IT Strategy and Governance

Develop and implement business strategies that give your organization a competitive advantage. Understand the current competitive environment and forecast future changes that could affect your organization. Align information systems with corporate strategy to boost your organization’s effectiveness.

Completion Requirements

• 33 semester credit hours
  • Core courses (24 sem. cr.)
  • Specialization courses (6 sem. cr.)
  • Specialization capstone course (3 sem. cr.)
• Minimum 3.0 GPA

Estimated time to completion: less than 2 years, depending on individual progress, credits transferred, and pre-requisite course. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

The courses are delivered in a prescribed sequence. Each 16-week semester, except for the first and last semester, includes two consecutive 8-week courses.

Core Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	Semester 1
NSEI 6701	Managing the IT-Enabled Enterprise	3
NSEI 6712	Business Architecture and Process	3
	Semester 2
NSEI 6111	Software Frameworks	3
NSEI 6301	Information System and Service Analysis and Design	3
	Semester 3
NSEI 6112	System and Service Architecture	3
NSEI 6721	Organizational and Social Dimensions of Information Systems	3
	Semester 4
NSEI 6511	Information Systems Project Management	3
NSEI 6561	Service and Sourcing Management	3

Specialization Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	Semester 5
NSEI 6713	Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage	3
NSEI 6771	IT Governance	3

Capstone Course

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	Semester 6
NSEI 6981	ISM Capstone-ITS&G	3

Prerequisite Course for Students Without a Computing Degree

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
NSEI 3381	Object Oriented Programming for ISM	3

Course Descriptions