Information Systems 1

INFSYS 3816 Managerial Application of Object-Oriented

Information Systems Programming II: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3806 and a minimum campus GPA of 2.0.
This course builds on skills learned in INFSYS 3806 and focuses on
Courses contemporary client-server development environments and tools. Topics
INFSYS 1800 Computers and Information Systems: 3 semester hours include database integration, web applications, and web services.
This course develops skills in technology awareness, computer fluency, Students will be provided hands-on application development experiences
computing devices, ethical use of the Internet, and business applications during class and in assignments.
for problem solving, communicating, and making informed decisions,
INFSYS 3817 Advanced Legacy Systems: 3 semester hours
including word processors, presentation software, electronic spreadsheets,
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3807 or consent of instructor. This course will
and database management systems. Students will gain skills in developing
build upon Contemporary z/OS COBOL 1. Topics may include JCL, file
business applications and web pages. Credit cannot be granted for both
management, utilities/tools (like SORTING, File-Aid, IEB's, JCLCheck),
CMP SCI 1010 and INFSYS 1800.
file access (VSAM, DB2, and Sequential), scheduling, debugging, testing,
INFSYS 2800 Information Systems Concepts and Applications: 3 and mainframe-server communication protocols. Students will be prepared
semester hours for leadership roles in managing IT landscapes consisting of both legacy
Prerequisites: INFSYS 1800 or satisfactory performance on proficiency and modern systems. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3817 and
exam. This course provides an overview of the field of information systems INFSYS 6817.
including concepts of systems analysis and design, ethics in information
INFSYS 3818 Management of Software Testing: 3 semester hours
systems usage, electronic business, database management, enterprise
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3806 or INFSYS 3844 or consent of instructor.
systems, information security, and JavaScript programming concepts.
This course provides the core concepts of the lifecycle of Software
Business cases will be utilized to illustrate how information systems
Assurance, Quality Control and Testing. It will emphasize the importance
improve decision-making. Students will also gain valuable strategies for
of testing strategies, methodologies, planning, design, staging, reporting
career development and networking.
and managing defects, test environment management and Test Driven
INFSYS 3806 Managerial Applications of Object-Oriented Development. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3818 and
Programming I: 3 semester hours INFSYS 6818.
Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 or CMP SCI 1250, and a minimum campus
INFSYS 3820 Introduction to Systems Administration: 3 semester
GPA of 2.0. This course provides an introduction to object-oriented
hours
programming. Topics include object-oriented design principles and
Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 or CMP SCI 1250 or permission of
choices, encapsulation, inheritance, and event-driven programming.
Information Systems department chair. This course provides an overview
Hands-on labs during class sessions and assignments help students
of modern Information Technology (IT) infrastructure components
develop applied programming skills. Students may not receive credit for
and focuses on systems administration in Linux and Windows server
both INFSYS 3806 and INFSYS 6806.
environments. Students will learn to install, configure, operate, maintain,
INFSYS 3807 Legacy Systems: 3 semester hours and secure servers. Topics include user management and policies, file
Prerequisites: A minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This course covers systems, backup and recovery, network configuration, and host security
structured programming techniques for legacy business applications. among others. Virtualization and cloud environments are introduced. Basic
Students will learn COBOL syntax, structure, design and best foundations of automation and configuration management using shells and
programming practices to create, maintain, debug, compile and execute other contemporary tools are provided. Credit cannot be granted for both
COBOL programs. INFSYS 3820 and INFSYS 6820.
INFSYS 3810 Information Systems Analysis: 3 semester hours INFSYS 3830 Data Programming: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3816, minimum campus GPA of 2.0; or consent of Prerequisites: A minimum campus GPA of 2.0 or consent of instructor.
instructor. In this course, students will learn how to identify, evaluate, and In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of data programming
document business systems using traditional and agile methodologies. with R and Python using structured (tabular data such as spreadsheets)
This includes how to study systems' ability to meet the business needs and unstructured data (text data such as social media) for application
and information requirements of an organization, and defend alternatives in Business and Cyber Analytics, Machine Learning, and Artificial
that better meet needs. Students will conduct a systems analysis of an Intelligence. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3830 and INFSYS
actual organization in project teams, including the identification of and 6830.
defense of alternatives.
