Drive innovation with a master’s in information systems online

This course examines the internal business environment, including business functions and the roles that are responsible for fulfilling these functions. Topics include product development phases, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, implementation, and testing; innovation in product development; prominent leadership roles such as product manager, project manager, designer, and system analyst; and product deployment including cloud computing for competitive advantage.

This course covers business, process, and system analysis concepts in the system development lifecycle. It explores how analysts bridge the gap between business and technical expertise and their leadership and innovation produce competitive products. Topics include user requirements analysis, story creation, system architecture, process modeling, automation, piloting prototypes, changing environment, and userbase.

Product managers become a bridge between cross-functional teams and customers by understanding customer needs and building innovative products in a competitive business environment. This course covers how product managers apply leadership skills that embrace different concepts such as product strategy, customer discovery, market evaluation, product planning, minimum viable product, go-to-market, product-market fit, and growth prospects.

This course provides an introductory overview of methods, concepts and current practices in the field of statistics and data analytics. Topics to be covered include data collection, data analysis and visualization as well as probability, statistical inference and regression methods for informed decision-making. Students will explore these topics with current statistical software. Some emphasis will also be given to ethical principles of data analytics.

This course teaches data management from an applied perspective. The topics include fundamentals of database management systems, structured query language (SQL) for data analytics, relational database design, and data warehousing.

This course examines various issues related to the management of information systems. Topics include: strategic planning, organizing the technology resources, means of prioritizing and selecting information technology, staffing, personnel management, and assessment. Note, this course has proctored exam(s).

More than ever before, the ability to understand and be understood is critical for success in the corporate world. Communication is no longer limited by the narrow definitions of the past. Achieving a business leadership position today means not only being adept at both oral and written communication, but also understanding communication from a strategic point of view and knowing how to effectively organize and present information to audiences of all sizes. In this course, you will develop and refine these capabilities. What you gain from this course will be of value throughout your MBA program, as well as in the workplace.

This course aims to improve critical thinking and decision-making skills in the IT policy and governance field. The course brings forth today's complex and cutting-edge computing environment by taking threats, vulnerabilities, and cyber controls into account. Course provokes the questions of how the GRC (Governance, Risk Management, Compliance) practices should be applied in today's complex IT environments to make the most out of the cutting-edge technology and how critical assets should be protected from adversarial actions of advanced persistent threats. The course brings various essential processes and services to the table, including but not limited to supply chain risks, innovation, and resilience. Research papers and discussion assignments help students obtain pertinent information and improve research & academic writing skills within the field.

The capstone course reinforces the concepts learned in the Information Systems curriculum through a capstone project. Students will assume the role of a product manager and lead all systems development lifecycle steps in the launch of an innovative product starting from concept through analysis, design, marketing, deployment, and user feedback. All prior project management, governance, database, analytics, and communications skills will be evaluated.