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Advanced IT Courses

Advanced IT Courses - All Options

The Business Application Option takes three credits; all other options take six.

  • IST 301: Information and Organizations
  • IST 402: Emerging Issues and Technologies  
  • IST 413: Usability Engineering
  • IST 420: Fundamentals of Systems and Enterprise Integration
  • IST 421: Advanced Enterprise Integration: Technologies and Applications 
  • IST 425: New Venture Creation 
  • IST 431: The Information Environment 
  • IST 432: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Information Science and Technology
  • IST 446: An Introduction to Building Computer/Video Games
  • IST 452: Legal and Regulatory Environment of Privacy and Security
  • IST 454: Computer and Cyber Forensics 
  • IST 456: Information Security Management 
  • MIS 390: Information Systems Mgmt and Applications 
  • MIS 404: Introduction to ERP and Business Processes 

Advanced Business IT Courses - Business Applications Option only (three credits)

  • IST 425: New Venture Creation
  • IST 456: Information Security Management
  • MIS 301: Business Analytics
  • MIS 345: Introduction to Data Analytics
  • MIS 390: Information Systems Management and Applications
  • MIS 404: Introduction to ERP and Business Processes
  • MIS 431: Business Data Management
  • SCM 340: Introduction to Supply Chain Analytics


NOTE: MIS 204 is a prerequisite for some of these courses and can be used for a requirement for the option.

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