INFSYS 3841 Enterprise Information Systems: 3 semester hours
INFSYS 3815 Object-Oriented Applications in Business: 3 semester Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 and a minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This
hours course provides students the skills and knowledge needed for roles as
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3806 and a minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This ERP business analysts, ERP configuration specialists, and consultants.
course provides a study of web application development using Java Students will be introduced to integrated business processes through
and JavaScript. Students will learn about Java Collections Framework, the application of SAP modules supporting Sales and Distribution (SD),
Spring, Hibernate, design patterns, software testing, and front-end web Materials Management (MM), Financial Accounting (FI), Production
technologies. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3815 and INFSYS Planning (PP), and Controlling (CO) as components of the SAP integrated
6815. business solution. Students will complete exercises to construct a
functioning company operating in an integrated SAP R/3 environment.
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INFSYS 3842 Data Networks and Security: 3 semester hours INFSYS 3848 Introduction to Information Security: 3 semester hours
Same as INTL BUS 3882. Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 and a Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 or CMP SCI 2250 or consent of instructor
minimum campus GPA of 2.0; or consent of instructor. This is a and a minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This course provides an introductory
foundational course in data networking and network security. It covers survey of the vast field of Information Security (InfoSec). It intersects
the fundamentals of networking and security implications of data both management and technical aspects of security as relevant to
networks with hands-on exercises. Topics include networking layers organizations, governments, individuals, and society. Topics include
and standardization of functionality across layers, wired and wireless fundamental principles of InfoSec and cyber defense, the threat
Local Area Networks (LANs) along with switching and physical layer environment, management of InfoSec in organizations, technologies and
technologies, Internetworking, supporting and supervisory protocols; tools in InfoSec, cryptology/cryptography, web application security, and
application layer protocols such as HTTP, and fundamentals of network current issues. Hands-on labs expose students to basics of penetration
security. Students will also learn about network protocol analyzers such testing, applications of cryptography, and vulnerability management.
as Wireshark, virtualization, and networking in virtual environments. Credit Course is open to all majors. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS
cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3842 and INFSYS 6836. Course 3848 and INFSYS 6828. Course satisfies/fulfills the College of Business
satisfies/fulfills the College of Business Global Awareness requirement. Global Awareness requirement.
INFSYS 3843 Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence: 3 INFSYS 3858 Advanced Security and Information Systems: 3
semester hours semester hours
Prerequisites: SCMA 3300 and a minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This Prerequisites: INFSYS 3848 or consent of department chair. This course
class examines the applications of data and analytics (models) to support builds upon the principles of information security. It covers topics ranging
the needs of decision makers. Descriptive, predictive and prescriptive from networking, penetration testing, formal verification of systems,
analytics tools are coupled with Big Data and well-designed user formal models of information flow and protection, distributed system
interfaces to provide the necessary tools. Topics such as how to construct authentication, protocol design and attack, computer viruses and malware,
the data warehouse, how to clean and store data in the appropriate form, as well as intrusion and anomaly detection models. Students are exposed
how to construct and implement a useful visualization of data, and how to virtualization, defensive security, offensive security, and other forms
to construct and support decision makers are included. DSS component of cybersecurity. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3858 and
design in response to decision making and business intelligence needs INFSYS 6858.
are discussed. INFSYS 3860 Data Integration: 3 semester hours
INFSYS 3844 Developing Business Applications in .NET: 3 semester Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 or consent of instructor. This course
hours discusses the theories and techniques for blending unstructured and
Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 or CMP SCI 2250, and a minimum campus structured data including big data and social media streams with relational
GPA of 2.0. This course will enable students to design, implement, and databases, data warehouses, spreadsheets, and other sources of data.
