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.