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Master of Science in Information Systems

Curriculum
The M.S.I.S. program requires 45 credits.

Foundation Courses
Courses required to satisfy these foundation courses do not count toward the credit requirements for the MSIS.

• INFO 503 Introduction to Information Systems Analysis
• INFO 532 Software Development
• INFO 605 Database Management I
• INFO 614 Distributed Computing and Networking or INFO 534 Networking Applications
• BUSN 501 Measuring and Maximizing Financial Performance

The distribution of credits for the M.S.I.S. degree is as follows:

Required courses			24.0 Credits
INFO 540	Introduction to Information Systems Analysis		3.0
INFO 608	Human-Computer Interaction		3.0
INFO 620	Information Systems Analysis and Design		3.0
INFO 630	Evaluation of Information Systems		3.0
INFO 631	Information Technology Integration		3.0
INFO 638	Software Project Management		3.0
INFO 646	Information Systems Management		3.0
INFO 782	Issues in Informatics		3.0
Distribution requirements			12.0
Completion of at least four of the following distribution courses is required for the degree. Additional courses from this list may also be taken as electives.
INFO 606	Database Management II		3.0
INFO 607	Applied Information and Database Technology		3.0
INFO 610	Analysis of Interactive Systems		3.0
INFO 611	Design of Interactive Systems		3.0
INFO 612	Knowledge Base Systems		3.0
INFO 613	Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Databases		3.0
INFO 616	Computer-Supported Cooperative Work		3.0
INFO 617	Introduction to System Dynamics		3.0
INFO 622	Content Representation		3.0
INFO 624	Information Retrieval Systems		3.0
INFO 625	Cognition and Information Retrieval		3.0
INFO 626	Language Processing		3.0
INFO 627	Requirements Engineering and Management		3.0
INFO 628	Information Systems Implementation		3.0
INFO 628	Concepts in Artificial Intelligence		3.0
INFO 633	Programming Internet Information Systems		3.0
INFO 634	Data Mining		3.0
INFO 636	Software Engineering Process I		3.0
INFO 637	Software Engineering Process II		3.0
INFO 648	Healthcare Informatics		3.0
INFO 655	Information Visualization		3.0
INFO 658	Information Architecture		3.0
INFO 710	Information Forensics		3.0
INFO 712	Information Assurance		3.0
INFO 714	Information Systems Auditing		3.0
Electives
	Free electives*		9.0
*Students may take any master's-level IST course with the exception of INFO 503, 530, 532, 614, 534, 605, 652, 510, 511 and BUSN 501. If selecting a course outside Drexel University students should seek approval of Advisor.