debug object-oriented and data driven business applications in C#.NET. It provides hands-on experience in integrating data from diverse sources,
Students will learn application design choices, object-oriented design screening and cleaning it, and producing descriptive and visual summaries
principles, event-driven programming, user interface programming, user in tables, graphs, maps, and text for business intelligence. Students will be
interface controls, data binding and database access, exception handling, introduced to tools that integrate data from different sources and provide
debugging and effective ways of working with C#.NET. input to dashboards for rich visualization and advanced analytics. Students
may not receive credit for both INFSYS 3860 and INFSYS 6860.
INFSYS 3845 Database Management Systems: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3806, ACCTNG 2400, minimum campus GPA INFSYS 3862 Artificial Intelligence Applications for Business: 3
of 2.0. This course provides an introduction to the design and use semester hours
of databases in meeting business information needs. Topics include Prerequisites: INFSYS 3830 or consent of instructor. This course
database planning, conceptual design, and data administration. The introduces students to topics in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its
concepts are studied with projects involving the use of a current database applications in Business and Cybersecurity. The course discusses the
management system. history of AI and delves into Machine Learning (ML) and its general
methodology of development of data models. The course provides
INFSYS 3847 Web Design: 3 semester hours
a sampling of successful applications of AI and ML in different areas
Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 and a minimum campus GPA of 2.0.
of Business such as portfolio management, algorithmic trading, fraud
This course focuses on website planning, design, and construction.
analytics, and credit scoring. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS
Topics include site structure, navigation, content management, markup
3862 and INFSYS 6862.
languages, CSS, scripting languages, and important tools, libraries and
frameworks. INFSYS 3864 Applied Cryptography for Business: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3806 and INFSYS 3848, or consent of instructor.
This course provides an overview of the building blocks of contemporary
cryptographic solutions to address information security needs in
organizations. The focus will be on understanding cryptographic primitives
and applying them to assure confidentiality, integrity, authentication,
and non-repudiation among other information security goals. Using best
practices, students will work on projects aimed at evaluating, selecting,
and implementing an appropriate mix of cryptographic solutions given
particular application domains. Application areas in traditional as well as
cloud-based information technology environments will be considered.
Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3864 and INFSYS 6864.
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INFSYS 3866 Cloud Security for Business: 3 semester hours INFSYS 4847 IT Project Management: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3843 or INFSYS 3848 or consent of instructor. Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 or consent of instructor. Effective project
This course covers the fundamentals of cloud security in public cloud management ensures that a project is completed on time, within budget,
computing environments with a focus on business applications. Topics and includes the necessary scope. This course explores the project
include identity and access management, secure configuration of cloud management processes shared by all projects: project selection, planning,
services, and various security focused cloud services. Data collection and control, and closing. Traditional and Agile project management techniques
analysis of cloud-based data logging services to aid in security auditing will be explored in the contexts of Information Technology and Supply
and compliance is covered. Emerging topics, such as use of artificial Chain Management. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 4847 and
intelligence-based services and tools in cloud security are also discussed. INFSYS 6847.
Student may not receive credit for both INFSYS 3866 and INFSYS 6866. INFSYS 4850 Information Systems Design: 3 semester hours
INFSYS 3868 Secure Software Development: 3 semester hours Prerequisites: INFSYS 3810, INFSYS 3816, INFSYS 3845 and a minimum
Prerequisites: A first course in programming such as INFSYS 3806 or campus GPA of 2.0. This course builds on the skills learned in INFSYS
CMP SCI 2250 or consent of instructor. This course covers the concepts 3810. System design, implementation, and methods of systems installation
of software assurance and the fundamentals of the secure software and operation are presented. A system development project is required.
