2018 - 2019
Student Handbook & Course Catalog August 1, 2018 – July 31, 2019 1 Published September 2018 be provided to a student prior to signing an This publication is an announcement of the enrollment agreement. current policies at International Technological University (ITU). COMPLAINTS Students or any member of the public may file a ITU makes every effort to ensure accuracy of the complaint about this institution with the Bureau information contained in this catalog. Some for Private Postsecondary Education by calling policies, rules, procedures, and regulations may (888) 370-7589, or by completing a complaint change and therefore, alter the information during form, which can be obtained on the bureau’s this catalog period. The University reserves the Internet website at www.bppe.ca.gov. right to change policies, regulations, fees, and course of instruction upon direction of the ITU ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS Administration. Any additional questions and/or concerns may be addressed by contacting the school at 2711 North ACCREDITATION First Street, San Jose, CA 95134, or by calling International Technological University is (888) 488-4968. Any questions a student may accredited by the WASC Senior College and have regarding this catalog that have not been University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic satisfactorily answered by the institution may be Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501; (510) 748- directed to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary 9001. Questions regarding the University’s Education at: accreditation may be directed to the institution or to WASC at: Physical Address: 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 400, www.wascsenior.org/contact or (510) 748-9001. Sacramento, CA 95833 International Technological University (ITU) is a private institution. The University has received Mailing Address: approval to operate from the Bureau for Private P.O. Box 980818, West Sacramento, CA 95798 Postsecondary Education (www.bppe.ca.gov). An approval to operate means compliance with state Website: standards as set forth in the California Education www.bppe.ca.gov Code, Title 3, Division 10, Part 59, Chapter 8. Phone Number: (916) 431 - 6959 GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE Toll Free: STUDENTS (888) 370 - 7589 Prospective students are encouraged to review Fax Number: this catalog prior to signing an enrollment (916) 263 – 1897 agreement. They are also encouraged to review the School Performance Fact Sheet, which must
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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
Dear Student,
On behalf of the International Technological University (ITU) faculty, staff, and alumni, welcome to a new year at ITU! We are proud to be your university of choice, and we wish you a successful year and career ahead.
In this catalog, you will find a wealth of information about ITU’s academic programs, services, procedures, and regulations to help you succeed. Our University’s vision is to empower our students through innovative, industry-linked education. Because the vast majority of ITU faculty members are working professionals in their fields, they impart relevant knowledge and applicable skills that can be used long after graduation. It is our shared goal that, when you graduate, you will be both well-educated and well-prepared for the vast career opportunities available to you.
The year ahead promises to be a positive one for all of us at ITU and for the broader community we serve. ITU’s reaffirmation of accreditation by the WASC Senior College and University Commission, along with our achievement of ACBSP accreditation, speak to the quality and recognition of our programs. Our new master’s degrees, institutes, and short-term certificate programs in Computer Science and Cybersecurity also expand our ability to serve the needs of Silicon Valley’s high tech professionals.
In addition to your studies, ITU offers a variety of cultural and social activities, including mixers, lectures, presentations, and cultural celebrations that reflect our university’s rich diversity. ITU’s Student Government Association offers community and social events for students to be among colleagues and make lasting friendships. During your studies, take advantage of the community resources offered in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area.
We are thrilled to have you join us. We value our students and strive to provide a memorable educational experience to ensure their professional and personal success.
Again, we thank you, and we look forward to another remarkable and exciting academic year.
Sincerely,
Gregory O’Brien, Ph.D. University President
3 Table of Contents ABOUT ITU ...... 10 Vision ...... 10 Mission ...... 10 Purpose ...... 10 History ...... 10 About the Founder ...... 11 Institutional Learning Outcomes ...... 11 Degrees Offered ...... 11 WSCUC Policy On Teach-Out Plans and Agreements ...... 11 University Location ...... 13 ADMISSIONS ...... 14 Rolling Admissions ...... 14 Application Deadlines ...... 14 Master’s Degree Program Admissions Policy ...... 14 English Proficiency Policy ...... 14 Proof Of English Language Proficiency ...... 15 Master’s Level Admissions Application Requirements ...... 15 Doctoral Level Admissions Application Requirements ...... 16 Second ITU Master’s Degree Admissions Requirements ...... 16 Conditional Admission ...... 17 Admissions Exceptions ...... 17 Provisional Admission Policy ...... 17 Accepting Your Offer Of Admission ...... 17 Deferred Admission ...... 17 Transfer Credit Policy ...... 18 Admission Policies For Recipients Of Three-Year Bachelor's Degree Or Equivalent ...... 18 FINANCIAL INFORMATION ...... 19 Tuition And Fees For Master’s Degree ...... 19 Tuition And Fees For Doctoral Degrees ...... 19 Total Cost For Ph.D In Electrical Engineering And Ph.D In Interdisciplinary Sciences Program 19 Total Cost For Doctorate In Business Administration Program ...... 20 All Other Non-Program Specific Fees ...... 20 Course Materials And Services Fees ...... 21 Accepted Forms Of Payment ...... 21 Installment Plan Policy ...... 21 Installment Plan Payment Schedule: ...... 21 Employer Tuition Reimbursement ...... 23 Deferred Payment Plan (ETR) ...... 23 Non-Payment Policy ...... 24
4 Refund Policy ...... 24 CAMPUS RESOURCES ...... 25 Academic Advising ...... 25 Library ...... 25 Research Programs and Resources ...... 26 Student Life and Campus Recreation ...... 26 VTA Program and public Transportation ...... 27 Student Employment ...... 27 Student Health Insurance ...... 27 Career Services ...... 28 Bereavement Policy ...... 28 Information And Call Center ...... 28 ITU Student ID Card ...... 29 ADA Procedures ...... 29 ACADEMIC INFORMATION ...... 30 Registration ...... 30 Withdrawals ...... 30 Course Cancellation ...... 30 Auditing Courses ...... 30 Course Load ...... 30 Online Courses ...... 30 Credit Measurements ...... 31 Grade Point Average Requirement For ...... 31 Graduation ...... 31 Repeating Courses ...... 31 Final Grades ...... 32 Transcripts ...... 32 Time Limits For Degree Completion ...... 32 Graduation ...... 32 Experiential Learning ...... 32 Transferability of Credit Hours ...... 32 Class Size Limit ...... 32 ACADEMIC POLICIES ...... 33 FERPA POLICY ...... 33 Academic Probation and Expulsion Policy ...... 33 Attendance and Participation Policy ...... 33 Credit Hour Policy ...... 33 Final Examinations Policy ...... 33 Special Topics Courses For Master's Programs ...... 33 Independent Study Policy ...... 34 Leave of Absence Policies ...... 35
5 Open Campus Policy ...... 35 Internship Policy ...... 36 Doctoral Program Policy ...... 38 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT POLICIES ...... 41 Starting a Relationship with the International Student Office ...... 41 Maintaining Personal Immigration and Student Records ...... 41 Course Load Information for International Students ...... 42 Online Course Policy for F-1 Students ...... 42 STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES ...... 43 Student Code of Conduct ...... 43 Conduct – Rules and Regulations ...... 43 Sanctions ...... 44 Interim Suspension ...... 45 Academic Grievance Procedures ...... 46 Advisers ...... 46 No Retaliation Policy ...... 46 Student Non-Academic Grievance Policy ...... 46 Academic Integrity ...... 47 Academic Dishonesty Policy ...... 47 CAMPUS POLICIES ...... 47 Campus Alcohol Policy ...... 48 University Lost & Found Policy ...... 48 Parking Policy ...... 49 Student Parking ...... 49 Disability Parking ...... 49 Towing Services ...... 49 Enforcement ...... 49 Diversity Policy ...... 49 Nondiscrimination Policy ...... 49 Sexual Harassment Policy ...... 50 Whistleblower Policy ...... 50 ALUMNI SERVICES ...... 52 Staying Connected with ITU ...... 52 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ...... 52 DEGREE PROGRAMS AND REQUIREMENTS ...... 54 Course Numbering System ...... 54 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ...... 55 Mission ...... 55 Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) ...... 55 Master Of Business Administration Program ...... 55
6 Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) ...... 56 Career Opportunities ...... 56 Program Requirements ...... 56 Grade Point Average (GPA) ...... 56 Master Of Business Administration Concentrations ...... 56 Master Of Business Administration (MBA) ...... 56 MBA Emphasis Learning Outcomes (ELOs) ...... 57 Transfer Courses ...... 57 SAP Joint Recognition Award ...... 57 Business Analytics ...... 59 Business Analytics Requirements ...... 60 Business Analytics Courses ...... 60 Healthcare Management ...... 61 Healthcare Management Requirements ...... 61 Doctor of Business Administration Program ...... 62 Program Requirements ...... 63 Transfer Credits ...... 63 Course Descriptions ...... 65 Faculty ...... 93 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ...... 94 Mission ...... 94 Institutional Learning Outcomes ...... 94 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ...... 94 Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) ...... 94 Career Opportunities ...... 94 Program Requirements ...... 95 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ...... 96 Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) ...... 96 Career Opportunities ...... 96 Program Requirements ...... 97 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION AND CYBERSECURITY ...... 98 Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) ...... 98 Career Opportunities ...... 98 Program Requirements ...... 98 Course Descriptions ...... 99 Faculty ...... 110 DEPARTMENT OF DIGITAL ARTS ...... 112 Mission ...... 112 Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOS) ...... 112 Master Of Science In Digital Arts ...... 112
7 Program Learning Outcomes (PLOS) ...... 112 Career Opportunities ...... 112 Master Of Digital Arts Program Requirements ...... 113 Master Of Digital Arts Concentrations ...... 113 Ui/Ux ...... 113 Course Descriptions ...... 114 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING ...... 122 Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) ...... 122 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING ...... 122 Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) ...... 122 Accreditation Board For Engineering And Technology (ABET) Outcomes ...... 122 Career Opportunities ...... 123 Program Requirments ...... 123 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ...... 124 Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) ...... 124 Accreditation Board For Engineering And Technology (ABET) Outcomes ...... 124 Career Opportunities ...... 124 Program Requirements ...... 124 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ...... 126 Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) ...... 126 Career Opportunities ...... 126 Program Requirements ...... 126 Doctoral Courses ...... 126 Thesis Advisor ...... 126 Study Program And Course Work ...... 126 Qualification Examination ...... 126 Admission To Candidacy ...... 127 Doctoral Committee ...... 127 Dissertation Defense ...... 127 Program Completion ...... 127 Departmental Research Activities ...... 128 Course Descriptions ...... 128 Faculty ...... 135 DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT ...... 137 Mission ...... 137 Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOS) ...... 137 Master Of Science In Engineering Management ...... 137 Program Learning Outcomes (PLOS) ...... 137 Career Opportunities ...... 138 Master Of Science Engineering Management Program Requirements ...... 138
8 Course Descriptions ...... 138 Faculty ...... 143 INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES ...... 145 Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Sciences ...... 145 Program Requirements ...... 145 Thesis Research: ...... 145 Program Completion: ...... 145 Prerequisite Requirements ...... 146 INTERNSHIPS ...... 147 Internships ...... 147 Certificate Programs ...... 147 ITU Presents ...... 147 STUDENT SUCCESS PROGRAM ...... 147 CROSSWALK ...... 148
9 • Systemically designed, competency-based ABOUT ITU courses that utilize innovative instructional
methods.
Cross-disciplinary curriculum that encourages International Technological University (ITU) is • students to look beyond their own fields and based in Silicon Valley, the technology center of generate new possibilities. the world. The University provides a practical Programs that meet the high standards of academic experience for students who want to • both the ITU Advisory Board, which consists of learn directly from the professionals shaping high prominent Silicon Valley industry leaders, and tech industries. Silicon Valley’s brightest minds the WASC Senior College and University have always been part of our faculty, advisory Commission (WSCUC). board, and Board of Trustees, resulting in a premier education in technology and business. History
After earning his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering ITU’s Silicon Valley faculty members bring a high- from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, level industry experience from innovative ITU’s Founder, Dr. Shu-Park Chan, joined Santa companies like Google and Oracle to the courses Clara University’s electrical engineering they teach, giving students an edge on the latest department, where he served for 30 years, discoveries and implementations in tech eventually becoming Dean of the Engineering innovation and empowering their careers. School. Dr. Chan’s department began with a mere
50 students, and under his direction, over 1,200 Vision students eventually enrolled. Because of his To empower people and advance global cutting-edge research in the area of graph theory prosperity through inventive, industry-linked and network topology, his Ph.D. students went Silicon Valley education. onto become the co-founders of Cadence,
ATMEL, Microelectronics Technologies, Oak Mission Technology, Inc. and many other pillar companies ITU pioneers a modern, industry-focused that created the Silicon Valley phenomenon. educational model to deliver education globally. Conservatively speaking, over 80% of all ITU’s educational pedagogy cultivates innovative microprocessors designed and developed within thinking, ethical leadership, and entrepreneurial the last 25 years throughout the world have been spirit through practical, industry relevant created or touched by technology generated from curriculum that reflects Silicon Valley’s culture. Dr. Chan’s students. ITU closes the employment skills gap and empowers people to lead successful, enriching In 1994, Dr. Chan retired from SCU and founded lives as meaningful contributors to the global ITU to be the world’s first global networked community. university model. While pioneering high-tech
engineering education at SCU, Dr. Chan Purpose recognized that proper engineering education The purpose of ITU is to foster excellence in bridges the “relevance gap” – found in most education for students particularly interested in academic institutions – between academic theory the high-tech entrepreneurial field. All our and practical application. Together with Silicon programs have an applied nature, with an Valley technology, business, media, and venture emphasis on specialty areas tailored to the market capital leaders, he built ITU as a solution for needs of Silicon Valley companies. Students are graduate students looking for practical, industry- actively encouraged to affiliate or intern with relevant training. relevant local industry firms from the very beginning of their academic studies as an integral In February 2013, ITU received regional part of ITU’s academic pedagogy. As such, the accreditation from the WASC Senior College and hallmarks of an ITU education include: University Commission (WSCUC). Now in its 25th • A special focus on practical engineering, year, the University offers ten accredited graduate business, biotech, and media arts research degrees through six departments of study. Today, projects. ITU continues to provide its students an industry- • Relevant internships integrated into academic relevant education that focuses on cross- programs from the beginning of a student’s disciplinary studies and practical work experience. tenure. ITU faculty have worked at leading Silicon Valley • Multicultural awareness through the institutions such as NASA, Google, Intel, and international exchange of scholars and Oracle; and its alumni have had successful careers students from locations around the globe. 10 in companies such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Institutional Learning Outcomes Cisco, among others. Currently, more than 1,000 • Problem Solving graduate students from over 54 countries are • Critical Thinking enrolled in the university, making it a dynamic and • Communication exciting place to work and study. • Team Work • Technical Literacy About the Founder • Research • Responsibility
Degrees Offered • Master of Business Administration • Master of Science in Computer Engineering • Master of Science in Computer Science • Master of Science in Digital Arts • Master of Science in Electrical Engineering • Master of Science in Engineering Management • Master of Science in Information and Cybersecurity • Master of Science in Software Engineering • Doctor of Business Administration • Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering • Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Sciences “We are now in the new millennium with the challenge of solving contemporary problems while WSCUC Policy On Teach-Out Plans and achieving the unfinished agenda of the future. Agreements Modern society must engage in a constant search An institution accredited by the Commission must for the good in its quest for the better.” submit to the Commission for its prior approval a Dr. Shu-Park Chan teach-out plan or agreement upon the occurrence ITU Founder & First President of any of the following: 1929-2013 1. The Secretary of Education notifies WSCUC that the Secretary has initiated an emergency A role model to many, Dr. Shu-Park Chan was a action against an institution in accordance bold visionary, a passionate leader in education, with section 487(c)(1)(G) of the HEA or an and a warm builder of community. action to limit, suspend, or terminate an Major Milestones: institution participating in any Title IV, HEA program, in accordance with section • 1929 – Born in Canton, China as the 10th son of 487(c)(1)(F) HEA, and that a teach-out plan is famous Chinese general Jitang Chen required. • 1955 – Graduated from Virginia Military 2. WSCUC acts to withdraw, terminate, or Institute with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical suspend accreditation or candidacy of the Engineering institution. • 1962 – Graduated from University of Illinois, 3. The institution notifies WSCUC that it intends Urbana-Champaign with a Ph.D. in Electrical to cease operations entirely or close a location Engineering that provides one hundred percent of at least • 1962 – Joined Santa Clara University as a one program. Professor of Electrical Engineering and taught 4. A state licensing or authorizing agency notifies there for over thirty years WSCUC that an institution’s license or legal • 1972 – Co-wrote the textbook Analysis of authority to provide an educational program Linear Networks and Systems: A Matrix- has been or will be revoked. Oriented Approach with Computer A teach-out plan means a written plan developed Applications, one of his many research by that institution that provides for the equitable publications treatment of its own students if an institution, or • 1989 – Became Dean of the School of an institutional location that provides one hundred Engineering at Santa Clara University percent of at least one program, ceases to • 1993 – First Asian American appointed to the operate before all students have completed their Fulbright Scholarship Board program of study, and may include if required by • 1994 – Founded International Technological the institution’s accrediting agency, a teach-out University and served as President until 2011 11 agreement between institutions. A teach-out time within which they must complete the agreement means a written agreement between program. Students should work closely with the two institutions that provides for equitable Office of the University Registrar or designee, who treatment of students under these circumstances. will be knowledgeable about the projected course WSCUC may require an institution to enter into a offerings of the terminated program. New teach-out agreement as part of its teach-out plan. students will not be enrolled in the program. The university will follow all rules and regulations When an institution enters into a teach-out stated by WSCUC and BPPE. agreement with another institution, the initiating institution must submit the agreement to the For the fully online degree option to existing Commission for approval prior to its university Master’s programs, should it be implementation. The teach-out agreement may be necessary to teach out the online versions of approved only if the agreement is between these programs, the same WSCUC approved institutions that are accredited by a nationally policies will serve as a guide, and apply to all recognized accrediting agency; and students who have enrolled in these programs.
1. Must be consistent with applicable standards 1. Students in the online schedule of offerings of accreditation and Commission Policies; will be informed of the teach-out of the fully 2. Must provide for the equitable treatment of online versions of the program and a teach- students by ensuring that the teach-out out schedule of online offerings in that institution has the necessary experience, program will be promulgated, which will resources, and support services to provide an permit students in continuous enrollment to educational program that is of acceptable complete the required coursework in the quality and reasonably similar in content, online delivery format. structure, and scheduling to that provided by 2. All degree students may complete all degree the institution that is closing or discontinuing requirements through on-campus offerings, in its program(s), to remain stable, carry out its either weekend or weeknight schedules or a mission, and to meet all obligations to its combination thereof. existing students; 3. For all students who cannot complete all 3. Must ensure that the teach-out institution can course requirements in the teach-out period, a provide students access to the program and policy to permit students to transfer degree- services without requiring them to move or relevant coursework from other WSCUC or travel substantial distances; regionally accredited institutions will be 4. Must provide for notification of another adopted to ensure students access to accrediting agency if the teach-out institution completing course requirements. holds accreditation from that agency; and 4. If needed, and with prior WSCUC approval, an 5. Must specify additional charges, if any, levied articulation agreement will be developed to by the teach-out institution and provide for allow smooth transfer of ITU students into notification to the students of any additional another regionally accredited university’s charges graduate programs in that discipline. If an institution the Commission accredits or has 5. In exceptional cases, and where needed, granted candidacy to closes without a teach-out individual teach-out plans will be developed plan, the Commission must work with the for any students in the program for whom the Department of Education and the appropriate above accommodations do not permit timely State agency, to the extent feasible, to assist completion of their respective degree students in finding reasonable opportunities to programs. complete their education without additional charges.
The Commission has adopted Guidelines for Closing an Institution, available from the Commission office.
The University will provide all graduate students currently in the affected programs who have at least 3 hours in the major, an opportunity to complete degree requirements during a “teach out” period. Dean or designees will inform affected students of the program closure and the
12 University Location ITU’s location in the heart of Silicon Valley provides access to the most well-known hubs for entrepreneurial activity. The innovative atmosphere of Silicon Valley, and the wider San Francisco Bay Area, provides students with a unique environment from which to draw inspiration. The excitement, innovation, and opportunity in Silicon Valley is dispensed into the classrooms through our reputable faculty members and curriculum. The passion for technology, entrepreneurship, and commerce drives our University.
In March 2015, ITU finalized its move to a new campus in north San Jose, California. Some of the many leading corporations within twenty miles of ITU include HP, Apple, INTEL, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, Facebook, AMD, ATMEL, Juniper Networks, Symantec, Cisco Systems, Applied Materials, Adobe Systems, Cadence, Electronic Arts, Oak Technology, Brocade, Nvidia, Synopsis, and IBM. The city of San Francisco, Marin County, Berkeley, Oakland, and the Santa Cruz beaches are all an hour away by bus, train, or car. The Monterey Peninsula, Carmel, and the famous Napa Valley wine country are less than two hours away. Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport is about two and a half miles from campus.
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13 language fluently – is vital to student success. ITU ADMISSIONS applicants are therefore expected to demonstrate
English proficiency as a part of the application
process. Rolling Admissions
Applicants may apply for admission into any of International students whose native language is the trimester terms (Fall, Spring, Summer) each not English must provide evidence of English year. Completed applications are reviewed on a proficiency. English competency tests (e.g., rolling basis during the admission cycles. TOEFL, IELTS) are designed to provide the Office
of Admissions with a guide to measure potential Application Deadlines academic success. Applicants should aim to apply for their targeted Applicants are required to demonstrate English term before the application deadline: proficiency by one of the following means:
TERM APPLICATION DEADLINE • A TOEFL score of 72 or higher (Internet- based test score (ibt)). Fall 2018 August 15 • An IELTS score of 6.0 or higher.
Spring 2019 December 15 Test scores are valid for two years from the date when the tests are taken. If the test score is older Summer 2019 April 15 than two years, the student will be required to resubmit a valid test score. Master’s Degree Program Admissions Policy Students applying for admission into ITU master’s Valid, official scores must be sent to ITU’s Office degree programs are expected to demonstrate of Admissions directly from the testing service. If the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to a TOEFL score is being sent, ITU’s institution code succeed in a rigorous graduate educational is 4446. If you are sending an IELTS score, please environment. As such, successful applicants who be sure to select ITU from the list of available are admitted to the University should have earned institutions. (the equivalent of) a US bachelor’s degree with a cumulative 2.75 GPA or above, or (the equivalent Non-US citizen students who are currently of) a US master’s degree with a cumulative 3.0 residing in the U.S. and seeking to transfer to ITU GPA or above. Degrees earned in the United may demonstrate English language proficiency as States must be from a regionally accredited US described above. In addition, such students may institution. In some cases, ITU may also consider also demonstrate proficiency by attaining a score other evidence of readiness for academic studies of 64 or higher on the MTELP Level 3 Exam, at the graduate level, including: outstanding indicating a CEFR level B2 or higher. The undergraduate work in the major, completion of administration of the MTELP Exam must be graduate-level coursework at a 3.0 GPA or above, proctored and take place on the ITU campus. post-baccalaureate studies, and professional certifications. International students may be exempted from the English proficiency requirement under the Given the diversity of grading scales and following circumstances: accreditation standards worldwide, ITU requires that any foreign credentials (i.e., 1. The applicant has earned an undergraduate/graduate diploma and transcript) undergraduate degree from a regionally be evaluated by an approved third-party accredited institution in the U.S. evaluation service. The University will only accept The undergraduate degree must consist of foreign credentials that are deemed by the a minimum of 120 trimester credit hours, approved service provider as equivalent to a US with the majority of credit hours earned in bachelor’s or master’s degree. International the U.S. from a regionally accredited applicants will also need to provide proof of institution. Waivers will not be considered English proficiency (see ITU’s English Proficiency for credit hours earned at a branch campus policy). in a non-English speaking country or degrees earned through distance learning English Proficiency Policy programs. Credential evaluation may be The ability to communicate effectively in English – required for transfer credit hours from to comprehend, read, write, and speak the foreign institutions.
14 2. The applicant has earned a graduate a. Commission on Language Program degree from a regionally accredited Accreditation (CEA) institution in the U.S. The graduate degree must consist of a b. Accrediting Council for Continuing majority of credit hours earned in the U.S. Education & Training (ACCET) from a regionally accredited institution. Waivers will not be considered for credit Or hours earned at a branch campus in a non- 2. Is a listed member of the American English speaking country or degrees Association of Intensive English Program earned through distance learning (AAIEP) programs. Credential evaluation may be required for transfer credits from foreign Or institutions. 3. Is accredited by a government-recognized 3. An accredited undergraduate or graduate agency in an approved Anglophone degree was earned in a non-U.S., country. Anglophone country, and the language of instruction must have been English. Proof Of English Language Proficiency The majority of the credit hours must be Non-US citizen students who are currently earned from an Anglophone institution. residing in the U.S. and seeking to transfer to ITU Waivers will not be considered for credit may demonstrate English language proficiency by hours earned at a branch campus in a non- all the means described in the current 2016-2017 English speaking country. catalog. In addition, such students may also demonstrate proficiency by means of successful Countries that qualify for the waiver passage of the MTELP Level 3 Exam with a score include: Antigua, Australia, Barbados, of 64 or higher, proctored and administered on Bermuda, Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin the ITU campus, that indicates a CEFR level B2 or Islands, Canada (except Québec), Cayman higher. Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, Nevis & St. Master’s Level Admissions Application Kitts, St. Lucia, South Africa, St. Vincent, Requirements Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, and the All ITU applications must include: United Kingdom (England, Scotland, • A completed new student application. Northern Ireland & Wales). • Sealed official transcripts from all 4. The applicant’s native language is English. universities attended. Transcripts must be Applicants can demonstrate native English mailed directly from the institution or language proficiency by providing through an official U.S. e-Transcript appropriate documentation. provider. 5. The applicant has completed an • International Students Only: Foreign accredited ESL program in the U.S., or in a credential evaluations for all transcripts non-US Anglophone country, listed in must be submitted. Please see criteria #3, with a proficiency level http://itu.edu/admissions/approved- equivalent to a B2 or above according to credential-evaluation-services for a list of the Common European Framework approved foreign credential evaluation (CEFR). services. The applicant must submit official • Grade point average (GPA) requirements: transcripts and an official copy of the A cumulative graduate GPA of 3.0, or a certificate of completion to the Office of cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75. Admissions. The transcript must • Statement of Purpose - an essay demonstrate a CEFR level of B2 or above describing your personal and professional in all areas. goals and reasons for obtaining your graduate degree. Word count must not ITU considers an English language program as exceed 750 words. accredited if it: • Resumé - Must not exceed two (2) pages. 1. Is accredited by one of the following accreditation agencies recognized by the Secretary of the Department of Education (DoE):
15 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS graduate degree. ITU will accept a course- Most students who are admitted to ITU do not by-course evaluation completed by one of submit supplemental materials. All of the required our approved credential evaluation service documents will be used to evaluate your providers: http://itu.edu/evaluations. application. In the case that you do not meet the 2. Proof of English proficiency. Students may minimum academic requirements, supplemental demonstrate English proficiency through materials may be considered. Only the following one of the following ways: supplemental materials may be considered. a. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) • Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or examination. ITU looks for a Graduate Management Admission Test score of 72 or better for the (GMAT) scores recommended. Scores internet-based test (ibt). must be sent directly from the testing b. International English center. Language Testing System • Two Letters of Recommendation. Letters (IELTS) examination. ITU should mention the student’s professional looks for a band score of 6.0 and academic experience, as well as their or better for the academic potential to succeed in graduate school. module. • Work experience c. Accredited bachelor’s or • Professional achievements master’s degree from a regionally accredited US All applicants must submit identification records institution or from a native to the Office of Admissions in the form of a valid English-speaking country. or legitimate U.S. government identification card d. Evidence that the or passport. applicant’s first language is English. Applicant should * All documents submitted for admission become submit documentation that property of the University and will not be s/he was schooled in a returned. country where English is the official language and Doctoral Level Admissions Application language of instruction. Requirements e. Transcript demonstrating ITU’s doctoral programs have extensive program- the completion of an specific admissions requirements. Students accredited ESL program in interested in applying for admission into a the US, or in a non-US doctoral program should contact the Office of Anglophone country, with a Admissions for more information. proficiency level equivalent to a B2 or above, according Additional Requirements For International to the Common European Applicants Framework (CEFR). International applicants who have completed their Note: All documents submitted for admission post-secondary education from an institution become property of the University and will not be outside the U.S. must hold a degree from a returned. university recognized by their Ministry of Education as a degree-granting institution. Second ITU Master’s Degree Admissions Requirements International applicants coming from overseas are At ITU, the term “second master’s degree” is used recommended to apply within the first month of for students who received their first master’s each admission cycle (May, September, January) degree at ITU and would like to pursue a second to ensure enough processing time for visa, if ITU master’s degree in a different field. Students admitted. who completed their first master’s degree at another institution are not considered “second In addition to the regular application master’s students” at ITU. requirements, international applicants must also provide: Current and former ITU students who would like 1. Foreign credential evaluation for any non- to apply for their second ITU master’s degree US degrees and foreign credit hours must adhere to the current master’s level transferred to a US undergraduate or admissions application requirements and admission cycles. 16
Students applying for a second ITU master’s All admission provisions must be cleared by the degree before their first degree has been end of the first trimester of enrollment. In order to conferred are required to submit an official ITU avoid any difficulties, students are strongly transcript and must be in good academic encouraged to meet the terms of their provisional standing. If all admission requirements are met, admission prior to the start of the anticipated these applicants will be offered a “Conditional trimester. If a student fails to clear their Admission.” Upon completion of their first ITU provisional status by the end of the first enrolled master’s degree, they will be offered full term, an administrative hold will be placed on admission and may matriculate into their new their academic record, which may result in their program as normal. inability to register for classes and/or continue their graduate studies in future terms. The Office Conditional Admission of Admissions will monitor provisionally accepted Applicants that meet ITU’s academic criteria but students and notify the appropriate departments do not meet ITU’s English proficiency requirement about students who do not complete their may be offered a “Conditional Admission” from requirements. The University retains the right to the Office of Admissions. A conditional admission rescind admissions decisions and cancel is valid for one year and current admission records registration for any student who is found not to will be kept on file during this time. The be eligible after final admissions documentation conditional admission will be fulfilled if the has been evaluated. student provides sufficient evidence of English proficiency through one of the following Accepting Your Offer Of Admission conditions stated in the English Proficiency Policy. All newly admitted students who have been granted admission to ITU will need to confirm Conditional Admission may be granted to Second their intent to enroll in order to secure a seat in Master’s Degree applicants whose first ITU degree their program. It is very important that you secure has not been conferred. Please refer to the a seat for the upcoming term by completing the Second ITU Master’s Degree Admissions enrollment process as soon as possible. If the Requirements section for additional details. enrollment process is not completed, your spot at ITU will be forfeited and you will need to reapply. Admissions Exceptions Program Admissions Criteria and Processes: In a Successful completion of the enrollment process unique case beyond the uniform minimum will allow students to register for classes, initiate requirements for admission, a department may processing of their student ID card, among other choose any criteria that is appropriate as a basis services. for its evaluation. This includes but is not limited to undergraduate and graduate grade point Students who are no longer able to attend ITU averages, work experience, test scores, letters of must contact the Office of Admissions recommendations, and evidence of past immediately to discuss options (see Deferred achievements. Admissions criteria and decision Admissions). If the student has registered for procedures are subject to review by the classes already, the student must drop those Exceptions Committee. courses in order to receive a refund. Some fees are non-refundable. If the student does not defer Provisional Admission Policy their enrollment and decides later in the future to In cases where a student meets the academic attend ITU, the student must reapply for requirements for admission to ITU, but admission and meet the admission requirements experiences delays in supplying supplemental and deadlines as stated above. documentation to support their application, the Admissions Exceptions Committee may grant a International students should also contact the provisional admission for the student to enroll for International Students Office. the first term. The student would receive an acceptance letter that describes the necessary Deferred Admission provisions for completing the admission process If you have been admitted to ITU, but can no and sets a deadline for the student to complete longer enroll by the start date, you may wish to those requirements. The official admission will not postpone your admission until the next entry be granted until the necessary items, such as an term. Once admitted, you can defer your official final transcript showing award of the admission only once; after that you must re-apply. bachelor’s degree or master’s degree, are Students must pay their enrollment deposit before received. 17 they are eligible to request a Deferred Admissions. Applicants who have earned an Associate’s Submitting a request for deferral is not a degree and who have completed ninety credit guarantee of approval. Upon approval of hours or more of coursework in a regionally deferment, please note you may not enroll in accredited U.S. community college or from a another academic program at a different college regionally accredited U.S. university may also or university, during your deferment period. apply for admission to the relevant Master’s degree program, provided that specified, A completed Admissions Deferral Request Form additional preparatory work* is completed. must be submitted to the Office of Admissions. Please contact [email protected] for deferment For each applicant who lacks the equivalent of a deadlines. relevant U.S. Bachelor’s degree, an evaluation of the applicant's undergraduate transcript(s) will be F-1 International Students who are currently in the conducted by the appropriate Department Chair U.S. who apply for deferment must be able to or designee, who will determine what additional maintain lawful F-1 status within the 5-month coursework must be completed for the applicant maximum transfer time between schools. F-1 to be sufficiently prepared to pursue graduate international students physically residing outside coursework in that field of study. the U.S. may also apply for deferment. Students should speak with an International Student Students will be eligible to take graduate courses Advisor at ITU to defer admission. at ITU concurrently with the additional preparatory work. However, the additional Transfer Credit Policy required preparatory work will be completed prior Applicants who have taken graduate-level courses the pursuit of any advanced coursework in that at other regionally accredited US colleges and program for which the required foundational universities may, at the time of application for coursework is determined admission, petition to transfer course credit hours to be a prerequisite. towards their ITU degree program. The relevant Department Chair grants final approval, subject to *Note: Required additional preparatory the following criteria: coursework may be taken at ITU or at an A grade of B or better in the course is required for approved, regionally accredited US community any credit hours to be transferred. college or university No more than 9 graduate level credit hours may be transferred from other regionally accredited US colleges and universities. Courses transferred must be substantially equivalent to courses offered at ITU. The courses to be transferred may substitute for electives but not for core courses in the ITU degree program. Grades from previous institutions will not be transferred and will not affect GPA. In no case will a petition for transfer credit be considered later than the end of the first trimester of a student’s enrollment.
Admission Policies For Recipients Of Three-Year Bachelor's Degree Or Equivalent Individuals who have earned a three-year Bachelor’s degree or a three-year diploma from an institution recognized by the Ministry of Education or corresponding governmentally approved higher education authorizing agency in their respective countries may apply for admission to the relevant Master’s degree program at ITU, provided that specified, additional preparatory work* is completed.
