

ACCT 6305 Accounting for Managers

FIN 6301 Financial Management

MECO 6303 Business Economics

MKT 6301 Marketing Management

OPRE 6301 Quantitative Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty in Business

OPRE 6302 Operations Management

OB 6301 Organizational Behavior

IT Foundation Courses: 12 hours

MIS 6316 Data Communications

MIS 6323 Object Oriented Programming

MIS 6326 Data Management

MIS 6308 Systems Analysis and Project Management

IT Electives: choose 9 hours from the list of courses that have an MIS prefix, excluding MIS 6204.

MIS 6302 Information Technology Strategy and Management

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing

MIS 6314 System ReEngineering

MIS 6317 Healthcare Informatics

MIS 6319 Enterprise Resource Planning

MIS 6324 Business Intelligence Software and Techniques

MIS 6330 Information Technology Security

MIS 6332 Advanced ERP: Sales and Distribution

MIS 6334 Advanced Business Intelligence

MIS 6338 Accounting Systems Integration and Configuration

MIS 6344 Web Analytics

MIS 6352 Web Systems Design and Development

MIS 6360 Software Project Management

MIS 6362 Service Oriented Computing

MIS 6363 Cloud Computing

MIS 6364 Enterprise IT Architecture

MIS 6369 Supply Chain Software

MIS 6372 IT Services Management

MIS 6373 Social Media and Business

MIS 6378 Enterprise Systems and CRM

MIS 6379 SAP ABAP Programming

MIS 6V98 Information Systems Internship

Free Electives: 6 hours

Any course from the set of IT electives may be used as a free elective. Also any course from the set of business core courses, or any other graduate level business course, except MIS 6204, may be used as a free elective.

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