NSEI 3381 Object-Oriented Programming for ISM (3 sem. cr.)
Students learn the fundamental concepts and practices of programming in an object-oriented language through substantial hands-on practice. Topics include fundamental models of hardware and software; representation of information and procedures; basic processes of software design and construction; object class design, selection, and use; use of documentation, software libraries, and system frameworks; and use of software development tool chains.

 

NSEI 6111 Software Frameworks (3 sem. cr.)
This course introduces some of the implementation options available for information systems, focusing on composition and reuse rather than construction from scratch. Students apply widely used components to build up-to-date Web applications. Topics include common software system frameworks, components and tool sets, open-source and proprietary software ecologies, and staying current with communities of practice. (Prerequisite: NSEI 3381 or equivalent.)

 

NSEI 6112 System and Service Architecture (3 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on the “back end” of information system and service design: mapping the desired functions onto systems structures that possess desirable properties. Topics include system architecture processes and idioms; mapping architectures onto implementations; and designing for reliability, security, modularity, and scalability. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6301.)

 

NSEI 6301 Information System and Service Analysis and Design (3 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on the “front end” of information system and service design: understanding user and customer behaviors and requirements and designing the functions and interfaces to support them. Topics include requirements analysis, contextual design and user modeling, iterative design, and human-computer interaction. (Prerequisites: NSEI 6111, 6712.)

 

NSEI 6511 Information Systems Project Management (3 sem. cr.)
Students develop the skills needed to plan, lead, and manage an information systems project. Topics include estimating, budgeting, and scheduling; risk management; team leadership; engineering process management; and open-source processes. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6112.)

 

NSEI 6521 Global Information Systems Development (3 sem. cr.)
Students learn how to organize development projects in the global service marketplace, based on key considerations and best practices in outsourced and offshore development. Topics include legal, economic, cultural, and intellectual property issues; 24-hour development; strategic division of labor; case studies of specific geographies; and quality and process standards.

 

NSEI 6561 Service and Sourcing Management (3 sem. cr.)
Students learn to manage projects and programs that span multiple organizations. Topics include process and best practices for qualification, acceptance, and assurance; service-level agreements; relationship management; and supply chain strategy. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6511.)

 

NSEI 6562 Global Services Management (3 sem. cr.)
Students learn the most important issues and practices for both clients and service providers. Topics include information technology and business process outsourcing, managing a services business, global human resources, service supply chain management and governance, and client relationship management.

 

NSEI 6621 Customer Relationship Management (3 sem. cr.)
Students learn the architecture and function of customer relationship management systems and gain insight into their planning, deployment, and management. Topics include sales force management, customer databases, product information databases, front office support, customer support, campaign management, marketing analytics, and vendor and open-source tools. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6732.)

 

NSEI 6631 Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (3 sem. cr.)
Students learn key approaches to the integration of enterprise-wide information to support business strategy and decision-making. The course covers issues in data acquisition, storage, retrieval, and analysis. Topics include data warehouses; data marts; dashboards, key performance indicators, and scorecards; online analytical processing; and data visualization.

 

NSEI 6661 Business Analytics and Data Mining (3 sem. cr.)
Students learn and apply techniques for inference and discovery in large data sets. Topics include statistical inference, exploratory data analysis, data mining, text mining, and machine learning for predictive modeling. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6631.)

 

NSEI 6701 Managing the IT-Enabled Enterprise (3 sem. cr.)
This course serves the dual purpose of introducing students to studying online at Walden and to some of the fundamental issues and trends in information systems management. Topics include information and communication skills for professionals, and information systems issues and cases in the extended enterprise. Emphasis is placed on the services supply-chain context and stakeholder perspectives.

 

NSEI 6712 Business Architecture and Process (3 sem. cr.)
This course examines the structure and operations of organizations from an information-processing point of view and develops students’ skills in analyzing, designing, and improving operations. Topics include fundamental business structures; business process design, management, and optimization; decision support and automation; and enterprise resource planning and integration. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6701.)