18 Tuition And Fees For Doctoral Degrees FINANCIAL The following sample tuition and fees schedule applies INFORMATION for all students:
FALL SPRING SUMMER ACADEMIC Tuition And Fees For Master’s Degree TRIMESTER TRIMESTER TRIMESTER YEAR The following sample tuition and fees schedule applies 8 for all students: TUITION $9,000 $9,000 $9,000 $27,000
REGISTRATION FEE 2,3 $50 $50 $50 $150 FALL SPRING SUMMER ACADEMIC TRIMESTER TRIMESTER TRIMESTER YEAR
TECHNOLOGY FEE 3 $200 $200 $200 $600 TUITION ¹ $5,400 $5,400 $5,400 $16,200
REGISTRATION $50 $50 $50 $150 STUDENT $15 $15 $15 $45 FEE 2,3 GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION FEE TECHNOLOGY FEE $200 $200 $200 $600 3 HEALTH $509 $509 $509 $1,527 INSURANCE 4 STUDENT $15 $15 $15 $45 GOVERNMENT VTA FEE 3,5 $39 for new $42 $42 $123 ASSOCIATION FEE students. $36-$42 for HEALTH $509.00 $509.00 $509.00 $1,527 continuing INSURANCE 4 students
VTA FEE 3,5 $39 for new $42 $42 $123 TOTAL $9,813 $9,816 $9,816 $29,445 students only. $36-$42 for continuing students. Total Cost For Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering
TOTAL $6,213 $6,216 $6,216 $18,645 And Ph.D. In Interdisciplinary Sciences Program The following estimated tuition and fees table is for the entire Electrical Engineering or Interdisciplinary Total Costs For A Master’s Program Sciences Doctoral program, assuming 9 credit hours The following estimated tuition and fees table is for the taken per trimester: entire educational program, assuming full time enrollment per trimester: FEES PER TOTAL # OF CREDIT TOTAL CHARGES TRIMESTER HOURS/TOTAL # DUE FOR THE OF TRIMESTERS TO ENTIRE FEES PER TOTAL # OF TOTAL CHARGES COMPLETE THE EDUCATIONAL TRIMESTER CREDIT DUE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM HOURS/TOTAL # ENTIRE PROGRAM OF TRIMESTERS EDUCATIONAL TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM TUITION 8 $1,000 per Credit 60 Credit Hours $60,000 EDUCATIONAL Hour PROGRAM REGISTRATION $50 7 Trimesters $350 TUITION ¹ $600 per Credit 36 Credit Hours / 4 $21,600 FEE 2,3 Hour Trimesters
REGISTRATION FEE $50 4 Trimesters $200 STUDENT $15 7 Trimesters $105 2,3 GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION FEE STUDENT $15 4 Trimesters $60 GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY $200 7 Trimesters $1,400 ASSOCIATION FEE FEE 3
TECHNOLOGY FEE 3 $200 4 Trimesters $800 HEALTH $509 7 Trimesters $3,563 INSURANCE 4 HEALTH $509 4 Trimesters $2,036 INSURANCE 4 VTA FEE 3,5 $39 for first 7 Trimesters $291 trimester only. VTA PASS 3,5 $39 for first 4 Trimesters $165 $36-$42 for all trimester only. other $36-$42 for all trimesters other trimesters. APPLICATION FEE $100 6 (ONE TIME FEE) APPLICATION FEE 6 $100 (ONE TIME FEE) ORIENTATION $250 ORIENTATION FEE $250 $250 FEE 6,7 6,7 (ONE TIME FEE) (ONE TIME FEE) PETITION TO $200 6 PETITION TO $200 GRADUATE GRADUATE 6 (ONE TIME FEE) (ONE TIME FEE) TOTAL $66,259 TOTAL $25,411
19 Total Cost For Doctorate In Business All Other Non-Program Specific Fees Administration Program This is a list of all possible fees; certain fees may not apply to every student. FEES PER TOTAL NUMBER OF TOTAL CHARGES TRIMESTER CREDIT HOURS/TOTAL DUE FOR THE NUMBER OF ENTIRE TRIMESTERS TO EDUCATIONAL OTHER FEES (NON REFUNDABLE) AMOUNT COMPLETE THE PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ENROLLMENT TUITION DEPOSIT (APPLIED TO $600 FIRST TRIMESTER TUITION AND FEES) TUITION 8 $1,000 per 48 Credit Hours $48,000 Credit Hour BOUNCED CHECK PENALTY FEE $50 (PER CHECK) REGISTRATION $50 9 Trimesters $450 FEE 2,3 ISO PROCESSING FEE $100
DIPLOMA REPLACEMENT FEE $100 STUDENT $15 9 Trimesters $135 GOVERNMENT GROUND SHIPPING FEE $25 ASSOCIATION FEE OVERNIGHT POSTAGE FEE $50 TECHNOLOGY $200 9 Trimesters $1,800 FEE 3 INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE FEE Additional Charges Will Apply
GRADUATION FEE $200 HEALTH $509 9 Trimesters $4,581 INSURANCE 4 ORIENTATION FEE (ONE-TIME FEE FOR NEW $250 STUDENTS PER PROGRAM)
3,5 VTA FEE $39 for first 9 Trimesters $375 INSTALLMENT PLAN ADMINISTRATION FEE (PER $100 trimester TRIMESTER) only. $42 for all other EMPLOYER TUITION REIMBURSEMENT DEFERRED $50 per trimester trimesters PAYMENT PLAN (ETR) FEE
APPLICATION $100 LAB SUPPLIES/KIT (DEPENDS ON CLASS) $50 - $200 FEE 6 (ONE TIME FEE) LATE PAYMENT FEE 9 $300
ORIENTATION $250 FEE 6,7 PAYMENT SWITCH FEE $50 (ONE TIME FEE) STUDENT ID REPLACEMENT FEE $25 – 1st replacement $50 – 2nd replacement PETITION TO $200 $100 – 3rd replacement GRADUATE 6 (ONE TIME FEE) STUDENT VTA REPLACEMENT FEE $3
TRANSCRIPT FEE (PER COPY) $10 per copy + $5 TOTAL $55,891 processing fee per order
1 Based on full-time registration of nine (9) credit hours. Tuition per credit hour is $600. 2 Registration Fee is $50 per trimester. Late Registration Fee is $100 (applies to students who register for classes during the Late Registration Period). 3 Fees are non-refundable once students register for classes. 4 Fees may be refundable if all of the requirements are met. Please refer to the ITU website for information regarding Mandatory Health Insurance, waiver and refund. Rate subject to change per insurance carrier notice. 5 ITU is required by the City of San Jose to issue VTA passes to all enrolled students. Rates are subject to change by VTA. Beginning Spring 2019, VTA fees will increase from $39 to $45 for new students and from $36 to $42 for continuing students. 6 Fees are non-refundable. 7 The Orientation Fee covers the New Student Orientation event, as well as pre-arrival assistance and services. 8 Based on full-time registration of nine (9) credit hours for coursework. Full time for dissertation portion of the program is at three (3) credit hours per trimester (not shown in sample tuition and fees table). Tuition is $1,000 per credit hour. 9 Late Payment Fee will be applied one (1) month after the first day of the trimester if there is an outstanding balance on the account and the student has not signed up for an installment plan. Students are responsible for payments of all tuition and fees. ITU reserves the right to adjust the above schedule of fees at any time. Refer to our website for the latest fee table.
20 Course Materials And Services Fees Installment Plan Policy Students may be charged fees in some courses for • Each installment plan is subject to a per the use, rental, or consumption of materials, tools, trimester Installment Plan Administration or equipment, or for the costs of materials or Fee of $100. services necessary to provide a special • Installment Plans are only offered to supplemental educational experience. For students with good financial standing with example, course materials fees may cover the ITU. Students who have a bounced check purchase of chemicals and glassware for a science record on their account due to non- laboratory or art supplies for an art studio class. sufficient funds are not eligible for any They might also cover film rentals, field trips, or installment plans for the remainder of their the purchase or rental of specific equipment. tenure at ITU. Courses that may be subject to the course • Students are responsible to make sure they materials fee are listed in the Class Schedule have enough money in their bank account at http://itu.edu. for the post dated checks. If a student drop a class after the third week of the PAYMENT DUE DATE trimester, the student will still owe all Tuition and fees for each trimester are due in full outstanding balances and any default on upon registration of courses, unless the student has enrolled in one of ITU’s approved payment payment will be subject to collection. plans. ITU reserves the right to deny enrollment or • Any student who wishes to pay using an cancel enrollment for students whose tuition and installment plan must download, print, and fees are not paid in full. complete a Promissory Note, and bring the completed form to the Department of Accepted Forms Of Payment Accounting Services. • Pay Online at MyITU: (https://my.itu.edu/ics) • Each installment plan consists of a • Credit/Debit Card minimum of two (2) to a maximum of three • eCheck (3) installments. • Pay in person at Accounting Services with: • Cash • Students must submit all their installment • Credit/Debit Card plan checks along with their first payment. • Cashier’s Check, Money Order, The checks should be post-dated and will Traveler’s Check only be deposited on the day the • Personal Check installment is due. If the due date falls on a • Pay by international wire transfer, credit card, weekend or holiday, the check will be Alipay, or Unionpay: deposited the following business day. • Visit the Flywire website to pay via • The installment plan process is not wire transfer or other international completed until the Installment Plan payments. Promissory Note and all post-dated checks (https://www.flywire.com/pay/itu/) have been submitted to the Department of • Pay by Tuition Payment Plan: Accounting Services. Installment Plan • • Students who wish to cancel an installment • Plan allows tuition to be paid check or switch payment, must contact the in two to three payments over Department of Accounting Services and the first two months of the complete the process prior to the term. installment due date. • DBA Installment Plan • Installment plan specific to Installment Plan Payment Schedule: the DBA program • The first installment is due on the day of • Employer Tuition Reimbursement registration, and the amount must be equal • For a student who to or greater than three (3) credit hours of participates in a tuition tuition in addition to all of the mandatory reimbursement program fees, including student health insurance. through his/her employer, this • The second installment is due one (1) month plan allows a qualified after the first day of trimester, and the participant to defer university amount must also be equal to or greater than tuition payment until such three (3) credit hours of tuition. time as they qualify for their • The third installment is due two (2) months employer reimbursement. after the first day of trimester. Any remaining balance must be paid with this final installment.
21 INSTALLMENT PLAN EXAMPLES: INSTALLMENT PLAN PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR The example below assumes a student registers DOCTORAL PROGRAM for 9 credit hours in a trimester and already has Fee Type Payment Payment Amount Due Date existing health insurance coverage. Students must Amount (with CA discount) submit a waiver every trimester to prove existing coverage; otherwise, the student will be automatically enrolled into ITU’s student health Trimester Fees: $401 $401 Same day that student $200 - registers for classes insurance plan and billed accordingly. Student Technology Fee $50 - Registration health insurance payments must be paid along Fee with all other fees on the first installment $15 - SGA Fee $36 - VTA Fee payment. For more information on student health $100 - Installment insurance requirements and waiver information, Plan Fee please visit the Student Health Insurance section Tuition (3 credits) $3,000 $2,250 Same day that student of the ITU website. registers for classes Tuition (3 credits) $3,000 $2,250 1 month after 1st day of VTA fees listed in examples below is the rate for the trimester continuing students in the Fall 2018 trimester, and Tuition (3 credits) $3,000 $2,250 2 months after 1st day may differ depending on the trimester and of the trimester whether the student is receiving his/her VTA pass for the first time. TOTAL PER $9,401 $7,151 TRIMESTER
The CA (California Resident) discount is available Note: There is a $50 fee for switching payments if you decide to to students who reside in California and are U.S. substitute an installment check with another form of payment Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card). on or before the due date of the installment, unless your Please contact the Department of Accounting installment plan has 3 installments AND you are settling your Services for more information on how to apply for entire Installment Plan balance before the second installment due date. the discount. DBA INSTALLMENT PLAN Fees are subject to change, so the total amount This installment plan is only offered for the for installment plan may change over time. Doctoral of Business Administration degree program. The installment plan consists of 36 total INSTALLMENT PLAN PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR payments, for 9 trimesters of full time study. All MASTER’S PROGRAM trimester fees are payable upon registration of courses for each trimester, and the first tuition Fee Type Payment Payment Amount Due Date installment payment is due by 15th of the first Amount (with CA discount) month of the student’s first trimester at ITU. Subsequent monthly installment payments due by Trimester Fees: $401 $401 Same day that student $200 - registers for classes the 15th of each following month. For example, a Technology Fee student entering as a Fall 2018 student will make $50 - Registration Fee his/her first tuition installment payment $15 - SGA Fee $36 - VTA Fee by September 15th, 2018, and continue to make $100 - Installment monthly installment payments by the 15th of each Plan Fee following month until August 15th, 2021. Tuition (3 credits) $1,800 $1,350 Same day that student Below is a sample table showing the payment registers for classes frequency of the installment plan.
Tuition (3 credits) $1,800 $1,350 1 month after 1st day of the trimester Fee Type Payment Payment Due Date Amount Amount (with Tuition (3 credits) $1,800 $1,350 2 months after 1st day CA discount) of the trimester Trimester Fees: $401 $401 Same day that student $200 - Technology Fee registers for classes TOTAL PER $5,801 $4,451 $50 - Registration Fee every trimester, for a TRIMESTER $15 - SGA Fee total of 9 trimesters $36 - VTA Fee $100 - Installment Plan Fee
Tuition $1,333.34 $1,000 Monthly, for 36 months.
TOTAL FOR ONE YEAR $17,203.08 $13,203
22 To qualify for the DBA installment plan, the submitted by completing the Official Transcript student needs to: Order Form which is available on the ITU website 1. Provide proof of income demonstrating under Forms. The transcript will be sent to the ability to submit payments in accordance address provided on the form after the associated to the installment plan (such as a pay transcript fee is paid. stub). 2. Maintain good credit standing with the The student is responsible for the amount university (no bounced check record, or deferred six weeks after the end of term, whether carry any outstanding balances outside of or not the amount is to be paid by the employer. the payment plan). If the employer, for any reason, refuses to Employer Tuition Reimbursement reimburse the student’s tuition, the student Deferred Payment Plan (ETR) remains responsible for the full payment of all 1. Plan Overview tuition and fees to ITU. ITU reserves the right to International Technological University (ITU) has cancel the plan, if the information provided on the established a deferred payment plan for students application is false. who qualify for tuition reimbursement from their employer. Employer Tuition Reimbursement 2. Eligibility Deferred Payment Plan (ETR) is designed for The ETR is available for students working in a eligible students whose employers offer company with an Employee Education reimbursement for tuition charges. Assistance/Reimbursement Plan, who have a portion, or 100% of their tuition reimbursed Students accepted into the plan may defer directly to them by their employer upon payment of the portion of their tuition successful completion of coursework. reimbursement under their employer’s program up to six weeks after the last date of trimester. The ETR is only applicable to ITU students who Any portion of tuition and fees not covered under are already authorized to work legally in the U.S. an employer tuition reimbursement plan will be Students attending ITU on an F-1 student visa are due upon registration. not eligible to use this plan, as their visa status requires that they show proof of ability to pay for Students may apply for the ITU Installment their studies independent of any on campus Payment Plan to cover any tuition and fees not employment, Curricular Practical Training (CPT), included in the ETR. Please refer to our website or other work authorization. On the date of for all installment plan information. Failure to pay application, the student must not have an or have an installment plan arrangement in place outstanding account with ITU exclusive of an may result in a financial hold that will prohibit installment payment plan. release of official transcript and enrollment. Students must complete and submit all required Applications for the ETR have to be submitted documents during the regular registration period. and approved by the Department of Accounting Applications submitted during the late registration Services each trimester. ITU has three trimesters, period will be subject to an additional late namely: (a) Spring Trimester from January processing fee. through May, (b) Summer Trimester from May through September, and (c) Fall Trimester from Maximum deferral amount allowed for the September through January. calendar year should not be greater than the annual maximum limit reimbursable by the It is important to remember that the student is employer. There is no prepayment penalty. personally responsible for any and all financial obligations made to ITU, regardless of 3. Process employment status or the length of time it will i. Visit http://itu.edu/regulations/ETR. take the employer to process reimbursement. ITU ii. Submit completed Employer Tuition does not bill a student’s employer; the student is Reimbursement Deferred Payment Plan responsible for providing employer with the Application Form and Statement of reimbursement information. Financial Liability within ITU’s regular registration period. In order for the employer to receive confirmation iii. Along with the completed forms in #2, of student grades, an official transcript request student must also provide a letter from the must be requested. Transcript requests are employer’s Human Resources department
23 confirming current employment, a copy of a. Online credit card payments will be the student’s employer education refunded back to the same credit assistance/reimbursement plan, and check card account. In the event we are or cash to pay the non-refundable $50 ETR unable to refund back to the credit processing fee. card, a refund check will be issued. iv. ETR applications submitted during the late b. Cash, Check, Cashier’s check, E- registration period (See the University check, Traveler’s Check, and Money Calendar) will be assessed an additional Orders will be refunded via check. late processing fee of $50. c. flywire.com/pay/itu/ payments will v. A new ETR application and ETR Statement be refunded to the original bank of Financial Liability must be submitted account via flywire.com/pay/itu/. each trimester. d. Please allow 3 to 5 weeks of vi. Submit the completed application form processing time. along with the $50 nonrefundable ETR ITU’S REFUND SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS: processing fee and proof of employment to ITU, Department of Accounting REFUND Services, Accounts Receivable, at 2711 N. CLASS DROP DATE PERCENTAGE First St., San Jose, CA 95134. vii. For the most updated information, please Prior to the start of the trimester: 100% visit http://itu.edu/regulations/ETR During the add/drop period (ending 100% Non-Payment Policy the second Sunday from the Upon registration of courses, a student must beginning of the trimester at 11:59PM): either (a) pay tuition in full, or (b) apply for an ITU Payment Plan. Failure to do so will result in a During the third week of the 80% financial hold being placed on the student’s trimester (ending the third Sunday account, restricting the student's ability to add from the and drop courses on MyITU or to request official beginning of the trimester at transcripts. The financial hold is automatically 11:59PM): removed from the student’s account once full After the third week of the trimester: 0% payment is made.
A Late Payment Fee will be applied one (1) month FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE after the first day of the trimester if there is an International Technological University does not outstanding balance on the student account and currently participate in any federal or state the student has not signed up for an installment financial aid programs. In order to ease the burden plan. of a single lump sum tuition payment, the University offer payment plan options. Please ITU reserves the right to drop courses and refer to the Payment Plan section for more terminate students due to nonpayment of tuition information. and fees. SCHOLARSHIPS Refund Policy International Technological University offers Merit 1. Students will be given a 100% refund if a Based Scholarships to a select number of students class is cancelled by the University. every trimester. Visit 2. Refunds are calculated using one of the http://itu.edu/admissions/financial-resources/itu- following methods: scholarship for more Information. a. The time and date the class was dropped by the student on DISCOUNTS my.itu.edu/, or Discounts are available for qualifying students. b. The time and date the student Please contact Accounting Services for more requested a class to be dropped by information regarding the CA Resident, Chamber the Office of the University of Commerce, Veteran, or Police/Firefighter/EMS Registrar’s Office on their behalf, if discounts. the student was unable to drop the class by themselves on my.itu.edu/ 3. Depending on the original form of payment, the following refund methods will be used:
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Other Local Libraries: Santa Clara articles, proceedings, curated electronic Public Library 25 http://santaclaraca.gov/government/depar [email protected], or visit the library website. tments/library/research- Research Programs and Resources resources/research-tools/databases-by- There are four research labs: Artificial Intelligence, subject and the public library closest to Bio-Electronics, Embedded Research, and Green you will offer similar benefits if you Energy Research Labs. All labs are led by the obtain a library membership card. industry experts and ITU professors for d. Inter-library Loans: Note that most researching the cutting edge technologies and pubic libraries will offer you 4-6 inter- products. Both labs provide the latest tools for library loans each month with your best research and practice such as Synopsys and membership. Cadence tools. 8. 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Wall Street Journal Online Talent, where student talents are showcased in d. NYTimes Academic Pass Online the form of performances and artwork, Build & e. Other: see Scholarly Repositories Pitch Hackathon, where inter-departmental Recommended by the University Librarian innovation is encouraged, and Family Fun Day, a family friendly event for students, faculty, and 9. FREE Repositories Recommended by the University Librarian staff. Student Life also celebrates various events http://itu.edu/sites/default/files/2018- throughout the year to acknowledge cultural 02/Electronic Databases Spreadsheet.pdf : Open holidays such as the Autumn Moon Festival, Educational Resources (OER), Openly Valentine's Day, Holi Festival, and St. Patrick's Published or FREE scholarly datasets Day. including: a. Proquest PQDT Open < As an ITU student, you can learn leadership skills https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/search.html as a student government association b. InTechOpen, https://www.intechopen.com: representative, meet new people at student Free Computer Books Online, mixers, and attend career driven workshops. In c. FreeTechBooks addition, ITU facilities offer open collaborative http://www.freetechbooks.com spaces for group projects, a student common area d. Google Books with a pool table and ping pong table, and e. PubMed Central dance/yoga studio. Classrooms contain a https://www.nihlibrary.nih.gov/tags/pubmed- projector, ergonomic tables and chairs, accessible central outlets, a desktop computer, and wifi access that f. PennState Media Commons Free Media can be used during instruction. Students at ITU Library https://mediacommons.psu.edu/free- are free to organize and join associations whose media-library stated purpose is consistent with the university’s g. Moving Image Archive mission. All student organizations seeking ITU https://archive.org/details/movies support must be registered. h. MIT OpenCourseWare Student Government https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm The Student Government Association (SGA) exists i. DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals to serve, advocate for, and lead the student body https://doaj.org with dedication to unity, teamwork, diversity, j. Cite Seer X scholarly computer and honesty, transparency, mutual respect, and information science creativity. SGA commits to being a voice for all http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/index;jsessionid=D9 students as well as a committed group of leaders D38CF1C013C21AB7C8A70494888844 among the ITU community. For more information about how to access library and research services, please drop by or email 26 SGA membership consists of four elected • San Francisco Municipal Transportation executive positions as well as a group of Agency (SFMTA) http://www.sfmta.com is representative members. Each member is one of America’s oldest public transit and the committed to serving students through hands-on seventh largest system in the U.S. Commonly assistance, and collaboration with ITU leadership. known as the “Muni”, it consists of historical Experience as an SGA leader not only helps ITU streetcars, modern light rail vehicles, taxis, become a better place, but is also an enriching electric trolley coaches, world famous cable part of your academic life. As a member of the cars, and diesel buses. SGA you will gain valuable leadership and • 511 SF Bay http://www.511.org provides communication skills. These transferable skills can information on train, bus and ferry services be used at companies the world over, with many around the San Francisco Bay Area, including former SGA members going on to successful popular bicycle routes. careers in industry. Student Employment VTA Program and public Transportation Eligible students may be able to apply for on- As part of ITU’s commitment to the City of San campus jobs. The following opportunities may Jose, the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) become available at any time: program is a Transportation Demand Management Plan to mitigate the traffic impact of the campus Student Interns: Some departments that location and operations. commonly hire student interns include: Admissions, Marketing, Operations, Information The Student VTA program requires mandatory Technology, and the International Student Office. participation of all students, and that ITU cannot profit from sales or replacement of passes. Student Assistants: Student Assistants perform Students on leave of absence, trimester break, or administrative duties, such as making photocopies alumni are not eligible for the program. The VTA and other classroom errands, as well as helping Smartpass provides enrolled students unlimited the Student Information Desk as greeters and rides on VTA bus and light rail lines (less express campus tour guides. They are hired and managed bus service), when used in conjunction with an ITU by the Student Information Desk. student identification card. Teaching Assistants: Teaching Assistants are The VTA fee is a mandatory and non-refundable assigned to a specific course as needed, usually fee for all students. The fee must be paid, due to large class size. The TA must have received regardless of whether a student chooses to an A in that course. The student cannot be request and/or use pass. The fee is subject to currently enrolled in the course for which they TA. change based on ITU’s annual contract with VTA. Academic duties include tasks such as uploading course materials into EMS, tutoring, and holding Students can obtain more information about the office hours. TAs cannot proctor exams or guest VTA program, and how to request and use their lecture; all TA work must be done on campus. Smartpass by visiting the ITU website (students/vta) or the campus Information Center. Note: Students who are currently on academic probation OR are currently working off campus under Internship or The University campus is conveniently located OPT are not eligible to hold on-campus jobs. near the Bonaventure light rail stop. Bus and light rail schedules can be found on the Santa Clara Student Health Insurance Valley Transportation Authority website Health insurance is mandatory for all students. (VTA.org), and on campus. Every student will automatically be enrolled for health insurance through ITU unless the student Other notable modes of public transportation has coverage under an alternative insurance NOT covered under the VTA program include: provider, completed the online waiver process by the allotted deadline, and the student’s coverage • Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) http://www.bart.gov is a train that provides has been determined as comparable to ITU’s clean, scenic service from Fremont, Richmond, requirements. Failure to pay the insurance Berkeley, and San Francisco. premium or to complete the online waiver process, will result in a financial hold on the • Caltrain http://www.caltrain.com provides commuter rail service along the San Francisco student account. For more information visit ITU’s Peninsula, through the South Bay to San Jose, Health Insurance page. and Gilroy.
27 Career Services following term, the student’s Department ITU provides a variety of services to assist Chair may assign another instructor to assist students in clarifying, planning, and achieving the student in finishing the course. Further their career goals. Workshops are held regularly extensions beyond the following trimester on topics including career planning, job search may be granted under special circumstances. strategies, resume writing, interviewing skills, and other professional guidance sessions. Career Note: International students who leave the country for Services staff work one-on-one with students, more than 30 days must file a internship providers, and employers to assist Leave of Absence Request Form with the International students in obtaining quality positions in industry Student Office. Students leaving the country are advised to meet with the International Student Office prior to both before and after graduation. On campus their departure. open drop-in hours are held weekly and students may also email [email protected] to Once a Standard Bereavement Leave or schedule live or virtual appointments as needed. Bereavement Leave of Absence has been received Additionally, ITU offers various on-campus and approved: industry, and employment events including an • The Department of Academic & Student annual career fair, targeted employer engagement Services will notify the student’s academic events, and regular industry group meetings and advisor who will communicate with the speaker events. Department Chair, instructors for currently enrolled courses, and any other relevant Bereavement Policy offices to facilitate the leave. Students experiencing a death in the family should • Instructors will be advised that excused contact the Department of Academic & Student absences and extensions should be granted to Services in order to request a Standard the student for the time of allowed leave. Bereavement Leave or a Bereavement Leave of Absence: Typical Bereavement Leave is reserved for deaths within the student’s immediate family, but STANDARD BEREAVEMENT LEAVE – Upon students may petition for the right to implement approval from the Department of Academic & the Bereavement Policy in the event that a death Student Services, the student is allowed 14 occurs outside their immediate family. Immediate consecutive days of excused absence. Dates are family is defined as: Spouse, Grandmother, specifiable by the student. The student would still Grandfather, Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Child, be required to complete all course requirements. Stepmother, Stepfather, Stepsister, Stepbrother, Note: International students must file a Travel or Stepchild. ITU reserves the right to request Request Form with the International Student documentation, such as an obituary, verifying the Office if they are leaving the country. death.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE OF ABSENCE – Should a Information And Call Center student feel s/he needs more time than the The Information and Center is an essential part of allotted 14 consecutive days, students may the everyday functions of the University. withdraw from the trimester in which the death Information Representatives strive to give occurs. students the best available information in a prompt, efficient and professional In consultation with the Department Chair and manner. Representatives greet students on academic advisor, students in good academic campus, guide them through university processes, standing may: direct students to appropriate offices for • Drop currently enrolled courses without any assistance and utilize the Student Support Ticket notation on the academic record, if within System, view open tickets, manage inbound calls, ITU’s add/drop period; and schedule student appointments for the • Withdraw with a W notation from currently International Student Office, Academic Advisors, enrolled courses, if prior to the Withdrawal and Outreach for either on campus or SKYPE. deadline; or Students can pick-up documents, student ID • Receive an incomplete (INC) grade for cards, and VTA Smartpasses at the Reception currently enrolled courses and have the Desk, located next to Accounting Services. Please opportunity to complete any missed exams check the ITU website for open hours, document and/or assignments in the following trimester pick-up procedures, and contact information. in which they return. In the instance that the instructor is not available to teach in the 28 ITU Student ID Card the online student services ticketing system To enhance the safety and security of personnel located on the support page on the ITU website at on campus, all enrolled students are required to https://ituedu.zendesk.com/hc/en- have a student ID card. Student ID cards provide us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=61345. personal identification; access to facilities, equipment rentals, library books; admittance to Students in need of accommodations due to a student sponsored events; records for attendance; disability should contact the Office of Student and used for document pick-up Services for verification and determination of reasonable accommodations as soon as possible Students should always carry their ID card when following admission to the University or in the on campus, as the ID card is required for class weeks prior to the first day of classes for each attendance and demonstrate authorization to be Trimester. on campus. Students may be requested to identify themselves to a university faculty member, staff To submit an accommodation request or for member, or authorities through their ID card. additional assistance or inquires, please submit a ticket at https://ituedu.zendesk.com/hc/en- New students will receive their first ITU student ID us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=61345 or email card at no charge. It is highly recommended that [email protected] for additional new students obtain their student ID card prior to information. orientation, after class registration and payment of balance due. Students must bring a government-issued photo identification (state driver’s license or passport) and proof of tuition payment, in order to receive their ID card. Replacement fees apply.
Student identification card remains the property of ITU. Services rendered by the card are non- transferable to other individuals; only the name cardholder can access student privileges at the university. Unauthorized use or altering of the card in any way, including using another student’s card or allowing someone else to use one’s card, may result in disciplinary sanctions.
Violations of policy may result in disciplinary measures in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct, Article IV. Student who lend their card to another for the sole purpose of accessing university facilities and/or falsifying the attendance system will be recommended for disciplinary sanctions. See ITU website for more information.
ADA Procedures International Technological University is committed to providing a quality and accessible educational environment to all students. In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), the ADA Amended Acts (ADAA), and associated California laws and regulations, no qualified individual with a disability shall be excluded from participation in our university programs or activities based solely on their disability. Students seeking reasonable accommodations for documented conditions or disabilities, including: physical, psychological, medical, sensory or learning, or otherwise; may submit a request via 29
ACADEMIC Auditing Courses INFORMATION Auditing a course is an option that allows the student to sit in on the course without receiving Registration academic credit or a grade. The student is not The registration period for each trimester begins required to complete course assignments, though six weeks prior to the first day of the trimester he or she may do so with the permission of the and concludes on Friday, one week prior to the instructor. A grade of AUD (Audit) is assigned to first day of the trimester. A student is considered the course and recorded on the academic record. enrolled in the University if registered for a Courses taken for Audit do not apply toward any minimum of one credit-bearing course. Students academic degree, and do not count as part of a enroll in classes through the MyITU portal, which is student’s course-load. The tuition for an audited accessible at https://my.itu.edu/ics course is 50% of the tuition for a credit bearing course. Requests for auditing a course require LATE REGISTRATION approval of the instructor and must be made Late registration occurs during the week prior to before the end of the Add/Drop period. the start of the trimester. A late registration fee is applied if the student has not registered for at Course Load least one credit-bearing course during the The maximum course load for any graduate registration period. student in one trimester is nine (9) credit hours.
ADDING AND DROPPING COURSES Continuing students are eligible to register for a Students have an opportunity to adjust their maximum of nine (9) credit hours during the course schedules without penalty as long as they registration period. Students wishing to register do so during the Add/Drop period. The Add/Drop for the tenth (10th) through thirteenth (13th) period begins with the first day of the respective credit hours must follow registration procedures, trimester and concludes at 11:59 p.m. (PST) of the as prescribed by the Office of the University second Sunday following the first day of the Registrar and administered by the Academic trimester. Advising department.
Withdrawals Online Courses The university withdrawal period runs from the This policy applies, beginning Spring 2017, to all Monday following the end of the Add/Drop period newly admitted degree seeking students. In through 11:59 p.m. (PST) of the Sunday that addition, the cap referred to in the policy requires concludes the 9th week of the trimester. Dropping that current students may not register for a course during the withdrawal period results in a additional online courses if by so doing they will grade of W (Withdrawn). reach the 50% limit.
Dropping a course after the conclusion of the ONLINE COURSE LIMIT university withdrawal period will result in a grade Degree seeking ITU students may take online of F (Fail) or NP (No Pass). Dropping a course courses, subject to the requirements of their after the last day of the class is not permissible. program and immigration status.
See Attendance Policy for Unauthorized Online course credit hours must constitute less Withdrawals (UW) in the Academic Policies than 50% of total credits counted toward degree section. completion. ITU’s Master’s programs typically consist of 36 credit hours or 12 courses. Exception: Dropping a CFL course after the first day of instruction for that course section will Therefore, no more than five 3 credit hour courses result in a grade of W (Withdrawn). Dropping a may be taken online, out of a total of 12 courses. CFL course after the second day of instruction for that course section will result in a grade of NP (No Declaring or Changing a Concentration Pass). (For MBA Program Only)
Note: Refer to the Refund Policy under Financial Concentrations may be declared, starting at the Information for applicable dates and deadlines. point of admissions. If a student does not declare
Course Cancellation a concentration during the admissions process, Courses with enrollment of less than 10 Students the student will be enrolled in the general degree by the first day of the trimester, are subject to program. cancellation. Students may add or change their concentration 30 at any point before the completion of 19 credit EXL – Original grade replaced and excluded. hours. Any approved transfer credit will be X – Students did not complete course or officially counted towards the 19 credit hours. Requests to withdraw. declare or change concentrations must be made NR – No Record by the first day of the trimester in which the student will attempt the 20th credit hour in order Discontinued Grades will not be included in to be considered. computing GPA.
If a student has declared a concentration and Grade Point Average Requirement For does not complete the required concentration Graduation courses by graduation, the student will graduate The following statement applies to the degree with the general degree, with no concentration. program requirements for each program starting Concentrations will only appear on the transcript, in the 2016-2017 catalog. and not on the diploma.
Credit Measurements A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for Academic credit hours are measured in terms of granting of the Master’s and Doctoral degree credit hours. This is a listing of how Academic credit hours are measured: GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) GPA is calculated by dividing the total amount of • 1 credit hour = 1 trimester term hour grade points by the total amount of credit hours • 1 trimester credit hour = 15 hours of classroom lectures/30 laboratory attempted. hours/45 practicum hours The student must enroll in 9 credit hours to be Only courses in which a student has earned at considered as a full-time student. least a grade of C- or P are counted towards the Grading System master’s degree. All registered credit hours are counted as attempted credit hours, and all grades except P, NP, I, AUD, WIP, W, and UW are used in Grade Interpretation GPA computation. All courses require letter A+, A, A- 4.0, 4.0, 3.7 Excellent grades, except those specifically designated otherwise. B+, B, B- 3.3, 3.0, 2.7 Good GRADE CHANGES
C+, C, C- 2.3, 2.0, 1.7 Fair Requests for grade changes must be made no later than 30 days after the first date of the D+, D, D- 1.3, 1.0, 0.7 Failed. Credit hours will be included in computing GPA, but will not be used toward satisfaction of unit trimester following the trimester in which the requirements for the degree. course was taken. Grade change requests will only be considered if F 0.0 Failed. Credit hours will be included in computing GPA, but will not be used toward satisfaction of unit requirements the student believes the assigned grade is for the degree. incorrect due to a clerical, calculation, or other P Pass. Equivalent to a C- or better; not included in computing technical error. GPA.
NP No pass. Equivalent to below a C-; not included in computing Grade change requests that contest the GPA. instructor’s judgment regarding the academic quality of the student’s work or achievement will AUD Audited the class. Credit hours will not be calculated in computing GPA. not be considered. Grade change requests that are based solely on the student’s desire to have a I Incomplete coursework due to circumstances beyond the student’s control, but of passing quality; not included in better grade will not be considered. Grade change computing GPA. requests that include coursework submitted after the course has concluded will not be considered. WIP Work in Progress; final grade to be assigned upon completion of entire course. Credit hours not included in computing GPA. Repeating Courses W Withdrawn. Credit hours not included in computing GPA. A course with an earned grade of B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F, NP, and UW may be repeated for a UW 0.0 Failed/Unauthorized Withdrawal. Credit hours will be maximum of two (2) times. A withdrawn (W) included in computing GPA, but will not be used toward satisfaction of credit hour requirements for the degree. course is not counted as a repeated course.
Repeating a course is not allowed for courses Discontinued Grades, as of Fall 2015: where an Incomplete (I) grade has been assigned. R – Replaced original grade when course was Earned course credit will be awarded only once. repeated. 31 Grades assigned at each attempt are permanently recorded on the student’s transcript and the term (trimester) GPA will not be modified. The highest grade earned will be used in the cumulative GPA calculation.
Final Grades Grades will be made available on the MyITU portal following submission by the instructor.
Transcripts A record of each student’s academic work at ITU is retained permanently by the Office of the University Registrar. For more information on how to request an official transcript and applicable transcript fees, visit the ITU Office of the University Registrar webpage.
Time Limits For Degree Completion All candidates for master’s degrees must complete all the matriculation requirements within six calendar years after initial registration at ITU. See Doctoral program policy for doctoral degree completion time limits.
Graduation Each candidate for a master’s degree should submit the Petition to Graduate form along with a Preliminary Checklist signed by an Academic Advisor and deliver to the Office of the University Registrar prior to the start of their final trimester.
Experiential Learning The university does not award credit for prior experiential learning.
Transferability of Credit Hours
The transferability of credit hours earned is at the sole discretion of the receiving institution.
Class Size Limit Classes are limited to 48 students per weekday course, and 75 students per weekend course.
32 student will be expelled from the ACADEMIC POLICIES University. Once expelled, the student may
not reapply for admission to the University
for a period of one year. FERPA POLICY
International Technological University (ITU) is Attendance and Participation Policy committed to meeting the provisions established All on-campus courses are held at ITU, 2711 N. First in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Street, San Jose, CA 95134. Attendance is (FERPA), which protects the rights of students mandatory for all courses at ITU. The university who are enrolled or who were previously enrolled requires all of its students to attend, fully the University. The Family Educational Rights and participate, and be engaged in all of the courses in Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR which they are enrolled each term. Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to For online courses, students’ regular participation all schools that receive funds under an applicable online will qualify as “attendance.” Students who program of the U.S. Department of Education. miss more than 20% of required attendance will
be administratively withdrawn from the course Please contact the Office of the University and receive a grade of unauthorized withdrawal Registrar for additional information at (UW). A grade of UW is calculated as an F grade [email protected]. in the grade point average calculation.
Academic Probation and Expulsion Policy Credit Hour Policy ITU exercises a “three strikes” policy when it Except as provided in Federal Regulation 34 CFR comes to academic probation, suspension, and 668.8(k) and (l), a credit hour is an amount of expulsion. work represented by intended learning outcomes • Strike 1 – Probation I and verified by evidence of student achievement A student whose cumulative GPA is below that is an institutionally established equivalency 3.00 will be placed on academic probation that reasonably approximates not less than: the following trimester. A hold will be 1. One hour of classroom or direct faculty placed on the student’s record and the instruction and a minimum of two hours of student MUST meet with their academic out-of-class student work each week for advisor before they are allowed to register approximately fifteen weeks for one semester for the next trimester. or trimester hour of credit, or the equivalent A student on academic probation is not amount of work over a different amount of considered to be in “good standing” and time; or has therefore lost the following privileges: 2. At least an equivalent amount of work as o Applying for on-campus jobs, required in paragraph (1) of this definition for including TA positions other academic activities as established by the o Applying and participating in institution, including laboratory work, internship internships, practice, studio work, and other o Receiving an ITU scholarship academic work leading to the award of credit o Running for student government hours. o A student on academic probation ITU has adopted the United States Department of must earn a GPA above 3.00 the Education requirements for “courses offered following trimester in order to entirely online and without any required face-to- return their academic status to face class meetings.” “good standing.”
