Graduate School of Management & Technology - Programs

Information Technology Program

• Program Description
• Overview of Specializations
• Program Objectives
• Program Overview
• Student Profile

Specialization Requirements

• Database Systems Technology
• E-Business
• Homeland Security Management
• Informatics
• Information Assurance
• Project Management
• Software Engineering
• Telecommunications Management

More Information

• Dual Degree:
  Master of Business Administration

Related Certificates

• Database Systems Technology
• E-Business
• Foundations of Information Technology
• Informatics
• Information Assurance
• Project Management
• Software Engineering
• Systems Analysis
• Telecommunications Management
• More

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Software Engineering (SWEN) Specialization Description

The Software Engineering specialization provides a foundation in technical concepts and design techniques, as well as management and teamwork approaches, for building software systems. The emphasis of this specialization is on implementing software engineering projects within cost and schedule by applying proven and innovative practices that overcome the shortcomings of an undisciplined approach.

Career Path

The Master of Science program in Information Technology serves careers at the entry, mid-, or upper-level positions, depending upon the prior level of experience of the candidate.

Software Engineering

A typical graduate of the Software Engineering specialization starts off as a leader of a software development team. Based on experience in dealing with clients and management, the next level of advancement would be as head of a development department and on to Chief Technical Officer.

Requirements

Recommendations

Students who wish to improve their graduate writing skills may take COMM 600, Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3).

Core Required Courses

UCSP 611 Introduction to Graduate Library Research Skills (0), to be taken within the first 6 credits of study

• ITEC 610 Information Technology Foundations (3)
• ITEC 620 Information Technology Infrastructure (3)
• ITEC 630 Information Systems Analysis, Modeling, and Design (3)
• ITEC 640 Information Technology Project Management (3)
• TMAN 625 Economics and Financial Analysis for Technology Managers (3)

Core Rules

1. ITEC 610 must be taken as one of the first two courses.

Software Engineering (SWEN) Specialization Required Courses

• SWEN 603 Systems Engineering (3)
• SWEN 640 Software Project Management (3)
• SWEN 645 System and Software Standards and Requirements (3)
• SWEN 646 Software Design and Implementation (3)
• SWEN 647 Software Verification and Validation (3)
• SWEN 648 Software Maintenance (3)

Capstone Course: SWEN 670 Software Engineering Project (3)

Specialization Rules

Courses must be taken in the order listed above.

Note: Some course names and numbers were updated beginning with the fall 2007 semester. If you began the program prior to fall 2007 and have chosen to follow your original, pre-fall 2007 requirements, you should use the pre-fall 2007 Study Plan for this degree.