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Business and Technology Management Courses
Below are a list of courses that comprise the curriculum for the Business and Technology Management degree.
AIT 601
Information Technology & Organization
This is the foundation course for the program. This course provides an overview of the changing nature of organizations as they evolve to meet the demands of the new digital economy, the techniques for increasing competitiveness, and a survey of technologies and standards available to support and facilitate organization goals. The course also introduces the basic tenets of object-oriented design. Prerequisite: None. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 604
Cognitive Science/Required Analysis
The goal of information technology is to support the performance of humans as they work to achieve organizational goals. In order to provide technologies and systems that most effectively achieve this end, the information systems professional must understand the structure of cognition land its associated limitations and biases. This course studies the elements of cognition as they relate to decision-making, problem solving, information analysis and system development and use. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 606
Creativity in Information Systems
Implementing technology to support the modern organization ultimately means solving ill-structured problems in a changing environment. Application of past solutions to current problems often has not been successful. Research shows that creative solutions can arise from a careful, methodological process and this process can be learned. Course explores the creative problem-solving models and their use in the systems development process. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 618
Windows Enterprise Security
Computing technology has now become inextricably linked to enterprise network resources in a continuing evolution of standards based network technology. For the IT professional, an understanding of network concepts is essential to the process of designing and implementing a multi-vendor enterprise computing environment. In this course students gain a detailed understanding of the Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model (OSI/RM) and each of its constituent layers. network functions in a multi-vendor environment and comparing protocol standards common to the local area network. As a continued theme, evolving open standards for networking are explored over the semester through student assignments and in class discussions. Students implement a multi-domain enterprise network environment. Prerequisite: Completion of the Core or permission of instructor. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 630
Object Oriented Technologies
Object technology radically alters the way software systems are developed. Complex information systems can be created by simply information systems can be created by simply assembling and extending reusable software assembling and extending reusable software assembling and extending reusable software components. Any object can be modified or changed without affecting the rest of the system. Components may consist of class libraries preassembled in frameworks, where all the pieces are known to work together to perform a specific task. Using the C# development language, this course explores object technology and its implications for the development of enterprise systems. Topics include Object-Oriented Analysis, Object-Oriented Design and C# Object-Oriented Programming. Prerequisite: None. Three hours a Programming. Prerequisite: None. Three hours a Programming. Prerequisite: None. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 632
Client and Server Computing with ASP.net
The n-tier enterprise application today is delivered principally with web based client applications. This course examines the concepts of dynamic web based application development building server side and client side applications. Students design and implement a database connected, dynamic web application using ASP.NET and the .NET framework. Prerequisite: None. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 638
Enterprise Application Development using XML
This course examines the key issues for the development of "enterprise literate" applications. In single-system or smaller-scale environments, a number of methods exist for sending control information and data among applications, such as inter-process communications and task-to-talk communications. On the larger, enterprise-wide scale, methods are needed that operate over wider environments and on multiple platforms. Extensible Markup Language will be examined and implemented to determine its robustness and flexibility for meeting the needs of enterprise application communications across multi-platform environments. Prerequisite: None. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 640
Operating Environments: Architecture & Infrastructure
A key component of using information technology as a competitive advantage is the development of an enterprise information infrastructure. This course explores the role of operating environments as the foundation for integrating divergent hardware and software systems into the enterprise information architecture. Students examine the configuration and design of the computer platforms required to perform key tasks such as: connecting computers and peripheral devices to a network, creating and managing internet and intranet access, executing application software, and installing and upgrading hardware. Students learn strategic operating systems options and evaluate how to make the best technical choices for the organization. Prerequisite: Completion of the Core or permission of the instructor. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 642
Enterprise Application Process Analysis
Dramatic changes in the global market place have led to the development of a new category of software called Enterprise Solutions that offers complete software support for all the essential functions of a business. This course discusses the nature and impact of Enterprise Solutions on the selection, development, and distribution of information systems through the enterprise. Students learn and apply the appropriate hardware, software, and communications standards required for evaluating when and how to implement Enterprise Solutions instead of more traditional techniques to solve business problems. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 643
E-Commerce Technologies
Revolutionary advances in telecommunications technology are radically changing the way the enterprise uses information to compete in a global economy. This course discusses the evolution of key infrastructure technologies from electronic key infrastructure technologies from electronic data interchange (EDI) to the Internet and how these technologies are creating the corporation of the 21st Century. Students study how organizations are converting tradition mainframe and client-server applications to Internet-based applications that allow worldwide access to an organization's products and services. Students understand both the technologies that support these new extended corporations as well as the underlying managerial processes that are required for their successful implementation. Prerequisite: None. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 644
Project Management
This course will provide students with the genesis of project management and its importance to improving the success of information technology projects. Topics addressed include the triple constraint of project management, project management knowledge areas and process groups, the project life cycle, project selection methods, work breakdown structures, network diagrams and critical path analysis, cost estimates, earned value analysis, risk analysis, motivation theory, and team building. Project management software will be utilized to plan and manage information technology projects. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 662
B2B Business Applications for E Commerce
Fierce competition in the global marketplace has led corporations to new business-to-business technologies that cut costs and improve productivity and efficiency. In this course students will explore the latest business-to-business technologies including Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management(eCRM), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and On-Line Financial Services. Prerequisite: none. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 663
Information Technology Law
This course outlines the legal requirements of businesses to preserve electronic data, insure privacy, to protect intellectual property and to insure electronic information is accessible to people with disabilities. A survey of the legislation and the systems used to implement the letter of the law will be covered. Pertinent sections of the Federal and State regulations will be examined to determine impact on procedures and policies in the enterprise. Legislation to be discussed includes the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPA), Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Section 508 (29 U.S.C. '794d), Accessibility Act; Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA); Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA), CAN-SPAM Bill; USA Patroit Act - Section 326 (HR 3162); The Privacy Act of 2003 (Feinstein, D. Calif.); and the Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act. Prerequisite: none. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 667
Customer Relationship Management (ecrm)
The severity of competitive forces present in today's business environment necessitates that businesses understand and value their customers if they are to be successful in retaining them. To accomplish this, businesses need access to customer data that define behaviors and preferences that affect the products and services they provide. In this course, students gain an understanding of the importance of CRM in safeguarding the firm's customer base and future revenue growth, especially in those industries characterized by high levels of competition. In accessing and analyzing customer data, businesses more closely tailored to customers' needs and thereby strengthen relationships. Students evaluate the various methods of extracting customer data, particularly from web sites, and learn how the data is analyzed, segmented and scored in the production of meaningful management reports and marketing campaigns. . Prerequisite: none. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 701
Systems Integration
This course provides students with techniques for evaluating organizations and their environments with a view towards development of an information architecture to support organizational goals. Students design and implement a start up business infrastructure and integrate technologies researched to support organization goals. Prerequisite: 24 credits earned. (11 Oct 2005)
AIT 702
Master's Project
The master's project offers the student the opportunity to perform in-depth applied technology research in support of a business environment. Students pursue project research topics chosen from a wide range of technologies and through hands-on implementation perform comparative analysis testing on performance, reliability, stability, feature sets, and functionality. Students formally present their research findings to the Information Systems faculty. Prerequisite: AIT 701. Three hours a week. Three credits. (11 Oct 2005)
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