MSIT in Data Management and Analytics

Area of Study Overview

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The Data Management and Analytics area of study provides students with the knowledge needed to develop, deploy, manage, and integrate enterprise wide data and information systems to support the goals of the organization.

Credit Distribution

I. Core Courses (15-18* Credits)

MSI-501	Foundations of Information Technology*	3
MSI-502	Telecommunications and Networking	3
MSI-503	Object-Oriented Application Development	3
MSI-504	Information Systems Analysis, Modeling, and Design	3
MSI-505	Principles of Database Design	3
APS-510	Project Management for Technology	3

II. Area of Study (15 Credits)

DTM-531	Advanced Database Systems	3
DTM-532	Data Warehouse Design	3
DTM-533	Data Analytics	3
DTM-534	Information Retrieval	3
DTM-535	Data Mining and Knowledge Management	3

III. Capstone (6 Credits)

APS-700

Master Project in Applied Science and Technology

6

Total Credit Hours: 36-39

* MSI-501: This course is required for learners who need a refresher or who lack the prerequisite knowledge in IT as determined during the application evaluation period.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the area of study in Data Management and Analytics, graduates will be able to:

• use data modeling frameworks to create databases that operationalize business intelligence and meet the information needs of an organization;
• design and develop information management systems that serve to identify, capture, evaluate, retrieve, visualize, and share all of an organization’s information assets;
• design, develop, implement, utilize, and manage secure integrated multidimensional information systems; and
• utilize qualitative and quantitative techniques to identify and analyze data patterns and make these patterns available for use by the organization.