2022-23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

ITM-2100 Database Management –Fa 3 hours This course covers database fundamentals while providing a broad survey of the field’s major topics. Students learn about the critical nature of databases within Information Technology Management (ITM) contexts. Topics include data storage and retrieval, data modeling, logical and physical design, concurrency and security issues, stored procedures, and triggers. Students apply those topics by creating and managing databases in a SQL Server environment. Prerequisite: ITM-1510 Software Tools for Business. (Fee: $20) ITM-2300 Introduction to Programming –Sp 3 hours Intended as the first programming course for Information Technology Management (ITM) majors, this course will introduce the student to the process of programming and to the syntax and usage of the C# programming language. The programming assignments will encourage students to analyze problems in a logical, intentional, and structured manner so that they can develop well-constructed programs using structured and object- oriented programming techniques. Prerequisite or Corequisite: ITM-1900 Fundamentals of IT Management (Fee: $20) ITM-3300 3 hours Advanced Topics in Programming Languages –Fa This course covers advanced concepts in programming and programming languages using one or more programming languages. Topics include theories of program design and implementation, distributed architectures, business object frameworks, generics, collections, reflection, data binding, and web services. Students will apply course topics in a team project through the development of a distributed information system. Prerequisite: ITM-2300 Introduction to Programming. (even years) (Fee: $20) ITM-3400 Data Communications and Networking –Fa 3 hours This course provides a study of the basic concepts of data communications and current networking technology. Topics include discussion of physical-layer considerations, higher-layer implications, and network operating systems. The concepts will be applied through a hands-on project of network design, implementation, and documentation. Prerequisite: ITM-1900 Fundamentals of IT Management or permission of instructor. (Fee: $50) ITM-3410 1–3 hours Topics in Information Technology Management –Fa, Sp, Su A variety of courses are covered under this heading on an experimental basis to meet the changing needs of the students. (crosslisted with ENTR-3410 Topics in Entrepreneurship) ITM-3450 IT Security and Risk Management –Sp 3 hours This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles and topics of information technology security and risk managment at the organizational level. Students will learn critical security principles that enable them to plan, develop, and perform security tasks. The course will address hardware, software, processes, communications, applications, and policies and procedures with respect to organizational IT security and risk management. Prerequisites: CY-3420 Cyber Defense; or ITM 3400 Data Communications and Networking. ITM-3500 Web Development –Fa 3 hours This course will expose students to the process of developing information systems for the World Wide Web using the ASP.NET and C# programming languages. The focus will be on the creation of web applications to support business processes. Topics include HTML, CSS, Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm, LINQ, AJAX, and web services. Prerequisites: ITM-2300 Introduction to Programming. (even years) (Fee: $20) ITM-3550 Enterprise Architecture –Sp 3 hours This course explores the design, selection, implementation, and management of enterprise IT solutions. The focus is on applications and infrastructure and their fit within the business. Students learn frameworks and strategies for infrastructure management, data/information architecture, distributed computing, middleware, legacy system integration, and emerging technologies. Prerequisites: ITM-2300 Introduction to Programming. ITM-3600 Business Process Management –Fa, Sp 3 hours In this course students will be introduced to key concepts and approaches to business process management and improvement. The course focuses on both understanding and designing business processes. Students will learn how to identify, document, model, assess, and improve core business processes. Students will be introduced to process design principles. The way in which information technology can be used to manage, transform, and improve business processes is also discussed. ITM-3650 Enterprise Systems –Sp 3 hours This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the theoretic and practical issues related to the application of enterprise systems within organizations. The main focus of this course is to demonstrate how enterprise systems integrate information and organizational processes across functional areas with a unified system comprised of a single database and shared reporting tools. The course includes an integrated project, which requires the application of conceptual and technical skills of students. Prerequisite: ITM-2100 Database Management. (even years)(Fee: $50) ITM-4150 3 hours Advanced Business Analytics and Visualization This course will explore the field of data analytics by covering state-of-the-art modeling, analysis, and visualization techniques. The course will emphasize the importance of understanding the underlying data, validating the data, applying a meaningful analytic to the data, and only then visualizing the data. The course will discuss practical challenges involving complex real-world data and include several case studies and hands-on work with a modern data analysis and visualization package. Crosslisted with BUS. Prerequisiste: BUS-2170 Introduction to Business Analytics. (odd years) ITM-4300 Advanced Topics in IT Management –Sp 3 hours This course heading covers a variety of Management Information Systems courses offered on a temporary basis. The dynamic nature of the field of MIS gives rise to the need to address recent changes in technologies, methods, and systems. (even years) ITM-4400 Systems Analysis and Design –Fa 3 hours This course provides an understanding of the duties of the systems analyst along with a presentation of philosophies, terminology, and techniques commonly used in the Systems Development Life Cycle. Topics such as business case development, project management, requirements modeling, data design, and user-interface design will be discussed. Students will apply their skills in the completion of an integrated, analysis and design project. Prerequisite: ITM-2100 Database Management. ITM-4450 IT Audit and Controls –Fa 3 hours This course introduces the fundamental concepts of the information technology audit and control function. The main focus of this course is on understanding information controls, the types of controls, and their impact on the organization, and how to manage and audit them. The concepts and techniques used in information technology audits will be presented. The challenge of dealing with best practices, standards, and regulatory requirements governing information and controls is addressed. Prerequisite: ITM-3400 Data Communications and Networking. (odd years) (Fee: $50). 2022–23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Page 245 Course Descriptions ITM-2100 – ITM-4450 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION