Information Technology Mgt (ITM)
ITM 500 Business Technology Strategy 3 credits
This course introduces strategic and operational planning for the application of information systems with heavy emphasis on the alignment of information strategy to business strategy. An introduction to the four schools of strategic thought and how they relate to strategic planning and decision-making is identified. A review of the application of strategic models for the purpose of deploying corporate strategy is explored. This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.
ITM 505 Ethics in Information Technology 3 credits
This course explores real-world information technology dilemmas and frameworks to identify ethical problems and reach ethical decisions. Its objective is to us these skills, grounded in ethical theory, to make informed decisions within fast-paced and emerging business environments.This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.
ITM 510 Research in Information Technology 3 credits
As part of a research project identify the critical role I.T. plays in organizational development. This course will explore how to employ action learning to improve the competitiveness of the organization. Defining IT challenges from an operational and strategic perspective the class will explore adaptive learning technique by offering proven educational theories and practices to foster the required changes in your staff. Research of existing organizational learning theories and the historical problems that occur with companies will be conducted to understand how to research these issues and provide solutions for technology enablement of the business. This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.
ITM 517 Computer Based Information Systems 3 credits
This course offers a holistic introduction to Information Systems (IS). It examines how organizational strategies are intertwined with the delivery of supporting technologies and informs on ethical and privacy obligations for all IS professionals. Students will learn the main tenets and knowledge that drives cyber security, data management, IT networking, E-commerce, and mobile computing. Social Computing, Customer Relationship and Supply Chain Management structures are also explored along with the symbiosis between big data, cloud computing and business analytics that drive all modern business initiatives and operations.
ITM 520 Procurement & Asset Management 3 credits
Learn financial tools leaders use to create value as they make technology decisions for their organizations. Apply these tools to business cases from the technology industry to increase skills in making data informed decisions. This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.
ITM 530 Leadership Information Technology 3 credits
Explore leadership essentials, proven effective within the technology sector and beyond, and learn to distinguish when to lead and when to manage. Use these skills, recognizing leaders are found at all organizational levels, to ethically lead change and innovation. This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.
ITM 535 Business Intelligence and Data Analytics 3 credits
Understand and describe the business intelligence (BI) methodology and concepts as well as the various types of analytics. Explore, analyze and visualize the data necessary for managerial decision making. Explore emerging technologies and their impact on analytics, BI, and business decision support. This course draws upon current work, training, or internship experience.
ITM 540 Information Security 3 credits
Analyze how information systems are designed to interact with people and carry out ethical business strategy. Design plans to secure enterprise‐wide data and applications in a growing mobile environment. Assess risk and manage quality in working to meet auditing and compliance standards. Topics include business continuity and disaster recovery, virtualization, and the effects of compliance on infrastructure development.This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.
ITM 545 IT Project Management 3 credits
This course identifies how to deliver on new ideas and strategies by practicing traditional and agile methodologies and processes that help bring new products and services to the market. It builds on differing strategic approaches and project management techniques to manage innovation so that competitive strategy and new ideas can be realized. An understanding of the DevOps model that facilitates an effective organization and how it relates to delivering new products and how to leverage it will be explored. This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.
ITM 547 Database Management 3 credits
This course offers an overall understanding of data management by learning how to design, implement and manage databases along with other data management systems. Data modeling, designing relational databases, entity relationship modeling, entity clustering and the use of SQL languages for extracting important datapoints is explored. Students will learn more about distributed database management systems, and data warehouses to create big data capability in support of data analytics, data science and decision-making.
ITM 550 Technology Management and Innovation 3 credits
Utilize contemporary case studies to compare software and infrastructure development methodologies such as the Systems Development Lifecycle to Agile Methods. Apply learned skills to key decision-making tasks such as in-house development, outsourcing, software testing, and cloud computing.This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.
ITM 555 Capstone 3 credits
This course integrates knowledge learned throughout the program. Demonstrate an understanding of content obtained by completing a research paper addressing an issue in an industry. Ethically incorporate technical and business knowledge skills through identifying key issues by doing a thorough search of academic and practitioner knowledge to support a stated thesis. This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience. This course draws upon current work, training or internship experience.