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Master of Science in Information Systems
Curriculum
The MSIS program requires 45.0 credits.
Foundation Courses
Courses required to satisfy these foundation courses do not count toward the credit
requirements for the MSIS.
- INFO 530 Foundations of Information Systems
- 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 MSIS degree is as follows:
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| Required courses | 24.0 Credits | |||
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| INFO 540 | Perspectives in Information Systems | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 608 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 620 | Information Systems Analysis and Design | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 630 | Evaluation of Information Systems | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 631 | Information Technology Integration | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 638 | Software Project Management | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 646 | Information Systems Management | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 782 | Issues in Informatics | 3.0 | ||
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| Distribution requirements | 12.0 |
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| 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. | ||||
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| INFO 606 | Advanced Database Management | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 607 | Applied Database Technologies | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 610 | Analysis of Interactive Systems | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 611 | Design of Interactive Systems | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 612 | Knowledge Base Systems | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 613 | Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Databases | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 616 | Computer-Supported Cooperative Work | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 617 | Introduction to System Dynamics | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 622 | Content Representation | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 624 | Information Retrieval Systems | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 625 | Cognition and Information Retrieval | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 626 | Language Processing | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 627 | Requirements Engineering and Management | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 628 | Information Systems Implementation | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 629 | Concepts in Artificial Intelligence | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 633 | Information Visualization | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 634 | Data Mining | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 636 | Software Engineering Process I | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 637 | Software Engineering Process II | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 648 | Healthcare Informatics | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 655 | Introduction to Web Programming | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 658 | Information Architecture | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 710 | Information Forensics | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 712 | Information Assurance | 3.0 | ||
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| INFO 714 | Information Systems Auditing | 3.0 | ||
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| Free electives* | 9.0 | |||
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| *Students may take any master's-level IST course with the exception of INFO 530, 532, 614, 534, 605, 652, 510, 511 and BUSN 501. If selecting a course outside Drexel University students should seek approval of Advisor. | ||||
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