• Strike 2 – Probation II Final Examinations Policy Earning a cumulative GPA that falls below All classes conducted at the ITU main campus 3.00 for a second time will result in have a mandatory in-class final examination or Probation II. A hold will be placed on the presentation. student’s record and the student MUST
meet with their academic advisor before Special Topics Courses For Master's Programs they are allowed to register for the next Special topics courses cover subjects not trimester. Probation II acts as a final currently contained in the curriculum, but are warning before Expulsion. designed to address especially relevant trends or • Strike 3 – Expulsion developments related to the discipline. If a student earns a cumulative GPA that While special topics courses may eventually falls below 3.00 for a third time, the become part of the curriculum, they are intended 33 to be temporary in nature. Consequently, they 11. An Incomplete grade may not be considered cannot be required as a core or concentration passing for purposes of determining academic course, but may be included as an elective for any standing. program. 12. An Incomplete grade may not be considered for a student in their last term of attendance. The specific topic of the course should be offered 13. Students who have an incomplete grade and for one trimester only and will use 688 as the who do not submit complete outstanding designated course number across all departments. coursework by the end of the subsequent academic term, will not be eligible for to apply Incomplete Grade Policy for internship; a part-time or full-time Incomplete grade must be student initiated. internship, regardless of their cumulative GPA. 14. The Incomplete grade counts toward the An Incomplete “I” is a temporary grade which may student’s attempted credit hours, but is be given at the instructor’s discretion to a student ignored in the calculation of the student’s when illness, unanticipated extraordinary GPA. circumstances, or other reasons clearly beyond 15. The Incomplete grade is expunged from the the control of the student prevent completion of academic record and the final permanent course requirements by the end of the term. letter grade is recorded when the final grade is Incomplete grades may be given only in the submitted via a Grade Change form. following circumstances: 16. The Incomplete grade is converted to an F, 1. The student’s work to date is passing; Failing grade, if the student does not submit 2. Attendance has been satisfactory through at coursework according to the agreed deadline least 50% of the term; an illness or other documented on the Petition for Incomplete extenuating circumstance legitimately form. prevents completion of required work by the 17. The Incomplete grade does not apply to due date; courses such as Capstone, Independent Study, 3. Required work may be reasonably completed Thesis, Internship, CFL, etc. in time frame agreed upon by the instructor and the student no later than the end of the Independent Study Policy following trimester; PURPOSE 4. The incomplete is not given as a substitute for Independent Study allows students to explore a failing grade; academic areas of special interest not provided in 5. The incomplete is not based solely on a the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the student’s failure to complete work or as a guidance of a member of the faculty. Students are means of raising his or her grade by doing limited to 3.0 credit hours of Independent Study additional work after the grade report time toward their Master’s program and 6.0 credit frame; hours towards their Doctoral program and may 6. The student initiates the request for the not take more than one Independent Study in a incomplete grade before the last day of the single trimester. class, 7. The instructor and the student submit a ELIGIBILITY Petition for Incomplete Grade form before the Independent Study is available to students who last day of the class have completed a minimum of 9.0 credit hours 8. In other circumstances, the appropriate grade and with a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA. It must must be assigned. A failing grade and last date be taken within the student’s degree program. of attendance should be recorded for students who cease attending class without COURSE authorization. Students who are unable to The Independent Study course is offered as complete a course and who do not meet these variable credit within each degree program and circumstances should consider dropping area of study. It carries a maximum of 3 credit course. hours for students enrolled in a Master’s program 9. The following provisions for Incomplete and 6 credit hours for students enrolled in a grades apply: Doctoral program per trimester. The course 10. It is in the student’s best interest that number 689 is used across all departments for incomplete grades are made up by the end of Master’s and 891 for Doctoral and uses the the following academic term. Incomplete appropriate area of study subject code. grades must be made up and final grades submitted no later than the last day of the subsequent term. 34 GRADING ITU recognizes that a student might find it Independent Study is graded based on the necessary to interrupt his or her progress standard ITU letter grade scale A-F (not P/NP). toward a degree for various reasons such as medical, family, or other personal CONTRACTS causes. To obtain an authorized break from For all Independent Study programs an ITU, a personal leave of absence Independent Study Contract Request Form must application must be filed with and be completed and approved by the supervising approved by the Office of the University faculty and the Department Chair. The approved Registrar. Applicants must indicate in contract is submitted to the Office of the which trimester he or she will continue. The University Registrar for processing. The student’s deadline to file the application is the first contract must: day of the trimester in which a student would like to begin the personal leave. • Present an outline of proposed study, which Upon return from the approved personal indicates an amount of work equivalent to the leave, the students will retain his or her lecture and study 147 time devoted to a continuing status, which includes the standard course. This equates to a minimum of maintenance of catalog year for 15 hours per 1 trimester credit hour. The graduation and priority registration proposal must describe the educational value privilege. However, if the personal leave of for the student’s total program of study, the absence lasts for more than three (3) specific objectives, and the justification for trimesters, the students’ catalog year will enrolling in Independent Study. be automatically changed to the academic • Provide a schedule for meeting with the year to which the students return. The instructor, for completing Office of the University Registrar does not assignments/progress reports, for the extend an approved personal leave of submission of the final paper or project, and absence. A new personal leave of absence for the criteria used to assign a grade application is required if a student seeks to (including specific values if the grade will be return in a later trimester. based on more than the final paper or project). Failure to resume studies in the trimester A minimum of weekly conferences with the indicated in the application will result in supervising instructor is expected, generally being withdrawn by ITU. Students who on campus. Other arrangements may be made, wish to continue their studies after being provided the work may be appropriately administratively withdrawn must reapply supervised. with the Office of Admissions. • Show preparation and competence to do This section only applies to students in independent work and to address the good academic standing. Students are proposed topic. advised that they should pay attention to the time limit allowed to complete their Leave of Absence Policies degrees. 1. One-Trimester Stop-out 3. Restrictions on F-1 International Students With certain restrictions and exceptions, Students on F-1 visas should seek advice matriculated students may stop-out from from their International Student Advisors ITU for one trimester in a calendar year before filing for a personal leave of and maintain his or her continuing student absence. The U.S. Federal Immigration Law status. Continuing status includes the and Regulation supersede the foregoing maintenance of catalog year for policy if any inconsistency arises. The final graduation and priority registration approval decision is at the discretion of the privilege. Students who do not continue ITU International Student Office. their studies after a one-trimester absence will be withdrawn from ITU. This section Current degree-seeking ITU students are not only applies to students in good academic eligible to register as Open Campus students. standing. This section does not apply to newly admitted students who have not Open Campus Policy earned any credit hours at ITU. This section An Open Campus student is a non-degree seeking does not apply to F-1 International student who is enrolled in courses for a particular Students who were issued Forms I-20 by trimester, but not yet admitted into any degree ITU. program. Such a student may enroll in any 2. Personal Leave of Absence master’s level (numbered 500-699) course in any
35 discipline at ITU, except for internship, CFL, • Admission/Enrollment – Students must be capstone, independent study or thesis courses. An admitted to one of ITU’s graduate programs. Open Campus student may not enroll in a doctoral *F1 students need to enroll in a full course load level course without special approval from the of a minimum of nine credit hours per relevant Department Chair. trimester. (Note: See exception below). There is a 9 credit hour maximum per trimester. If • INT 593 series enrollment – Students must a student decides to apply to an ITU Master’s enroll in INT 593 in order to have an internship. program that student may only apply to transfer a This course may be part of the student’s 9 maximum of nine (9) credit hours earned under credit hour full time course load. Internships Open Campus towards a degree program. will not be approved as any other course at Open Campus students must adhere to any and all ITU, including independent study or special university policies and the Student Code of study courses. To continue an existing Conduct. Open Campus students are subject to internship, students must enroll in INT 593 and the same tuition and fees, as well as refund follow the procedures listed here for each new schedule, as all other students, with the exception trimester. of the health insurance premium. Access to • Tuition/Fees – Students will not be approved university facilities, services, and resources will be for or begin an internship until all past tuition available. However, an Open Campus student and fees have been paid in full. cannot hold a leadership role in a student • GPA – Students must maintain a minimum organization at ITU. cumulative GPA of 3.0 and passing grades in Current degree-seeking ITU students are not INT 593 and passing of CFL 591 to continue eligible to register as Open Campus students. participating in internship
• Internship relevance – Students must show Internship Policy that the requested internship is relevant to PURPOSE their field of study and that the internship Hands-on experience and skill development is a provider has extended a formal offer that is key component of ITU’s pedagogy. We recognize consistent with the procedure below. how important internships are in transferring Internship providers – Students may not have course theory, concepts, and skills from a • more than one internship provider at a time. graduate program to a career in the student’s field Internships cannot be at the same company of of study. For this reason, we are committed to employment. *All international students need linking the classroom with relevant industry to check with their immigration lawyer for experience. As affirmed by the university’s eligibility to take part on internship. Academic Leadership Council (ALC), ITU requires students to participate in an internship (one credit ACADEMIC COMPONENTS AND EXPECTATIONS hour for part-time, three credit hours for full-time, All internships at ITU require enrollment in INT up to a maximum of 10 credit hours per degree) 593, Internship. This academic class is taken for as a core part of the curriculum for all of ITU’s one credit hour with part-time internships (up to master degree programs. 20 hours per week) or three credit hours with full- time internships (21 to 40 hours per week). In Internships are managed through enrollment in order to earn a passing grade, students must INT 593, a course that may be taken for a directly submit assignments listed below to their maximum of ten credit hours over the course of faculty member, and include: clear identification an academic program. ITU reviews each internship of their name, university ID number, the graduate request on an individual basis to ensure that it is program, the internship title, the internship consistent with the student’s coursework and provider’s name, and the internship supervisor’s academic policies. For ITU students in F-1 name. Assignments may include: international student status, the internship request • Description of internship – A presentation of must also meet the standards found in the U.S. the unique duties and responsibilities the Code of Federal Regulations – 8 CFR § student will perform during the internship. 214.2(f)(10) (i). (Note: The internship cannot be a substitution for a paid staff position or a vacant position at ITU’s internship eligibility requirements, academic the internship provider’s organization). components and expectations, procedures and due dates, and conditions are presented below. Mid-term internship report – An initial report by the student on his/her performance and ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS progress in the internship, as well as specific The following requirements apply to students who information about the skills and knowledge wish to participate in ITU’s internship program: 36 being acquired relevant to the student’s field trimester end date. No part of the internship of study. (Note: Such reports must first be may take place during break periods between cleared by the internship provider to observe trimesters. appropriate confidentiality and intellectual • Grade Point Average (GPA) requirements – property constraints). Students must maintain a minimum 3.0 • Final internship report – A comprehensive cumulative GPA in their program at ITU to report on topics covered in the mid-term remain eligible for an internship. Once official report and supplemented by the student’s grades have been posted for the prior evaluation of relevance of the internship to the trimester, any student who holds a cumulative student’s academic program, career goals, and GPA below 3.0 will lose all internship eligibility potential areas for future study and research (i.e., both full-time and part-time), including beyond the internship. eligibility for the trimester in progress. • Final evaluation form – Submitted directly to • Students who maintain a cumulative GPA of the faculty member by the internship provider 3.0 or higher once final grades have been during the last two weeks of the trimester with posted and has earned a term GPA below 3.0 the signatures of the internship supervisor and will only be eligible to request a part-time an HR representative of the organization internship. providing the internship. • Students who have an incomplete grade and wish to apply for an internship must submit all CONDITIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS outstanding work by the deadline to apply for To ensure compliance with ITU’s policies, the internship. The final grade must be posted following conditions apply to all, new and prior to the start of the internship. GPA continuing students attending ITU: requirements will apply. • First time internships – Internships for the first • Students who have an incomplete grade and time with ITU will be limited to a part-time who do not submit completed outstanding internship. An exception will be allowed for coursework by the end of the subsequent students who can demonstrate a prior academic term, will not be eligible to apply for successful internship or training experience internship (part-time or full-time), regardless related to a degree they earned in the U.S. of their cumulative GPA. (Refer to Incomplete Evidence of such an experience may include grade policy). an academic transcript showing a passing • Students whose term GPA for the most recent grade in an internship course, a report from trimester is 3.0 or higher, but cumulative GPA the institution’s internship program showing remains below 3.0, will not be eligible for satisfactory performance, and/or a letter of internship. recommendation from an employer or other evidence that the student was authorized to Note: coursework taken at another institution will not be work for during a period of Optional Practical considered in determining eligibility for an internship in Training. an ITU program.
• Integrating Academic & Internship Learning (CFL 591) – Students must enroll in the • Academic performance requirements (INT Integrating Academic & Internship Learning 593) – A student who receives a grade of “NP” (CFL 591) course before beginning their first (no pass) in INT 593 will be reduced to part- internship. However, students who apply and time internship. If a second grade of “NP” is are approved for internship their first trimester received in INT 593, the internship will be may take CFL 591 concurrently during that cancelled and the student will be ineligible for same first trimester. future internships at ITU. If a student is participating in part-time internship and • Continuous enrollment/attendance – If the internship provider ends the agreement, the receives a grade of “NP” in INT 593, the student will not be permitted to continue with student will be ineligible for future internship the internship. Or if an *F1student drops below at ITU. full-time enrollment (Note: See exception • Academic performance requirements (CFL below) will not be permitted to continue with 591) -- A student must pass CFL 591 by the the internship. end of the trimester in which they complete their first internship or that student will lose all • Start/End dates – As mentioned above, internships are approved only in conjunction internship eligibility for the next term. with enrollment in INT 593. For this reason, Internship eligibility will be restored only if a internships cannot begin sooner than the passing grade has been earned in CFL. trimester start date and must end by the • Maximum internship credit hours – Students are limited to ten total credit hours for INT 37 593. For each part-time internship (up to 20 full-time enrollment. If a student wishes to take hours per week), one credit of INT 593 will be a vacation term after this point, they may used. For each full-time internship (21 to 40 reduce their enrollment to part-time (Under 9 hours per week), three credits of INT 593 will credit hours) or take no classes during that be used. This limit applies to both new and trimester. However, if the student wishes to continuing students. A change in programs or begin or renew an internship during that interruption of studies will not reset this limit. trimester, they must enroll in INT 593. • Change of internship provider – ITU • Last Term of Study – An F-1 student who is recognizes that unforeseen circumstances completing a degree program in the same may require the change of an internship trimester that an internship is requested is provider. To allow completion of INT 593, only required to take the number of classes students will be allowed to change their needed to complete the degree. However, internship provider once per trimester. A these classes must be on-campus, as required second change of internship request by F-1 student visa regulations. F-1 students submitted in the same trimester will not be can submit a request for reduced course load allowed. Students should not change – last trimester. internship until the change of provider has • Exception for ITU student employees – been approved by ITU. If student changes Students employed by ITU in a position provider before approval, internship change relevant to their academic program do not will be denied and student will receive a “NP” require an internship/CPT, as they will gain grade. experience in that role. These students will instead take another academic class to A student may not request a change of internship maintain full-time enrollment. However, F-1 authorization level (i.e. part-time to full-time/full- students who seek to work on-campus more time to part-time) during the trimester in progress than the 20-hours per week during the unless the request is the result of an adjustment of trimester must request a full-time internship, eligibility based on GPA and is submitted enroll in INT 593 for three credit hours, and completely on or before the add/drop deadline. obtain CPT authorization as required by their Students may not change an internship provider visa status. after Friday (6:00pm) of the eighth week of the • Volunteering, observation, and unpaid work – trimester. If an internship ends after the eighth ITU will not allow an F-1 student to engage in week, the grade in INT 593 will be based on volunteer or unpaid work for an internship performance up to that point provider outside of INT 593. Also, such action by a student before or after approved ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR STUDENTS internship dates may result in an immediate ATTENDING ITU ON AN F-1 STUDENT VISA loss of the internship and CPT authorization, as To ensure compliance with ITU’s policies and well as eligibility for any future internship at federal regulations, the following conditions apply ITU. Such action might also be treated as a to all students attending ITU in F-1 student status: violation of the student’s F-1 visa status, • Maintaining visa status – If a student violates resulting in termination in SEVIS for “unlawful his/her status, the student’s I-20 will be employment”. terminated, which will also immediately end the student’s internship. Doctoral Program Policy • Eligibility for post-graduate work authorization ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS under Optional Practical Training (OPT) – An • Application Requirements: Doctoral applicants F-1 student who receives 12 or more months of must submit their completed application full-time CPT is ineligible for post-graduate normally 4 months prior to the start of a work authorization under Optional Practical trimester Training (OPT). This includes any full-time CPT • Resume: Four page maximum a student took at the same degree level at • Statement of purpose: A statement of purpose another school before transferring to ITU. of approximately 1,000 words is required. This However, part-time CPT is not counted statement should address the reasons for towards this total and should not affect the seeking the Doctoral degree and how the student’s eligibility for post-graduate OPT. doctorate will advance personal and career • Annual Vacation – F-1 students are allowed goals. Doctoral programs require a minimum one vacation term, also known as a “annual of three years for completion. Maximum time vacation”, after completing a full academic for completion is eight years, during which the year of study: three consecutive trimesters of candidate works with a faculty supervisor, who
38 is also a member of the panel before which the QUALIFICATION EXAMINATION candidate will defend his or her dissertation. The qualification exam may be taken upon • Admissions are highly competitive. Applicants successful completion of 24 credit hours. Exam are expected to present: grading will be on a P/NP basis, unless the specific o A cumulative grade point average program institutes an alternate form of grading. (GPA) of 3.5 or higher in a relevant, The qualification exam can be retaken only once. regionally accredited Master’s program. The qualification exam is in written format only. o Official transcripts of all undergraduate Students must select three fields, subject to and graduate education approval of the Department Chair, and each field o GRE score: within 5 years prior to will cover at least three courses. application to the program. o Three academic or professional letters ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY of recommendation attesting to the A student who passes the qualification ability of the applicant to succeed in a examination is considered advanced to candidacy. Doctoral program. A Doctoral candidate should promptly request the dissertation advisor to form a Doctoral PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS: Committee. A Doctoral candidate is required to be • 60 credit hours beyond Master’s degree registered for the dissertation research course including each term until completion of the degree. If a 30 credit hours of coursework and independent candidate fails to maintain continuous enrollment study in the dissertation research course he/she must 30 credit hours of dissertation apply for reinstatement to the program. (All dissertation units are graded on a Pass/No Pass basis). DOCTORAL COMMITTEE (DC) • A maximum of 15 credit hours with grade of B Upon the student’s request, the dissertation or above may be transferred from Master’s or advisor will form a DC. The DC will consist of a Doctoral level courses of a regionally minimum of three and a maximum of five accredited university, with approval of members, including the dissertation advisor and department chair. the Department Chair. One member of the • Successful completion of a written committee must be from another department of qualification examination is required for the University or a qualified expert from outside of advancement to candidacy. the University. The dissertation advisor will serve • Successful completion of an oral presentation as the chair of DC. The DC will review the of the Dissertation proposal. proposed dissertation topic, determine any further • Successful completion of an oral changes, and approve the research objective. comprehensive defense of the Doctoral dissertation. COMPREHENSIVE ORAL PRESENTATION • One or more articles of original work based on After completion of the preparation of the the dissertation research should be submitted dissertation topic, a Doctoral candidate shall for publication in an appropriate peer- request an oral presentation of the proposed reviewed journal, approved by the Doctoral research. The presentation shall make evident Committee (DC). sufficient preparation in depth and breadth for advanced research in the proposed dissertation PROGRAM COMPLETION topic. The presentation should be completed Dissertation Advisor within one year after passing the written It is the student’s responsibility to obtain consent qualification examination. The presentation may from a faculty member in the student’s major be repeated only once, in whole or in part, within department to serve as his/ her prospective six months, at the discretion of the dissertation dissertation advisor as soon as the student is advisor. accepted as a Doctoral student. The department chair must approve the advisor and inform the DISSERTATION RESEARCH chair of Doctoral Program Council (DPC) and the The period following the comprehensive oral University Registrar of the approval. A Doctoral presentation is devoted to research for the student and his/her dissertation advisor jointly dissertation, although such research may begin develop a study plan for courses and research in a before the oral presentation is completed. After particular area, and submit it to the Department the DC approves the research topic, the Doctoral Chair for approval. candidate shall conduct the dissertation research toward the defined objective.
39 be considered as an exception. Exceptions will be INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB) presented to the DC by the relevant department In addition, doctoral dissertation involving human chair for review. Only the DC can make decisions subjects, conducted at educational institutions is regarding exceptions. required to be in compliance with federal regulations. ITU’s IRB, in accordance with federal TERMINAL MASTER'S DEGREE regulations, reviews all research involving human Students who are not able to complete the subjects for compliance with applicable regulation dissertation after completing the required number and other best practices. This includes the DBA of credit hours of coursework will receive a research proposals, prior to the data collection Terminal Master’s degree, if 30 credits of PhD stage. Candidates are urged to understand their have been successfully completed. obligations in relation to their interactions with human subjects and the IRB by reviewing the ITU IRB Handbook.
PUBLICATION One or more articles of original work based on the dissertation research should be submitted for publication in an appropriate peer-reviewed journal, approved by the DC.
TEACHING REQUIREMENT The Doctoral Candidate is expected to teach at least one course in order to demonstrate his/her teaching ability. The teaching assignment should be completed prior to the Dissertation Defense.
Dissertation Defense The dissertation must be made available to all members of the Doctoral Committee one-month prior to the defense. The oral defense shall include a presentation of the dissertation results. The Dissertation Defense is open to the public, but only members of the DC are entitled to vote. A unanimous vote is required for a successful defense.
PROGRAM COMPLETION At least one month before the degree is to be conferred, the candidate must submit two copies of the final version of the Dissertation to the DC, describing the research in its entirety. The dissertation will not be considered as accepted until approved by the DC and presented for publication in the appropriate academic archival repository. The University reserves the right to evaluate the undertakings and the accomplishments of the degree candidate in total, and award or withhold the degree as a result of its deliberations.
TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETING DOCTORAL DEGREES All requirements for the Doctoral degree must be completed within eight years following acceptance into the Doctoral program. Exceptional Consideration Any instance not covered by the above policy will
40 valid F-1 visa stamp is needed for the INTERNATIONAL sole purpose of entering the U.S. from STUDENT POLICIES abroad. 3. Maintain full-time enrollment. 9 credit hours for Master’s students at ITU (unless formally Starting a Relationship with the International approved by the International Student Office Student Office and the Office of the University Registrar). All international students new to ITU must check 4. Report an address change by filling out the in with the International Student Office when they Change of Address form, within 10 days of arrive in the country or before they start classes. moving. Checking in allows the International Student Office staff to make sure that the student has all Maintaining Personal Immigration and Student of the necessary documents to start the trimester Records in status. Check-in for new international students Students should keep copies of all immigration normally occurs at new student orientation. and student-related documents until they no Students with unforeseen circumstances, who longer have any plans to reside, work, or study in cannot attend orientation should contact the the United States. International Student Office through ITU’s ticket system, explain their situation, and arrange a time Here is a suggested list of documents: to check in during make up orientation sessions. • Current passport • The admissions letter and any documents Students who do not check in with the showing a change of concentration, major, or International Student Office may have their SEVIS program record cancelled or terminated if ISO staff cannot • Diploma for each completed degree confirm that they are attending classes at ITU. • Any U.S. visas • Any I-20 or DS-2019 Maintaining F-1 Student Visa Status • The most recent I-94 Maintaining legal status is an active, on-going • Any I-797 process. Students need to contact the • A sealed, official transcript for each school International Student Office about personal and attended academic situations that might affect their status. • Receipt(s) showing payment of the I-901 SEVIS fee To remain in legal F-1 visa status, the student • Documents related to any internship courses, should follow these four steps: such as offer letters, internship cooperative agreements, and internship class assignments 1. Check in with the International Student Office. • Records of all U.S. addresses with documents 2. Keep your passport and immigration proving address of residence documents valid: a. I-20 must be valid at all times: Any changes to name, program or degree level must be reported to ISO so that an I-20 can be issued to reflect these changes. b. If a student needs additional time to complete his/her program, extensions of the I-20 program end date (on page 1) should be requested 30 days before the program end date listed in the program study section on page 1 of the I-20. c. I-94 should show class of Admissions as “F-1” and admit until “D/S” or “Duration of Status”. d. Passport must be valid six months into the future at all times.
Please note: A student otherwise maintaining lawful F-1 status is not at risk if s/he has an expired F-1 visa, as a 41 Course Load Information for International Students F-1 students must be registered for a full course load (9 credit hours) each trimester. There are two exceptions to this rule: being on an Annual Vacation or Reduced Course Load. Forms for these exceptions can be found here: http://itu.edu/students
Reduced Course Loads: Students may apply to the ISO for a reduced course load for certain academic difficulties, medical issues, or if they need less than a full course load to complete their final trimester. Students who are approved for a Reduced Course Load remain responsible for tuition, fees, and grading policies related to classes that began before the student submitted their request and should contact the Office of the University Registrar on these matters.
Annual Vacation: A student is eligible to submit a Request for Annual Vacation after they have completed three consecutive trimesters with a full course load at ITU.
If F-1 students fail to enroll in a full course load without an approved reduced course load or trimester break, their SEVIS record may be terminated or cancelled.
Online Course Policy for F-1 Students
F-1 students may only take one online course (3 credits hours) toward their minimum number of credit hours for full-time enrollment during the trimester. This policy also applies to students with other nonimmigrant visa status who are in the process of changing their visa to F-1. See Federal Regulation 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(f)(6)(i)(G)
42 12. The term “policy” is defined as the written STUDENT regulations of the University. RESPONSIBILITIES 13. The term “organization” means any number of persons who have complied with the formal
Student Code of Conduct requirements for University recognition / All students are expected to abide by ITU’s registration. Student Code of Conduct, as follows: ARTICLE II: JUDICIAL AUTHORITY ARTICLE I: TERMINOLOGY 1. The judicial advisor shall determine the 1. The term “University” means ITU University. composition of judicial bodies and determine 2. The term “student” includes all persons taking which judicial body shall be authorized to hear courses, receiving services from University, each case. and pursuing graduate studies at University. 2. The judicial advisor shall develop procedures 3. The term “faculty member” means any person for administration of the judicial program and hired by or contracted with the University to for the conduct of hearings, which are not conduct instructional activities. inconsistent with provisions of the Student 4. The term “ITU staff” means any person Code of Conduct. employed by the University, with the 3. Decisions made by a judicial body and / or exception of student employees. judicial advisor shall be final. Pending the 5. The term “member of the ITU community” normal appeal process. (Unless otherwise is includes students, faculty members or ITU stated). staff, and or any other individual associated with the University. The Chief Student Affairs ARTICLE III: PROSCRIBED CONDUCT
Administrator or designs shall determine a Jurisdiction of the University person’s status in a particular situation. The Code of Conduct applies to student behavior 6. The term “ITU Premises” includes all land, that affects the ITU community, irrespective of building, facilities and other property in the where that conduct may occur. Discipline may possession of or owned, used, or controlled by extend to off-campus activities and locations, the University (including parking lots, adjacent when they adversely affect the ITU community streets and sidewalks) and/or pursuit of its objectives. 7. The term “judicial body” means any person or persons authorized by the Chief Student Conduct – Rules and Regulations Affairs Administrator or designee to determine Any student found to have committed the whether a student has violated the Student following misconduct may be subject to Code of Conduct and to recommend disciplinary sanctions outlined in Article IV. imposition of sanctions. 1) Acts of dishonesty, including but not limited to 8. The term “judicial Advisor” means an ITU the following: official authorized on a case-by-case basis by a) Furnishing false information to any the Chief Student Affairs Administrator or University official, faculty member or designee to impose sanctions upon students office. found to have violated the Student Code of b) Forgery, alteration or misuse of any Conduct. The Chief Student Affairs University document, record or instrument Administrator or designee may authorize a of identification. judicial advisor to serve simultaneously as a c) Computer piracy, including duplication of judicial advisor, and as the sole member or one computer software, copyright infringement of the members of the judicial body. Nothing and unauthorized computer entry. shall prevent the Chief Student Affairs 2) Disruption or obstruction of teaching, Administrator or designee from authorizing research, administration, disciplinary the same judicial advisor to impose sanctions proceedings and other University activities, in all cases. including its public service functions on or off 9. The term “shall” is used in the imperative campus, or other authorized non-University sense. activities, when the act occurs on ITU 10. The term “may” is used in the permissive premises. sense. 3) Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats, 11. The “Chief Student Affairs Administrator or intimidation, and harassment including, but designee” is the person designated by the not limited to, sexual harassment, coercion CEO of ITU University to be responsible for and/or other conduct that threatens or administration of the Student Code of endangers the health or safety of any person, Conduct. 43 either on ITU premises or at any University- conduct of a judicial proceeding. sponsored activity. d) Attempting to influence the impartially of a 4) Attempted or actual theft of and/or damage member of a judicial body prior to, and/or to property of the University or property of a during the course of the judicial member of the ITU community or other proceeding. personal or public property. e) Harassment (verbal or physical) and/or 5) ITU specifically prohibits any organization, intimidation of a member of a judicial body chartered or otherwise, officially or in fact, prior to, during and/or after a judicial from participating in the activity of “hazing”. proceeding. 6) Gambling on ITU premises, at University f) Failure to comply with sanction(s) imposed functions or through the use of University under the Student Code of Conduct. equipment. 7) Failure to comply with directions of University ARTICLE IV: JUDICIAL POLICIES
officials or law enforcement officers acting in CHARGES AND HEARINGS performance of their duties and/or failure to 1) Any member of the ITU community may file identify oneself to these persons when charges against any student for misconduct. requested to do so. Charges shall be prepared in writing and 8) Unauthorized possession, duplication or use of submitted as soon as possible after the event keys to any part of ITU premises, or takes place. unauthorized entry to or use of ITU premises. 2) The judicial advisor may conduct an 9) Violation of federal, state or local law on ITU investigation to determine if charges have premises or at University-sponsored or merit and/or if they can be resolved by mutual University-supervised activities, or other consent of parties involved on a basis violation of federal, state or local law which acceptable to the judicial advisor (such as has an adverse effect on the ITU community. mediation). Such disposition shall be final, and 10) Violation of published University policies, rules there shall be no subsequent proceedings. or regulations. 3) All charges shall be presented to the accused 11) Use, possession or distribution of narcotic or students in written form. Chief Student Affairs other controlled substances, except as Administrator or designee shall decide on how expressly permitted by law, or being under the they want to follow up with the case. This influence of such substances. could go up to an actual hearing. 12) Illegal or unauthorized possession of firearms, 4) It is up to the Chief Student Affairs explosives, other weapons or dangerous Administrator or designee to decide on chemicals on ITU premises or at any everything related to the charges brought up University-sponsored activity. against the accused student. 13) Participating in a campus demonstration that disrupts normal operation of the University. Sanctions 14) Conduct that is disorderly, lewd or indecent; There shall be two major classifications of breach of peace; or aiding, abetting or sanctions that may be imposed for violations of procuring another person to breach the peace this procedure: Academic and Administrative. on ITU premises or at functions sponsored by Academic sanctions will be defined as those the University. actions related to the course work and grades 15) Theft or other abuse of computer time, which are the province of the instructor. including but not limited to: Administrative sanctions are concerned with a a) Unauthorized entry into a file, to use, read student’s status on campus. The imposition of one or change contents, or for any other variety of sanction will not preclude the additional purpose. imposition of the other. b) Unauthorized transfer of a file. 1. The sanctions listed below may be imposed c) Unauthorized use of another individual’s upon any student found to have violated the identification and password. Student Code of Conduct. 16) Abuse of the judicial or disciplinary system, a. Warning – A verbal or written notice to including, but not limited to: the student that the student is in a) Failure to appear before a judicial body or violation of or has violated University University official. regulations. b) Falsification, distortion or b. Probation – A written reprimand for misrepresentation of information before a violation of specific regulations. judicial body. Probation is for a designated period of c) Disruption or interference with orderly time and includes the probability of more sever disciplinary sanctions if the 44 student is found to be violating any of any academic sanction. University regulation(s) during the 6. If the incident happened around final time, probationary period. then the result is an immediate ‘F” in the c. Fines – Fines may be imposed, as course followed by other Administrative determined or approved by the Sanctions, including NP in other courses taken university. in the same Trimester, up to expulsion. d. Restitution – Compensation for loss, damage or injury. This may take the ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS form of appropriate service and/or Cheating or plagiarism in connection with an monetary or material replacement. academic program at a campus may warrant e. Discretionary Sanctions – Work expulsion, suspension, probation, or a lesser assignments, service to the University sanction. Administrative action involving or other related discretionary academic dishonesty at ITU is the responsibility of assignments. the Chief Student Affairs Administrator according f. Suspension – Separation of the student to the Standards of Student Code of Conduct. from the University for a definite period The Chief Student Affairs Administrator will of time, after which the student is respond to: eligible to return. Conditions for 1. Referrals from the faculty; readmission may be specified. 2. Flagrant violations of academic standards; and g. Expulsion – Permanent separation of 3. Repeat violations as brought to attention by the student from the University. the faculty or through the centralized reports 2. More than one sanction listed above may be filed with the Chief Student Affairs imposed for a single violation. Administrator. Repeat violators of the 3. Other than University suspension and academic dishonesty procedure will face the University Expulsion, disciplinary sanctions following sanctions: shall not be made part of the student’s a. Students found to have violated the permanent academic record, but shall become academic dishonesty procedure in two part of the student’s disciplinary record. separate incidents may be placed on academic probation, and potentially ACADEMIC SANCTIONS suspended or expelled from the Faculty members are responsible for determining University; the type of academic sanction and reporting the b. The University will initiate expulsion incident. Usually a form of “grade modification” proceedings for students found to have will be employed. Before sanctions can be violated the academic dishonesty employed, the faculty member must have verified procedure in three or more separate the instances of academic dishonesty by personal incidents. Faculty members will be observation and/or documentation. In all cases notified by the Chief Student Affairs the violation should be reported to The Chief Administrator when action has been Student Affairs Administrator. Sanctions that may taken. be imposed by the faculty member include but are not limited to those listed below. Interim Suspension In certain circumstance, the Chief Student Affairs A student may be: Administrator, or a designee, may impose an 1. Reprimanded orally. immediate University suspension. 2. Lowered grade on assignment, exam, paper, 1. Interim suspension may be imposed: or project involved. a. To ensure the safety and well-being of 3. Failed in the evaluation instrument member of the ITU community or (assignment, exam, paper, or project). preservation of University property; 4. Reduced in course grade, including possible b. To ensure the student’s own physical or failure of the course. NOTE: A grade of “F” emotional safety and well-being; or earned in the course as a result of sanctions c. To ensure safety of others if the for academic dishonesty is final and shall be student poses a definite threat of placed on the transcript. disruption of or interference with the 5. Referred for administrative sanctions. A normal operation of the university, all faculty member may choose to refer a student at the discretion of the Chief Student to The Chief Student Affairs Administrator for Affairs Advisor or designee. disciplinary action in addition to the academic 2. During the interim suspension, student shall be action the faculty member has taken or in lieu denied access to ITU premises and/or all other
45 University activities or privileges for which the process for students to seek a resolution of an student might otherwise be eligible, as the issue, complaint, dispute or conflict (“Issue”) that Chief Student Affairs Administrator or is not related or only tangentially related to their designee may determine to be appropriate. academic work (“Non-Academic Issue”). As an example, a Non-Academic Issue is one that might APPEALS arise in a student’s capacity as a student- The accused student may appeal a sanction employee. imposed. The request must be in writing and submitted within the timeframe outlined in the Any student who has a Non-Academic Issue and sanction notice. The Chief Student Affairs wishes to pursue a Non-Academic Grievance Administrator or designee may decide to uphold should be able to demonstrate they have first an appeal. Based on the nature of the case, s/he made a reasonable effort to resolve the matter on may decide to deny the appeal process. an informal basis before initiating a formal grievance process or, in rare instances, Academic Grievance Procedures demonstrate that it is effectively impossible to try Generally, a grievance is a way for students to to make such an effort. raise and seek redress for what they believe to be unfair, improper or discriminatory decisions, A Non-Academic Grievance shall be submitted in actions, or treatment. This can include claims a written Initial Report to the Office of Student based on actions, policies, or behaviors that are Services (“OSS”). The student should set forth in believed to be unauthorized or unjustified or that writing the substance of the complaint, the adversely affect the status, rights, or privileges of grounds for it, the evidence on which it is based, a student. A Non-Academic Grievance is more and the efforts taken to date to resolve the specifically one that is fundamentally separate and matter. Upon receipt, OSS shall appoint an apart from issues specific to a student’s research, administrative staff member to assist the student studies, coursework, testing, results or product. A in the grievance process. The assigned Non-Academic Grievance can include actions or administrator will begin by confirming that omissions alleged to be based on race, color, reasonable efforts have been made to seek religion, gender, gender identity, sexual resolution, including the administrator facilitating orientation, national or ethnic origin, age or informal efforts to resolve the issue between disability, or any other characteristic protected by relevant parties. A demonstrated lack of good applicable state and/or federal law. faith effort by any party attempting to resolve complaints informally, may be considered with all Time Guidelines other factors to reach an ultimate decision on the The timeframes set forth herein are guidelines. merits of any grievance.
