Program Requirements

Students must complete the core curriculum of 18 credits, the Final Applied Project (7 credits) and sufficient elective courses to meet the program's 37 credit hour graduation requirements. Elective courses can be selected in order to obtain concentrations in Project Management, IT Security, IT Operations, and Software Engineering. Students may elect to obtain a concentration in Health Information Management by completing three elective courses (9 credit hours) within the HIM specialization. A maximum of six graduate semester credits may be transferred from another accredited college or university if approved by The College of St. Scholastica.

Summary of Curriculum 

Core Courses
CIS 6101 - Leadership Communications
CIS 6105 - IT Strategy and Governance
CIS 6107 - Data Warehouse and Mining
CIS 6108 - Transforming the Organization
CIS 6205 - IT Ethics and Security
CIS 6208 - IT Project Management

Final Applied Project
CIS 6795 - Research and Writing
CIS 6800 - Final Project
CIS 6900 - Final Project Seminar

Elective Courses
CIS 6305 - Enterprise Information Security
CIS 6308 - Managing Technical Teams
CIS 6317 - Knowledge Management
CIS 6318 - Enterprise Systems
CIS 6330 - Infrastructure Management
CIS 6332 - Networks Management
CIS 6342 - Mobile Systems
CIS 6385 - Quality Management