lifecycle as it relates to software development. Students will experience INFSYS 5800 Management Information Systems: 3 semester hours
the secure software lifecycle process by developing concrete artifacts and Same as P P ADM 6800. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course
practicing in a lab environment. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS provides an overview of issues related to the management of information
3868 and INFSYS 6868. systems within organizations. Course topics may include the role of the
INFSYS 3878 Information Security Risk Management and Business Chief Information Officer, business value from emergent information
Continuity: 3 semester hours technologies (IT), enterprise systems, the impact of IT on organizational
Prerequisites: INFSYS 3848 or consent of Instructor. This course provides competitiveness, managing IT-enabled projects, extracting business
students the tools and concepts necessary to plan for, prevent, and when intelligence from big data, sourcing IT, cybersecurity, ethics, intellectual
needed successfully respond to disruptions in business operations. Topics property rights, and societal impacts of IT.
covered include security policies, frameworks, information and materials INFSYS 5890 Graduate Internship in Information Systems: 1-6
management, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Credit cannot semester hours
be granted for both INFSYS 3878 and INFSYS 6878. Prerequisites: INFSYS 6840 or permission of instructor. The internship
INFSYS 3890 Internship in Information Systems: 1-3 semester hours will be a supervised field experience in a US-based business/organization
Prerequisites: Minimum business GPA of 2.5, minimum campus GPA or a US-based international business/organization. Students will be
of 2.0, completed and/or currently enrolled in at least 6 credit hours employed off-campus for a 10-16 week period on projects directed by
of information systems electives at the 3000 level or above, consent host organization supervisors in consultation with a UM-St. Louis faculty
of supervising instructor, and consent of department chair. Students member. The project requires students to apply IS concepts to a real-world
are employed in the field of information systems where they apply the problem. The project does not duplicate, but builds upon material in the IS
knowledge and skills learned in the classroom. Professional development curriculum. A professional written report will be required.
obtaining specialized work experience are primary goals. An information INFSYS 5899 Individual Research in Information Systems: 1-3
systems faculty member will monitor the student's program with the semester hours
student providing a formal written report at the end of the project. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and graduate director. Special
INFSYS 3898 Seminar in Information Systems: 1-3 semester hours individual research topics in Information Systems under the guidance of a
Prerequisites: To be determined each time course is offered and to include specific professor.
a minimum 2.0 overall GPA. This course is a selected special topic in INFSYS 6805 Applications of Programming for Business Solutions: 3
the field of information systems. May be repeated for credit with different semester hours
topics. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course will enable students to
INFSYS 3899 Independent Study in Information Systems: 1-3 design, implement, and debug object-oriented and data driven business
semester hours applications in C#.NET. Students will learn application design choices,
Prerequisites: Minimum campus GPA of 2.0 and approval by the object-oriented design principles, event-driven programming, user
supervising professor and the Area Coordinator. Special individual study interface programming, user interface controls, data binding and database
in information systems under the supervision of a full-time information access, exception handling, debugging and effective ways of working with
systems faculty member. C#.NET.
INFSYS 4800 IT Leadership: 3 semester hours INFSYS 6806 Managerial Applications of Object-Oriented
Prerequisite: INFSYS 2800. This course seeks to prepare students for Technologies: 3 semester hours
IT leadership roles using business cases as exemplars. Credit cannot be Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. This course provides an introduction
granted for both INFSYS 4800 and INFSYS 5800. to object-oriented programming. Topics include object-oriented design
principles and choices, encapsulation, inheritance, and event-driven
programming. Hands-on labs during class sessions and assignments help
students develop applied programming skills. Students may not receive
credit for both INFSYS 3806 and INFSYS 6806.