They may be extended by the Director or In the event these or prior informal efforts fail to President, as applicable, in his or her discretion for address the issue, the student may request that good cause. the process move to a grievance hearing. Except
Advisers where contravened by law, the request for a A student initiating or participating in a grievance grievance hearing must occur within 45 days of under this procedure may be accompanied by an the Initial Report. It must be made in writing to adviser in any discussion with the Director, the either: (a) the assigned administrator, or (b) the President or their designees, or a grievance or OSS, or (c) through the online ticketing system. grievance appeal officer under this procedure; any Once a written request to escalate to a formal advisor must be a current ITU faculty, staff grievance hearing has been received, the ITU member or Grievance Committee will be asked to review the student. Non-Academic Issue. This committee will consist of representatives from Academic Advising, No Retaliation Policy Faculty, Student Services, the Office of the ITU prohibits retaliation or reprisals against University Registrar, and the Office of the Provost, individuals based on their pursuit in good faith of along with the assigned administrator on the a grievance under this procedure, or their Issue. If the Issue involves an international participation in good faith in the grievance student, a representative from the International process. Student Office ISO will also be included on the committee. Student Non-Academic Grievance Policy The purpose of this Student Non-Academic The Grievance Committee may request further Grievance Policy and Procedure is to set forth the written or oral submissions from any relevant 46 party, may review materials as it deems Academic Dishonesty Policy appropriate, and shall thereafter deliberate and ITU is committed to creating an environment vote upon a decision regarding the Non-Academic where student achievement is championed and Issue and, absent extraordinary circumstances, celebrated. Because the university values create a written statement of decision. academic integrity as an essential component of academic excellence, students are expected to be In the event any involved party finds the truthful and ethical in their academic work. committee's decision unsatisfactory, they may Commitment to academic integrity is the appeal the decision to the President of the responsibility of every student and faculty University. The request for an appeal should be member at ITU. filed in writing via the online ticketing system within 5 business days of the issuance of the Faculty and students come from a variety of committee decision. An unreasonable delay in backgrounds and cultures, giving rise to different filing the appeal may be grounds for rejection of understandings of moral and ethical behavior. that appeal. Faculty should clearly state well-defined standards to reduce uncertainty and clarify Upon receiving the request for appeal, the expectations. Academic dishonesty is defined as: Grievance Committee shall provide the President’s an act of deception in which a student claims Office with all documents, submissions, credit for the work or effort of another person or statements, materials along with its written uses unauthorized materials or fabricated statement of decision. The President shall begin information in any academic work. Academic consideration of the materials and may, in his/her dishonesty is a violation of the ITU ‘Student Code discretion, request further information as may be of Conduct’ and will not be tolerated and might appropriate. The President will then consider the lead to suspension and expulsion. matter and then accept, reject and/or propose amendment to the Committee’s decision. That Acts of academic dishonesty include, but are not decision and the reasons therefor (the “President’s limited to, the following: Report”) shall be tendered, in writing to the Cheating (unauthorized copying or Committee within 15 business days, absent • collaboration on a test or assignment, or the extraordinary circumstances. The Grievance use or attempted use of unauthorized Committee shall, within five business days of materials); receiving the President’s Report fully reconsider Tampering (altering or interfering with its assessment ab initio and then re-submit an • evaluation instruments and documents); amended decision, in writing, to the President Fabrication (falsifying experimental data or who shall review the amended decision, and then • results, inventing research or laboratory data make a final and conclusive ruling in writing. ITU or results for work not done, or falsely students and stakeholders may also submit a claiming sources not used; fabricating or complaint to the Bureau of Private Postsecondary falsifying documentation to try to change a Education (BPPE). course grade); If, but only if, the President is a material party to • Plagiarism (representing someone else’s the Non-Academic Issue, and if a party seeks an words, ideas, artistry, or data as one’s own, appeal of the decision of the Grievance including copying another person’s work, Committee, the appeal will be directed instead to including published and unpublished material, the Executive Committee of the Board of and material from the Internet, without Trustees, who may designate an appropriate appropriate referencing, presenting someone’s person to execute the responsibilities of the else’s opinions and theories as one’s own, or President in adjudicating the appeal of the Non- working jointly on a project, then submitting it Academic Issue, as set forth above. as one’s own); • Or assisting (assisting another student in an Academic Integrity act of academic dishonesty, such as taking a ITU is dedicated to learning and research, and test or doing an assignment for someone else, hence is committed to truth and accuracy. changing someone’s grades or academic Integrity and intellectual honesty in scholarship records, or inappropriately disturbing exams and scientific investigation are, therefore, of to other students). paramount importance. These standards require intellectual honesty in conducting research, writing of research results and relations with colleagues. Academic misconduct includes cheating, plagiarism, falsification of data, etc. 47 • Event sponsor should note that they may also CAMPUS POLICIES be held responsible for serving alcohol to
persons who drive while intoxicated.
Event sponsor are encouraged to reduce the Campus Alcohol Policy • consumption of alcohol at least 1 hour prior to Since the consumption of alcoholic beverages is the scheduled ending time of the event. prohibited, alcoholic beverages may be consumed No open containers of alcohol may be present on University premises only during an event being • on campus at any time. All alcohol must be sponsored or hosted by a campus individual, served, opened, and disposed of by staff university-recognized group, department, or members who are over 21 years of age. office that get approval by the University Event sponsor must properly secure all President or the Provost office. The event must • leftover beverages operate within state and local laws as provided by Alcoholic beverages shall only be consumed in the Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control • the approved designated area. (ABC). • Alcohol is not permitted to be served unless It is the policy of ITU to maintain a drug-free suitable Equally Attractive Non-Alcoholic workplace and campus. The workplace and Beverages (EANAB’s) and food shall be made campus are presumed to include all ITU premises available at all functions when alcoholic where the activities of the University are beverages are served. conducted. The unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession and/or use If immediate assistance is needed or an of controlled substances, or the unlawful emergency occurs, inform Security and call 911. In possession, use, or distribution of alcohol is order to obtain approval to serve alcoholic prohibited on the ITU campus, in the workplace, beverages on campus, please contact the or as part of any of the University’s activities. Department of Facilities Development & Operations at [email protected] to retrieve the For approval of the detailed protocol on serving proper form and listing of procedures. alcohol on campus, all of the following conditions shall prevail: University Lost & Found Policy ITU’s Lost & Found box is located in the Security • The chair of the event and other officers or Office. Any unattended, abandoned, misplaced, or representatives of the event sponsor (21 years forgotten items, including, but not limited to, of age or older) who will be present equipment, cash, jewelry, phones, books, keys, throughout the event, who will refrain from documents, or personal identification papers consuming alcoholic beverages (driver’s license, credit cards, etc.), which are • The monitoring and serving of alcohol shall be found within the boundaries of ITU will be turned under the direct supervision of the chair of the in to the Security Office. event and other representatives of the event. All found items will be recorded in the Lost & • It is the responsibility of the department to Found log and held for thirty (30) days. If the ensure that no alcohol is distributed to owner of the item(s) can be identified, ITU staff persons under the age of 21. Alcohol will only will attempt to contact the owner by phone or be served to individuals who are 21 or older email, unclaimed items will be disposed of after with a valid, government issued photo thirty (30) days. identification. • If there will be attendees at the event who are EXCEPTIONS TO THE POLICY: under the age of 21 years, the event sponsor • High value items will also be recorded in must have a plan in place to ensure that these the Lost & Found log but will, instead, be guests will not be served alcohol. (e.g., ID stored in the Department of Facilities cards must be shown upon entering the venue Development & Operations. and wristbands must be distributed.) o When a high value item is being • Self-service of alcohol is not allowed in any claimed, Security will contact the location on the campus. Department of Facilities • Anyone who looks to be under the influence of Development & Operations. alcohol and unable to exercise care for one’s o An FD&O staff member must verify own safety or that of others should not be an item’s ownership prior to its served alcohol and the Department of release. Facilities Development & Operations may be o High value items include, but are notified if there are further questions or not limited to, driver's licenses, concerns. 48 state/federal identification cards, Disability Parking ATM/debit/credit cards, checks, The parking facilities has designated space for checkbooks, wallets, bicycles, cell drivers with a valid state issued placard, license phones, and certain electronic items plate, or other form of identification recognized such as laptops, iPods, and mp3 by state or national authority. Placards must be players. displayed and visible from outside of car. • Food and food/beverage containers Important: Your parking placard or plate may only turned into the Lost & Found will be be used by you. Never loan your placard to disposed of at the end of the day on which another, or alter a placard or placard identification it was found. card. • Any item deemed unsanitary will be disposed of immediately. Towing Services In order to claim an item from the Lost & Found, ITU uses Campbell Towing at 1461 Terminal Ave individuals must present photo identification and San Jose, CA 95112. Phone: (408) 295-7490 Office provide a physical description of the item. That Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. person must also sign the Lost & Found log once ownership has been established. Enforcement Any questions regarding Lost and Found items Vehicles found to be in violation may be towed at should be directed to the Security Office at (669) the owner’s expense. 214-1495 or [email protected]. Diversity Policy Parking Policy ITU firmly believes that personal diversity in all its International Technological University (ITU) has a aspects is essential to our ability to accomplish limited, private parking lot where staff and our mission. Diversity embodies all those students can park for free, on a “first-come, first- differences that make us unique individuals and served” basis. ITU is not responsible for any includes people of different race, ethnicity, damages that may occur to a personal vehicle culture, sexual orientation, gender, religion, age, while parked at the 2711 North First Street personal style, physical ability as well as people of campus. Parking in facilities adjacent to the diverse opinions, perspectives, lifestyles, ideas and campus is prohibited and subject to towing and thinking. We value the differences in views and impound charges. perspectives and the varied experiences that are part of a diverse organization. Diversity enriches All vehicles are parked on campus at the owner’s and broadens our university, which in turn leads to risk. ITU does not assume any liability for loss more creative and meaningful programs. including, but not limited to, theft or damage to any vehicle or its contents while parked at the For the same reasons, ITU values professional University. diversity. Academic professionals and faculty, administrators, and students, from all disciplines, Parking spaces are not to be used for distribution, from both the public and private sectors, from all solicitation, benefit sales, or other similar activities economic strata, and from the least experienced by anyone of ITU. All vehicles shall be parked to the most seasoned are vital to maximizing our within the boundaries of a single parking spot, experience. Only by drawing and retaining a between parking lines. Major vehicle repairs are diverse employee and contractor base will we not allowed on ITU property. Vehicles are guarantee success of our university as well as our prohibited on or parking on sidewalks, lawns, or respective professional pursuits. Therefore, ITU is other areas not designated for driving or parking. committed to creating and maintaining a culture Exceptions may be made for maintenance, that promotes and supports diversity throughout contractors, and emergency response vehicles. A our organization. shortage of parking space does not excuse parking violations; vehicles found to be in Nondiscrimination Policy violation may be towed at the owner’s expense. ITU is committed to the most fundamental principles of academic freedom, equality of Student Parking opportunity, and human dignity. This requires that ITU does not require parking passes for students. decisions involving students and employees be However, due to limited parking spaces, students based on individual merit and free from invidious are encouraged to take public transportation, discrimination of all forms, whether or not legally utilizing their Valley Transit Authority Commuter prohibited. Pass. The University does not allow for overnight student parking. 49 ITU’s policy is to fully comply with applicable illegal or improper activities. The University federal and state nondiscrimination and equal has a responsibility to investigate and opportunity laws, orders and regulations. ITU will report to appropriate parties allegations of not discriminate in programs and activities against suspected illegal or improper activities, any person because of race, color, religion, sex, and to protect those employees who, in national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, good faith, report these activities to the handicap, unfavorable discharge from the military, appropriate authority. or status as disabled veteran or veteran of • An ITU employee may not: Vietnam era. This nondiscrimination policy applies • Retaliate against an employee who has to admission, employment, access to and made a protected disclosure or who has treatment in University programs and activities. refused to obey an illegal or improper order, nor
• Directly or indirectly use or attempt to Complaints of invidious discrimination prohibited use the official authority or influence of by university policy shall be resolved exclusively his or her position for the purpose of within existing ITU procedures. interfering with the right of an employee to make a protected Sexual Harassment Policy disclosure to the University. Sexual harassment is legally defined to include It is the intention of the University to take any unwanted sexual gesture, physical contact, or whatever action may be needed to prevent statement that is offensive, humiliating, or and correct activities that violate this interfering with required tasks or career policy. opportunities at ITU. Sexual harassment is III. Procedure prohibited under federal and state discrimination A. Filing a Report of Suspected Illegal laws and the regulations of the Equal Employment or Improper Activities Relative to Opportunity Commission. Financial Assets 1) Any person may report ITU will not tolerate sexual harassment of students allegations of suspected illegal or employees and will take action to provide or improper activities. remedies when such harassment is discovered. Knowledge or suspicion of The University environment must be free of sexual illegal or improper activities harassment in work and study. Appropriate may originate from academic sanctions will be imposed on offenders in a case- personnel, staff or by-case manner to ensure ITU is free of sexual administrators carrying out harassment. ITU will respond to every reported their assigned duties, internal sexual harassment complaint. or external auditors, law
Whistleblower Policy enforcement, regulatory I. Summary of Policy agencies, and customers, This policy governs the reporting and vendors, students or other investigation of allegations of suspected third parties. illegal or improper activities concerning 2) Allegations of suspected the financial assets of the University, and illegal or improper activities the protection of whistleblowers from should be made in writing so retaliation. It describes the procedures for as to assure a clear investigating known or suspected illegal or understanding of the issues improper activities and addressing raised. Such reports should be complaints of retaliation for raising such factual and contain as much issues. specific information as II. Policy possible. ITU has a responsibility for the stewardship 3) Normally, a report by an ITU of University resources and the private employee of allegations of a support that enables it to achieve its possible illegal or improper mission. The University’s internal controls activity should be made to the and operating procedures are intended to reporting employee’s detect and to prevent illegal or improper immediate supervisor or other activities relative to its financial assets. appropriate administrator or However, intentional and unintentional supervisor within the violations of laws, regulations, policies and department. However, when procedures may occur and may constitute the whistleblower believes there is a potential conflict of 50 interest, such reports may be 4) Report can be submitted made to another University through the suggestion box in official who has responsibility the front desk area or an over the department in anonymous email from ITU question or the authority to website. review the alleged illegal or C. Protection from Retaliation improper activity on behalf of Any employee who believes he or the University. Should the she has been subjected to or alleged illegal or improper affected by a retaliatory conduct activities involve the for President, Executive Vice 1) Reporting suspected illegal or President, or another Vice improper activity, or President, such reports may 2) For refusing to engage in activity that be made to the Chair of the would result in a violation of law, Audit Committee of the Board should report such conduct to the of Trustees (c/o Board of appropriate supervisory personnel (if Trustees, International such supervisory personnel is not the Technological University). source of or otherwise involved in the 4) When a person reports retaliatory conduct). Any supervisory allegations of suspected illegal employee who receives such a report, or improper activities to an or who otherwise is aware of retaliatory appropriate authority, the conduct, is required to advise the report is known as a protected Human Resources Manager of any such disclosure. University report or knowledge of retaliatory employees and applicants for conduct. If the employee believes that employment who make a reporting such conduct to the protected disclosure are appropriate supervisor is for any protected from retaliation. reason inappropriate, unacceptable or 5) The Audit Committee may will be ineffectual, or if the report to enlist outside legal, the supervisor has been made and the accounting or other advisors, retaliatory conduct has not ended, the as appropriate, to conduct employee should report the incident any investigation of directly to an Executive Vice President, complaints regarding financial the President, or the Chair of the Audit statement disclosures, Committee of the Board of Trustees. disclosure concerns or The University will use its best efforts violations, accounting, internal to protect whistleblowers against any accounting controls, auditing form of retaliation. matters or violations of the It cannot guarantee confidentiality, however, University’s policies. and there is no such thing as “unofficial” or B. How to report improper acts “off the record” reporting. The University will If any employees have information keep the whistleblower’s identity confidential, regarding possible violations of unless state or federal statutes, rules, or 1) The person agrees to be identified; regulations, or violations of 2) Identification is necessary to allow the fiduciary responsibility, call: University or law enforcement officials to 1) 816-2406 investigate or respond effectively to the 2) Human Resources office – report; (408) 816-2409 3) Identification is required by law; or 3) California State Attorney 4) The person accused of illegal or improper General’s Whistleblower activities is entitled to the information as a Hotline – (800) 952-5225. The matter of legal right in disciplinary Attorney General will refer proceedings. your call to the appropriate government authority for review and possible investigation.
51 ALUMNI SERVICES UNIVERSITY OFFICERS
Staying Connected with ITU The ITU Alumni Association allows alumni to • Dr. Gregory O’Brien, actively participate in the ITU community, stay in President of the University touch with classmates and faculty, and remain involved in ITU developments. The alumni • Dr. Bhagat Patlolla, association provides career, volunteer, and Interim Provost & ALO networking opportunities and keeps alumni updated on the progress and needs at ITU. This • Mr. Edward Lam, association offers many exciting events and Chief Financial Officer helpful services, and all alumni are encouraged to join. To learn more about the ITU alumni • Mrs. Angie Lo Fung, association, please visit http://www.itu.edu/alumni, Board Liaison and join the mailing list.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
• Dr. Alvin Cheung, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
• Dr. Chi-Chia Hsieh, Immediate Past Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
• Dr. Bhaskar Kura, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
• Mr. Ivan Chan, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees
• Dr. Thomas Gold, Secretary of the Board of Trustees
• Dr. Thomas Hannen, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Dr. Betty Sundberg, Member of the Board of Trustees
• Dr. Gregory O’Brien, Ex Officio Member and President of ITU
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Course Catalog
53 The level of the course is designated by the DEGREE PROGRAMS course number: AND REQUIREMENTS
Course Type Number Description Departments and programs are listed alphabetically. Curriculum and courses are listed under each program. Beginning 500- Graduate-level courses Graduate 599 For the most current course offerings by Courses trimester, see the online Course Schedule. Internships 591- Internships and internship- PREREQUISITES 593 related courses Prerequisites for courses should be noted carefully; meeting these requirements is the Advanced 600- Graduate-level courses responsibility of the student. Graduate 699 intended primarily for mid Courses and upper-level graduate Course Numbering System students. Each course is assigned an alphabetical code Capstone 690- Graduate-level research along with a three-digit number. The course code and Thesis 699 and/or development is defined by a descriptor for course types or projects conducted on an programs: individual or group basis.
• ACT (Accounting) Doctoral- 700- Doctoral-level courses • AMS (Applied Mathematics) Level 899 • BIO (Bio-Management) Courses • BUS (Business, Non-specific) • CEN (Computer Engineering) Doctoral 900- Thesis and Dissertation • CFL (Classroom Field Learning) Thesis & 999 Research. • CSC (Computer Science) Research • DGA (Digital Arts) • ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering) • EEN (Electrical Engineering) • EMG (Engineering Management) • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) • FIN (Finance) • HCM (Health Care Management) • HRM (Human Resource Management) • ICS (Information Cyber Security) • IDS (Interdisciplinary Sciences) • INB (International Business) • INT (Internship) • MBN (Master of Business Administration, Thesis) • MGT (Management) • MIS (Information System Management) • MKT (Marketing) • SWE (Software Engineering)
54 advanced product development, and consulting DEPARTMENT OF for major companies. The Business program BUSINESS requires successful completion of 36 credit hours. ADMINISTRATION Inbound and Outbound Exams: Beginning Spring Mission 2016, all new students are required to take the In order to become a center of distinction, the Inbound exam with Peregrine Academic Services. Department of Business Administration strives to The Inbound exam is required to be taken in the prepare its students and graduates with the first trimester attending ITU. The exam is knowledge and practical skills to serve as business considered a mandatory assignment in the core and industrial leaders. We believe this aspiration is overview course MGT 503 Organizational achieved through collaboration with our high Leadership Theories. For this reason, all new quality faculty and ongoing engagement with our students are required to take MGT 503 in their communities. first trimester. Students admitted prior to Spring 2016 are encouraged to take the exam when they Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) enroll in MGT 503. 1. Problem Solving: Construct, interpret, analyze, and evaluate information and ideas derived from a In addition, all new students are required to take multitude of sources in order to reach reasoned the Outbound exam with Peregrine Academic solutions or alternative strategies to solve Services. The Outbound exam will be taken in the problems. capstone course, either MGT 690, Pitching a 2. Critical Thinking: Analyze facts and information Business Plan to Venture Capitalists, MBN 697, from multiple sources in order to assess the Master Thesis, BUA 690 Simulation and relevance and synthesize that information in order Optimization for Business Analytics, or HCM 690 to formulate meaningful arguments and Healthcare Innovation Management Project. The conclusions. Outbound exam is also a mandatory assignment in 3. Communication: Interact clearly and effectively in the capstone course. Students admitted prior to Spring 2016 are encouraged to take the exam written and oral forms with personal and when they enroll in the capstone course. The professional constituencies. benefit of taking the Inbound exam is to test 4. Team Work: Operate collaboratively and students’ knowledge of business topics when they respectfully as members and leaders of diverse enter the Business program, while the benefit of teams and organizations. taking the Outbound exam is to test their 5. Technical Literacy: Work responsibly, knowledge upon graduation. Students may appropriately and effectively, using technology include the progress made from the Inbound to tools to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, the Outbound on their resume or portfolio. create and communicate information and Exams will be taken once and the exam score will innovation. not affect the GPA or Graduation qualification. 6. Research: Identify and implement systematic The exam score does not affect credit earned for methodologies for discovering, understanding, the course. Any student who does not take the analyzing and interpreting materials, information Inbound exam will be assigned a grade of and behaviors. Incomplete and subject to the ITU Incomplete 7. Responsibility: Practice sound, ethical, and social grade policy. Any student who does not take the responsibility in professional and personal Outbound exam, will not be eligible for endeavors and decision-making. graduation. The Inbound and Outbound exams are REQUIRED and are not OPTIONAL. Information on Master Of Business Administration Program how to take the exams will be provided in the The Business Administration program is designed course syllabus related to the Inbound or as a balanced preparation for managerial careers Outbound exam. Both Inbound and Outbound in business. The program provides the students a exams will have a fee which is currently $34 per solid foundation in the following concentrations exam. Students admitted prior to Spring 2016 are MBA, Business Analytics, and Healthcare encouraged to take the exams. Management that will be as valuable ten years from now as it is today. The University’s location in the heart of Silicon Valley provides its MBA students with exposure to the unique entrepreneurial success in this region. The MBA faculty has many years of experience in starting companies, managing corporations, directing 55 Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Master Of Business Administration All PLOs are mapped to the relevant ILOs and Concentrations contained within parentheses. Upon completion of - Business Analytics this program, graduates will: - Healthcare Management Students who will not pursue a concentration in PLO 1: Evaluate information to find solutions for business Business Analytics or Healthcare Management will challenges using the cognitive processes of observation, graduate with an MBA concentration and they can reflection, analysis, conclusion and practice. [Mapped to focus on any Business area by completing at least ILO 1, 2] PLO 2: Illustrate effective communication in written and 4 courses in the following areas: oral formats. [Mapped to ILO 3] PLO 3: Assemble teams for business projects using Accounting, ERP/SAP, Finance, Human Resource effective group dynamics. [Mapped to ILO 4] Management, Information Systems Management, PLO 4: Evaluate and synthesize business practice by International Business, Management, Marketing, or applying technical and research skills to analyze complex Project Management. The thesis topic should be data, understand theories, and create hypotheses. [Mapped on the selected focus. to ILO 5, 6] PLO 5: Outline and demonstrate sound ethical and socially Master Of Business Administration (MBA) responsible behavior. [Mapped to ILO 7] The MBA provides the students a solid foundation in various business subjects. With the MBA, you can Career Opportunities see your future as a leader and innovator at your ITU’s Business Administration program can workplace. An MBA can offer your profession the prepare a student for a career in Accounting, ERP, enhancement that it needs. It gives students the Finance, Healthcare Management, Human flexibility to modify their study according to their Resources, Information Systems, International educational and professional interests. Business, Management, Marketing, and Project Management. Students may work as an Emphasis Learning Outcomes with new Accounting Manager, Business Analyst, Consultant competencies model – Strategy, Financial Analyst, CFO, Global Analyst, Healthcare Analyst, Treasurer, SAP Technical 1. Define key Learning Competencies of students Senior Manager, SAP Business Analyst, Market that graduate from the Business Degrees at Strategist, Marketing Specialist, HR Manager, Data ITU Analyst, Marketing Manager, Product Manager, a. Competency is: a defining capability or and Program Manager. advantage that distinguishes a business
student from other degree students Program Requirements (internal and external) (Oxford REQUIRED COURSES: Dictionaries) 4 Core Courses: 12 credit hours » b. As defined by WSCUC, the five (5) core 1 Capstone course: Project or Thesis: 3 » competencies that a student needs to credit hours develop in order to be successful at 1 Internship: 1 credit hour » school, at work and in their lives are:
Writing, Oral Communication, ELECTIVE COURSES: 20 CREDIT HOURS Quantitative Reasoning, Critical Elective courses may include one or more of the Thinking, and Information Literacy following (a, b, c): (WSCUC, 2016. Retrieved from a) Internship: 1-9 credit hours https://www.wscuc.org/resources/handbook- b) Cross Disciplinary course: Up to 3 credit accreditation-2013/part-iii-wasc-quality- hours assurance/institutional-report/components- c) Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours from institutional-report/4-educational-quality- student-learning-core-competencies-and- a graduated program of a regionally standards-performance) accredited school c. According to Remake Learning, the 36 TOTAL CREDIT HOURS goal of competency-based learning is
to ensure that students are able to Grade Point Average (GPA) demonstrate knowledge, skills, and A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for dispositions that are important to granting of the Master’s degree. success in school, higher education,
careers, and life (Remake Learning. Retrieved from http://remakelearning.org/competencies/) 2. Learning Competencies defined by the
56 Business Department at ITU are: Transfer Courses a. LC 1: Communication (spoken, and written) If students pass four parts of the CPA exam, they b. LC 2: Leadership (includes individual are eligible to apply for a transfer of 3 courses, strengths, collaboration and teamwork) equivalent to 9 credit hours. If students pass three c. LC 3: Critical Thinking parts of the CPA exam, they are eligible to apply d. LC 4: Focused Knowledge for a transfer of 2 courses, equivalent to 6 credit
MBA Emphasis Learning Outcomes (ELOs) hours. If students pass two parts of the CPA exam, The ELOs are intended to improve student they are eligible to apply for a transfer of 1 course, learning in the following areas: analytical skills, equivalent to 3 credit hours. If students pass one communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, part of the CPA exam, they will not be eligible to global position, information technology, and the apply for transfer of any course legal systems. Upon completion of the MBA, graduates will: SAP Joint Recognition Award Upon completing 3 of the following Enterprise ELO 1: Evaluate and apply theories for effective business Resource Planning courses with a grade of B or practice. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] above, the student is awarded a joint recognition ELO 2: Identify and build skills to work and communicate successfully with varied groups that motivate joint award from ITU and SAP University Alliances. ownership of results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 4] ELO 3: Select, analyze, and synthesize appropriate data for » ACT 603 Accounting Information problem solving and decision-making to disseminate Systems/ERP - ITU/SAP University Alliance information to key stakeholders. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4] » ERP 509 Introduction to ERP Systems ELO 4: Interpret and predict global business trends in Using SAP - ITU/SAP University Alliance response to changing business environments and enhance » ERP 510 ABAP - Advanced Business organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5] Application Programming - ITU/SAP ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice using entrepreneurial and University Alliance innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] » ERP 511 Enterprise Portal Technology Using NetWeaver - ITU/SAP University MBA ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM Alliance LEARNING COMPETENCIES » ERP 512 Enterprise Procurement Processes (MM) - ITU/SAP University Alliance Learning MBA ELOs » ERP 513 Sales Order Management with ERP Competencies (LCs) - ITU/SAP University Alliance LC 1: Communication (spoken, ELO 2: Identify and build skills to work and and written) communicate successfully with varied » HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using groups that motivate joint ownership of SAP HCM - ITU/SAP University Alliance results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 4] LC 2: Leadership (includes ELO 1: Evaluate and apply theories for » HRM 535 Human Resources and individual strengths, and effective business practice. collaboration) [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] Information Technology using SAP HCM - ITU/SAP University Alliance ELO 3: Select, analyze, and synthesize appropriate data for problem solving and » MIS 545 Data Mining and Business decision-making to disseminate information Intelligence - ITU/SAP University Alliance to key stakeholders. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4] » MKT 593 Marketing with Digital
ELO 4: Interpret and predict global business Perspectives using SAP CRM - ITU/SAP trends in response to changing business University Alliance environments and enhance organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5] MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] » 4 Core courses for a total of 12 credit hours LC 3: Critical Thinking ELO 3: Select, analyze, and synthesize appropriate data for problem solving and decision-making to disseminate information REQUIRED CORE COURSES to key stakeholders. MGT 503 Organizational Leadership [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4] » theories ELO 4: Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing business » FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis environments and enhance organizational » MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5] LC 4: Focused Knowledge ELO 1: Evaluate and apply theories for » MIS 527 Technology and Operations effective business practice. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] Management: Creating value
ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice CAPSTONE COURSE using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 1 Capstone course: Business Project or Thesis for a total of 3 credit hours
57 » MBN 697 MBA Thesis Application Programming - ITU/SAP OR University » MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to » Alliance Venture Capitalists » ERP 511 Enterprise Portal technology using NetWeaver - ITU/SAP University Alliance » ERP 512 Enterprise procurement processes Choose 7 Business Elective courses of the (MM) - ITU/SAP University Alliance following courses for a total of 21 credit hours » ERP 513 Sales order management with ERP - ITU/SAP University Alliance 2 recommended MBA courses for a total of 6 credit hours » FIN 515 Managerial Finance » FIN 516 Entrepreneurial Finance » BUS 520 Emerging technologies for » FIN 517 Financial Institutions product development » FIN 518 Financial and Socially Responsible » BUS 521 Management of Technology and Investing Innovation » FIN 519 Corporate Valuation » FIN 520 Investment Management MBA ELECTIVE COURSES » FIN 521 International Financial » ACT 500 Financial Accounting Management » ACT 501 Forensic Accounting » FIN 522 Behavioral Finance » ACT 502 International Accounting » FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory » ACT 504 Tax Accounting Principles » FIN 525 Econometrics ACT 600 Managerial Accounting » FIN 526 International Economics ACT 601 Cost Accounting » FIN 604 Securities Analysis ACT 602 Intermediate Accounting » FIN 605 Financial Derivatives and Risk » ACT 603 Accounting Information Management Systems/ERP - ITU/SAP University Alliance » FIN 606 Corporate Finance » ACT 604 Auditing » FIN 607 Mergers and Acquisitions
» BUS 500 Project Management Frameworks » HRM 528 Human Resource Management » BUS 501 Strategic Planning and Portfolio » HRM 529 Organizational Development Management » HRM 530 Employment law for business » BUS 502 Project Management and » HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using Leadership SAP HCM - ITU/SAP University Alliance » BUS 503 Project Management - Agile » HRM 533 Strategic compensation: issues Approach and opportunities » BUS 504 Contract Management and » HRM 535 Human Resources and Financial Planning Information Technology using SAP HCM - » BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change ITU/SAP University Alliance » BUS 510 Regulation, Governance Ethical and Social Responsibility » INB 553 Fundamentals of International » BUS 516 Principles of quality management Business » BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity » INB 554 International Financial Markets » BUS 518 Applied Statistics INB 556 Global Strategic Management » BUS 520 Emerging technologies for » INB 558 Global Marketing and Strategy product development » BUS 521 Management of Technology and » MGT 560 Principles of Management Innovation » MGT 561 Coaching – Changing Lives, » BUS 600 Research Methods Changing Organizations » BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours) » MGT 564 Principles of Public Relations » BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit » MGT 566 Production and Operations hours) Management » BUS 690 Strategic Management and » MGT 567 Quality Control Management Business Policy » MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management » ERP 509 Introduction to ERP Systems » MGT 571 Critical Thinking Strategies in using SAP - ITU/SAP University Alliance Decision Making » ERP 510 ABAP - Advanced Business » MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship 58 » MGT 573 International Management Business Analytics » MGT 575 Project Management Over the last few years, the field of Business » MGT 576 Organizational Theory Analytics has known a remarkable growth. » MGT 577 Project risk management Business Analytics Professionals help » MGT 578 Business Communications organizations decrease overall costs, and better MGT 579 Business Ethics support the customer and the solutions necessary » MGT 580 Business Law to stay competitive in international economy. » MGT 581 Managing Emotions, Managing Self and Others International Technological University offers an » MGT 582 Team and Group Dynamics MBA in Business Analytics Concentration, which » MGT 583 Global Entrepreneurship and prepares the students to be responsible for Innovation recognizing business needs, and to operate as a » MGT 584 Supply Chain Management liaison between business people and technology (Previously MKT 584) people who know how to create solutions for » MGT 593 Entrepreneurship – Innovation business problem from Within » MGT 608 Business Statistics BUSINESS ANALYTICS OFFERS FIVE AREAS OF » MGT 611 Lean Six Sigma SKILL: » MGT 612 Advanced Project Management 1. Technical: The technical courses offer the Business Analytics Professionals the » MIS 537 Management Information Systems education, proficiencies and capabilities to » MIS 538 Business Database Applications know what technology can do. » MIS 539 Business Telecommunications 2. Organizational / Process: The Business » MIS 540 Information Resource Analytics Professionals will be given a Management chance to build up understanding and » MIS 541 Managing Global Information proficiencies in the fields of organizational Systems Projects change management, business process » MIS 542 Information Systems Innovation analysis, business process improvement, » MIS 543 Human-Computer Interaction and enterprise strategy and planning. » MIS 544 Business Decision Support 3. Practical Reasoning: Courses in this area Systems will develop the Business Analytics » MIS 545 Data Mining and Business Professionals capability to efficiently ITU/SAP University Intelligence using SAP- conceptualize, apply, study, create, and Alliance assess the collected information. » MIS 546 Data Science for Business 4. Administration / Management / » MIS 547 Software Development Process Leadership: The courses in these areas will Management discuss the understanding, proficiencies, » MIS 548 Knowledge Management and capabilities necessary to manage work » MKT 582 Marketing Management and to encourage and support individuals » MKT 583 Entrepreneurial Marketing and teams to complete project tasks and » MKT 585 International Marketing objectives. » MKT 586 Marketing Research 5. Communication: Communication is » MKT 587 Comparative Studies of MNC, FDI, important for the Business Analytics and International Trade Professionals. The courses will consist of » MKT 588 Consumer Behavior written and verbal practical » MKT 589 E-commerce communication, active listening and » MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media understanding, customer service, and » MKT 591 Advertising Strategy teamwork. MKT 592 Supplier/Seller Management » The Business Analytics will prepare the students MKT 593 Marketing with Digital » to take the following certificates: Certification of Perspectives using SAP CRM - ITU/SAP Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), and University Alliance Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP). » MKT 613 Advanced Marketing EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES (ELOS): The Business Analytics aims to help students to INTERNSHIP graduate with the ability to:
» CFL 591 Integrating Academic and ELO 1: Identify and build skills to work and Internship Learning (2 Credit hours) communicate successfully with varied groups that » INT 593 Part-time/Full-time Internship (1-3 motivate joint ownership of results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, credit hours) 3, 4] 59 ELO 2: Design systems to mechanize data collection » MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies and data mining that can deeply influence business » MIS 527 Technology and Operations performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] Management: Creating value ELO 3: Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision CAPSTONE COURSE making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] ELO 4: Identify situations to apply Decision Sciences 1 course for a total of 3 credit hours practices for optimal business outcomes. [Mapped to » BUA 690 Simulation and Optimization for PLOs 1, 4, 5] Business Analytics ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice using entrepreneurial and Business Analytics Courses innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Business Analytics Professionals are required to use data, competencies, and capabilities that meet BUSINESS ANALYTICS ELOS MAPPING TO all areas of proficiency when performing their BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES primary job duties. Business Analytics courses are presented as inter-related courses that meet all Learning Competencies Business Analytics ELOs (LCs) areas of proficiency.
