MSIEM Requirements

Admission Requirements

  • Bachelors degree in an engineering or technical discipline (the technical requirement may be waived with sufficient relevant work experience)
  • An undergraduate grade-point average of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale

Degree Requirements (see also Graduate Catalog)

The MSIEM course requirements are structured in four pedagogical groups, and students are encouraged to schedule their degree, by group, in the following order

  1. Foundational courses on enterprise and information systems fundamentals (9 SCH).
    1. EMIS 7351 Enterprise Fundamentals
    2. EMIS 7352 Information System Architecture
    3. EMIS 7353 Information System Design Strategies
  2. Business context courses, which apply foundational concepts to the construction of information systems and the management of operations (6 SCH).
    1. EMIS 7360 Management of Information Technology
    2. EMIS 7362 Production Systems Engineering
  3. Depth courses, advanced information engineering for strategic systems and managerial decision support (6 SCH)
    1. EMIS 8356 Information Engineering and Global Perspectives*
    2. EMIS 7357 Decision-Support Systems
  4. Focus courses, on entrepreneurship and specialization to specific interests, applications and industries. A nine (9) SCH elective set, approved by the advisor, which can include:
    • EMIS 8358 Technical Entrepreneurship
    • EMIS 7359 Information Engineering Seminar
    • EMIS 7312, Software Systems Engineering
    • EMIS 7320, Systems Engineering Management
    • EMIS 7331 File Organization and Database Management
    • EMIS 7370 Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers
    • EMIS 8330 Advanced Database Management Systems
    • EMIS 8331 Data Mining
    • EMIS 8337 Information Retrieval
    • EMIS 8360 Operations Research Models
    • EMIS 8361 Economic Decision Analysis
    • EMIS 8362 Engineering Accounting
    • EMIS 8363 Engineering Finance
    • Other EMIS, computer science, engineering, or related courses.

IT Governance and Controls Track

The MSIEM IT Governance and Controls Track consists of requirement groups 1, 2, and 3 above, and the following three focus courses:

  • EMIS 7312 Software Systems Engineering
  • EMIS 7380 Managing Information Technology Controls
  • EMIS 7382 Information Technology Security and Risk Management
     

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