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INFSYS 6807 Contemporary z/OS COBOL: 3 semester hours INFSYS 6828 Principles of Information Security: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course covers structured Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course is a survey of the vast field
programming techniques for legacy business applications. Students will of Information Security (InfoSec). It intersects both management and
learn COBOL syntax, structure, design and best programming practices to technical aspects of security as relevant to organizations, governments,
create, maintain, debug, compile and execute COBOL programs. individuals, and society. Topics covered include fundamental principles
of InfoSec and cyber defense, the threat environment, management of
INFSYS 6808 Advanced Object-Oriented Programming for Business:
InfoSec in organizations, technologies and tools in InfoSec, cryptology/
3 semester hours
cryptography, web application security, vulnerability management, and
Prerequisite: INFSYS 6806. This course builds on skills learned in
current issues. Hands-on labs expose students to basics of penetration
INFSYS 6806 and focuses on contemporary client-server development
testing, applications of cryptography, and vulnerability management. A
environments and tools. Topics include database integration, web
graduate research paper is required. This course is open to all majors.
applications, and web services. Students will be provided hands-on
Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 6828 and INFSYS 3848.
application development experiences during class and in assignments.
INFSYS 6830 Data Programming for Business Intelligence: 3
INFSYS 6814 Web Applications for Business: 3 semester hours
semester hours
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course focuses on website
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course introduces students to the
planning, design, and construction. Topics include site structure,
fundamentals of data programming with R and Python using structured
navigation, content management, markup languages, CSS, scripting
(tabular data such as spreadsheets) and unstructured data (text data such
languages, and important tools, libraries and frameworks.
as social media) for application in business and cyber analytics, machine
INFSYS 6815 Advanced Web Applications for Business: 3 semester learning, and artificial intelligence. Students may not receive credit both
hours INFSYS 3830 and INFSYS 6830.
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6806 and INFSYS 6814 or consent of instructor.
INFSYS 6833 Decision Support Systems for Business Intelligence: 3
This course provides a study of web application development using Java
semester hours
and JavaScript. Students will learn about frameworks, design patterns,
Prerequisites: SCMA 5300. This course examines the applications of
software testing, and front-end web technologies. Students may not
data and analytics (models) to support the needs of decision makers.
receive credit for both INFSYS 3815 and INFSYS 6815.
Descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics tools are coupled with
INFSYS 6817 Advanced COBOL and Modern z/OS System Tools: 3 big data and well-designed user interfaces to provide the necessary tools.
semester hours Topics such as how to construct the data warehouse, how to clean and
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6807 or consent of instructor. This course will store data in the appropriate form, how to construct and implement a
build upon Contemporary z/OS COBOL 1. Topics will include JCL, file useful visualization of data, and how to construct and support decision
management, utilities/tools (like SORTING, File-Aid, IEB's, JCLCheck), file makers are included. DSS component design in response to decision
access (VSAM, DB2, and Sequential), scheduling, debugging, testing, and making and business intelligence needs are discussed. Credit cannot be
mainframe-server communication protocols. granted for both INFSYS 3843 and INFSYS 6833.
INFSYS 6818 Management of Software Testing: 3 semester hours INFSYS 6836 Management of Data Networks and Security: 3 semester
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6805 or INFSYS 6806 or consent of instructor. hours
This course provides the core concepts of the lifecycle of Software Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course focuses on the big-
Assurance, Quality Control and Testing. It will emphasize the importance picture implications and challenges of data networking and network
of testing strategies, methodologies, planning, design, staging, reporting security within contemporary Information Technology environments. It
and managing defects, test environment management and Test Driven covers fundamentals of networking and security implications of data
Development. networks with hands-on exercises. Topics include networking layers
INFSYS 6820 Systems and IT Infrastructure: 3 semester hours and standardization of functionality across layers, wired and wireless
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course establishes the critical role Local Area Networks (LANs) along with switching and physical layer
of Linux and Windows server environments in contemporary Information technologies, Internetworking, supporting and supervisory protocols,
Technology (IT) infrastructure management. Students will explore both application layer protocols, network design and management, and
the technical and management aspects of server infrastructure. Technical fundamentals of network security. Students will also learn about network
aspects include installation, operation, maintenance, virtualization, protocol analyzers such as Wireshark, virtualization, networking in virtual
and systems security. Management aspects include server lifecycles environments; and how some common networked applications operate by
and management of server environments at scale using automation utilizing the networking infrastructure. Credit cannot be granted for both
and configuration management tools within the context of application INFSYS 6836 and INFSYS 3842.
development, security operations, and IT operations. Credit cannot be
granted for both INFSYS 3820 and INFSYS 6820.