ELO 1: Identify and build skills to work and communicate successfully Choose 7 Business Analytics courses from the LC 1: Communication (spoken, with varied groups that motivate and written) following elective courses (including up to 9 joint ownership of results. [Mapped to credit hours internship) for a total of 21 credit PLOs 2, 3, 4] hours ELO 3: Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support 2 recommended Business Analytics courses for a critical thinking for decision making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] total of 6 credit hours
ELO 4: Identify situations to apply Decision Sciences practices for » BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics LC 2: Leadership (includes optimal business outcomes. BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis individual strengths, and » [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] collaboration)
ELO 5: Illustrate skills from BUSINESS ANALYTICS ELECTIVE COURSES numerous disciplines to transform » BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics business practice using entrepreneurial and innovative » BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, » BUA 503 Game Theory, Business Strategy, 3, 4, 5] and Thinking Strategically
ELO 2: Design systems to mechanize » BUA 504 Data Warehousing and data collection and data mining that Visualization can deeply influence business » BUA 505 Predictive Analytics for Business performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] Strategy LC 3: Critical Thinking » BUA 506 Developing Value Through ELO 3: Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support Business Analysis Applications critical thinking for decision making. » BUA 507 Ethical Business Decision-Making [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] » BUA 508 Risk Analytics
ELO 4: Identify situations to apply » BUA 509 Web Analytics Decision Sciences practices for » BUA 510 Data Science Applications with R optimal business outcomes. or Python [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] » BUA 511 Data Visualization and LC 4: Focused Knowledge ELO 5: Illustrate skills from interpretation using Tableau numerous disciplines to transform business practice using » BUA 512 Business Cognitive Analytics and entrepreneurial and innovative Applications perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] » BUA 513 Financial Engineering: Computational and Quantitative Methods
Business Analytics Requirements » BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours) 4 Core course for a total of 12 credit hours » BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours) REQUIRED CORE COURSES » BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy » MGT 503 Organizational Leadership Students are required to take at least four (4) theories Business Analytics (BUA) elective courses in order » FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis 60 to graduate with a Business Analytics transform healthcare practice using entrepreneurial and concentration. innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT ELOS MAPPING Students may take up to three (3) courses TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING (including internship courses and/or transfer COMPETENCIES courses) from the MBA or Healthcare Learning Management concentrations. Health Care Management ELOs Competencies (LCs)
INTERNSHIP ELO 1: Identify and build skills to work and CFL 591 Integrating Academic and Internship LC 1: Communication communicate successfully with varied (spoken, and written) groups that motivate joint ownership of Learning (2 credit hours) results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 4] INT 593 Part-time/Full-time Internship (1-3 credit hours) ELO 2: Select relevant business skills to innovate and improve productivity in the Healthcare Management healthcare environment. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5] The Healthcare Management helps students learn the competencies to meet the challenges of ELO 3: Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing today's health care system, while looking for healthcare environments and enhance organizational performance. [Mapped to innovative answers for tomorrow. LC 2: Leadership PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5] (includes individual
strengths, and Healthcare management is one of the fastest ELO 4: Determine appropriate data collaboration) growing careers. ITU's MBA in Healthcare analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision making. Management prepares students to play a serious [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] role in the industry, by practicing effective ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous leadership skills that support the business insights. disciplines to transform healthcare practice using entrepreneurial and The Healthcare Management curriculum builds on innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] the established strength of management practices, as the manager’s role in diverse ELO 3: Interpret and predict global healthcare settings continues to grow. The business trends in response to changing Healthcare major draw on a rich variety of elective healthcare environments and enhance courses, including courses in behavioral theories, organizational performance. [Mapped to LC 3: Critical Thinking PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5] clinical research, biomedical sciences, and ELO 4: Determine appropriate data information technology. analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] The Healthcare Management will give students great opportunities for development. Earning that Master's degree with ITU will equip graduates with ELO 2: Select relevant business skills to innovate and improve productivity in the the necessary skills and knowledge to work in a healthcare environment. [Mapped to variety of health-care-related environments. PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]
ELO 3: Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing Emphasis Learning Outcomes (ELOs): LC 4: Focused healthcare environments and enhance Knowledge The Healthcare Management aims to help organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5] students to graduate with the ability to: ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous ELO 1: Identify and build skills to work and disciplines to transform healthcare practice using entrepreneurial and communicate successfully with varied groups that innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs motivate joint ownership of results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 3, 4] ELO 2: Select relevant business skills to innovate and Healthcare Management Requirements improve productivity in the healthcare environment. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5] 4 Core course for a total of 12 credit hours ELO 3: Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing healthcare environments and REQUIRED CORE COURSES enhance organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, » MGT 503 Organizational Leadership 2, 4, 5] theories ELO 4: Determine appropriate data analytics » FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis methodologies to support critical thinking for decision » MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5] » MIS 527 Technology and Operations ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to Management: Creating value 61 Students may take up to three (3) courses CAPSTONE COURSE (including internship courses and/or transfer 1 course for a total of 3 credit hours courses) from the MBA or Business Analytics » HCM 690 Healthcare Innovation concentrations. Management Project INTERNSHIP Choose 7 Healthcare Management courses from » CFL 591 Integrating Academic and the following elective courses (including up to 9 Internship Learning (2 Credit hours) credit hours internship) for a total of 21 credit » INT 593 Part-time/Full-time Internship (1-3 hours credit hours) HEALTHCARE ELECTIVE COURSES Recommended Courses for Health Care » BIO 510 Ethics in Medical Research DOCTOR OF BUSINESS » HCM 509 Scientific Writing and Research for Healthcare ADMINISTRATION » HCM 510 A Regulatory Overview & PROGRAM Compliance » HCM 511 Concepts of Healthcare PROGRAM OVERVIEW Management International Technological University (ITU) is a » HCM 513 Innovating Biomedical graduate institution, located in the heart of the Technology Silicon Valley, which is the center of innovation. » HCM 515 Health Information Technology ITU offers programs in Engineering, Business, and » HCM 525 Principles of Managed Care Digital Arts that bridge the gap between learning » HCM 539 Health Care Marketing and application.
HEALTH CARE DEPTH In addition to the Masters programs, the Business » BIO 500 Clinical Research Management Department offers the Doctor of Business » BIO 501 Modern Medicine and Biology Administration (DBA) in Strategic Innovation. The » BIO 506 Biotech industry fundamentals areas of strategy and innovation offer » HCM 519 Healthcare Ethics unparalleled, leading edge prospects for DBA » HCM 529 Mental Health and Wellbeing graduates in organizations, entrepreneurial » HCM 531 Complementary and Alternative ventures, and academia. Medicine » HCM 534 Financial Management for The DBA in Strategic Innovation degree focuses Healthcare Organizations on business research, practice, and the application » HCM 536 High Reliability Health Care of theory. It is a professional doctoral program Organizations intended for executives, senior managers, » HCM 537 Commercializing Medical consultants, advanced students, instructors of Devices, Diagnostics and Biomedical business, and innovative people such as Innovations entrepreneurs, and business leaders, who want to expand their reach within industry and/or HEALTH CARE ANALYTICS academia. » HCM 520 Healthcare Leadership, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Students can expect to learn how to redesign and » HCM 535 Data Analytics Applications in innovate corporate strategy to drive growth and Healthcare competitive advantage. The program develops » HCM 538 Predictive Analytics and Decision the skills to analyze, think critically, practice Models in Health Care applied topics and research to equip graduates » BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours) with an understanding of management and » BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit leadership abilities, and of real-world business hours) principles and practices. » BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy ADVISORY COMMITTEE To guide students through the degree program, Students are required to take at least four (4) an advisory committee of at least three (3) faculty Healthcare Management (HCM) elective courses in members with appropriate doctoral degrees, and order to graduate with a Healthcare Management an external mentor with subject matter and concentration. industry expertise, will be assigned. The advisory
62 committee also may serve as the Doctoral the first (1st) trimester of the DBA Program. The Capstone Committee (DCC), which may include Outbound Exam should be taken in the sixth (6th) the Department Chair. The doctoral capstone trimester, before the student starts working on course advisor will serve as the chair of DCC. The their Culminating Experience (CE) course. DCC will review the proposed doctoral capstone topic, determine any further changes, and The Inbound and Outbound exams have a fee that approve the research objective. is currently set at $34 per exam, per student (the fee is subject to change). PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this program, graduates will: The Inbound and Outbound exams are REQUIRED and not OPTIONAL. PLO #1: Appraise the theoretical knowledge and relate it to use in business practice. [Mapped to ILOs 3, 6] PLO #2: Relate appropriate research methodology to In addition, students are required to complete an evidence based business decision-making. [Mapped to APA Write & Cite course from Peregrine ILOs 1, 2, 5, 7] Academic Services. The price per student for the PLO #3: Devise competencies for managing course is US $49. technology, innovation, and organizational change. For more information about the Peregrine Exams, [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 5, 7] and the APA Write & Cite course, visit the DBA PLO #4: Identify strategies to solve business challenges INBOUND AND OUTBOUND EXAMS webpage and within a global context. [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 7] the course description for DBUS 806 respectively. PLO #5: Formulate original research, which includes Peregrine Inbound and Outbound Exams research design, tools and structure. [Mapped to ILOs 3, 5, 6] Registration Instructions:
Program Competencies Please follow the on-screen instructions found at the following URL: Learning Competencies DBA PLOs https://micro.peregrineacademics.com/itu (LCs)
PLO #1: Appraise the theoretical knowledge and PROGRAM STRUCTURE relate it to use in business practice. [Mapped to ILOs The DBA in Strategic Innovation may be 3, 6] completed in a minimum of three (3) years and a PLO #2: Relate appropriate research methodology LC 1: Research maximum of eight (8) years. to evidence based business decision-making. Ability [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 5, 7] To be awarded the degree of DBA in Strategic PLO #5: Formulate original research, which includes Innovation, you must successfully complete a research design, tools and structure. [Mapped to ILOs 3, 5, 6] minimum of forty eight (48) credit hours including the following: PLO #2: Relate appropriate research methodology to evidence based business decision-making. • Coursework: Thirty nine (39) credit hours of LC 2: Data Driven [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 5, 7] coursework, Decision Making PLO #4: Identify strategies to solve business • Contribution to the field of business research: challenges within a global context. [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 7] (a) Seminars and/or Conferences, (b) Comprehensive Candidacy Portfolio (CCP), PLO #3: Devise competencies for managing AND technology, innovation, and organizational change. [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 5, 7] • Culminating Experience Nine (9) credit hours LC 3: Leadership of Culminating Experience (CE). PLO #4: Identify strategies to solve business challenges within a global context. [Mapped to ILOs Transfer Credits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7] ITU Business Department will accept up to 12 PLO #1: Appraise the theoretical knowledge and credit hours to be transferred from Doctoral LC 4: Focused relate it to use in business practice. [Mapped to Programs from an accredited university. The Knowledge ILOs 3, 6] transfer credits will be contingent upon an (Strategy & PLO #3: Devise competencies for managing assessment of fit with ITU’s DBA curriculum. The Innovation) technology, innovation, and organizational change. [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 5, 7] Chair of the Business Department will make the decision and approve the transfer credits. COURSEWORK Program Requirements Peregrine Inbound and Outbound Exam (i) Core Courses All DBA students are required to take the Inbound 6 courses for a total of 18 credit hours and Outbound exam with Peregrine Academic » DBUS 800 Quantitative Research Analysis I Services. The Inbound Exam should be taken in (3 credit hours) 63 » DBUS 801 Quantitative Research Analysis II part of their CCPs. These summaries and (3 credit hours) registration information should be uploaded on » DBUS 802 Qualitative Research Analysis I EMS under course code DBUS 710 in Term 6. (3 credit hours) » DBUS 803 Qualitative Research Analysis II (b) Comprehensive Candidacy Portfolio (CCP) (3 credit hours) » DBUS 711 CCP Panel Presentation I (0 » DBUS 804 Data Analytics I (3 credit hours) credit hours) » DBUS 805 Data Analytics II (3 credit » DBUS 813 CCP Panel Presentation II (0 hours) credit hours) » DBUS 806 Peregrine APA Write & Cite (0 » DBUS 822 CCP Final Panel Presentation (0 credit hours) credit hours)
(ii) Innovation Specialization Courses The student from the start of his/her doctoral 3 courses for a total of 9 credit hours program develops the CCP, under the guidance of » DBUS 810 Financial Engineering and the doctoral supervisor(s) and/or mentor(s) in Innovation (3 credit hours) three stages. The CCP represents a student's » DBUS 811 Innovation and Digitization (3 goals, plans, and accomplishments in coursework, credit hours) special topics, learning from seminars and/or » DBUS 812 Strategy for Disruptive conferences, research and work experiences. Innovation (3 credit hours) The process includes three (3) presentations by each student to the Doctoral Committee Panel. (iii) Research Interest Courses These presentations will be scheduled in the 2 courses for a total of 6 credit hours second, fourth, and the sixth terms of the » DBUS 700 Behavioral Marketing, student’s doctoral program. Digitization, and Decision Making » (3 credit hours) The goal of the CCP is to ascertain the student’s » DBUS 701 Business Transformation capability to conduct doctoral business research. Through Processes, Technology and The portfolio must be aligned to the student’s topic of research in the Culminating Experience People (3 credit hours) (CE). Therefore, the student is required to receive (iv) Key Competency Courses a “Pass” decision from the panel in order to 2 courses for a total of 6 credit hours progress to the CE phase of his/her degree. » DBUS 820 Theoretical Frameworks in Upon successful completion of the coursework Strategy Research (3 credit hours) and the CCP, the candidate will start working on » DBUS 821 Constructing Research Design (3 his/her CE. credit hours)
Contribution to the field of business research CULMINATING EXPERIENCE (CE) (a) Seminars and/or Conferences Candidate must choose one of the following three » DBUS 710 Special Interest Seminars and/or (3) doctoral capstone courses. Each of these Conferences (0 credit hours) courses is equal in terms of academic rigor.
Students should complete at least four (4) » Doctoral Capstone Research (DBUS 901), Seminars and/or Conferences (free or paid) in the OR area of their research interest. Students should » Doctoral Capstone Project (DBUS 902), start attending seminars and/or conferences from OR the very start of their doctoral program. The » Doctoral Capstone Publishable Papers requirements for seminars and/or conferences (DBUS 903) (3 publishable papers) must be completed prior to the final CCP presentation (i.e. DBUS 822). Each capstone course consists of three (3) Students may attend more than four seminars sections. and/or conferences based on their interest. 3 sections for a total of 9 credit hours However, Students should choose topics in the » DBUS 901 – 1 Doctoral Capstone Research 1 area that strengthens their research interest and (3 credit hours) their CCP. » DBUS 901 – 2 Doctoral Capstone Research 2 (3 credit hours) Students must include a summary of the seminar » DBUS 901 - 3 Doctoral Capstone Research and/or conferences attended, including 3 (3 credit hours) confirmation of registration for these events as 64 The following table presents a roadmap for the OR DBA in Strategic Innovation program. » DBUS 902 – 1 Doctoral Capstone Project 1 Term Term Term Term Term Term Term Term Term (3 credit hours) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 » DBUS 902 – 2 Doctoral Capstone Project 2 DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS (3 credit hours) 800 804 811 801 805 812 821 901-2 901-3
» DBUS 902 - 3 Doctoral Capstone Project 3 OR OR
(3 credit hours) DBUS DBUS 902- 902- 2 3 OR OR OR » DBUS 903 – 1 Doctoral Capstone Publishable Papers 1 (3 credit hours) DBUS DBUS 903- 903- » DBUS 903 – 2 Doctoral Capstone 2 3
Publishable Papers 2 (3 credit hours) DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS 903 - 3 Doctoral Capstone 802 810 700 803 701 820 901-1 » Publishable Papers 3 (3 credit hours) OR
DBUS Each of these courses requires the candidate to 902-1 work on his/her doctoral proposal. OR
DBUS DOCTORAL CAPSTONE PROPOSAL 903-1 This is a formal written proposal, which must DBUS DBUS DBUS DBUS 806 711 813 822 include a clear statement of the problem to be DBUS researched and a survey of the relevant literature. 710 The proposal must specify the research methods, data collection, and data analysis techniques in TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS detail. The methods to be employed must be As part of their doctoral study, students are appropriate, reliable, and appropriate for the required to have access to a personal computer. measures taken. ITU makes no demands on what type of computer or device students must have. However, students A candidate intending to complete his/her DBA will need to have word processing software such degree within three years is required to present as Microsoft Word installed on it. In addition, and defend the doctoral capstone proposal to the students will require presentation and data DCC at the end of Term 8 (i.e. second term of the analysis software such as Microsoft PowerPoint, doctoral capstone period). In the event the DCC and Microsoft Excel respectively. In addition, as recommends additional work on the proposal, the part of coursework, students will be required to candidate will have one more chance to present install statistical analysis software such as SPSS, and defend his/her doctoral proposal, no later and/or run code (in languages such as R/Python) than six (6) months from the original presentation. for data analytics purposes.
DOCTORAL CAPSTONE DEFENSE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Upon successful presentation of the doctoral proposal, the candidate will progress to the ACT (Accounting) development of his/her chosen doctoral capstone
(DBUS 901, 902, or 903). The candidate will be ACT 500 Financial Accounting (3) required to defend his/her final doctoral capstone Prerequisites: None in the presence of the DCC. The final capstone This course provides an introduction to basic document(s) must be made available to all theory and methods of financial accounting. It is members of the DCC one (1) month prior to the designed to offer managerial users the defense. foundations of accounting concepts. The course helps the students understand financial statement The oral defense shall consist of a presentation of information. Focus will be on accounting for the research results and a question and answer assets (e.g., Accounts Receivable, Inventories, (Q&A) session following the presentation. The Property, Plant and Equipment, Intangible Assets), defense is open to the public, but only members liabilities (e.g., Bonds, Deferred Taxes) and of the DCC have a vote. The doctoral capstone owners’ equity. Focus will be also on the defense passes through unanimous voting. presentation of the income statement through Net Income, revenues and expenses. Class sessions 65 develop the understanding of the different steps ACT 600 Managerial Accounting (3) of the accounting cycle, and of the financial Prerequisites: ACT 500, or basic knowledge of statements that give the managers the ability to accounting use them for decision-making. This course introduces the students to the principles of managerial accounting, which is the ACT 501 Forensic Accounting (3) internal use of accounting information to manage Prerequisites: None modern firms, including planning, analysis, and This course explores the forensic accountant’s decision-making. This course focuses on role in today’s economy. The course is designed information generated by internal accounting to enhance a student’s understanding of the information systems to evaluate organizational emerging field of forensic accounting. The course performance, methods to evaluate financial is structured to enhance the ability of students to alternatives, and create financial plans. Topics will think critically and to develop the knowledge, include interpretation of financial statements, cost skills and attitudes necessary to compete behavior, cost allocation, budgets and cost effectively in the rapidly changing world of control. Other topics such as decentralization, accounting using the traditional method of product costing, job and process costing, break- detecting fraud and using the current technology. even analysis, and absorption costing will also be By the end of the course, students should be able discussed. to understand the causes of fraud and white-collar crime, examine the types of fraud and fraud ACT 601 Cost Accounting (3) schemes, explore methods of deterring and Prerequisites: ACT 500, or basic knowledge of detecting fraud, and examine the financial impact accounting to businesses and the economy. This course applies cost accounting concepts and accounting tools to make management decisions. ACT 502 International Accounting (3) Students learn to use cost accounting to evaluate Prerequisites: None and make strategic business formulation, research The knowledge of accounting requirements and and development, budgeting, production the influence of environmental factors on planning, pricing, and provide information for accounting systems both nationally and management accounting and financial accounting. internationally becomes important to the Other topics include financial statements, concept accounting professional. Topics of financial of depreciation and inventory methods, cash accounting for international operations, flows, business valuation, working capital, cost multinational managerial accounting and control, behavior, cost allocation, budgets, and control comparative international accounting, systems. international reporting issues, and international taxation are examined. The focus of the course is ACT 602 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING (3) to solve the problems related to accounting for Prerequisites: ACT 500, or basic knowledge of multinational corporations doing business in a accounting global environment. This course covers the topics This course will provide a comprehensive review of currency translation and foreign currency gains of the accounting process that discussed in and losses and accounting for international Financial Accounting (ACT 500). Students will accounting organizations. learn and deepen their understanding of the preparation of classified financial statements. ACT 504 Tax Accounting Principles (3) Students will also learn other information and Prerequisites: None apply analytical tools in making both business and This course introduces federal tax law, including financial decisions. This course will also include the preparation of individual income tax form topics related to cash flows, accounting for a 1040 and related schedules. Tax accounting company’s financing and investing activities and principles, such as the measurement of income, related tax accounting; primary current assets, asset exchanges, capital transactions, and current and long term liabilities; amortization of business expenses are examined. Topics include bond premiums and discounts, journal entries corporate income tax, subchapter S, dividends, associated with issuance of preferred, common and liquidating distributions. The course also stocks, and treasury stocks, and declaration of provides tax knowledge through identification of dividends; owners’ equity and earnings per share; significant differences between tax and financial and time value of money. Students will study how accounting. to record various financial transactions and understand the impact on the usefulness of the information provided for decision-making. During
66 coverage of these topics, discussion will include a BIO (Bio-Management) development of the understanding of full and fair disclosures based on GAAP, ethical and moral BIO 500 Clinical Research Management (3) implications, and the related concept of Prerequisites: Any Biology background: Academic transparency. or Professional This course is designed to create an in-depth ACT 603 Accounting Information Systems/ERP understanding of the clinical research (3) methodologies including the regulatory aspects of ITU/SAP University Alliance clinical research. This course will help you to Prerequisites: ACT 500, or basic knowledge of understand and apply scientific principles to the accounting implementation of clinical research whether it is This course addresses the development and use investigator-initiated, or industry-sponsored of accounting information systems for managerial study. The student will learn to design and present control and external reporting, focusing on a concept sheet for a Phase I/II and Phase II/III reporting objectives, management needs, clinical trial. Also addressed in this course are documentation, security, and internal controls. different types of study design, their relative The course will cover concepts and principles of strengths and limitations, and proper choice of financial accounting fundamentals and how to study design. The student will also learn to identify measure and report on the financial systematically implement the research protocol effects of economic events on enterprises. Topics and evaluate the integrity of the clinical research include accrual accounting concepts; preparation, outcome. In this course, students learn to apply understanding and analysis of financial knowledge of data management, information statements; accounting for sales and cost of sales management and scientific communication. and procurement of materials. Students will explore opportunities to The course will focus on designing computer demonstrate professionalism and accountability in systems to perform accounting functions, and the implementation of research studies through extensive use of applications of different applying management. microcomputer accounting software packages. This course will prepare the student to understand BIO 501 Modern Medicine and Biology (3) the basic structure and procedures of financial Prerequisites: None and management accounting in the SAP System In this course, students will explore the cross- and to maintain master data and perform essential pollination of ideas and advances in biology and function in General Ledger, Account Payable, how they transform medicine, both at the bedside Account Receivable, Cost Center Accounting and and in drug development. Many of the advances in Internal Orders and to describe how Financial and biology have radically transformed the Management Accounting interact with other in understanding of disease states and how medicine SAP process. The course will be covered in 6 is practiced. For example, genomic sequencing is weekend classes as per the schedule. The course now being widely adopted as a method for is presented in lecture format and hands-on diagnostics as well as for drug development. problem solving exercises. Bioinformatics is another area where huge data management and mining is paving way to ACT 604 Auditing (3) understand the complex biological pathways and Prerequisites: ACT 500 or basic knowledge of signaling mechanisms in cells and organs. Other accounting advance in the field of computer science and This course covers Generally Accepted Auditing algorithm development have been adopted to Standards (GAAS) as they apply to the study of unravel these complex connections and arrive at a audit preparation and procedures, creating better understanding of cellular and molecular working papers, and audit write-up. In addition, physiology. Physical and mechanical innovations the financial statement audit for entities that are drive devices that have better resolution in the not regulated under Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 will areas of imaging for diagnostics. be addressed. The course also covers internal and external audit procedures and a comprehensive BIO 506 Biotech Industry Fundamentals (3) study of professional auditing ethics, legal, and Prerequisites: None professional responsibilities, auditing planning, This course will introduce students to risk assessment, internal control, audit evidence, biotechnology, its principle, and application. A completion and reporting. solid knowledge of basic molecular biology is required to gain a complete understanding of the concept and its application. Biotechnology has a
67 broad reach – from agriculture, to biofuels, waste quantitative analysis field with a strong emphasis management, medical, forensics, and food. on practical outcomes, which can be directly Students will learn to apply modern biological applied to a business environment. It provides a principles and understand the trends in modern brief outline of existing theories, technologies and medicine, food, and green technologies. By the applications which support the modern decision- end of the course, students should be able to making process which is to a large extent, data- critically assess current and future applications of driven. In this course, students will have an biotechnology in agriculture, drug development opportunity to work on tools like excel and and environmental management. This course is a advanced add-ons, which helps with performing prerequisite course for students in Healthcare advanced analysis techniques such as regression Management, and Bio Management streams. and forecasting. Upon completion of this course, Students will benefit immensely if they enroll in students will be able to identify any business this course first before taking any of the other problems that can be potentially modeled and advanced courses. A background in junior-level simulated and judge whether an optimal solution chemistry and biology is recommended. exists, understand the important issues in their implementation, describe the tools that have been BIO 510 Ethics in Medical Research (3) used in the process from their frameworks to the Prerequisites: None techniques used, determine the business value of This course will inform students about the basic outcomes of the quantitative analysis and also principles essential to making educated decisions appreciate its role in business process about ethics in medical research. Understanding management. the basic principles is critical before conducting clinical research activities. Topics include: BUA 503 Game Theory, Business Strategy and historical perspectives, federal regulations, Thinking Strategically (3) Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, Prerequisites: None conflicts of interest, informed consent, the HIPAA The focus of this course is the use of game theory Privacy Rule, and AAHRPP accreditation. to define the most likely outcome of business situations, especially where there is a BUA (Business Analytics) communication between two or more decision makers to build business strategy. In addition, BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics (3) students will be introduced to methods in Prerequisites: None strategic thinking and its connections with current In this course students will learn the key game theory to resolve strategic business foundations and tools of Business Analytics and problems. Students will need skill at numerical data science. This is a general introductory course reasoning for this course. that lays the foundations of analysis methodologies for business students in general BUA 504 Data Warehousing and Visualization (3) and is open to all students in the business major. Prerequisites: None The fundamentals skills that students will learn This course discusses the principles of data are: applied understanding of mathematical warehousing, design and implementation along concepts, hands-on programming skills (Python or with related software tools. R) and preliminary and exploratory data analysis. Topics consists of data warehouse architecture, Students will learn about key ideas in uncertainty dimensional model design, physical database modeling using statistics and probability and get design, data integration and visualization, and exposed to concepts such as random variables, data warehouse administration. The course also probability distributions, hypothesis testing and builds core skills for visual study of data among descriptive statistics, and linear algebra such as students. Trends and tools in data visualization linear spaces and matrix algebra. In the will be explained with a special focus on programming section of the course students will recognizing patterns and trends from large gain hands-on experience using popular datasets. Knowledge in database management programming languages used in analysis such as recommended. Python. Students will use the mathematical concepts and the programming skills to perform BUA 505 Predictive Analytics for Business exploratory data analysis on real world data sets. Strategy (3) Prerequisites: None BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis (3) This course explains information technology, Prerequisites: None modeling methods and data sciences to Quantitative analysis course introduces students familiarize students with the field of predictive to the main modeling and simulation strategies in 68 analytics. Prior course work in data warehousing language, computer attributes and geolocation and visualization will add to this course, which will also be covered. builds on assessing data within the business context, understanding data trends and risk BUA 510 Data Science Applications with R or assessment. Through this course, students will Python (3) learn how to build reliable predictive models for Prerequisites: None developing business strategy geared at This course focuses on implementation of organizational competitive advantage. business analytics problems using a structured programming language such as R or python. BUA 506 Developing Value through Business Examples of descriptive and predictive business Analysis Applications (3) analytics problems such as linear regression, Prerequisites: None decision analysis, forecasting will be used and This course discusses the role that the business implemented using R and Python programming analysis plays in exploring and visualizing languages. Basic ideas of implementation of an outcomes to create better outcomes, thereby algorithm in R, are discussed. Concepts such creating organizational value. Students will be program I/O, reading data and visualization of the equipped with different tools and application data, exceptions, conditional statements and knowledge to drive winning stakeholder outcomes statistical packages will be discussed. The course through ongoing business analysis. emphasizes hands-on experience and implementation of business analysis ideas in R and BUA 507 Ethical Business Decision Making (3) Python using pre-existing libraries. It is Prerequisites: None recommended that students be familiar with basic This course introduces the ethical issues involved ideas in statistical modeling and business analytics in the “big data” world and its effects on strategic to maximize the learning outcome of this course. business decisions. In studying real life case studies, existing practices and issues with BUA 511 Data Visualization and interpretation developing trends, students understand the using Tableau (3) ethical dilemmas related to data identity, privacy, Prerequisites: None ownership and organizational reputation. This in One of the key skills required for business turn will prepare the students to make more analytics is the ability to communicate the results informed and ethical decisions related to of data-driven analysis to non-technical decision organizational data. makers. To effectively communicate a complex analysis that results in actionable advice one BUA 508 – Risk Analytics (3) needs to be familiar with the factors that impact Prerequisites: None decision makers. In this course you will learn how This course builds statistics and data modeling to become a master at communicating business- with a focus on risk theory and management. relevant implications of data analyses. After Students gain exposure to present trends in finishing this course you will be able to effectively enterprise risk logical methods. This enables import data, clean and transform it and convey students to understand and implement risk the results of the analysis to the stakeholders. You management structures in the organizational will also know how to streamline your analyses environment. Major risk categories such as and highlight their implications efficiently using financial risk, strategic risk and operational risk visualizations in Tableau, the most popular will be covered along with analytical methods to visualization program in the business world. Using these risk groups. other Tableau features, you will be able to make effective visualizations that take advantage of BUA 509 – Web Analytics (3) innate perceptual and cognitive tendencies of a Prerequisites: None human brain to convey conclusions directly and The Internet is one of most powerful tools of clearly. business today. This course develops practices to analyze qualitative and quantitative data from BUA 512 Business Cognitive Analytics and website. Related topics, such as text mining and Applications (3) web mining will also be covered. In addition, this Prerequisite: BUA 500 or equivalent course provides students with the tools to drive This course focuses on advanced topics in constant enhancement of online experiences to Cognitive Analytics. After completion of this customers; both current and future. Topics include course students will become familiar with the Google Analytics and A/B Testing. Incoming analysis of case studies from large companies traffic characteristics such as client browser, such as Amazon, Walmart, and Facebook and how
69 they use advanced business analytics techniques many business environments that involve decision to effectively perform market segmentation, making. In this course students will be able to targeted marketing and supply chain examine and identify the classical and modern management. With the abundance of optimization techniques used in today’s business unstructured and unlabeled data from social environment. Few areas where these techniques media, e-commerce website, companies are using can be used are selection of portfolio in finance, data-driven analytics to understand the patterns transportation industry, resource allocation of any in customers’ reaction to introduction of new industry, and minimizing the advertising cost in products and their preferences. Content marketing. Focused on linear and the nonlinear management marketing, content generation and programming techniques and their application in optimum supply chain strategies will be some of business environment and modern simulation and the business application areas that the new optimization techniques, this course helps techniques will be applied. Students will learn the students understand the need and use of decision implementation of these advanced techniques in making using these techniques. business decision making using some of the tools they have already learned in the previous business BUS (Business) analytics classes. BUS 500 Project Management Frameworks (3) BUA 513 Financial Engineering: Computational Prerequisites: None and Quantitative Methods (3) This course is designed to be the main structure Prerequisites: FIN 534 related to the Project Management fundamentals Mathematically sophisticated financial models are for students who look to understand, practice, and the foundation of a successful CFO, investment improve the project execution process. This is banker or investment managers. For example, based on the best practices and methods of valuing the call provision in a callable convertible project management implemented, such as bond is important to the CFO of the issuing PRINCE, PMI, PMBOK, and Microsoft Framework. company (who decides whether or not to include This is to run projects in an agile organization the call provision in the issue). This course focuses toward effective implementation and efficient on the mathematical foundations used in financial achievements. engineering and implementation of these concepts using Python and the relevant BUS 501 Strategic Planning & Portfolio computational finance libraries. Management (3) Prerequisites: None The students will learn about quantitative This course is designed to interpret the strategic methods used in financial engineering and cover values and vision of the enterprise’s portfolio topics such as Black-Scholes-Merton Model, Levy management. The process is to recognize the Model, volatility models, multi-asset models, company plan and strengthens its service offered European and US option pricing models, Monte- in strategic business plan. The course’s objective Carlo Simulation for Put Option modeling, Bond is to explain how a Project Management Oriented valuation and Hedging. Business is able to divide the strategic planning into operational goals, which are attained by each This course offers an understanding of the latest division. Service analysis measures performance in financial tools and products, of the recent the light of the company strategy and the developments and rational of Risk and Risk business environment, with the goal of choosing Management, used to hedge equity, currency and and performing services that generate greatest interest rate risk in key financial markets. The value while incurring least risk for the business. course will also highlight methods to assess and measure the financial risk. BUS 502 Project Management & Leadership (3) Prerequisites: None BUA 690 Simulation and Optimization for This course is an overview of project management Business Analytics (3) - Capstone course with an emphasis on leadership and team building. Prerequisites: MGT 503; Completion of 27 credit The first part focuses on the traits of successful hours in the program leaders and the dos and don’ts for building Decision making is a critical part in any business. effective teams. The second part introduces the Business Analytics provides solutions to project management framework and the different businesses worldwide with the advanced analysis steps of the project management process. The techniques and tools. Optimization and simulation third part describes how leadership practices can are two such methods that are being used in affect key management aspects of the project, 70 such as scope, time, cost, human resources, BUS 510 Regulation, Governance, Ethical and stakeholders and communications. This course will Social Responsibility (3) also provide the basic knowledge necessary to Prerequisites: None prepare for the ASQ CQIA, ASQ CMQ, PMI CAPM The overall goal of this course is to better prepare or PMI PMP certification examination. Students students to become responsible business leaders. who sign up for these exams will receive extra In this class, students explore the relationship credit for their final grade. between business and society, and argue that to create a business that will endure business leaders BUS 503 Project Management - Agile Approach must take into account the needs of the broader (3) society, as well as those of their employees and Prerequisites: None other stakeholders. The major areas of study in This course provides students with the knowledge this class will include: business ethics, the legal and tools to manage projects by providing an regulation of business, corporate governance, and overview of the basics of agile project corporate social responsibility. management. It provides the theory and core methodology students will need to manage BUS 516 Principles of quality management (3) projects or participate on project teams that are Prerequisites: None time sensitive and require agile project This course covers the philosophy and concepts management principles. This course does not of quality management with an emphasis on tools make use of any project management software and techniques of quality management for application, but instead focuses on the conceptual continual improvement in quality and productivity. understanding that students need to know in Students learn techniques to improve order to successfully manage a project in a fast organization performance and competitiveness. paced technical environment. BUS 517 - Organizational Culture and Diversity (3) Prerequisites: None BUS 504 Contract Management & Financial As organizations become increasingly diverse, the Planning (3) importance of understanding diversity, and its Prerequisites: None influences in the organizational culture become This is a practical course about designing more essential. This course offers students a contracts and analyzing the project budget thorough understanding of diversity, beyond related to milestones achievement and cultural diversity. Students planning to be deliverables scheduling. Students will learn about managers and leaders of global organizations will the project scope and implementation phases that learn in this course how to build and implement are needed to design the required activities and broad organizational diversity plans. In addition, charter agreement. In addition, they will learn students will become aware of the legal and about the Project/Program Evaluation and Review ethical effects of building diverse initiatives and of Technique (PERT), Planned Value (PV), Earned the factors that build an effective organizational Value (EV), Actual Cost (AC), Budget At culture. Completion (BAC), Estimate To Complete (ETC), Estimate At Completion (EAC), and Variance At BUS 518 Applied Statistics (3) Completion (VAC). Prerequisites: None The course covers topics from both introductory BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change (3) and advanced level courses in statistics with the Prerequisites: None purpose of preparing students for classes in This class will focus on individual, team, and Business Analytics and Data Mining, and also for organizational leadership and will provide students who expect to be using statistics for students with the foundation for exploring and their research. The course is designed to cover developing their own individual leadership style. foundation topics in the first one-third of the Major areas to discuss are leadership, values, classes, and classical multivariate statistical ethics, and decision-making. Change and a methods in the second two-thirds. The leader’s goal is to continually improve and look introductory part cover topics as: probability forward and provide the positive changes for the theory, distributions on different types of random organization; being the visionary is critical to variables, sampling and sampling distributions, success in any organization and a key attribute for hypothesis testing, statistical inferences, one and any organizational leader. two-sample procedures, assessing goodness of fit, analysis of variance, linear least squares, correlation and regression, sample size, analysis of
71 variance, and non-parametric statistics. The topics management among others. Lastly, and covered in the latter 2/3 of the course are importantly, this course aims to provide students classical multivariate methods and cover topics as: tools to manage technology and innovation multivariate normality, comparison of multivariate beyond conventional methods using case studies means, matrix algebra, principal component and other strategic frameworks. analysis, discrimination and classification, linear multivariate regression, analysis of co-variance, BUS 600 Research Methods (3) canonical correlation. Prerequisites: None This course introduces students to research Optional topics are support vector machines, and methodology with focus on statistical techniques model evaluation and selection. Also, Bayesian and the interpretation of results. Students will be statistics is of interest for its widespread use. provided with the foundation to understand and Upon completion of this course, the students is apply research methods via class lectures and expected to demonstrate an understanding of the hands-on practice. Students will perform literature principles of probability theory in classical search and review, create a working research multivariate statistical analyses, and should be model and hypotheses, compile a questionnaire, able to think critically about data and models, and use multivariate statistics to analyze data, and to draw conclusions from such analyses. form conclusions based on the results.
BUS 520 - EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR BUS 688 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-3) PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None This course discusses emerging technologies in This course offers a relatively new subject that is the area of product development. Ongoing not currently available in the catalog, but will be economic constraints, declining margins, volatile of great relevance to Business Administration. It supply chains and other market factors have been consists of lectures, readings, homework, instrumental in hastening the adoption of presentations and projects determined by the technologies in industries seeking sustained instructor. competitive advantages. Concepts discussed in the context of product development are critical BUS 689 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3) thinking for problem definition, resource Prerequisites: None utilization, optimization and allocation, managing Independent Study allows students to explore variability in development work, understanding academic areas of special interest not provided in and managing economic performance measures, the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the capacity management, quality management and guidance of a member of the faculty. harnessing people and technology for successful product development. Emerging technologies BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business range from innovations in ERP systems, Internet Policy (3) of Things, Virtual Reality, 3D Printing, and the use Prerequisites: MGT 503, FIN 534, MIS 527, MKT of Artificial Intelligence for product design and 551, BUA 505 and MGT 578 or equivalent technical specifications. Lastly, Big Data Analytics This course is an overview of the important will be briefly discussed in relation to creating aspects of business policy and strategic customized product solutions and reinventing the management. The aim is to explain strategic value chain in the quest for ongoing competitive organizational vision, discuss strategic problems advantage. and find solutions, which contain application and procedures of measureable evaluations. Students BUS 521 – Management of Technology and will learn to use quantitative tools to react to, and Innovation (3) predict change, and to think strategically by Prerequisites: None studying a real world model of the management Technology and Innovation are the two pillars of process. In addition, topics related to relationships the world we live in. This course will teach between business ethics and strategic students about managing both technology and management are presented. innovation for sustained competitive advantage and value creation. Through understanding the This is a capstone course. Topics include case interconnected nature of technology and studies on design, creation and application of innovation, students will understand the impacts strategies at different stages of the organization. of well-managed technology and innovations on Reflection on the organizations’ control, on their other allied concepts such as wealth creation, role concerning stakeholders, investors and social and human capital, and knowledge business environment is included.
72 Students will need the learning from all core DBUS 710 Special Interest Seminars and/or business courses. Strategic Management Conferences (0) techniques are a crucial part of the learning in this Prerequisites: None course in order to chart the future path of Attending seminars and/or conferences in the organizations. Students are responsible to make special interest research areas is vital for doctoral strategic decisions based on a review of existing students in the program. In this course, students business policy, and they are strongly encouraged get to network with peers and experts in the areas to create, or suggest new policies to implement of their research interest, gain innovative direction their strategic vision, and to justify them through for their doctoral capstone, gain traction for oral and written communication. future publication, data collection, and much more. As part of their doctoral study, students are CFL (Classroom Field Learning) encouraged to attend at least four (4) seminars and/or conferences in their area of research, and CFL 591 INTEGRATING ACADEMIC & INTERNSHIP use their learning to build their comprehensive LEARNING (2) candidacy portfolio (CCP). Prerequisites: None
This course provides an overview of expectations It is the students’ responsibility to accurately and requirements for INT 593 Internship, teaches document their attendances and learning students how to integrate their academic and materials from these seminars and/or internship learning, and enhances career skills conferences, and to upload these to ITU’s development. A student must pass CFL 591(can educational management system, EMS. be taken concurrently) in order to be eligible to DBUS 711 CCP Panel Presentation I (0) enroll in INT 593. Prerequisites: None
This panel presentation is the first in a series of DBUS (Doctor of Business) three CCP Panel Presentations. The presentations are aimed at gauging the doctoral student’s DBUS 700 Behavioral Marketing, Digitization, and progress towards their academic and professional Decision Making (3) goals at critical milestones in their degree. Prerequisites: None This course deals with the understanding of The main focus of the CCP courses is to include consumer behavior, and consequent students’ work experiences in depth, as well as organizational decision-making as a result of demonstrate competencies, and strengths in their engagement with target markets in the digital specialization. Students must include in their world. Digitization has revolutionized customer portfolio for this course, a statement of their work engagement strategies. Further, social media is experiences, and its alignment to their area of fast emerging as a tool to understand, reach, and research, with a brief summary of the literature of retain consumers. In this course, students can their chosen CE. In addition, students must include expect to learn about marketing decision making a summary of conferences, and seminars that through consumer behavior analytics, search have contributed to their area of research interest. engine optimization, social media marketing, 3D Printing and its implications for the marketing Students are required to work on any feedback function. from their committee in order to progress to CCP Panel Presentation II. They are required to submit DBUS 701 Business Transformation Through all materials related to this presentation on ITU’s Processes, Technology, and People (3) educational management system, EMS. Prerequisites: None This innovative course seeks to equip students DBUS 800 Quantitative Research Analysis I (3) with the strategies to transform organizations Prerequisites: None they work with to compete in the digital era. The This course offers topics in survey and course has three pivotal foci – processes, experimental design and data; statistical analysis technologies, and people. Key concepts covered including variance analysis, multiple regression, in this course include joining multiple divisions linear model, and factor analysis; and time series within organizations, breaking down traditional study. Students will learn how to understand the silos, collaborative and big data driven decision- statistical results included in academic papers and making, convergence of traditional roles such as articles. In addition, they will learn how to relate IT, Operations, Predictive diagnostics, and these techniques using statistical software leadership commitment to innovation and change, through practical analysis of research data sets. among others.
73 DBUS 801 Quantitative Research Analysis II (3) DBUS 805 Data Analytics II (3) Prerequisites: DBUS 800 Prerequisites: DBUS 804 This is an advanced course. It aims to equip The course will enable students to understand the students with the quantitative research skills data driven decision making within the context of required to successfully conduct their doctoral strategic innovation. Together with Quantitative, research. In using the state of the art statistical and Qualitative Research Analysis, students will software, students will gain hands on experience learn to interpret, manage and disseminate in topics such as statistics, probability, forecasting complex business data. Most importantly, methods, and others. Students will also gain an students will understand how to use data as a understanding for the pros and cons of using strategic lever to drive innovation in quantitative methods. organizations. Key topics covered include statistical modeling methods, business DBUS 802 Qualitative Research ANALYSIs I (3) intelligence, data warehousing, and data mining. Prerequisites: None This course introduces doctoral students to the DBUS 806 Peregrine APA Write & Cite (0) qualitative research methods and equip them with Prerequisites: None the essential skills, practices, and knowledge to Academic writing is a key competency for start independent research analysis. Topics that doctoral students. This is an online, interactive, will be covered include conceptualization and eight (8)-module course, provided by external measurement, ethical research techniques, survey experts, Peregrine Academic Services to help design, content analysis, and field studies. Course students prepare and succeed in writing their assignments will be used to apply the methods doctoral capstones. Students will learn to write, learned and complement the theoretical format, and correctly cite academic work. This knowledge gained from the lectures. course will also specifically empower students to define their research problem, find legitimate DBUS 803 Qualitative Research Analysis II (3) sources, and create doctoral capstones that are Prerequisites: DBUS 802 publication worthy. Students are required to take This course aims to provide a balance in research the pre-course test, as well as a competency exam techniques to students conducting doctoral on completion of the course. research. The course will help students examine the proverbial story behind quantitative data. Key Students are required to take this course in the topics include potential biases that might distort first trimester of the DBA program. There is a cost data accuracy; developing case studies, interview of $49, to be paid to Peregrine Academic Services techniques, interpreting verbal data, and others. at the time of registration in this course. Students Students will also receive hands on training with are also required to upload on ITU’s educational relevant software for conducting qualitative management system, EMS, evidence of passing research analyses. Ethics, best practice, and this course. quality criteria in research will be some underlying tenets. DBUS 810 Financial Engineering and Innovation (3) DBUS 804 Data Analytics I (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None This cutting edge course draws from multiple Analysis of data is an important element of disciplines such as mathematics, financial theory, Business decision-making. The aim of the course is engineering, and programming to the practice of to prepare the students to lead in analytics-driven finance, asset management, and portfolio organizations. The course will equip the students management. A key outcome of this course is to with the competences and challenges of data- apply financial engineering techniques to drive driven in business decision making. Data analytics innovations in finance by developing new financial techniques, such as, predictive analytics, data products. Topics examined in this course are manipulation, decisions under uncertainty, and portfolio optimization, prediction, estimation, risk decision analytics tools will be covered. The analysis, and financial innovation. course will help the students to understand the process of observing the data to draw DBUS 811 Innovation and Digitization (3) conclusions, which are probable by using current Prerequisites: None tools such as Tableau, SAS, MS Power Business This distinctive course focuses on various Intelligence(BI), Hadoop, and Excel, among others. managerial, technological, and economic factors that drive digital revolution. This course goes beyond creating products and services for the digital world by addressing the need for 74 continued organizational innovation, leading and DBUS 821 Constructing Research Design (3) implementing innovation, strategic R&D, and Prerequisites: DBUS 820 principles of digital transformation, among others. This course facilitates students’ creation of their doctoral research. Framing the research question, DBUS 812 Strategy for Disruptive Innovation (3) Development and testing of hypotheses, research Prerequisites: None strategy, Pros and Cons of using certain research This course deals with the pursuit of competitive designs, Measurement of constructs, Publication, advantage in a market that is constantly faced and Empirical research will be the key tenets of with myriad threats. Here, students will be this course. The ethical implications of choosing equipped to analyze business trends all over the certain research designs will also be explored. world, and identify risks, threats, and opportunities while implementing and managing DBUS 822 CCP Final Panel Presentation (0) disruptive innovation. Last, but not least, students Prerequisites: DBUS 813 will understand the role of disruptive innovation This is the final presentation in a series of three as an integral part of modern corporate strategy. CCP Panel Presentations. At this stage, students
DBUS 813 CCP Panel Presentation II (0) will have already completed most of their doctoral Prerequisites: DBUS 711 coursework, and based on their research thus far, This panel presentation is the second in a series of they will also be ready to present their final three CCP Panel Presentations. The presentations comprehensive candidacy portfolio (CCP). are aimed at gauging the doctoral student’s As previously noted in DBUS 711, and DBUS 813, progress towards their academic and professional the main focus of the CCP courses is to build the goals after significant parts of coursework has students’ portfolio based mainly on their work been completed towards the degree. experience and its alignment with their chosen CE. Students must therefore, be prepared to present As the main focus of the CCP courses is the to the committee about their work experiences, students’ work experiences, students must include intended topic of research, and their position on a statement of advanced input from their work their chosen topic, their intended doctoral experiences, and demonstrate significant progress capstone, the literature review, and research done on their literature review related to their chosen on their intended topic till date. CE. They must also include a summary of how their coursework till date has influenced their Students are required to submit all materials topic of choice. related to this presentation on ITU’s educational management system, EMS. Upon successful Students are required to work on any feedback completion of this final presentation, students will from their committee in order to progress to the progress towards completing their doctoral final CCP Panel Presentation. They are required to capstone. submit all materials related to this presentation on ITU’s educational management system, EMS. DBUS 901 Doctoral Capstone Research (9)* Prerequisites: DBUS 822 and completion of all DBUS 820 Theoretical Frameworks in Strategy course work Research (3) This doctoral capstone research is a traditional Prerequisites: None dissertation. Students work closely with their A vital goal for all doctoral students is to further advisor, conduct their research, and develop their business research, and practice, either through dissertation, achieving the highest levels of creation of new thoughts, and/or through scholarship. The dissertation must include original challenging existing theories. This course will research that is focused either on expanding the enable students to demonstrate a thoughtful methodological scope of the content area, consideration of the theoretical constructs that developing new theories, or confirming theoretic underpin their unique areas of doctoral research. models. Research methods that may be employed Students integrate learning from the core courses include field experiments, surveys, and case in this program to learn about research logic, the studies. differences between theoretical and empirical paradigms, and types of research methodologies, * This doctoral capstone course consists of three sampling methods, and data collection. In (3) sections. The course requires a successful addition, scholarly research, and specific doctoral presentation of the doctoral capstone proposal, writing techniques for publication will be and a successful defense of the final doctoral introduced to prepare students for success in capstone. their chosen doctoral capstone.
75 DBUS 902 Doctoral Capstone Project (9)* ERP systems to avoid duplication of work, and to Prerequisites: DBUS 822 and completion of all provide efficiency and effective use of resources. course work This course is a general overview of the SAP ERP Through this doctoral capstone, students will System concepts and tools. It introduces SAP as perform specific doctoral research aimed at one of the ERP systems and explains how the developing innovative and strategic solutions to fundamental business processes interact in SAP organizational problems in the real world. The ERP in the functional areas of Sales and final capstone project report is equal to a Distribution, Materials Management, Production traditional dissertation in terms of academic rigor. Planning, Financial Accounting, Controlling, Students are encouraged to work with an Human Capital Management, Project Systems, and academic advisor with strong industry experience Enterprise Asset Management. The course is or an industry expert (mentor) to develop a real presented in lecture format with open discussion life topic identified within a particular and hands-on problem solving exercises. organizational context. This capstone course may be developed from students’ real work. In addition ERP 510 ABAP - Advanced Business Application to a final capstone project report, deliverables Programming (3) could include a product, an application, and ITU/SAP University Alliance others. Prerequisites: None ABAP is the language for programming SAP’s * This doctoral capstone course consists of three Web Application Server, part of SAP’s NetWeaver (3) sections. The course requires a successful platform for building business applications. This presentation of the doctoral capstone proposal, course introduces the ABAP language and a successful defense of the final doctoral environment, including the syntax checking, code capstone. generation and runtime system, and various features of ABAP Programming. Though this DBUS 903 Doctoral Capstone Publishable Papers course starts from basics it’s useful if students (9)* have basic programming knowledge with object Prerequisites: DBUS 822 and completion of all oriented concepts and knowledge of relational coursework database design. Students will get hands-on This capstone requires doctoral students to write experience with scenarios, which will be discussed three (3) separate publishable papers, on a single and worked on, in class on SAP system. Students or related theme. Students are encouraged to will be given programming tasks to work on. publish these papers in a peer reviewed or refereed journal. The doctoral capstone consisting ERP 511 Enterprise Portal Technology Using of three (3) publishable papers is also equal to a NetWeaver (3) traditional doctoral dissertation in terms of ITU/SAP University Alliance academic rigor, quality of research, and Prerequisites: None presentation of key information. SAP NetWeaver is SAP’s integrated technology platform and is the technical foundation for all * Each doctoral capstone course consists of three SAP applications since the SAP Business Suite. (3) sections. The course requires a successful SAP NetWeaver is marketed as a service-oriented presentation of the doctoral capstone proposal, application and integration platform. SAP and a successful defense of the final doctoral NetWeaver provides the development and capstone. runtime environment for SAP applications and can be used for custom development and integration ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) with other applications and systems.
ERP 509 Introduction to ERP Systems using SAP ERP 512 Enterprise Procurement Processes (MM) (3) (3) ITU/SAP University Alliance ITU/SAP University Alliance Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Introduction to ERP using SAP is prerequisite Today’s enterprises face increasingly complex course for students who want to pursue other ERP procurement processes. This course introduces courses. This course is designed for students to the external procurement process. During the get a basic understanding of all the functional course, the students go through the entire departments that exist in a business scenario. It procurement process with its typical steps – gives an idea about how these functional purchase requisition, purchase order, goods departments work and how they are integrated in receipt, and entry of incoming invoice and 76 payment. The students get to work on SAP course course learning process includes examining the roles will quickly build through each of these concepts of capital and its sources for startups and early using Fitter Snacker case study or Quazi case stage companies; reviewing financing alternatives study and configuration so that by the final day of such as debt, equity, and credit as sources of class, each student will have hands on working capital for entrepreneurs; and exploring configuration experience in procurement other innovative techniques for financing a new processes. In doing so, the students will focus on venture. Implicit in these areas are the topics of different aspects and become acquainted with mastering the concepts of revenue generation, additional functions. operational costs, profitability, and cash flow. Students will explore a variety of financial analytical ERP 513 Sales Order Management with ERP (3) concepts such as ratios, time value of money, and ITU/SAP University Alliance capital budgeting to assist us with our Prerequisites: None entrepreneurial financial planning and decision This course introduces the sales order making. The course concludes with a discussion on management process with the SAP ERP Central structuring financial liquidity events for investors. Component. During the course, the students learn the entire sales order process starting from a sales FIN 517 Financial Institutions (3) inquiry, entering sales orders, creating outbound Prerequisites: None deliveries, posting goods issue and invoicing the In the Fall of 2007, the US and other international customer and entering the incoming payment. The financial markets experienced a major crash course will quickly build through each of these proceeded by record stock market highs. In this concepts and configuration using the Quazi course students examine the products, markets Computer case study and by the final day of class, policies, investment products, and financial each student will have fully walked through the institutions that precipitated this global event. Sales and Distribution process using the SAP Students will draw on a combination of finance system. In doing so, the students will focus on research journals, Internet articles, as well as other different aspects and become acquainted with international finance textbooks to further additional functions in the sales order supplement our understanding of the Finance management process chain. Markets and Institutions. Our course utilizes several contemporary journal publications to build FIN (Finance) a rich discussion on the topics of financial markets and institutions, as well as financial objectives and FIN 515 Managerial Finance (3) strategies impact on international business Prerequisites: None expansion. The course teaches the students financial concepts and tools necessary for effective FIN 518 Financial and Socially Responsible business planning. Topics include formation of Investing (3) interest rates, income taxes, working capital Prerequisites: None management, cost of capital, financial forecasting, Socially responsible investing is a course that external sources of capital, company valuation, examines one of the fastest growing areas in the and bankruptcy. global financial markets. The global financial crisis FIN 516 Entrepreneurial Finance (3) of the 2000s have shown that socially responsible Prerequisites: None investments (SRIs) have a place in building This course approaches the topic of financially sound investment portfolios while entrepreneurial finance from a startup or early doing social good. The course utilizes financial stage business owner’s perspective. The course and global macroeconomics to support assumes that the student has a modest or no developing the basic investment mechanics and background in finance, accounting, or economics. strategies. The initial objective of this course is to The classroom discussions together with the develop students’ qualitative and quantitative textbook are used to develop a foundation for skills for understanding the basic principles of understanding the practice of finance and socially responsible investing. financial decision-making under company startup conditions. We work together to create a basic FIN 519 Corporate Valuation (3) understanding of the financial concepts, Prerequisites: None statements, and tools, as well as financial planning The focus of this class is on making investment required to start a business or advance an early decisions in real (as opposed to financial) assets. stage company. The financial plan explores the uses It will acquaint the student with the widely used of financial analytics and integrating financial ideas that have revolutionized the practice of proforma statements with the business plan. The valuation during the past few decades. By the end 77 of the course, students should be comfortable in FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory (3) answering the question: What is a real asset - a Prerequisites: None new product, a new project, a division, or a This course discusses basic principles and theories company - worth? of macroeconomics, and components and measurement of production, income, and other FIN 520 Investment Management (3) key economic variables of the U.S. domestic Prerequisites: None economy. The course focuses on the analysis of This course offers the basics of investment the interrelationship among leading, lagging, and management. Quoted and private equity coincident indicators; key economic variables; and investments and entrepreneurial finance are the fiscal and monetary policy within the framework focus of the topics. This course introduces market of the business cycle. Students will practice using and portfolio perspectives, starting with the publicly available economic data and conduct discounted cash flow methods to the concept of analyses of the state of the economy, forming an term structure in the valuation of risk-free cash educated guess about its future direction, and flows, including forward rates and valuing risky or applying that knowledge for decision-making in uncertain cash flows. The course prepares the context of their particular business activity. students to identify various investment products. Both real world and theoretical views are FIN 525 Econometrics (3) discussed. Prerequisites: None This course covers concepts of econometrics and FIN 521 International Financial Management (3) their practical applications for business and Prerequisites: None economics. From single and multivariable models This course provides students with the framework under classical assumptions, the course moves on for making corporate financial decisions in an to study models that exhibit the problems of international environment. Topic include: multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and measurement of currency exposure and of autocorrelation. In addition, specification errors, currency risk. In addition, topics about the and identification problems in single equations decision to undertake a global financing program, and in simultaneous equation systems are also exchange and capital market, capital budgeting studied. Students will learn how to use an analysis for foreign direct investment, and the econometric software package to run models to value of target firms for cross-border acquisitions simulate and solve practical problems in the field are discussed. The course will examine different of business and economics. aspects of the foreign exchange market, the role of governments, and the central banks. The main FIN 526 International Economics (3) focus is on the markets for spot exchange, Prerequisites: None currency forwards, options, swaps, international This course examines basic principles and theories bonds, and international equities. Multinational of international economics (the standard trade financial transactions create unique challenges model and the Heckscher-Ohlin theory); due to the market complexity, the exchange rate, international trade policies (tariff and non-tariff and the political risks. barriers); balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, and exchange rate determination; and FIN 522 Behavioral Finance (3) the relationship between exchange rates, current Prerequisites: None accounts, and the economy as a whole, including The theories of finance and investment have fiscal and monetary policies in an open-economy. focused on financial tools to characterize and quantify wealth creation and its associated risks. FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis (3) These tools have assisted investors to compute Prerequisites: None asset price and make investment decisions. In this This course discusses criteria and methods to course, we study the psychological influences of evaluate the net benefits of investments projects investor behaviors. Students examine the and, once selected for implementation, the best behavioral biases that people have when making way for a firm to fund and implement such purchasing, budgeting, or investing decisions. The projects, in a way that cash flow is optimized. The class will also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms course explores the following topics: financial of Ego/Empathy and greed/positive financial ratios and financial statements, measures of impact to understand how brain functions can investment risks, models of asset returns, impact financial behavior and relationships. valuation of derivative securities, valuation techniques using time value of money tools, analysis of how capital inflows affect emerging
78 market economies, evaluating and selecting draw on a combination of finance research investment in long-term assets, determination of journals, Internet articles, and other finance financial mix (capital structure) to fund long-term publications to supplement the understanding of investments, short-term financial planning, the discipline. The course utilizes several working capital management, short-term cash contemporary publications to build a rich flow planning and forecast, and microeconomic discussion on the topics of finance, as well as how and macroeconomic topics relevant to financial to develop financial objectives. Class time will management. provide the opportunity for collaborative discussions, exchanges of the impact of Finance FIN 604 Securities Analysis (3) on business concepts and globalization Prerequisites: FIN 515, or basic knowledge of opportunities, and the interactive use of finance finance applications, models, and analytical tools. Security Analysis is about understanding the characteristics of and influences on financial FIN 607 Mergers and Acquisitions (3) securities, as well as making investment decisions. Prerequisites: FIN 515, or basic knowledge of This course draws on the work of Berk & DeMarzo finance (2007), Copeland, Shastri, & Weston (2010), M&A are a powerful tool for building competitive Fabozzi, and Modigliani & Jones (2010) to explain, advantage. In a global marketplace it offers validate, and build on the early theoretical strategic advantages for business expansion securities pricing work of Bronzin (1907) and relative to corporate assets, products, technology Bachelier (1914). This foundation is augmented by & IP, as well as marketing distribution channels the investment theories of Working (1934), among other financial benefits. In this course were Kendall (1953), Osborne (1959, 1962), Markowitz develop skills for the obligatory financial analysis (1952), Fisher (1907, 1930), Keynes (1920) et al. in of M&As. Students examine a full range of asset pricing and valuation; as they have played business dynamics and strategy considerations important roles in the development of modern regarding M&As and reach beyond analysis to the theories in securities analysis. The class synthesis of M&A issues to develop a framework knowledge base is brought up to date with the for successful M&A planning, implementation, and debates regarding CAPM, APT, and other asset post M&A activities. pricing and analytical models. HCM (Health Care Management FIN 605 Financial Derivatives and Risk Management (3) HCM 509 – Scientfic Writing and Research for Prerequisites: FIN 515, or basic knowledge of Healthcare (3) finance Prerequisites: None Derivatives provide users an opportunity to Through this course, students will become aware mitigate risk, as well as increase financial returns. of medical language and standard medical terms They also have a dark side where they can be used in medical journals, grant applications and prone to misuse and abuse. Derivative theory and others. The course enables students to be on par risk management offers us a framework, together with other medical professionals through their with a set of analytical techniques, for written communication. Topics discussed in this characterizing risks and determining the valuation course are healthcare related documentation, of an asset, investment, and opportunity. The access to healthcare journals and databases for objective of this course is to become familiar with research purposes. the basic building blocks of derivatives: forward contracts, futfure contracts, options, and swaps. HCM 510 A Regulatory Overview & Compliance Students build on this foundation with the (3) creation of derivative strategies and risk Prerequisites: Any Biology background: Academic management techniques. Students develop asset or Professional including option pricing models from a variety of This course will offer a summary of the drug financial theorists. development procedure. The emphasis will be on drug development science, regulation, and FIN 606 Corporate Finance (3) business from the U.S. standpoint. Most the Prerequisites: FIN 515, or basic knowledge of lectures will be a concise educational outline of finance today’s subject, followed by dialogue of a main Corporate Finance brings together the academic scientific publication that highlights the significant rigor and practitioner perspectives on making theories covered. business and economic decisions. The course will
79 HCM 511 Concepts to Healthcare Management (3) be inhabitants of the planet. The basic objective of Prerequisites: None this course is to create a new environmental This course provides a dynamic introduction to awareness. the health sector. In addition it provides an overview of concepts and issues related to HCM 519 Healthcare Ethics (3) healthcare leadership. While the emphasis will be Prerequisites: None on the American system, a global context will be This course invites students to explore issues in developed. The basic elements of insurance and medical ethics from a personal and professional payment, service delivery, and life sciences career perspective. Materials will include case products will be described, and put in the context studies of actual situations encountered by of the unique economic structure of the sector. healthcare administrators and providers in the The intense challenges of the sector will be United States. Emphasis will be on learning useful explored, as well as both the ethical issues approaches and practical principles for decision- presented and the opportunities that emerge. making. This course provides an overview of legal Through the examination of management topics doctrine and critically assessing public policy and healthcare situations, the student will explore issues. Duties assigned as per healthcare law such the skills and knowledge needed to be successful as the duty to treat, informed consent, and in a diverse healthcare environment. Topics malpractice liability, and selected issues in include organizational design as it relates to the bioethics such as the right to die, physician- uniqueness of healthcare organizations, managing assisted suicide, and organ transplantation are professionals, and diversity in the workplace. dealt in detail. Importance of financing and Public policy and technological and practice delivery issues such as insurance coverage and development as drivers of change will be also care towards patient are studied. addressed. HCM 520 Healthcare Leadership, Patient Safety HCM 513 Innovating Biomedical Technology (3) and Quality Improvement (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None This course is recommended for students who are This course is designed to address patient safety entrepreneurially inclined and would like to and quality improvement challenges in providing develop products and services for biomedical quality healthcare. Drawing from actual case application. It is highly recommended for students studies the course explores areas where patient with EE or CE majors. They will learn the medical safety is liable to be compromised and find device/application market trends and regulations solutions for improvements. With a complex and for product development. The course is designed diverse background of patients and healthcare to provide students with entrepreneurial spirit to providers, communication and understanding get hands-on experience in developing culture issues is of paramount importance. The knowledge, kindling innovative thinking and course will explore the need for effective designing products in the bioscience/biomedical communication and tools to meet this need. The arena. Working in groups or teams, students will course will follow various case studies in patient’s learn to research market trends, gap analysis and safety as a way to understand and analyze the market needs to develop a concept or design a underlying problems, possible flaws in the product. They will also learn to research systems, designing and improving quality systems Intellectual Property and patent databases to to deliver the highest patient safety possible. Case further develop their concept and avoid IP studies from various countries will be part of the infringement pitfalls that are bound to arise. course so the student can understand the international implication of quality systems. HCM 515 Health Information Technology (3) Prerequisites: None HCM 525 Principles of Managed Care (3) In this course, students will experience a huge Prerequisites: None amalgamation of information drawn from This course invites you to learn about the geography, biology, sociology and economics. principles of managed healthcare systems in the This information requires acquiring skills in these United States. Topics covered include: health discipline and to have certain ethical and moral insurance, network contracting, provider payment, obligations to put this knowledge to use to derive management of utilization and quality, and laws something tangible for future generations. and regulations. Spot quizzes will identify learning Biological management goes beyond the formal transfer and possible gaps. Both interim midterms education in physics, chemistry or biology to and a comprehensive exam will ensure overall understand the very essence of what it means to paced learning. Special attention will be paid to the details of and latest news about the federal 80 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of capital structure and mergers and acquisitions of March 2010. health care organizations. Course’s contents will include cases about a range of health care HCM 529 Mental Health and Wellbeing (3) organizations (hospitals, managed care, health Prerequisites: None centers, physician, home health organizations, This course invites students to explore issues in etc.) mental health and wellbeing from a personal and professional career perspective. Topics will HCM 535 Data Analytics Applications in include materials on support organizations (both Healthcare (3) local and online), self-care activities, and current Prerequisites: None important issues. Emphasis will be on learning This course focuses on application of data science useful approaches. and analytics techniques to concepts and problems in healthcare. Data analytics in general HCM 531 Complementary and Alternative and in the context of healthcare in particular Medicine (3) involves many steps including data generation, Prerequisites: None data extraction, data analysis, visualization and Modern medicine is evidence-based, scientifically reporting. An overview of these data analytics rationalized, and follows a reductionist approach stages will be provided as they apply to while many of the alternative medicines are not. healthcare industry. A review of basic predictive However, there is an increasing body of scientific analytics concepts such as statistical learning work related to the systematic study of alternative using regression techniques, classifiers and medicine in disease states. Students will decision trees will be given. Application of these investigate the research findings to understand, techniques to healthcare issues such as patient rationalize, and develop a higher order of thinking monitoring, preventive diagnosis, personalization to how to benefit from the adoption of these of treatment for patients will be discussed. The practices and integrate them with modern students will learn and analyze the impact of data medicine. Healthcare cost and health analytics in planning, process efficiency, and management can be more effective with the resource management in healthcare industry. integration of the old with the new, forging new paths for management of disease and developing HCM 536 High Reliability Health Care new paradigms for a healthy life. Organizations (3) Prerequisites: None HCM 534 Financial Management for Healthcare This course focuses on the art and science of Organization (3) leading for highly reliable performance in the Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of Financial and modern healthcare industry. Students will learn Managerial Accounting or equivalent how individuals can engage in efforts within and In this course, students will learn the basics of across organizations to ensure high reliability by budgeting and accounting for health, and not-for- studying case studies related to decision-making profit organizations. Readings, real-world case and team organization in various healthcare studies, and lectures students will know how to settings at the face of diversity. The course pays use financial information in organizational special attention to the cognitive and effective development, application, control, recording, and dimensions of leading in today’s uncertain and analysis. dynamic healthcare environments, whether that means motivating a clinical care team, launching a In addition, the course emphases are on new medical product, ensuring quality and managerial accounting. Topics include time value payment coverage across a healthcare system, or of money, capital budgeting, cash budgets, coordinating patient access to health services. operating budgets, break-even analysis, indirect cost allocation, variance analysis, and long-term HCM 537 Commercializing Medical Devices, financing. Diagnostics and Biomedical Innovations (3) Prerequisites: None The course also emphases on financial accounting. This course provides an overview of design Topics include the preparation and analysis of control, methods and best practices governing the financial statements (balance sheet, income medical device industry, digital health application statement, and cash flow statement), government development and biomedical product as well as accounting, and ethics in financial management. regulations and the practical application in the Topics explain financial management of working scope of marketing and commercialization. capital and investment decision models, long term Students will learn through a cross-disciplinary
81 approach, how to launch, and market a new from real-life scenarios found in the healthcare device, a health app or a biomedical product management industry. The students will form a including lifecycle management and intellectual team that each will tackle different aspect of the property laws in the context of this industry. project. An example of a project could be a medical device product development project that HCM 538 Predictive Analytics and Decision requires a market survey, business plan Models in Healthcare (3) development, design specification document, cost Prerequisites: None and budgeting, manufacturing/implementation This course explains data-driven modeling plan. The goal of this course is to expose students methods and decision models to familiarize to real-life product cycle and provide hands-on students with the field of predictive analytics experience with an industrial project while application in the healthcare industry. Prior course emphasizing development of soft skills such as work in business analytics and data visualization teamwork in a classroom setting. will add to this course, which builds on assessing data within the healthcare industry context, HRM (Human Resource Management) understanding data trends and risk assessment. Through this course, students will learn how to HRM 528 Human Resource Management (3) build reliable predictive models for developing Prerequisites: None effective decision models for business strategy This course examines the principles of human and organizational competitive advantage in the resource management, including recruiting, hiring, healthcare industry. Case studies and problems orienting, training, developing, disciplining, and will be provided in related areas such as launch of rewarding employees. The course provides a a new medical device, payment coverage and management-oriented exploration of human better service to healthcare products. resource management, structure, functional applications, and labor management relations. HCM 539 Health Care Marketing (3) This course is a humanistic and legal analysis of Prerequisite: None organizations, focusing on the role of human Health care marketing is the promotion of an resource management. There will be an organization’s products or services to increase its examination of managers and leaders within value as well as the management process through organizations and their responsibility to maximize which goods and services move from concept to performance and make decisions based on ethical the customer. In today’s environment, there are criteria. The class will also discuss Dual Motive variety of challenges for many health care Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and organizations due to complexity of the new ethical/unethical behavior to understand how technologies, competition, regulatory issues and brain functions can impact human behavior and approval process. This course will prepare you relationships. to think strategically about the fundamentals of marketing as they are applied across a broad HRM 529 Employee Training and Development (3) spectrum of health care organizations and the role Prerequisites: None marketing plays in the strategic management of This course reviews training, employee and health care organizations. After successful organizational development techniques that the completion of this course, you will be able to organizations use to build group and individual identify and address marketing opportunities with skills. Topics include linking identified needs to a strong foundation of marketing principals to business objectives, developing an develop a marketing plan for any health care implementation plan, implementing the plan using organization. a variety of modalities, and assessing results. The students will use a hands-on approach to evaluate HCM 690 Healthcare Innovation Management organizational needs for employee development. Project (3) The overarching objective of this course teaches Prerequisites: MGT 503; Completion of 27 credit students to assess, develop, facilitate, and hours in the program evaluate a training program. We will also discuss This course focuses on using the knowledge Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and obtained throughout the healthcare management self/other behavior to understand how brain core and elective courses in implementing a functions can impact human behavior and comprehensive project. The nature of the project relationships. will be interdisciplinary and students with different background and skills are encouraged to participate in the project. The project is inspired 82 HRM 530 Employment Law for Business (3) Resources and Information Technology using SAP. Prerequisites: None Students will earn some knowledge and credits This course emphasizes federal employment towards relevant SAP HCM, and SHRM-CP, or statutes. Cases are used to illustrate the various SHRM-SCP certifications (depending on their work federal courts’ interpretation. Federal agencies in the HR fields). such as Equal Employment Commission and Department of Labor are studied. Topics on the Certification/award eligibility: employment law provide a comprehensive analysis of federal and state laws, which affect the This course can be used towards the following human resource function, including equal certificate/certification and award schemes: employment opportunity, wage and overtime payment, and employment agreements. The 1. ITU/SAP University Alliance Joint Recognition course focuses on applying employment laws to Award develop programs that enable organizations to 2. SAP HCM (SAP Human Capital Management) act positively in meeting both company and work certification (based on completion of exam force needs, trying to resolve workplace disputes, directly with SAP) prevent litigation, and implement personnel 3. SHRM-CP (Society for Human Research policies and practices in conformity with Management-Certified Professional), or SHRM- applicable law. SCP (based on membership with the SHRM and fulfillment of eligibility criteria) HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using SAP HCM (3) HRM 533 Strategic Compensation: Issues and ITU/SAP University Alliance Opportunities (3) Prerequisite: None Prerequisites: None As companies pursue competitive advantages, This class addresses the need for strategically and seek higher productivity, innovation and focused compensation systems aligned to the profitability, it is imperative that they attract, business objectives and examines the related retain and incentivize their biggest assets: people. factors that impact employee motivation and This course revolves around appropriately productivity in a variety of settings and industry managing “human capital” to attain organizational sectors. The course will examine and analyze the competitive advantage. Emerging issues various components of compensation systems in surrounding human capital management such as contemporary organizations in understanding recruiting, retaining, motivating, and incentivizing how and why they add and sustain shareholder employees will be discussed. In addition, the and/or stakeholder value. challenges of building competitive advantage through effective human capital management will HRM 535 Human Resources and Information also be addressed from a strategic perspective. A Technology using SAP HCM (3) multi-faceted approach is adopted, reflecting the ITU/SAP University Alliance complexity of the environment and issues faced. Prerequisite: HRM 532, or equivalent Rather than prepare students to enter a career in This course takes a detailed view of the strategic HR, this course is aimed at intending managers role of information technology and its immense and leaders who must factor in human capital as impact on the management of human resources an invaluable source of competitive advantage. or human capital in organizations. Key HR Other topics may include: Talent and workforce business processes including Talent Management, planning in a dynamic environment; building a Workforce Process Management, and Information positive human capital reputation for the Reporting and Analytics will be explored in organization; systems thinking; organizational conjunction with their information technology change and organizational learning; dynamics of links and Enterprise Resource Planning links. organizational culture, assessing human capital Other topics include web-based human resources investments; linking corporate strategy and and other technological applications used in human capital management, and leveraging on various functional areas of human resources. emerging technologies. Students will gain significant exposure to configuring SAP’s Human Capital Management Lastly, hands on case studies and resources will (HCM) suite and SuccessFactors. take students through the key topics. Students will also be introduced to the use of the SAP Hands on case studies and resources will take Human Capital Management (HCM) module. This students through key concepts. In addition, key course is a foundation course for HRM 535: Human elements of configuration in the SAP HCM module
83 will also be introduced. A critical component of also focus the understanding of the need for this course will be to discuss the new awareness of a change in organizations’ internal developments in Web 2.0 technologies and their and external environments. implications for the HRM function. On completion of this course, students will be well INB 558 Global Marketing and Strategy (3) poised for relevant SAP HCM, and the SHRM-CP Prerequisites: None or the SHRM-SCP certification (depending on their This course is an introductory survey of global work in the HR fields). marketing. Students will learn the mechanism of the decision-making process, and challenges of Certification/award eligibility: going global. The culture, legal, political, geographic, technological, and economic This course can be used towards the following influences will be examined in the development of certificate/certification and award schemes: a comprehensive global marketing strategy. The student will gain a perspective of the trade 1. ITU/SAP University Alliance Joint Recognition operations mechanism and develop skills that will Award enhance their participation in a global economy. 2. SAP HCM certification (based on completion of exam directly with SAP) INT (Internship) 3. SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP (based on membership with the SHRM and fulfillment of eligibility criteria) INT 593 PART-TIME/FULL-TIME INTERNSHIP (1, 3) INB (International Business) Prerequisites: CFL 591, can be taken concurrently This course consists of participation in a full-time INB 553 Fundamentals of International Business or part-time internship experience, related to the (3) student’s field of study under the supervision of Prerequisites: None both an approved internship provider and a This course provides an introduction to faculty advisor. This course provides practical, globalization and the cultural, economic, political, hands-on training in a relevant industry to and legal environments of international business. enhance classroom learning. A maximum of 10 The course helps students understand credit hours earned in INT 593 may be applied international trade, the role of the government in toward the Master’s Degree graduation trade, and have an understanding of the requirements. international financial system. It will familiarize students with concepts of international strategy, MBN (Master of Business Administration, marketing products in the international arena, and capstone Thesis) international staffing policy.