 

NSEI 6713 Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage (3 sem. cr.)
This course focuses on the development and implementation of business strategies that enable competitive advantage, with an emphasis on understanding the current environment in which the organization competes and forecasting how that environment may change.

 

NSEI 6721 Organizational and Social Dimensions of Information Systems (3 sem. cr.)
In this course, students place their technical and process work in a human context, focusing on issues and effects in a broader domain. Topics include organizational behavior and change; intellectual property issues; ethics, professionalism, and social impact; and privacy and security. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6712.)

 

NSEI 6732 Marketing (3 sem. cr.)
This course provides students with an understanding of marketing and its relationship to the successful management of today’s business organizations. It focuses on how managers assess the environment and make business decisions based on available evidence or in the face of incomplete market information and rapidly changing markets. The course also examines how to develop marketing strategies that drive profitability, such as choosing a market segment to target and deciding how to differentiate one’s products or services from the competition’s. Finally, the course includes an overview of marketing-mix decisions, such as how to price, distribute, and promote products or services in a way that is consistent with the selected target market and desired positioning.

 

NSEI 6771 IT Governance (3 sem. cr.)
This course deals with the effective alignment of information systems with corporate strategy, recognizing the key role that they play in organizational effectiveness. Topics include decision processes and accountability; the allocation and management of internal and external resources; risk management; value and performance metrics; and legal, regulatory, compliance, and audit issues. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6713.)

 

NSEI 6781 Information Security Governance (3 sem. cr.)
This course covers information security issues in an organizational context, recognizing the increasing stakes in keeping systems safe from tampering and disclosure. Topics include management structures and processes for enterprise information security; information security in the supply chain; legal, regulatory, audit, and policy issues; risk management; and the business case for information security. (Prerequisite: NSEI 6841.)

 

NSEI 6841 Information Security Challenges and Solutions (3 sem. cr.)
This course surveys some of the fundamental issues and techniques in information systems security, preparing students to analyze and solve problems. Topics include issues of authentication and authorization, common vulnerabilities and attacks, prevention and detection, information security best practices, and information security and privacy technologies.

 

NSEI 6981 ISM Capstone: IT Strategy and Governance (3 sem. cr.)
The Information Systems Management capstone course provides students with the opportunity to integrate their specialization area with other program concepts and skills in a group or solo analysis-and-design project. Students analyze the technical, business, policy, and social considerations inherent in their project. (Prerequisites: NSEI 6561, 6713, 6771.)

 

NSEI 6982 ISM Capstone: Business Information Management (3 sem. cr.)
The Information Systems Management capstone course provides students with the opportunity to integrate their specialization area with other program concepts and skills in a group or solo analysis-and-design project. Students analyze the technical, business, policy, and social considerations inherent in their project. (Prerequisites: NSEI 6561, 6631, 6661.)

 

NSEI 6983 ISM Capstone: Customer Relationship Marketing (3 sem. cr.)
The Information Systems Management capstone course provides students with the opportunity to integrate their specialization area with other program concepts and skills in a group or solo analysis-and-design project. Students analyze the technical, business, policy, and social considerations inherent in their project. (Prerequisites: NSEI 6561, 6621, 6732.)

 

NSEI 6984 ISM Capstone: Enterprise Information Security (3 sem. cr.)
The Information Systems Management capstone course provides students with the opportunity to integrate their specialization area with other program concepts and skills in a group or solo analysis-and-design project. Students analyze the technical, business, policy, and social considerations inherent in their project. (Prerequisites: NSEI 6561, 6781, 6841.)

 

NSEI 6985 ISM Capstone: Managing Global Software and Service Supply Chains (3 sem. cr.)
The Information Systems Management capstone course provides students with the opportunity to integrate their specialization area with other program concepts and skills in a group or solo analysis-and-design project. Students analyze the technical, business, policy, and social considerations inherent in their project. (Prerequisites: NSEI 6521, 6561, 6562.)