UT Dallas 2018 Graduate Catalog

Naveen Jindal School of Management

Master of Science in Information Technology and Management

36 semester credit hours minimum

Faculty

Professors: Indranil R. Bardhan, Huseyin Cavusoglu, Daniel A. Cohen, Theodore E. Day, Ernan E. Haruvy, Varghese S. Jacob, Sanjay Jain, Nanda Kumar, Sumit K. Majumdar, Syam Menon, Vijay S. Mookerjee, B. P. S. Murthi, Hasan Pirkul, Srinivasan Raghunathan, Sumit Sarkar, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng

Clinical Professors: Ranavir Bose, Kutsal Dogan, Forney Fleming III, William Hefley, Peter Lewin, Daniel Rajaratnam, Rajiv Shah, Mark Thouin

Associate Professors: Jianqing Chen, Surya N. Janakiraman, Atanu Lahiri, Amit Mehra, Young U. Ryu, Gil Sadka, Harpreet Singh, Upender Subramanian, Feng Zhao

Clinical Associate Professor: Carolyn Reichert

Assistant Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci, Radha Mookerjee, Shaojie Tang, Zhe (James) Zhang

Clinical Assistant Professors: Moran Blueshtein, Judd Bradbury, Maria Hasenhuttl, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks, Liping Ma, Ravi Narayan, Dawn Owens, Nassim Sohaee

Senior Lecturers: Prithi Narasimhan, Kashif Saeed, Luell (Lou) Thompson

Degree Requirements

The Master of Science in Information Technology Management (MS ITM) is a minimum 36 semester credit hours STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) degree program that prepares students to better understand the complex world of Information Technology, its management, and issues that occur at the interface between IT and business.

Course requirement consists of core courses, IT elective courses, and free elective courses. Core courses provide foundational knowledge regarding information technology and management practices and serve as the foundation for understanding the complex issues that occur at the interface between IT and business. IT elective courses provide students with opportunities to learn specialized knowledge in one or more focused tracks and free elective courses enable students to select courses that maximize their individual educational and professional goals. Detailed course requirements for the MS ITM degree may be found in the following section.

To apply for this degree program, an undergraduate degree is required (all majors are considered). Students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) in both core courses and in aggregate courses to qualify for the MS degree.

Prerequisite

Students pursuing the Master of Science in Information Technology Management degree program are required to complete one semester credit hour of MAS 6102 Professional Development course. Degree credit is not earned for program prerequisites, however, the grade achieved in prerequisites will count toward the student's grade-point average (GPA). All program prerequisites must be satisfied within the first semester of graduate study as a degree-seeking student.

Course Requirements

Core Courses: 18 semester credit hours

Select the following three courses (9 semester credit hours).

MIS 6323 Object Oriented Programming in Java

or MIS 6382 Object Oriented Programming in Python

MIS 6326 Data Management

MIS 6308 Systems Analysis and Project Management

And choose three courses listed below (9 semester credit hours).

ACCT 6305 Accounting for Managers

ENTP 6370 Innovation and Entrepreneurship

FIN 6301 Financial Management

MECO 6303 Business Economics

MKT 6301 Marketing Management

OB 6301 Organizational Behavior

OPRE 6301 Statistics and Data Analysis

OPRE 6302 Operations Management

Electives: 12 semester credit hours

Choose 12 semester credit hours from courses listed below.

MIS 6302 Managing Digital Strategy

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing

MIS 6316 Data Communications

MIS 6317 Healthcare Informatics

MIS 6319 Enterprise Resource Planning

MIS 6324 Business Analytics with SAS

MIS 6330 Information Technology Security

MIS 6332 ERP Configurations and Implementation

MIS 6333 Digital Forensics and Incident Management

MIS 6334 Advanced Business Analytics with SAS

MIS 6337 Information Technology Audit and Risk Management

MIS 6338 Accounting Systems Integration and Configuration

MIS 6344 Web Analytics

MIS 6345 High Performance Analytics

MIS 6346 Big Data Analytics

MIS 6356 Business Analytics with R

MIS 6357 Advanced Business Analytics with R

MIS 6360 Agile Project Management

MIS 6363 Cloud Computing

MIS 6364 Enterprise Architecture: Modeling the Digital Enterprise

MIS 6369 Supply Chain Software

MIS 6372 Managing IT-as-a-Service

MIS 6373 Social Media Business

MIS 6375 Technology and New Product Development

MIS 6378 Enterprise Systems and CRM

MIS 6380 Data Visualization

MIS 6383 Programming Approaches for Data Management

MIS 6384 Preparing for Cybersecurity Threats

MIS 6V98 Information Systems Internship

MIS 6V99 Special Topics in Management Information Systems

MIS 7340 Independent Study in MIS

BUAN 6335 Managing Analytics Projects

BUAN 6340 Programming for Data Science

BUAN 6341 Applied Machine Learning

Free Electives: 6 semester credit hours

Students may choose any masters-level course offered within JSOM except for MIS 6204 and MIS 6320.

