Curriculum
 

Core Curriculum

 

Core Courses (24 sem. cr.)

NSEI 6111 Software Frameworks (3 sem. cr.)*
NSEI 6112 System and Service Architecture (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6301 Information System and Service Analysis and Design (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6511 Information Systems Project Management (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6561 Service and Sourcing Management (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6701 Managing the IT-Enabled Enterprise (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6712 Business Architecture and Process (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6721  Organizational and Social Dimensions of Information Systems (3 sem. cr.)

 

*Students who do not have experience with an object-oriented programming language must take NSEI 3381 Object-Oriented Programming for ISM before taking NSEI 6111 Software Frameworks.

 

Specialized Curriculum

Specialized courses must be taken in the order they are listed.

 

Business Information Management Specialization (9 sem. cr.)

Students in the Business Information Management specialization learn key approaches to integrating enterprise-wide information to support business strategy and decision-making. They examine and apply techniques for inference and discovery in large data sets, as well as for data acquisition, storage, data mining, text mining, and data retrieval and analysis.

 

NSEI 6631 Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6661 Business Analytics and Data Mining (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6982 ISM Capstone: Business Information Management (3 sem. cr.)

 

Customer Relationship Marketing Specialization (9 sem. cr.)

In the Customer Relationship Marketing specialization, students learn about the market and its relationship to the successful management of today’s business organizations. They review marketing strategies that drive profitability and the appropriate marketing mix decisions. Students learn the architecture and function of CRM systems for planning, deployment, and management.

 

NSEI 6732 Marketing (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6621 Customer Relationship Management (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6983 ISM Capstone: Customer Relationship Marketing (3 sem. cr.)

 

Enterprise Information Security Specialization (9 sem. cr.)

Students in the Enterprise Information Security specialization develop a thorough understanding of information security issues and the importance of keeping systems safe from tampering and disclosure. Students identify management structures and processes for ensuring enterprise information security and the legal, regulatory, audit, and policy issues surrounding security.

 

NSEI 6841 Information Security Challenges and Solutions (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6781 Information Security Governance (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6984 ISM Capstone: Enterprise Information Security (3 sem. cr.)

 

IT Strategy and Governance Specialization (9 sem. cr.)

Students in the IT Strategy and Governance specialization develop and implement business strategies that give their organization a competitive advantage. They learn to understand the current competitive environment and forecast future changes that could affect their organization. Students align information systems with corporate strategy to boost their organization’s effectiveness.

 

NSEI 6713 Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6771 IT Governance (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6981 ISM Capstone: IT Strategy and Governance (3 sem. cr.)

 

Managing Global Software and Service Supply Chains Specialization (9 sem. cr.)

Students in the Managing Global Software and Service Supply Chains specialization organize development projects in the global service marketplace, based on key considerations and best practices in outsourced and offshore development. They analyze the most important issues and practices for both clients and service providers, including legal, economic, cultural, and intellectual property issues; IT and business process outsourcing; global human resources; service supply chain management; and governance and client relationship management.

 

NSEI 6521 Global Information Systems Development (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6562 Global Services Management (3 sem. cr.)
NSEI 6985 ISM Capstone: Managing Global Software and Service Supply Chains (3 sem. cr.)

 

Course Sequence

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