MSCIS Requirements & Curriculum
Degree Requirements
A student must complete 30 credit hours, which comprise of five core courses and five electives
Course Curriculum and Description
Pre-core (for students who do not have programming experience; will not count towards degree requirement)
Core Courses (for all students)
CIS 5100 Object Orientation
CIS 5200 Specification and Design *
CIS 5300 Quality Assurance *
CIS 5400 Lifecycle Process Management *
CIS 5500 Practicum
Elective Courses
CIS 5020 Enterprise Systems Programming
CIS 5050 Project Management *
CIS 5250 Software Construction
CIS 5350 Metrics and Models for Software Management
CIS 5430 Lifecycle Process Improvement
CIS 5530 Human Factors in IT
CIS 5540 Post-Release Management *
CIS 5550 Database Design *
CIS 5570 Networks *
CIS 5580 System Forensics
CIS 5590 Electronic Data Integration - Architectures and Standards *
CIS 5600 Technologies for B2B *
CIS 5650 Information Ethics *
CIS 5660 Access Techologies
CIS 5700 Information Assurance
CIS 5750 Information Security Management
CIS 5790 Assurance Processes
CIS 5800 Advanced Topics *
CIS 5820 IT Portfolio Leadership
CIS 5840 IT Performance Leadership
CIS 5890 International Software Management
CIS 5900 Lead Assessor Certification *
CIS 5910 Audit *
CIS 5950 Directed Research
CIS 5990 Master's Thesis
MBA 5200 Decision Analysis
MBA 5260 Information Systems and Technology
MBA 5620 Entrepreneurship
* Note: Courses with astericks have been
designated by the United States National Security Agency
Critical Infrastructure Protection Board Committee on
National Security Systems for Information Assurance Center
of Excellence Certification.
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