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INFSYS 6838 Business Processes: Design, Management and INFSYS 6858 Advanced Cybersecurity Concepts: 3 semester hours
Integration: 3 semester hours Prerequisites: INFSYS 6828. This course provides an in-depth
Prerequisite: INFSYS 5800. Business design methodologies are used examination of advanced principles of cybersecurity. A broad range of
to create new, or improve existing processes. Examples of business topics are covered, including penetration testing, formal verification of
processes include: call centers, order-flow processing in financial systems, formal models of information flow and protection, distributed
services, manufacturing, hospital emergency services, and more. system authentication, protocol design and attack, computer viruses
Special attention is paid to the role of information technology during and malware, as well as intrusion and anomaly detection models. Multi-
the design process. Specific business process design methods we will level security architecture, active defenses, investigation and forensics,
cover are: SIPOC (supplier-input-process-output-customer), Process network firewalls, virtualization, anonymity and identity, mobile security,
Flow Mapping, Simulation Modeling, Performance Scorecards, Quality and database security models and mechanisms are also studied. The
Functional Deployment, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and Theory course content is largely influenced by the latest research in the field.
of Constraints. Case studies are used to illustrate the concepts and guest Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 6858 and INFSYS 3858.
speakers will discuss their applications of the latest business process INFSYS 6860 Advanced Data Integration: 3 semester hours
design methods and software. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course discusses the theories
INFSYS 6840 Information Systems Analysis: 3 semester hours and techniques for blending unstructured and structured data including
Prerequisite: INFSYS 6805 or INFSYS 6806. In this course, students will big data and social media streams with relational databases, data
learn how to identify, evaluate, and document business systems using warehouses, spreadsheets, and other sources of data. It provides
traditional and agile methodologies. This includes how to study systems' hands-on experience in integrating data from diverse sources, screening
ability to meet the business needs and information requirements of an and cleaning it, and producing descriptive and visual summaries in
organization, and defend alternatives that better meet needs. Students tables, graphs, maps, and text for business intelligence. Students will be
will conduct a systems analysis of an actual organization in project teams, introduced to tools that integrate data from different sources and provide
including the identification of and defense of alternatives. input to dashboards for rich visualization and advanced analytics. Students
may not receive credit for both INFSYS 3860 and INFSYS 6860.
INFSYS 6845 Database Management Systems: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 5800 and either INFSYS 6805 or INFSYS 6806. INFSYS 6862 Artificial Intelligence Applications for Business and
This course provides an introduction to the design and use of databases Cybersecurity: 3 semester hours
in meeting business information needs. Topics include database Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course introduces students
architecture, design, administration, and implementation. The concepts are to topics in artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications in business
studied with projects involving the use of a current database management and cybersecurity. The course starts with a historical development of
system. fundamental ideas in AI and their relationship to the state of the art.
The course then introduces one of the most successful branches of AI-
INFSYS 6847 Project Management: 3 semester hours
machine learning (ML), and its general methodology of the development
Prerequisite: INFSYS 5800. Effective project management ensures
of data models. The course provides a sampling of successful applications
that a project is completed on time, within budget, and has high quality.
of AI and ML in different areas of business such as portfolio management,
The purpose of this class is to examine the task of project resource
algorithmic trading, fraud analytics, and credit scoring. Credit cannot be
management with a focus on IT and services. It will cover conventional
granted for both INFSYS 3862 and INFSYS 6862.