MBN 697 MBA Thesis (3) INB 554 International Financial Markets (3) Prerequisites: MGT 503; Completion of 27 credit Prerequisites: None hours in the program This course analyzes the international financial Students should select a topic and work with an markets. Topics include foreign currency, advisor to complete their thesis paper. The thesis international money markets, banking, and capital concludes the program and should be taken after markets. The course helps students understand all other courses. The students will prepare an the basics of international finance, the foreign independent thesis and defend it before a exchange market, exchange rate determination, committee composed of a number of faculty and currency derivatives. The foundation of designated by the chair of the MBA program. understanding foreign exchange management, the world financial markets and institutions will be MGT (Management) covered. MGT 503 ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP INB 556 Global Strategic Management (3) THEORIES (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None This course examines the fact of globalization, and The course will provide an in-depth examination how managers in multinational firms struggle with of organizational leadership. This course will a complex and rapidly changing international explain the principles, strategies and elements of economic environment. The course introduces the effective organizational leadership. Leadership business skills of understanding and managing theories are examined in the context of strategic issues in international environment. It will contemporary, global and matrix organizational 84 environments. Students will get the essential MGT 566 Production and Operations Management knowledge and skills to be efficient in these varied (3) organizational contexts. Students will build an Prerequisites: None understanding of the work of organizations and This course will help students to understand the leaders’ roles at all levels to enhance theories, problems and methods applicable to the organizational performance. In addition, the operations of various business organizations. The course will discuss human behavior in focus is on decision making in operational areas organizations, the role of leaders as they move such as: facility conditions and use, control and from strategic to tactical implementation, and manage resource inputs and outputs, types of leading organizational change. transformation procedures, and performance evaluations. This course is relevant to people MGT 560 Principles of Management (3) interested in designing and managing production Prerequisites: None and business processes, and those who manage This course features traditional management interfaces between operations and the other principles such as planning, managing, leading and business functions. The body of knowledge controlling. Two textbooks will be utilized during encompassed in this course will provide the basis the semester: one for theory & practical tactics of for linking corporate strategy to its production management, and another for self and other- and operations management. awareness of people principles of management. Students will read and discuss the two texts and MGT 567 Quality Control Management (3) engage in classroom activities and business Prerequisites: None writing. There will be individual and group written This course focuses on the understanding of essay, and oral presentation assignments. The effective quality management. It provides the class will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, basic quality concepts and the benefits of a understanding how brain functions of ego and quality approach for an organization. It addresses empathy can impact behavior and relationships. teamwork by explaining the various team types, the roles and responsibilities of their members and MGT 561 Coaching – Changing Lives, Changing the team-building dynamics. The basic quality and Organizations (3) quality management tools are described in the Prerequisites: None context of problem solving and data analysis for This course is designed to survey the field of continuous quality improvement. The course coaching from a theoretical, ethical and practical discusses various statistical concepts and tools, point of view. Students will explore various and how they are applied for process monitoring, coaching methodologies and disciplines. The control, and improvement. It also analyzes the key benefits of coaching and how to select a coach for elements of customer and supplier relationship individuals and organizations will be explored. and their impact on quality for the organization. Coaching skills will be taught and practiced, as The course follows the Body of Knowledge (BOK) well as experienced. for the Quality Process Analyst certification of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and prepares MGT 564 Principles of Public Relations (3) for the certification examination. Prerequisites: None This course invites students to learn the language MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management (3) of the field of public relations. Also, students will Prerequisites: None learn to distinguish between the field of public This course provides an overview of Strategic relations and its related fields: marketing, Operations Management with emphasis on the advertising, public affairs, publicity, and four core themes of operations strategy, a vital propaganda. Students will compile actual research topic for any company’s objectives: strategy, data about a hypothetical public relations innovation, services, and supply. We will cover the campaign. Students will apply basic public intrinsic and extrinsic factors within an relations principles to case studies. For the final organization’s operations, including the input of: exam, students will deliver effective public Capital, Technology, Energy, and Know-how; and relations presentations. Students must come to the output of the final product/service for the class with their computers. Students should customer. It will also cover the big picture of submit their resumes to the ITU EMS (ems.itu.edu) Strategic Operations including; supply before the first class. management, innovation, sustainability, and human resources. Additionally, this course will cover managing strategic operations within organizations including; managing the
85 transformation process, managing quality, MGT 575 Project Management (3) managing inventory, capacity and scheduling Prerequisites: None management, and managing service operations. This course provides an overview of project management history, culture, methodologies, MGT 571 Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision leadership and strategic planning. The course Making (3) introduces important tools, such as work Prerequisites: None breakdown structure, scheduling, earned value This course provides students opportunities for analysis, and risk management. Case studies from analysis, synthesis, prescription, and application of a variety of organizational settings are discussed. critical thinking and decision making within the The course discusses the 5 processes that must be organization. Emphasis is placed on preparing done for project success: Define, Organize, managers who can deal clearly, rationally, and Execute, Control and Close. The strategic creatively with a diverse workforce and dynamic implications of projects will be considered with workplace. This course equips students with respect to the organizational vision. This course concrete skills in critical thinking and decision follows the Project Management Body of making that will allow them to identify and solve Knowledge (PMBOK) of the Project Management organizational problems, as well as provide Institute (PMI) and prepares for the examinations strategic direction. This course will also discuss for the Certified Associate in Project Management Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and (CAPM) or the Project Management Professional ethical/unethical behavior to understand how (PMP) certifications. The course focuses on the brain functions can impact human behavior and concepts and tools of the different project relationships. management elements. It first sets the project management framework and describes the MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship (3) different steps in the project management Prerequisites: None process. Next, all the key management aspects of This course is offered for those planning to a project are addressed: integration, scope, time, undertake an entrepreneurial career in starting cost, quality, human resources, communications, and building an international company in the high- risk, procurement and stakeholder. technology area. A special effort is made to take advantage of ITU’s proximity to the MGT 576 Organizational Theory (3) entrepreneurial community in Silicon Valley with Prerequisites: None its fundamental international business thrust. An Organizational Behavior is the study of individual integrative business plan for a new company in behavior and group dynamics in organizational the technology arena is an integral part of the settings. It focuses on timeless topics such as course. Topics covered include: addressing new motivation, leadership and teamwork and more business opportunities, global trends, high contemporary topics such as organizational technology, business model design, start ups, citizenship behavior and transformational venture capital process and tools. This course will leadership. cover the basics of building a business plan to Few, if any of the dramatic challenges facing meet emerging needs. Concepts and techniques today's organizations can be handled effectively of social entrepreneurship will provide the without a good understanding of human behavior foundation for learning and communicating. as it is presented in organizational settings. One simplistic way of looking at this course is to view MGT 573 International Management (3) the organization from an internal level with the Prerequisites: None observation and interpretation of its members' This course studies the role of managers in global behavior at an individual and group level, and then markets. Topics include the external economic to look at organizations on an external level, as it and political environment, international strategic interacts with the outer environment. planning, partnerships, global human resource The objectives of this course rest on the management, managing technology, product and assumption that learning involves not only service design, ethics and leadership. The course acquiring knowledge, but also developing skills. utilizes innovative techniques and case study Thus, the class lectures, discussions, exercises, analysis from a variety of national, and articles and cases present the opportunity for the multinational firms. student to acquire the concepts, ideas and theories that are important to any study of organizational behavior and to apply this knowledge to practical issues that enhance the explanation of human behavior at work.
86 We will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, MGT 580 Business Law (3) understanding how brain functions of ego and Prerequisites: None empathy can impact behavior and relationships. Business law reviews issues with the legal problems confronting businesses such as court MGT 577 Project Risk Management (3) procedures, contracts and property law. Other Prerequisites: None topics include court systems, litigation, and After a brief overview of the project management alternative dispute resolution; constitutional and framework and processes, this course explains administrative law; tort law and, product liability; how risk management is integrated into the contract law and, agency law; business different knowledge areas of a project. The course organizations; and government regulation of then addresses the six elements of risk businesses including antitrust law, employment management: risk management planning, risk law, and securities regulation. identification, qualitative risk analysis, quantitative risk analysis, risk response planning, and risk MGT 581 Managing Emotions, Managing Self and monitoring and control. In this context, the course Others (3) explores the project management techniques and Prerequisites: None approaches to identify, and analyze the full range This course will describe the aspects of Emotional of project risks for successful project risk Intelligence and managing yourself and others, management outcomes. The various concepts and starting with self-awareness, empathy, and tools are illustrated by examples and case studies. regulating emotions for self and others to sustain This course will also emphasize the healthy and authentic relationships. Other aspects communication requirements that successful include positive and negative emotional project managers use to manage risk and contagion, EI’s effect on morale, leading and uncertainty. professionalism. It will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, understanding how brain MGT 578 Business Communications (3) functioning of ego and empathy can impact Prerequisites: None behavior and relationships. Finally, the class will Communication is an essential component in study evaluations of cognitive, emotional and every career and life task. This class is intended to social competencies and scholarly research provide background and guidelines on what is showing how humans flourish. good communication in a business setting. Activities will be punctuated by theories, attitudes MGT 582 Team and Group Dynamics (3) and behaviors of researchers, educators, or Prerequisites: None business leaders regarding essential Team and Group Dynamics are an essential communications and leadership practices. There component in every career and life task. In this will be frequent opportunities to interact, write on course, students will learn and apply the skills concepts, and present original contributions required for effective teamwork that applies in through the class community environment. It will many industries. Our activities will be punctuated include a review of Dual Motive Theory, by theories, attitudes and behaviors of understanding how brain functions of ego and researchers, educators or business leaders empathy can impact behavior and relationships. regarding essential teams and group dynamics. There will be frequent opportunities to interact, MGT 579 Business Ethics (3) write on concepts, and present original Prerequisites: None contributions through the class community This course introduces ethical decision-making in environment. business environment. It examines the individual, We will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, organizational, and macro level issues. The course understanding how brain functions of ego and does not attempt to determine correct ethical empathy can impact behavior and relationships. action. In the complex business environment in which managers confront ethical decision-making MGT 583 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation there is no absolute right or wrong answer in most (3) cases. Since there is no general agreement on the Prerequisites: none correct ethical business norms, critical thinking This course focuses on methods and know-how of and relevant decision making are examined. It will effectively managing innovation and also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms of entrepreneurship. Throughout the semester the Ego/Empathy and ethical/unethical behavior to theory and practice of managing innovation in understand how brain functions can impact small and large companies will be discussed. human behavior and relationships. Topics such as strategies, business models, risks,
87 fund raising techniques are explained. The course thus providing a smoother path to understanding emphasizes learning and practical issues through and the ability to choose the correct techniques readings, case analyses, written assignments and to apply for a given problem. in-class discussion. The case studies will include companies from around the world that have been MGT 611 Lean Six Sigma (3) successful in innovating repeatedly and those who Prerequisites: Calculus, Algebra II, or equivalent were not able to re-invent and hence failed. The Six Sigma is a proven methodology for solving assignment will combine both strategy and problems in many areas of business, science, and implementation of innovation and industry. It is essentially a structured approach to entrepreneurship so students can critically the scientific method of problem solving based on evaluate approaches to managing innovation and the DMAIC acronym (Define, Measure, Analyze, entrepreneurship and provide practical help in this Improve, and Control). The methodology helps in context. design, development, monitoring, and evaluation of processes, products, or services. The Six Sigma MGT 584 Supply Chain Management (3) methodology incorporates business process, Prerequisites: None statistical, quality, and project management The business world today is becoming principles and practices with a goal of creating a increasingly global and complex. The overall systematic and data-driven decision making success of an organization relies more and more environment. Many successful companies utilize on the efficiency and effectiveness of its supply the principles of Six Sigma to meet growing chain. Having a superior product means nothing customer expectations and to deliver better unless it is delivered to customers on time and in products and services in today’s competitive perfect condition. With the strategic combination marketplace. This course covers an overview of of people, tools, processes and technologies, the Six Sigma principles, process, and effective supply chain management can boost implementation, and provides required customer service, improve bottom line and enable information for taking Six Sigma Green Belt or an organization to successfully compete in the Black Belt certification examination. global marketplace. Formerly known as, MKT 584 “Supply Chain MGT 612 Advanced Project Management (3) Management” August 2015 - July 2016. Prerequisites: MGT 575, or equivalent This course offers a study of the human and the MGT 593 Intrapreneurship – Innovation from operational sides of project management. The Within (3) human side includes discussion on negotiating Prerequisites: None and conflict management, leveraging diversity, This course speaks directly to the needs of an and selling project management. The operational organization seeking to create an innovative side includes scope control techniques, risk business opportunity within the existing structure management, and organizing for success. The of the organization. The methods from this class students will learn how to effectively engage the are widely used by the most successful innovators project team, deal with the inevitable conflicts, in start-ups as well as established companies. This and use intellectual and cultural diversity to class will present the differences between encourage creative problem solving. entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. Innovation and creativity are key components of MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture intrapreneurship. Capitalists (3) – Capstone Project Prerequisites: MGT 503; Completion of 27 credit MGT 608 Business Statistics (3) hours in the program Prerequisites: Calculus, Algebra II, or equivalent In today’s extremely competitive world of raising With many unfamiliar concepts and complex money for startup companies, it is absolutely formulas, business statistics can be confusing and critical to have an effective and well-conceived demotivating experience for students that do not pitch deck that compliments the project’s vision have a strong mathematics background. They can and strategy. Only 1 of every 200 business plans have trouble recognizing the importance of submitted to venture capitalists (VCs) gets studying statistics and making connections funded, so it is vital to present a well thought-out between business problems and the statistical presentation that includes all of the elements that tool that can be used to solve them. This seventh VCs (or any type of potential investor) will be edition of Business Statistics: For Contemporary looking for in deciding whether to invest in your Decision Making has been designed to provide company or not. Whether the student is students with better explanations and examples interested in starting their own company
88 someday, wants to work for a startup, or just MIS 538 Business Database Applications (3) wants to learn more about venture capital, Silicon Prerequisites: None Valley and startups in general, this will be a great This course provides a basic overview of the opportunity to discover how startup companies concepts, principles, skills and techniques of have successfully raised money. business database systems and of database application system development. The course All new students are required to take Outbound provides an approach to the design and use of exam with Peregrine Academic Services. The databases for business applications. The study Outbound exam is required to be taken in the focuses on query languages and application capstone course, either MBN 697 Master Thesis or generation. Use of database software applications MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture are a necessity in current business environments. Capitalists. Taking the Outbound exam will have a fee which is currently $34. The Outbound exam is MIS 539 Business Telecommunications (3) REQUIRED not OPTIONAL. Information on how to Prerequisites: None take the exams will be included in the course This course offers an overview of communications syllabus. Any new student who does not take the technology used in many business applications - Outbound exam, will not be eligible for local area network, wide area network, broadband graduation. Current students are encouraged to network, wireless, and voice network. The course take the exam. helps the students understand the role of internet protocols. In addition, it provides training to MIS (Management Information System) analyze network requirements, design, and implement local area networks. MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: MIS 540 Information Resource Management (3) Creating Value (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None This course explains the concept of viewing The course explains the design, management, and information systems resources from a strategic development of technology and operating resource standpoint. The course will provide systems. It explores diverse quantitative problems pragmatic tools for implementing the IRM within that occur often in the business environments. It the organization. Topics will include Information discusses how such problems can be properly System outsourcing, total cost of ownership, solved with a join business insight and technology Information System planning and strategic tools. Topics such as capacity management, analysis, management of IT human resources, service operations, organized decision making, traditional project management theory, and limited optimization and simulation are included. project management techniques. It will include a This course teaches the model of complex review of Dual Motive Theory, understanding how business situations and the tools to enhance brain functions of ego and empathy can impact business performance. This course offers an behavior and relationships. outline of the field of operations technology. A MIS 541 Managing Global Information Systems managerial perception is assumed and highlight is Projects (3) placed on the understanding of how technologies Prerequisites: None for manufacturing, distribution, and service This course helps the students learn how to plan developments are used for competitive and manage global information systems projects advantage. by focusing on initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing projects. Topics such as MIS 537 Management Information Systems (3) integration, scope, timing, cost, quality, human Prerequisites: None resource, technology, communications, risk, and This course explains the concept of managing procurement are discussed. The students will learn information systems as a part of a broader socio- how to monitor project plans and communicate technical system and their impacts on people and reports to clients. The course will have a team processes in the business environment. Critical project that will require students to conduct thinking is an important and essential part for the literature review or survey of current practices in understanding of important issues associated with the industry. the management aspects of information systems. The course focuses on how the organization has MIS 542 Information Systems Innovation (3) used and can use its information resources to best Prerequisites: None serve its needs. This course provides the tools and the skills to leverage emerging information technologies in order to create new business opportunities for 89 both new entrepreneurial ventures and traditional MIS 546 Data Science for Business (3) firms. The course helps the students to Prerequisites: None understand, evaluate, and apply difficult topics Data Science for Business introduces the such as new innovative and entrepreneurial fundamental principles of data science, and walks information technologies. the student through the “data-analytic thinking” necessary for extracting useful knowledge and MIS 543 Human-Computer Interaction (3) business value from the data they collect. The Prerequisites: None course provides examples of real-world business This course focuses on key factors in Human- problems so the student will not only learn how to Computer interaction. Topics include design improve communication between business elements, test procedures, experimental tools, and stakeholders and data scientists, but also learn human-computer environments contributing to how to intelligently participate in and manage the development of successful user interfaces are their company’s data science projects. This course discussed. Additionally, research topics will be will help the student discover how to think data- explored in the areas of design principles, analytically and fully appreciate how data science methodologies, implementation, and evaluation of methods can support business decision-making. user interfaces. MIS 547 Software Development Process MIS 544 Business Decision Support Systems (3) Management (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Focus of this course is to study decision making This course helps the students to understand the process in business environment. Managerial role software development process at both the project in decision making and steps involved in the and organization levels. In addition, it provides the process will be discussed. Theoretical modeling of students with the tools to analyze software cost decision making and practical applications will be and schedule transaction issues, and teaches them explored using Microsoft Excel and/or other how to apply the principles and techniques to software packages. Part of the course, decision practical situations. Topics include statistical support models such as break-even analysis, goal decision theory, and software risk management. seeking, linear programming, decision tree analysis, statistical modeling, etc. will be used in MIS 548 Knowledge Management (3) defining decision support systems to address Prerequisites: None various business scenarios. Knowledge management (KM) is considered a competitive resource in organizations that MIS 545 Data Mining and Business Intelligence promotes innovation, improves efficiency and Using SAP (3) effectiveness, and provides a sustainable ITU/SAP University Alliance competitive advantage in today’s global Prerequisites: None environment. This course acquaints the student This course teaches the students business with organizational and managerial issues and potential of big data and analytics, data examines Knowledge Management process and warehousing, how to develop and retain data systems for supporting KM. Principles of warehouses, and how to use this data for business developing systems for KM are explored. System benefit and as a source for business intelligence. architectures, tools and techniques, and their use Business intelligence is the use of logical software in capturing, storing, locating, evaluating, devices to study big data about an organization disseminating, and using information and and its competitors in business planning and knowledge will be discussed. Application of these decision-making. In developing data warehouses, principles and techniques through the use of the course will address the inter-relationships information/communication technologies is among operation, decision support structures, studied in the context of their impact on plan and the removal and cleaning process used organization. to create a high quality data warehouse. Data mining theories and the use of data mining MKT (Marketing) devices and techniques for decision-making and for creating business intelligence are discussed. MKT 551 COMPETITIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES This course uses SAP case studies and products (3) to address Business Intelligence issues in real life Prerequisites: None in the pursuit of competitive advantages. This course presents ways of finding new marketing opportunities, and enhancing marketing performance. Competitive marketing
90 strategy describes how firms identify responsible for determining the scope and opportunities to create customer value and direction of research conducted. In the course, we communicate this value efficiently. The key issue will cover the types of research design, techniques is to understand the drivers of greater customer of data collection and data analysis. Emphasis will and creating competitive advantage in the be on the interpretation and use of results rather marketplace. The course explains the efficiency of than on the mathematical derivations. The course strategic marketing decisions. The course offers focuses on helping managers recognize the role of strategy development by discussing important systematic information gathering and analysis in analysis of various cases from consumer, supplier, making marketing decisions, and develop an and technological markets; production and service appreciation for the potential contributions and businesses for-profit and non-profit sectors. limitations of marketing research data. This course Students will learn how to build a marketing plan. examines the role of marketing research within the overall marketing program and within the MKT 582 Marketing Management (3) company or organization seeking research Prerequisites: None information. It describes the research process and This course presents an approach to understand identifies the most common and potent research and manage the marketing function. The students methods and techniques while providing an will learn how to develop a written marketing plan opportunity to learn by applying them to a class to determine and integrate elements of a field project. marketing strategy. Topics include market segmentation, positioning and research; product MKT 587 Comparative Studies of MNC, FDI, and decisions; pricing; channels of distribution; International Trade (3) advertising; promotion; new product Prerequisites: None development; and marketing budgets. The course Students will study International business and will introduce the role of marketing in the U.S. management environments by covering topics economy and the interaction of marketing with such as the international monetary system, specific business functions and with society. import-export, growing competition and trading relationships in a global community. Case studies MKT 583 Entrepreneurial Marketing (3) are presented relating to ethical issues that arise Prerequisites: None in international business to develop fundamental This course provides entrepreneurs with an knowledge of international research and understanding of marketing for new and small development, marketing, distribution, finance, and enterprises. It addresses marketing strategies. The accounting. Students will apply marketing concepts, such as creating and nurturing relationships with new MKT 588 Consumer Behavior (3) customers, suppliers, distributors, employees and Prerequisites: None investors. This course brings together theory and This course focuses on how to assess customer practice to develop a comprehensive behavior and interprets this knowledge into entrepreneurial business marketing plan. marketing strategies. Topics include customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction, and the role of MKT 585 International Marketing (3) quality, TQM, and cycle time. In addition, the Prerequisites: None course introduces concepts such as, motivation, The course presents to the students the major perception, knowledge, attitude, and culture on factors of the international marketing decisions. customer decision-making. The course is designed The student will learn about the forces that for students interested in consumer, service, high- influence the global marketing environment. The tech, or not-for-profit marketing. This course course introduces students to principles, policies, evaluates consumer or customer behavior in the procedures, ethics, and techniques used in marketplace. This course will help future and efficient and effective international market. current consumer oriented professionals, service International product, price, promotion, and oriented performers in the high technology or distribution issues are discussed. non-profit sectors. The course will also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and MKT 586 Marketing Research (3) ethical/unethical behavior to understand how Prerequisites: None brain functions can impact human behavior and The broad objective of the course is to provide a relationships. fundamental understanding of marketing research methods employed by well-managed firms. The MKT 589 e-Commerce (3) course is aimed at the manager who is the Prerequisites: None ultimate user of the research and thus is This course provides introduction to e-Commerce 91 and related subjects. The course will cover e- redesigned the way organizations interact with Commerce infrastructure and its related their customers, clients, and markets. In pursuing technologies. Various business models used in e- ever declining competitive advantages, the commerce will be discussed in the lecture. The pressures for organizations to reach, convert and student will have knowledge of e-commerce when retain customers are enormous. This course seeks s/he finishes this course. to empower current and intending marketing professionals with the tools of the digital future to MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media (3) reach target markets using the various modalities Prerequisites: None available to them, including but not restricted to In this course, students will gain the knowledge social media platforms. and skills to effectively use social media to market their business. The Social Media Marketing course Students will use the SAP CRM and/or the SAP will teach students the basics of content creation Hybris Suite to work through Digital Marketing and management for social media including blogs, case studies in the professional environment. podcasts, and posts. Students will be introduced Other key topics of interest such as Search Engine to the most popular platforms such as Facebook, Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Online Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Advertising, Web Analytics, and Marketing Data Students will learn which platforms are the best Visualization will also be covered. fits for their company and metrics for measuring This course is designed to be case study based, social media marketing success. This course will practical, and rooted in real world projects and also address the legalities of social media, search- application. On completion of this course, engine optimization, and crowd sourcing. students will be well poised for relevant SAP CRM, SAP Hybris, American Marketing Association MKT 591 Advertising Strategy (3) (AMA) Digital Marketing and the HootSuite Prerequisites: None Academy certifications (depending on their work This course will teach the students the new world in the SAP and Marketing fields). of Marketing Communication, and the importance of advertising and e-advertising. Topics include Certification/award eligibility: analyzing advertising campaigns, advertisements This course can be used towards the following in a structured way, brand equity through certificate/certification and award schemes: advertising strategy, advertising effectiveness and 4. ITU/SAP University Alliance Joint Recognition creativity, and end-to-end advertising strategy Award campaign. 5. SAP CRM and/or SAP Hybris certification (based on completion of exam directly with SAP) MKT 592 Supplier/Seller Management (3) 6. American Marketing Association (AMA) Digital Prerequisites: None Marketing Certification (based on completion of This course will explain all aspects of outsourcing, exams with AMA) including planning, finding the right vendor, and 7. HootSuite Academy (based on membership with negotiating effectively. Topics include relationship the Academy and fulfillment of eligibility criteria) building, creating a culture of cooperation, and skills in dealing with vendors. The course will MKT 613 Advanced Marketing (3) teach the buying and selling processes that Prerequisites: MKT 582, or equivalent corporations use in business-to-business The course will explain the importance of transactions. The focus of the course is on the marketing, which include market research, concept of selling, improving value, and meeting competitor analysis and the consumer analysis. the needs of clients through effective questioning, The student will explore the marketing process, analysis, sales planning and presentations. The and concept. In addition, the course will provide a students will learn the major phases of the sales study of the relationship between the marketing process, the sales objectives for each phase, the mix, and the changing business environment. client needs, and the solutions’ presentation. It will also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and self/other behavior to understand how brain functions can impact human behavior and relationships.
