Master of Science in Information Systems

Curriculum

The MSIS program requires 45.0 quarter credits.

The distribution of credits for the MSIS degree is as follows:

Required courses			27.0 Credits
INFO 530	Foundations of Information Systems			3.0
INFO 532	Software Development			3.0
INFO 605	Introduction to Database Management			3.0
INFO 608	Human-Computer Interaction			3.0
INFO 614	Distributed Computing and Networking			3.0
INFO 620	IS Analysis and Design			3.0
INFO 630	Information Systems Evaluation			3.0
INFO 638	Software Project Management			3.0
INFO 646	Information Systems Management			3.0
Distribution requirements			12.0 Credits
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 540	Perspectives in Information Systems			3.0
INFO 606	Advanced Database Management			3.0
INFO 607	Applied Database Technologies			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	Social Computing in the Workplace			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 629	Concepts in Artificial Intelligence			3.0
INFO 631	Information Technology Integration			3.0
INFO 633	Information Visualization			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 653	Digital Libraries			3.0
INFO 655	Introduction to Web Programming			3.0
INFO 657	Digital Library Technology			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
INFO 731	Organization & Social Issues in Healthcare Informatics				3.0
INFO 755	Electronic Records Management			3.0
INFO 782	Issues in Informatics			3.0
Electives			6.0 Credits
Free electives*			6.0
*Courses in the distribution course set that students do not take to meet the distribution requirement may be taken as free electives. All other masters-level INFO courses may be taken as free electives. MSIS students may not take courses designated as doctoral-level courses.