aspects of project management, such as the project evaluation, planning,
roles, responsibilities, scheduling, and tracking. In addition, this class INFSYS 6864 Applied Cryptography for Business Applications: 3
will examine risk management, change management, critical chain semester hours
management, build vs. buy analysis, package vs. custom solutions, vendor Prerequisites: INFSYS 6805 or INFSYS 6806, and INFSYS 6828, or
qualification and selection, and the roles of certification in the process. consent of instructor. This course provides an overview of the building
The class will also cover the management of programs or a portfolio of IT blocks of contemporary cryptographic solutions to address information
projects. security needs in organizations. The focus will be on understanding
cryptographic primitives and applying them to assure confidentiality,
INFSYS 6849 Data Warehouse Design and Implementation: 3
integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation, among other security
semester hours
goals. Students will work on projects aimed at evaluating, selecting,
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6845 or consent of instructor. Course will cover
and implementing an appropriate mix of cryptographic solutions, based
different design configurations for structuring and organizing data in a
on best practices, given particular application domains. Application
data warehouse. Formal methodologies for the development of data
areas in traditional as well as cloud-based Information Technology (IT)
warehouses will also be discussed and implemented.
environments will be considered. Students will also learn about important
INFSYS 6850 Information Systems Design: 3 semester hours considerations and pitfalls in managing cryptographic solutions at scale in
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6840 and INFSYS 6845. This course builds upon modern IT environments. Students may not receive credit for both INFSYS
the analysis techniques presented in INFSYS 6840. It requires the student, 3864 and INFSYS 6864.
usually working in a group to design and implement a system in a real-
INFSYS 6866 Cloud Security Management: 3 semester hours
world environment. Advanced design concepts are presented to support
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6828 or INFSYS 6833 or consent of instructor.
the students in their project work.
This course covers the fundamentals of cloud security in public cloud
INFSYS 6851 Practicum in Business Intelligence: 3 semester hours computing environments with a focus on business applications. Topics
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6833. This course will provide the context for include identity and access management, secure configuration of cloud
students to integrate, synthesize and apply their Business Intelligence services, and security focused cloud services such as the analysis of
skills in an actual business organization. Project work will be jointly cloud-based data logging to aid in security auditing and compliance, and
supervised and coordinated by a faculty member and a supervisor in the new artificial intelligence-based tools. Students may not receive credit for
relevant business organization. both INFSYS 3866 and INFSYS 6866.
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INFSYS 6868 Software Assurance: 3 semester hours

Prerequisites: INFSYS 6805 or INFSYS 6806 or consent of instructor. This
course provides an overview of the vast field of software assurance. The
goal is to make students aware of the fundamentals of the secure software
lifecycle enabling them to apply principles of secure software development
and management. The course also provides practical applications that
allow the learners to experience the secure software lifecycle process by
developing concrete artifacts. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS
6868 and INFSYS 3868.
INFSYS 6878 Management of Information Security: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6828. This course provides students the
necessary background knowledge and skills to develop and run a
systematic information security management program that is in line with
organizational strategy, structure, processes, and culture. Specifically,
the course introduces governance, strategy, policies, implementation,
operation, evaluation, and improvement of an organization's information
security to achieve business objectives and be resilient to information
security threats. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 6878 and
INFSYS 3878.
INFSYS 6888 Capstone in Information Security: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 6828 and one of either INFSYS 6858 or CMP SCI
5782. This course provides students an opportunity to participate in the full
information security lifecycle in an applied setting using a project-based
approach. Students from technical and non-technical backgrounds will
work together in teams. Major tasks may include creating an information
security management plan, conducting risk assessments, implementing
technical and administrative controls to mitigate information security risks,
and managing security operations with a focus on incident detection and
response. Students may work on projects through an actual organization
and demonstrate application of knowledge gained through all prior courses
in the degree program. This course must be taken the last semester prior
to graduation. Cannot receive credit for INFSYS 6888 and CMP SCI 5888.
INFSYS 6891 Seminar in Information Systems: 3 semester hours
Prerequisites: INFSYS 5800. Topics of current interest in management
information systems. Topics may include international information
systems, electronic commerce, decision support systems, information
systems strategy, telecommunications, and information systems
management.