Information Technology Management Tracks

The MS ITM degree program offers opportunities for students to focus in a specific track (optional) to obtain an in-depth knowledge in a specific area depending on their interests.

The Enterprise Systems track is recommended for students interested in developing and managing large-scale applications and IT infrastructure.

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing

MIS 6319 Enterprise Resource Planning

MIS 6332 ERP Configurations and Implementation

MIS 6338 Accounting Systems Integration and Configuration

MIS 6369 Supply Chain Software

MIS 6378 Enterprise Systems and CRM

The Business Intelligence and Analytics track is recommended for students interested in managing large-scale data and analyzing them to develop sound business strategies.

BUAN 6335 Organizing for Business Analytics: A System Approach

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing

MIS 6324 Business Analytics with SAS

MIS 6334 Advanced Business Analytics with SAS

MIS 6344 Web Analytics

MIS 6345 High Performance Analytics

MIS 6373 Social Media Business

MIS 6380 Data Visualization

OPRE 6301 Statistics and Data Analysis

The Cyber Security Management track is recommended for students interested in cyber security risk management.

MIS 6316 Data Communications

MIS 6330 Information Technology Security

MIS 6333 Digital Forensics and Incident Management

MIS 6337 Information Technology Audit and Risk Management

MIS 6384 Preparing for Cybersecurity Threats

The IT Consulting and Services Management track is recommended for students interested in IT consulting and project management.

MIS 6302 Managing Digital Strategy

MIS 6360 Agile Project Management

MIS 6364 Enterprise Architecture: Modeling the Digital Enterprise

MIS 6372 Managing IT-as-a-Service

MIS 6375 Technology and New Product Development

BPS 6360 Management and Organizational Consulting: Theory and Practice

The Healthcare Systems track is recommended for students interested in managing IT in the healthcare domain.

HMGT 6323 Healthcare Informatics

HMGT 6320 The American Healthcare System

MIS 6324 Business Analytics with SAS

HMGT 6327 Electronic Health Records Applications

MIS 6330 Information Technology Security

MIS 6381 Electronic Health Records Applications

Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Information Technology

9 semester credit hours

Faculty

Professor: Indranil R. Bardhan

Assistant Professor: Mehmet Ayvaci

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Health Information Technology emphasizes practical concepts in healthcare IT and hands on experience gained using electronic medical records (EMR) software. The focus will be on identification and understanding the key information required for managing and working with healthcare information systems. It also demonstrates the use of analytics and software tools related to healthcare information to develop sound healthcare decisions, particularly the core functionalities of the EMR software platform, including how to support clinical information workflows in a paperless environment, and the interconnectivity with other clinical and business systems.

Courses required for graduate certificate in health information technology (9 semester credit hours)

HMGT 6323 Healthcare Informatics

HMGT 6327 Electronic Health Records Applications

HMGT 6334 Healthcare Analytics

Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Systems

9 semester credit hours

Faculty

Associate Professor: Atanu Lahiri

Clinical Assistant Professor: Judd Bradbury

Senior Lecturers: Mary Beth Goodrich, Luell (Lou) Thompson

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Systems emphasizes theoretical concepts in enterprise resource planning and hands on experience using SAP software. It provides broad exposure to various SAP functional modules such as sales and distribution, supply chain management, customer relationship management, procurement, human capital management, accounting, and data warehousing. Furthermore, the certificate program provides students with an opportunity to get an in-depth knowledge of two of these modules.

MIS 6319 Enterprise Resource Planning

and choose two of the courses listed below:

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing

MIS 6332 ERP Configurations and Implementation

MIS 6338 Accounting Systems Integration and Configuration

MIS 6369 Supply Chain Software

MIS 6378 Enterprise Systems and CRM

Graduate Certificate in Business Intelligence and Data Mining

12 semester credit hours

Faculty

Professors: Huseyin Cavusoglu, Syam Menon, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng

Clinical Professor: Kutsal Dogan

Associate Professors: Jianqing Chen, Atanu Lahiri

Assistant Professors: Radha Mookerjee, Zhe (James) Zhang

Clinical Assistant Professors: Judd Bradbury, Ravi Narayan, Nassim Sohaee

Senior Lecturer: Kashif Saeed

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Business Intelligence and Data Mining provides students with an understanding of how to analyze large complex data sets in order to solve business problems. It emphasizes theoretical concepts and clinical knowledge associated with the design, delivery and use of business intelligence and data mining techniques in organizations.

Required courses: 12 semester credit hours

MIS 6309 Business Data Warehousing (ITM Majors Only)

or MIS 6320 Database Foundations (non-ITM Majors Only)

MIS 6324 Business Analytics with SAS

MIS 6334 Advanced Business Analytics with SAS

OPRE 6301 Statistics and Data Analysis

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