MKT 593 Marketing with Digital Perspectives using SAP CRM (3) ITU/SAP University Alliance Prerequisite: None Digitization, social media, and the web have 92 Faculty
• Amal Mougharbel, PhD, Université de Corse Pascal Paoli, Business Management, Department Chair
CORE FACULTY
• Ramesh Konda, PhD, Nova Southeastern University, Computer Information, Core Faculty and Assistant Chair • Aguilera, Frank, DBA, Golden Gate University, Public Policy • Bhat, Nutan, MBA, International Technological University, ERP/SAP • Ghofraniha, Jahan, PhD, University of British Columbia, Electrical Engineering • Wiggin, Patty, MBA, DBA, International Technological University
ADJUNCT FACULTY
• Allen, Karen Haley, MBA, University of San Francisco, Human Resources and Organization Development • Amistad, Felino Anthony, JD, California Southern University, Law • Arnoldussen, Barbara, DBA, International Technological University, RN, PHN, San Jose State University, Nursing, Project/Program Management • Flores, Jimmie, PhD, PMP, RMP, CAPM, SSBB, SPHR, GPHR, Security+, ITIL, University of Phoenix, Information Systems and Technology, PhD, Fielding Graduate University, Human and Organizational Development • Gopal, Venkatesh, PhD, Anna University, BioTechnology • Guim, George, EdD, University of San Francisco, Economics and Organization & Leadership • Halawi, Leila, DBA, Nova Southeastern University, Information Technology Management • Hyatt, Stephen, PhD, University of Windsor, Windsor, Engineering and Quality • Mengina, Prasad V., MS, Engineering, University Of New Orleans, SAP • Rahimian, Esmail, PhD, California Coast University, Management • Tehrani, Nik, PhD, Northcentral University, E-Commerce • Walsh, Mark, MBA International Business, MS Financial Planning, CFP, CPA, PMP
93 many courses in common with computer science. DEPARTMENT OF However, when it comes to techniques concerned COMPUTER SCIENCE with the reliability of software and with developing and maintaining software that is correct from the start of its development, the Mission engineering knowledge and experience provided The Department of Computer Science strives to in SE programs go beyond what general CS prepare its graduates for successful careers as programs provide. It is considered a necessity by computer scientists or software engineers in all many professionals and educators in the SE field fields of society that experience computerization that students of SE should participate in the in any form and in the software industry. development of software to be used in earnest by
Institutional Learning Outcomes others. 1. Problem Solving: Construct, interpret, analyze, and evaluate information and ideas ITU’s curriculum for a Master of Science In derived from a multitude of sources in order Software Engineering (MSSE) is concerned with to reach reasoned solutions or alternative the technical and management issues of SE, but strategies to solve problems. primary emphasis is placed on the technical 2. Critical Thinking: Analyze facts and aspects of building and modifying high quality information from multiple sources in order to software systems. It thus allows the students to assess the relevance and synthesize that prepare for careers in businesses that build and information in order to formulate meaningful sell computers and/or software, in Internet based arguments and conclusions. companies, electronic business organizations, 3. Communication: Interact clearly and diverse research and development laboratories, effectively in written and oral forms with aerospace companies, banks, and insurance personal and professional constituencies. companies. The development of this graduate 4. Team Work: Operate collaboratively and curriculum has taken the recommendations of the respectfully as members and leaders of Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula of the diverse teams and organizations. IEEE Computer Society and the Association for 5. Technical Literacy: Work responsibly, Computing Machinery of August 2004 into appropriately and effectively, using consideration. technology tools to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information and innovation. Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) 6. Research: Identify and implement systematic Upon completion of this program, graduates will: methodologies for discovering, understanding, analyzing and interpreting PLO #1: Be able to identify and apply current and materials, information and behaviors. emerging software engineering technologies required 7. Responsibility: Practice sound, ethical, and for the creation of reliable, predictable, well-engineered social responsibility in professional and software systems. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2) PLO #2: Be able to utilize multiple programming personal endeavors and decision-making. paradigms, including object-oriented, functional, logic, and emerging programming technologies. (Mapped to MASTER OF SCIENCE ILO #1, ILO #2) PLO #3: Show understanding of SE principles and IN SOFTWARE practices as described in the SWEBOK, and other ENGINEERING emerging software development processes. (Mapped to ILO #5, ILO #6) PLO #4: Have sufficient skills in human factors to be Software Engineering (SE) is an established able to interact with stakeholders from multiple discipline that comprises requirement analysis, disciplines on the systems engineering level. (Mapped design, construction, testing, as well as the to ILO #3, ILO #7) economics, and management issues of the PLO #5: Have working skills in SE management creation and maintenance of software. A SE has including team building, leadership, project planning, the special knowledge and skills necessary to selection of tools and processes appropriate to a develop and maintain large, complex software project. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #4) systems. A Software Engineer approaches all of these problems in a pragmatic and organized way Career Opportunities and is concerned with the theoretical and Jobs within software engineering include, but are practical aspects of technology, cost, and social not limited to: Software Development impact of effective and efficient software. Engineering, Software Applications Engineering – Degree programs in software engineering have analysis, design, construction, testing, as well as the economics, and management issues of the 94 creation and maintenance of software. A Software » CSC 519 Android Phone Application Engineer has the special knowledge and skills Development necessary to develop and maintain large, complex » CSC 520 Python Programming software systems. » CSC 522 R Language Programming » CSC 525 HTML/CSS Programming Program Requirements » CSC 527 Mobile Web Programming » CSC 530 JavaScript Programming REQUIRED COURSES: » CSC 532 Client Programming with » 4 Core Courses: 12 credit hours JS/jQuery » 1 Capstone Course: Project or Thesis: 3 » CSC 535 Server Programming With PHP credit hours » CSC 545 Programming In GO » 1 Internship: 1 credit hour » CSC 550 Big Data » CSC 555 Bio Informatics » Elective Courses: 11-20 credit hours » CSC 560 Introduction to Data Science » Internship: 1-9 credit hours » CSC 575 Topics in Computer Science » Cross Disciplinary Course: Up to 3 credit » CSC 580 Computer Algorithms hours (counts as Elective) » CSC 610 Ruby on Rails » Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours » CSC 615 Angular JS (counts as Elective) » CSC 620 Programming Language Theory 36 Total credit hours » CSC 625 Advanced HTML5 » CSC 630 Scala Programming GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) » CSC 631 Data Mining A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for » CSC 633 Machine Learning granting of the Master’s degree. » CSC 640 Artificial Intelligence » CSC 650 Big Data Analytics (CPO- REQUIRED CORE COURSES SAS/SPSS) » SWE 500 Software Engineering » CSC 660 Advanced Data Science » SWE 600 Advanced Software Engineering » CSC 680 Advanced Computer Algorithms » SWE 602 Software Requirements » CSC 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit Elicitation hours) » SWE 680 Software Architecture » CSC 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit hours) CAPSTONE COURSES » CSC 720 Formal Methods » SWE 690 Capstone Project » CSC 730 Cryptography & Cryptanalysis OR » CSC 750 Coding Theory » SWE 695 Master’s Thesis » ICS 501 Introduction to Cyber Security » ICS 502 Cyber Attack Countermeasures ELECTIVE COURSES » ICS 520 Personal Computer Security Electives from the MSSE curriculum must be » ICS 525 Principles of Ethical Hacking chosen so that the total number of credit hours in » ICS 530 Cloud Computing Security the MSSE program is at least 36. » ICS 535 Cloud and Virtualization Security » AMS 510 Linear Algebra (CPO) » AMS 512 Applied Mathematics Methods » ICS 550 Security Policies » AMS 520 Optimization Techniques » ICS 570 Web Security Fundamentals » AMS 530 Numerical Analysis » ICS 601 Advanced Cyber Security » AMS 540 Discrete Mathematics » ICS 620 Computer Malware » AMS 552 Probability, Statistics, and » ICS 630 Digital Forensics Technology Reliability for Engineers » ICS 670 Network & Data Security » AMS 722 Advanced Applied Mathematics » ICS 680 Theory of Cryptographic Systems Methods » ICS 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit hours) » CSC 501 Discrete Structures » ICS 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit » CSC 502 Principles of OS & Distributed hours) Systems » SWE 518 User Interface Design & » CSC 505 The UNIX/Linux OS Implementation » CSC 509 C Programming » SWE 525 Version Control Tools/GIT » CSC 511 OO Programming with C++ » SWE 540 SQA/Manual Testing » CSC 512 Data Structures » SWE 542 SQA/manual/auto/perf Testing » CSC 515 iPhone Application Development » SWE 544 SQA/Software Testing Tools » CSC 518 OO Programming with Java 95 » SWE 546 SQA/Performance Testing growing job market in all fields of society that » SWE 550 Software Project Management experience computerization in any form, be it web (CPO-ACP) page design, IT security, software development in » SWE 560 Principles of Database Systems medicine, education, business administration, » SWE 561 Cloud Computing robotics, Internet of Things, and more. A solid » SWE 562 Oracle Database knowledge of the computer science principles Management/Administration underlying all computerization and program » SWE 570 Internet of Things Architecture development, augmented by training in leading and Security edge practical skills will enable graduates to play » SWE 632 Software Risk Management leadership roles in industry as well as to pursue » SWE 633 Software Refactoring PhD degrees. The development of this graduate » SWE 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit curriculum has taken the recommendations of the hours) Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula of the » SWE 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit IEEE Computer Society and the Association for hours) Computing Machinery of August 2004 into consideration. INTERNSHIP » CFL 591 Integrating Academic & Internship Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Learning (2 Credit hours) Upon completion of this program, graduates will » INT 593 Internship (1-3 credit hours) be able to:
PLO #1: Lead and organize Information Technology (IT) implementations at companies and institutions. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #3, ILO #4, ILO #5, ILO #7) MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PLO #2: Invent and improve algorithms for storing, accessing, processing, and analyzing collected data. COMPUTER SCIENCE (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO #5, ILO #6)
PLO #3: Invent real time computation methods for analysis and processing of data in robotics (optical, Computer Science is the science of computation sound, and other real time data from digital sensors). using a programmable computing machine, of (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO #5, ILO #6) developing the programs for the computation, PLO #4: Create innovative and useful features to developing algorithms for solving computational modern operating systems (multiprocessor, problems, of acquiring, storing, managing data multiprocessing, distributed). (Mapped to ILO #2, ILO and information needed in those computations, #3, ILO #4, ILO #6) and of estimating or predicting the feasibility and PLO #5: Contribute to research and development of algorithms in all areas that are now and in the future time constraints of arriving at solutions. subject to computerization. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO #3, ILO #4, ILO #5, ILO #6, ILO #7) Graduate programs in Computer Science (CS) PLO #6: Clearly explain Computer Science concepts in differ from undergraduate programs not so much research, development, and educational institutions. in the topics they cover but in the depth in which (Mapped to ILO #2, ILO #3, ILO #5, ILO #6) the topics are covered. The student has to master PLO #7: Show proficiency and skills in the most deep knowledge of algorithms, operating systems, important areas of state of the art computer science. compilers, internals of databases, visual and sound (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #3, ILO #5) recognition, robotics, and - in general – has to acquire sufficiently well-founded theoretical Career Opportunities knowledge to contribute to computerization in Computer scientists often work in organizations fields not yet known. that develop new technologies and algorithms. Examples include: pattern recognition and signal The Computer Science Program (MSCS) is processing for self-driving cars, artificial concerned with the theoretical as well as the intelligence, and data mining. The development of practical issues of CS. The theoretical basis must new algorithms often requires a deep be mastered because CS has a strong relation to understanding of mathematics including mathematical and algorithmic thinking. An knowledge in certain areas of abstract algebra for essential portion of a computer scientist’s work developing new encryption technologies or consists of understanding and researching counteracting attempts at breaking them. They algorithms, as well as developing new ones. often work doing research in computer science, as well as working as information technology This curriculum prepares the graduates for consultants in banking, insurance companies, and successful careers in the demanding and ever- higher education. 96 Program Requirements JS/jQuery » CSC 535 Server Programming With PHP REQUIRED COURSES: » CSC 545 Programming In GO » 4 Core Courses: 12 credit hours » CSC 550 Big Data » 1 Capstone Course: Project or Thesis: 3 » CSC 555 Bio Informatics credit hours » CSC 560 Introduction to Data Science » 1 Internship: 1 credit hour » CSC 575 Topics in Computer Science » CSC 580 Computer Algorithms » Elective Courses: 11-20 credit hours » CSC 610 Ruby on Rails » Internship: 1-9 credit hours » CSC 615 Angular JS » Cross Disciplinary Course: Up to 3 credit » CSC 625 Advanced HTML5 hours (counts as Elective) » CSC 630 Scala Programming » Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours » CSC 631 Data Mining (counts as Elective) » CSC 633 Machine Learning 36 Total credit hours » CSC 640 Artificial Intelligence » CSC 650 Big Data Analytics (CPO- GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) SAS/SPSS) A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for » CSC 660 Advanced Data Science granting of the Master’s degree. » CSC 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit hours) REQUIRED CORE COURSES » CSC 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit » CSC 501 Discrete Structures hours) » CSC 502 Principles of OS & Distributed » CSC 720 Formal Methods Systems » CSC 730 Cryptography & Cryptanalysis » CSC 620 Programming Language Theory » CSC 750 Coding Theory » CSC 680 Advanced Computer Algorithms » ICS 501 Introduction to Cyber Security » ICS 502 Cyber Attack Countermeasures CAPSTONE COURSES » ICS 520 Personal Computer Security » CSC 690 Capstone Project » ICS 525 Principles of Ethical Hacking OR » ICS 530 Cloud Computing Security » CSC 695 Master’s Thesis » ICS 535 Cloud and Virtualization Security (CPO) ELECTIVE COURSES » ICS 550 Security Policies Electives from the MSCS curriculum must be » ICS 570 Web Security Fundamentals chosen so that the total number of credit hours in » ICS 601 Advanced Cyber Security the MSCS program is at least 36. » ICS 620 Computer Malware » AMS 510 Linear Algebra » ICS 630 Digital Forensics Technology » AMS 512 Applied Mathematics Methods » ICS 670 Network & Data Security » AMS 520 Optimization Techniques » ICS 680 Theory of Cryptographic Systems » AMS 530 Numerical Analysis » ICS 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit hours) » AMS 540 Discrete Mathematics » ICS 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit » AMS 552 Probability, Statistics, and hours) Reliability for Engineers » SWE 500 Software Engineering » AMS 722 Advanced Applied Mathematics » SWE 518 User Interface Design & Methods Implementation » CSC 505 The UNIX/Linux OS » SWE 525 Version Control Tools/GIT » CSC 509 C Programming » SWE 540 SQA/Manual Testing » CSC 511 OO Programming with C++ » SWE 542 SQA/manual/auto/perf Testing » CSC 512 Data Structures » SWE 544 SQA/Software Testing Tools » CSC 515 iPhone Application Development » SWE 546 SQA/Performance Testing » CSC 518 OO Programming with Java » SWE 550 Software Project Management » CSC 519 Android Phone Application (CPO-ACP) Development » SWE 560 Principles of Database Systems » CSC 520 Python Programming » SWE 561 Cloud Computing » CSC 522 R Language Programming » SWE 562 Oracle Database » CSC 525 HTML/CSS Programming Management/Administration » CSC 527 Mobile Web Programming » SWE 570 Internet of Things Architecture » CSC 530 JavaScript Programming and Security » CSC 532 Client Programming with 97 » SWE 600 Advanced Software Engineering PLO #5: Understand the legal and appreciate the ethical » SWE 602 Software Requirements importance of ICS for individuals as well as organizations. (Mapped to ILO #3, ILO #6, ILO #7) Elicitation » SWE 632 Software Risk Management PLO #6: Business enabler in organizations such as finance, insurance, healthcare, e-commerce, and mail » SWE 633 Software Refactoring services. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO #4, ILO #7) » SWE 680 Software Architecture PLO #7: Work as security expert in federal agencies for » SWE 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit whom cyber security is of highest importance such as hours) DOD, DHS, and FBI. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #5, ILO #6, » SWE 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit ILO #7) hours) Career Opportunities INTERNSHIP Information Technology (IT) Security Analyst, IT » CFL 591 Integrating Academic & Internship Security Operations, Information Security Analyst, Learning (2 Credit hours) Information Security Engineer, Network Security » INT 593 Internship (1-3 credit hours) Analyst, SSA IT Specialist, Cyber Security Analyst, Cyber Security Advisor, Cyber Security
Researcher, Cyber Security Data Analyst, MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Information System Security Officer (ISSO), and more. INFORMATION AND CYBERSECURITY Program Requirements REQUIRED COURSES: 4 Core Courses: 12 credit hours Hardly a day goes by when we don't hear about » 1 Capstone Course: Project or Thesis: 3 hacking of bank records or databases, penetration » credit hours into sensitive government and business 1 Internship: 1 credit hour information and the damage this causes to our » economy and security. » Elective Courses: 11-20 credit hours The Information and Cybersecurity (MSICS) » Internship: 1-9 credit hours program offers a holistic education in a variety of » Cross Disciplinary Course: Up to 3 credit security technologies that goes beyond what the hours (counts as Elective) thousands of training courses in cyber security » Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours offer in order to combat this development, such (counts as Elective) as network security, risk and data management, 36 Total credit hours preventative measures, computer ethics, digital signatures, and cryptography. The curriculum GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) gives students the technical knowledge to take on A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for a diverse set of industry-specific challenges. granting of the Master’s degree.
Once students graduate from MSICS, they will be REQUIRED CORE COURSES thoroughly educated cyber security professionals » ICS 501 Introduction to Cyber Security with practical skills and in high demand. They will » ICS 502 Cyber Attack Countermeasures understand the core problems behind cyber » ICS 601 Advanced Cyber Security security and will develop solutions from the » ICS 680 Theory of Cryptographic Systems ground up. CAPSTONE COURSES Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) » ICS 690 Capstone Project Upon completion of this program, graduates will: OR PLO #1: Secure organizations’ on-premise and cloud- » ICS 695 Master’s Thesis based computing resources (mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO#5, ILO#6) PLO #2: Demonstrate in depth knowledge of IS ELECTIVE COURSES techniques to provide leadership for effective solutions Electives from the MSICS curriculum must be to security problems. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #3, ILO chosen so that the total number of credit hours in #4, ILO #7) the MSICS program is at least 36. PLO #3: Have sound knowledge of IS techniques that » AMS 510 Linear Algebra play a role in organizational processes and decision- » AMS 512 Applied Mathematics Methods making. (Mapped to ILO #2, ILO #4, ILO #5, ILO #7) » AMS 520 Optimization Techniques PLO #4: Communicate effectively risk management » AMS 530 Numerical Analysis issues and their impacts to a variety of audiences. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #3, ILO #5, ILO #6) » AMS 540 Discrete Mathematics 98 » AMS 552 Probability, Statistics, and » ICS 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit hours) Reliability for Engineers » ICS 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit » AMS 722 Advanced Applied Mathematics hours) Methods » SWE 500 Software Engineering » CSC 501 Discrete Structures » SWE 518 User Interface Design & » CSC 502 Principles of OS & Distributed Implementation Systems » SWE 525 Version Control Tools/GIT » CSC 505 The UNIX/Linux OS » SWE 540 SQA/Manual Testing » CSC 509 C Programming » SWE 542 SQA/manual/auto/perf Testing » CSC 511 OO Programming with C++ » SWE 544 SQA/Software Testing Tools » CSC 512 Data Structures » SWE 546 SQA/Performance Testing » CSC 515 iPhone Application Development » SWE 550 Software Project Management » CSC 518 OO Programming with Java (CPO-ACP) » CSC 519 Android Phone Application » SWE 560 Principles of Database Systems Development » SWE 561 Cloud Computing » CSC 520 Python Programming » SWE 562 Oracle Database » CSC 522 R Language Programming Management/Administration » CSC 525 HTML/CSS Programming » SWE 570 Internet of Things Architecture » CSC 527 Mobile Web Programming and Security » CSC 530 JavaScript Programming » SWE 600 Advanced Software Engineering » CSC 532 Client Programming with » SWE 602 Software Requirements JS/jQuery Elicitation » CSC 535 Server Programming With PHP » SWE 632 Software Risk Management » CSC 545 Programming In GO » SWE 633 Software Refactoring » CSC 550 Big Data » SWE 680 Software Architecture » CSC 555 Bio Informatics » SWE 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit » CSC 560 Introduction to Data Science hours) » CSC 575 Topics in Computer Science » SWE 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit » CSC 580 Computer Algorithms hours) » CSC 610 Ruby on Rails » CSC 615 Angular JS INTERNSHIP » CSC 620 Programming Language Theory » CFL 591 Integrating Academic & Internship » CSC 625 Advanced HTML5 Learning (2 Credit hours) » CSC 630 Scala Programming » INT 593 Internship (1-3 credit hours) » CSC 631 Data Mining » CSC 633 Machine Learning Course Descriptions » CSC 640 Artificial Intelligence » CSC 650 Big Data Analytics (CPO- Computer Science (CSC) SAS/SPSS) CSC 501 Discrete Structures (3) » CSC 660 Advanced Data Science Prerequisites: None » CSC 680 Advanced Computer Algorithms This course is about discrete structures and forms » CSC 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit an introduction to the theoretical side of hours) computer science. Discrete structures and » CSC 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit discrete mathematics turn out to be the “calculus’’ hours) of computer science--these are the structures that » CSC 720 Formal Methods students will use to model real-world problems, to » CSC 730 Cryptography & Cryptanalysis build algorithms upon, and to program with (both » CSC 750 Coding Theory for modeling problems as well as use in data- » ICS 520 Personal Computer Security structures and algorithms). In this course students » ICS 525 Principles of Ethical Hacking will learn about various discrete structures » ICS 530 Cloud Computing Security (numbers, sets, relations, functions, trees, graphs), » ICS 535 Cloud and Virtualization Security how to talk about them (propositional and (CPO) predicate logic), how to prove things about them » ICS 550 Security Policies (using contradiction, construction, induction, » ICS 570 Web Security Fundamentals combinatorics), and how to read and write literate » ICS 620 Computer Malware formal mathematics. Students will also get a quick » ICS 630 Digital Forensics Technology introduction to key applications to algorithmic » ICS 670 Network & Data Security analysis (like asymptotic worst-case running time 99 analysis for algorithms). This “calculus of Structures, Memory Allocation/DE Allocation, computer science’’ will serve students as a Input/output (command line & files). The course foundation for computational thinking. will be very hands-on and students will be expected to test code from C books (list will be CSC 502 Principles of OS & Distributed Systems given in class), and thus understand the concepts. (3) Prerequisites: None CSC 511 OO Programming with C++ (3) The course begins with basic principles of a Prerequisites: None monolithic OS, as exemplified by Linux, MacOS, Recommended: Knowledge of C and Windows, then advances to more This class teaches Objected Oriented sophisticated details of processes, preemptive Programming using C++. Prior exposure to C is multiprocessing, lightweight processes, and helpful but not required as the basic concept of C interrupts various types of interprocess programming will be reviewed. The topics communications, demons, file systems, signals, covered include: Syntax of C++, classes and and paging, which are present on each objects, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, independent node of the network. Then it design for reuse, programming with objects, the advances to the specific software subsets on each standard template library, namespaces, node of the aggregate operating system exceptions, type casting, and file input/output. composed of the multitude of nodes. Then it advances to the higher level of the global system CSC 512 Data Structures (3) management components given for each node Prerequisites: None that coordinate the nodes’ activities to form a Recommended: Knowledge of C++ or Java collaboration. Coordination of the cooperation of This course discusses the definition, design, and an individual node’s kernel OS and management implementation of abstract data structures, component by the management system. In a including arrays, stacks, queues, heaps, and linked properly functioning integration the whole structures. Other data structures include hash distributed system should exhibit transparency tables, trees, and graphs. Students will also learn which means that it appears to the user as one algorithms for manipulating theses structures, single OS entity. searching, and sorting, and the simpler graph algorithms. An introduction to the analysis of CSC 505 The UNIX/Linux OS (3) some sorting and searching algorithms is also Prerequisites: Recommended knowledge of C covered. Linus is a Unix like operating system that has been ported to more hardware platforms than any CSC 515 iPhone Application Development (3) other OS. It is the leading OS on servers, big Prerequisites: None computers including supercomputers, embedded This course provides a training in iPhone systems, and mobile devices such as android. This application development including: Introduction course focuses on the practical usage of the basic to Objective-C; iPhone technologies: multi-touch Linux operating system features. It introduces the interface, accelerometer, GPS, maps, proximity student to the general principles of modern sensor, dialer, address book and calendar. It helps operating systems: preemptive multiprocessing; students to understand the business aspects of an and of Linux in particular: shells, environment, application development. shell variables, processes, threads, interprocess CSC 518 OO Programming with Java (3) communication, the Unix file system, and shell Prerequisites: None scripts. Upon completion of this course the This course focuses on the Java language as a student will be able to work efficiently in a Linux tool for object-oriented programming. It or Unix environment, to tailor an environment to introduces the student to the basic features of the specific needs, to understand the basics of Linux Java language: primitive data types, terminal system administration, to understand security window-keyboard I/O, file I/O, classes, risks, to write C programs that use system calls, constructors and initialization, references vs. and to write scripts for the C shell. objects, access modifiers, memory maps, control structures, arrays, inheritance, function CSC 509 C Programming (3) overloading and overriding, dynamic binding, Prerequisites: None interfaces, command line arguments, and The course is an introduction to the C language as exception handling. Some instruction to the per the chapters of the book by Kernighan & platform-independent Java GUI API with Swing Ritchie. The key topics covered will be C basics will be provided. including Control Flow, Functions, Pointers,
100 CSC 519 Android Phone Application Development CSC 527 Mobile Web Programming (3) (3) Prerequisites: CSC 525, CSC 530 Prerequisites: CSC 518 This course is for experienced front-end Web This course teaches the use of SDKs released by developers who’d like to learn what it takes to Google to facilitate the development of create great mobile experiences. In order to applications for the Android Phone. Android succeed in this class, they should be comfortable Phones are Linux based and are programmed in with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and should have Java. This alone bodes very well for any software experience creating Web apps, either development on that platform: The Linux OS, the professionally or for fun. This course will teach most powerful and easiest to manage of all Web developers how to build Web experiences operating systems, and the Java programming that adapt to the different screen sizes and language with its superior GUI development capabilities that mobile devices offer, and how to capabilities. Knowledge of SDKs is certainly an scalably optimize media for mobile and desktop. advantage when developing for the Android This course will cover programming touch platform. interaction, as well as how to optimize form field input for mobile devices and use APIs like CSC 520 Python Programming (3) geolocation and the accelerometer, and ensuring Prerequisites: None their web experiences work great when network Programming and problem solving using Python. conditions are suboptimal. They will gain the tools Emphasizes principles of software development, to investigate performance in mobile applications, style, and testing. Topics include procedures and with a strong understanding of mobile functions, iteration, recursion, arrays and vectors, networking, battery usage patterns and strings, an operational model of procedure and optimizing paint techniques to build smooth function calls, algorithms, exceptions, object- animations on mobile. Upon completion, the web oriented programming. developers will understand what it takes to build great web experiences on mobile devices, have CSC 522 R Language Programming (3) gained experience with the tools they need to test Prerequisites: None performance, and be able to apply their This course is an introduction to the R knowledge to their own projects in the future. programming language, which is the premier language for statistical computing, machine CSC 530 JavaScript Programming (3) learning, and data mining. Basic facilities of R Prerequisites: CSC 525 contained in the course include mathematical, This course introduces JavaScript as a graphical, and interactive web applications. R is an programming language. It will talk about variables, open-sourced language used extensively in data types, conditionals, loops, arrays, event industry and in academia research. The course handlers, objects, string, forms, cookies, and demonstrates methods for obtaining data from functions. It will teach students how to use various sources, along with manipulating that data JavaScript to access and manipulate BOM into a format that can be easily used in machine (Browser Object Model) and DOM (Document learning and data mining algorithms. The course Object Model), and how to use JavaScript to make covers a multitude of interactive visualization Web pages interactive. It will teach students how techniques along with the ability to share to interact HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and DOM visualizations through web applications. This within a Web page. course provides insight into functional programming. The course covers reading and CSC 532 Client Programming with JS/jQuery (3) writing to and from various sources, R built in data Prerequisites: CSC 525, CSC 530 types, controlling the flow of execution, using jQuery is a JavaScript library designed to simplify operators, functions, and R packages. The course the client-side scripting of HTML. It is designed to includes methods of sharing analytic results in make it easier to navigate a document, select professional formats used by technical journals. DOM elements, create animations, handle events, and develop Ajax applications. The topics of the CSC 525 HTML/CSS Programming (3) course include: Basic jQuery syntax, jQuery Prerequisites: None element selectors, jQuery event handling, Ajax This course will examine how to create web pages using jQuery, jQuery UI library. using HTML code. The use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) will also be covered. Basic website CSC 535 Server Programming with PHP (3) development tools and website design will be Prerequisites: CSC 525 studied though the creation of several HTML/CSS PHP is one of the best server-side technologies for web site projects. handling Web content easily and efficiently. PHP 101 is a free, open-source language devoted primarily include Dynamic Programming for pairwise to handling dynamic web pages and used by alignment; Hidden Markov Models for pattern millions of sites worldwide. It can be integrated recognition, conducting profile-based searches and with HTML and handle databases. The course transmembrane protein structure prediction; starts with the development environment and the phylogenetic tree construction and RNA structure language syntax. It introduces the concepts of prediction, and the use of SNPs and haplotypes in OOP in PHP at different levels. It also covers the genomic variation, in pharmacogenomics, in interactions with HTML web pages and databases. genome-wide association studies and in PHP Ajax support is introduced as the advanced personalized medicine. The course is self-contained topic. Practical examples and sample codes will be and does not assume any background knowledge in given. Upon successful completion of this course, biology, although an interest is molecular biology is students will gain hands-on experience with PHP helpful. The course will be complemented by hands- syntax and constructs such as variables, arrays, on, computer lab sessions that will allow the strings, loops, user-defined functions and how to participants to practice with some of the major tools integrate HTML and PHP code to manage and and databases. Students will solve hands-on process data. problems on HIV, BRCA1 gene, Thalassemia, etc.
CSC 545 Programming in Go (3) CSC 560 Introduction to Data Science (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Go, also commonly referred to as golang, is a A practitioner of data science is called a data programming language developed at Google in scientist. Data science leverage all available and 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken relevant data to effectively predict a model that Thompson. It is a statically-typed language with can be easily understood by non-practitioners. A syntax loosely derived from that of C, adding major goal of data science is to make it easier for garbage collection, type safety, some dynamic- others to find and coalesce data with greater typing capabilities, additional built-in types such ease. Data science technologies impact how we as variable-length arrays and key-value maps, and access data and conduct research across various a large standard library. Go projects are for domains, including the biological sciences, networking, distributed functions, or services: medical informatics, social sciences and the APIs, Web servers, minimal frameworks for Web humanities. applications, and the rest. In its weekday modality the course is taught over 15 weeks with 2 hours CSC 580 Computer Algorithms (3) lecture and 1 hour lab per week. Prerequisites: none This course will cover algorithm design, sorting, CSC 550 Big Data (3) searching, graph algorithms, stacks, queues, and Prerequisites: Knowledge of Java dictionary implementations, divide and conquer This course will introduce the basic concepts, algorithms, dynamic programming, randomized tools, techniques, and applications. This course algorithms, amortized analysis, lower bound will cover the most up-to-date Big Data analysis, NP-Completeness. Technology including Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and MapReduce engine as well as CSC 610 Ruby on Rails (3) Business Intelligence tools. Prerequisites: None Recommended: Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSC 555 Bio Informatics (3) database Prerequisites: None This course offers a comprehensive introduction Recommended: Knowledge of C++ or Java to Ruby on Rails, an open source web application This course starts with a brief introduction to framework for the Ruby Programming language. molecular biology. It then investigates the main Ruby on Rails makes it easy to build a modern algorithms used in Bioinformatics. After a brief Web application. It includes everything that is description of commonly used tools, algorithms, needed to build applications. and databases in Bioinformatics, the course describes specific tasks that can be completed CSC 615 Angular JS (3) using combinations of the tools and Databases. Prerequisites: None The course then focuses on the algorithms behind Recommended: CSC 530 or previous the most successful tools, such as the local and programming experience in JavaScript global sequence alignment packages: BLAST, AngularJS provides a layer on top of JQuery and Smith-Waterman, and the underlying methods used DOM, reduces boilerplate code and improves in fragment assembly packages. Lecture topics maintainability. The best use of AngularJS is the
102 consistent manner in which a new developer can learning easier, we will first introduce scala as a generate the code for the structure and the scripting language. We will then describe its layout. Once the structure is ready, the developer objected oriented features (including class, object, can concentrate more on look and feel rather than inheritance, polymorphism, etc.) and finally move routine boiler plate code and cruft. The chapters on to its main functional programming features covered include Introduction, Directives and Controllers, Unit Testing, Forms, Input and CSC 631 Data Mining (3) Services, Server Side communication using http. Prerequisites: None This course provides an introduction to the CSC 620 Programming Language Theory (3) theoretical concepts and practical applications of Prerequisites: None data mining. Data mining facilitates the extraction Recommended: Knowledge of Discrete of hidden predictive information from large Mathematics for Computer Science complex databases. It is a powerful new This course provides an overview of common technology with enormous potential to help programming paradigms, including imperative, organizations and institutions extract and object-oriented, logic, and functional interpret important information. The course programming, and discusses the fundamental content includes the conceptual framework of concepts underlying the design, definition, and data mining, descriptions and examples of implementation of modern computer languages. standard methods used in data mining. Internet Students will get practical experience with related data mining techniques are also covered. languages that exemplify a particular paradigm. Data processing, statistical modeling, data warehousing and online analytical processing, CSC 625 Advanced HTML5 (3) data conditioning and cleaning, data Prerequisites: CSC 525, CSC 530 transformation, text and web mining, mining This course is for Web developers who have solid massive datasets, data stream mining, data mining experience in the basics of HTML5. This course will algorithms, association and correlation, pattern take the Web developers deep into the advanced mining, classification, cluster analysis, outlier techniques and functions that HTML5 has to offer. detection, knowledge discovery, knowledge This course will first explore some JavaScript representation, and validation. basics - writing to an HTML page, using variables and functions, interacting with HTML, looping and CSC 633 Machine Learning (3) drag and drop functions. Then the course will Prerequisites: None continue by exploring how to utilize and create Recommended: Knowledge of basic computer custom media controls. The course will cover the science principles and skills, probability theory, more popular CSS3 features such as transform, and linear algebra. translation and animation, and HTML5 Form API, Canvas, Geolocation, Drag and Drop, Web Machine learning is a fast-moving field with many Storage, Communication, Messaging, History, recent real world commercial applications. The Offline, indexDB, File, Web Workers, and finally, goal of Machine Learning is to build computer HTML5 for Mobile Apps. Upon completion, the model that can produce useful information Web developers will have a deeper understanding whether predictions, associations, or of how to take advantage of the many new classifications. The ultimate goal for many features and functions that HTML5 has to offer. machine learning researchers is to build computing systems that can automatically adapt CSC 630 Scala Programming (3) and learn from their experience. This course will Prerequisites: None study the theory and practical algorithms in This course is an introduction to software Machine Learning. It reviews what machine programming using Scala, a programming learning is about, how it evolved over the past 60 language evolved from Java. The main advantage years, why it is important today, basic concepts of Scala is its versatility. It has combined features and paradigms, what key techniques, challenges of scripting language, objective oriented language and tricks. It also cover examples of how machine and functional programming language. The last learning is used/applied today in the real world, feature is particularly useful in Web and multicore and expose students to some experience in applications that require concurrent data building and using machine learning algorithms. processing. Scala has been adopted by some This course will also discuss recent applications of leading high-tech companies. For example, in machine learning, such as to robotic control, 2009, Twitter announced that it had switched speech recognition, face recognition, data mining, large portions of its backend from Ruby to Scala autonomous navigation, bioinformatics, and text and intended to convert the rest. To make and web data processing. 103 CSC 640 Artificial Intelligence (3) encryption, algebra-based encryptions such as Prerequisites: None AES, cryptographic hash functions, pattern Recommended: Knowledge of Discrete matching, and bioinformatics. Mathematics This course introduces the foundation of CSC 688 Special Topics (3) simulating or creating intelligence from a Prerequisites: None computational point of view. It covers the Special topics courses cover subjects not techniques of reduction, reasoning, problem currently contained in the curriculum, but are solving, knowledge representation, and machine designed to address especially relevant trends or learning. In addition, it covers applications of developments related to the discipline. decision trees, neural networks, support vector machines and other learning paradigms. CSC 689 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3) Prerequisites: None CSC 650 Big Data Analytics (CPO-SAS/SPSS) (3) Independent Study allows students to explore Prerequisites: CSC 550 academic areas of special interest not provided in This course emphasizes the key aspects of data the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the analytics for students intending to pursue certain guidance of a member of the faculty. professional certification, i.e., SPSS or SAS, upon the completion of the course. The first module CSC 690 CAPSTONE PROJECT (3) introduces the fundamental statistical thinking to Prerequisites: Department approval and the computer scientist, including probability, completion of 27 credit hours of the MSSE random variables, and statistical inference. Then, program predictive modeling techniques, such as linear and A capstone is the summative component of the logistic regression, are covered to make transition master’s degree program submitted by a graduate to the supervised and unsupervised data mining student. The Capstone Project is designed to techniques. In the last module of the course, some demonstrate the in-depth learning and higher- popular big data platforms, namely, order thinking of the student. It is meant to be an Hadoop/Mahout and Spark/MLlib, are discussed analysis of knowledge, breaking the information from the data analytics point of view. Examples down into its component parts, and also the from the text and social media mining application synthesis of new knowledge, assembling the parts are covered in the second and the third module. into a new coherent whole. The capstone is also The commercial software (student version) is meant to be practical and useful. The student required and used through the first and second should choose an area that is uniquely and modules, such that the students can be fluent in personally important and research or perform a the application to meet the certification project in that area. The Capstone Project is requirement thus limited programming performed by arrangement with the project requirement. advisor. The student must conduct independent research in an approved topic in software CSC 660 Advanced Data Science (3) engineering, prepare a report and defend it before Prerequisites: CSC 560 a faculty advisor. Recommended: Knowledge of R Language This course builds on Introduction to Data Science CSC 695 Master’s Thesis (6) by introducing the idea of data products and Prerequisites: Department Chair approval and encouraging students to build products base on completion of 27 credit hours of the MSSE data analyses. program.
CSC 680 Advanced Computer Algorithms (3) The master’s thesis must be arranged with the Prerequisites: none capstone thesis advisor. After the topic is This course covers advanced methods of approved independent research in computer algorithmic design, analysis, and implementation. science toward the MS degree must be Techniques to be covered include amortization, conducted. The research must result in some new randomization, network flow, linear programming, insights into the academic or practical concepts of approximation algorithms, computational the CS world. These must be analyzed, explained, complexity, and NP completeness analysis. and documented in the thesis. After completing Domains include FFT, number theoretical the thesis the student must defend it before a algorithms, RSA encryption - decryption, various committee of faculty appointed by the breaking attempts (factorization), primality Department Chair. checking, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, ElGamal
104 CSC 720 Formal Methods (3) ICS 502 cyber attack countermeasures (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: ICS 501 This course will focus on fundamental Countermeasures for the preventing of mathematical models of computation. It will cyberattacks. Firewalls – design, types and discuss both the inherent capabilities and comparisons, intrusion detection, network access limitations of these computational models as well controls, network and browser encryption, as their relationships with formal languages. network management, and secure systems Rigorous arguments and proofs of correctness will development, cloud security. be emphasized. Particular topics to be covered include: (1) Finite automata, regular languages, ICS 520 personal computer security (3) and regular grammars. (2) Deterministic and Prerequisites: None nondeterministic computations on various Beginner's computer security course for small automata. (3) Context free grammars, languages, office or home users. Learn to stop hackers, and pushdown-automata. (4) Turing machines, worms, viruses, spyware, web bugs and identity Church’s thesis, and undecidable problems. theft. Learn vulnerabilities found in web browsers, email and operating systems. Protect against CSC 730 Cryptography & Cryptanalysis (3) online purchase dangers, install firewalls, manage Prerequisites: None cookies, restrict ports, analyze log files, evaluate This course analyzes ways to protect information wireless networks and examine encryption. during transfer in computer systems and ICS 525 Principles of Ethical Hacking (3) networks. It includes the mathematics of Prerequisites: None cryptography, Number theoretical concepts, RSA Recommended: Knowledge of C++, Java, or theory, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, ElGamal Python Discrete Logarithm and their application and use in distributed systems, secure internet services, In this course students will learn and practice digital signature, intrusion detection and firewalls; hacking techniques used by malicious, black-hat coding based encryption; post-quantum hackers as a means to learn best defense from cryptography. Some factoring methods to be these same hackers. The course is an in-depth studied include Fermat, Pollard Rho, and Elliptic study using hands-on lab exercises. While these Functions. hacking skills can be used for malicious purposes, this course teaches you how to use the same CSC 750 Coding Theory (3) hacking techniques to perform a white-hat, ethical Prerequisites: AMS 750 hack, on your organization. The course trains for This class gives an introduction to coding theory. the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker Certificate). This course introduces examples for codes (ISBN, Students will be trained to penetrate, test and UPC, etc.) including binary codes, the meaning of hack their employers’ own computer system in important code parameters, detecting errors, order to safeguard it from real (malicious) correcting errors, sphere packing bound, and hackers. The Ethical Hacker is a trustworthy binary linear codes. Abstract algebra: fields and employee of an organization trained to attempt to vector spaces, polynomial extensions of GF(2). penetrate networks and/or computer systems by Encoding linear codes: Introduction to generator using the same methods and techniques as a matrices and parity check matrices, Hamming malicious hacker. Through this the individual can codes. Linear Algebra over GF(2), nullspace of a learn and master the malicious hackers methods matrix, relation between generator and parity find the weak pointes in an organization’s network matrix. Error correcting codes, cyclic codes (BCH or computer systems and build safeguards against and Reed-Solomon codes), Goppa codes; hacking attempts. The CEH is the most desired syndrome decoding, the Patterson Algorithm. information security training program for any IT security professional. Information Cyber Security (ICS)
ICS 501 introduction to cybersecurity (3) ICS 530 Cloud Computing Security (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: SWE 561 Overview of the field of Cyber Security: history This class provides students a comprehensive and basics of cryptography, risk and data understanding cloud security fundamentals and management, fundamental concepts, preventative advanced expertise in cloud environments. measures, rules, regulations and legal issues, Starting with a detailed description of cloud security testing and assessment, identity and computing, the course covers all major domains in access management, database security, computer the latest Guidance document from the Cloud ethics, digital signatures. Security Alliance, and the recommendations from 105 the European Network and Information Security learning more exciting and interactive. Students Agency (ENISA) with expanded material and are expected to be familiar with standard extensive hands-on activities. Students will learn computer operations (e.g., login, cut & paste, to apply their knowledge as they perform a series email attachments, etc.) before enrolling in the of exercises as they complete a scenario bringing course. This course will give students a clear a fictional organization securely into the cloud. vision on how all seven layers will work in IOS model and different levels of security in each ICS 535 Cloud and Virtualization Security (CPO) layer. (3) Prerequisites: SWE 561 ICS 601 advanced cyber securiTy (3) This course introduces the concepts and Prerequisites: ICS 501 techniques of implementing and securing cloud Cryptographic systems, communications and computing through the use of virtualization and network security, security operations, security in distributed data processing and storage. Topics the SW life cycle, investigations, resource include operating system virtualization, protection, incidence response, implications of distributed network storage, distributed quantum computing. computing, cloud models (IAAS, PAAS and SAAS) and techniques for securing cloud and virtual ICS 620 computer malware (3) systems. Practical experience of integrating Prerequisites: ICS 520 private, public, and hybrid clouds and virtual Definition of computer malware (viruses, worms, servers securely into an existing IT infrastructure Trojan horses, rootkits, backdoors), Infectious will also be covered. malware, the functioning of malware, coding of malware, self-replication, techniques for evading ICS 550 security policies (3) detection; reasons for vulnerability to malware; Prerequisites: None anti-malware strategies, anti-virus software. The policies governing administration, Dangers of malware: identity theft, file and data management and enforcement of security issues corruption industrial espionage. are a separate, necessary element of Cyber Security, not based on some other more ICS 630 digital forensics technology (3) fundamental Cyber Security topic. They relate to Prerequisites: None network security, server security, application Recommended: ICS 520 security. Explain the vulnerability of small firms. General tools and techniques used in forensic Examples: Policies for enforcing encryptions and analysis, investigating digital media and physical strong passwords. Rewards for followers, memory for securing evidence in criminal punishment for non-followers; information in all its investigations, investigating computer crime; forms will be protected from unauthorized digital forensic software, mobile forensic analysis. modification. All existing systems will be equipped ICS 670 Network & Data Security (3) with approved antivirus software. All new Prerequisites: None equipment and software will be controlled before Recommended: Knowledge of Information installation. Set antivirus software for automatic Assurance Fundamentals and Data update. No foreign equipment, including private communications USB thumb drives, are allowed to be used. The course covers theory and practice of the Employees must know the policies. security aspects of the web and Internet. It surveys cryptographic tools used to provide ICS 570 Web Security Fundamentals (3) security, such as shared key encryption (DES, Prerequisites: None 3DES, RC-4/5/6, etc.); public key encryption, key Recommended: Knowledge of HTTP, TCP/IP, SQL, exchange, and digital signature (Diffie-Hellmann, and operating systems RSA, DSS, etc.). It then reviews how these tools This course introduces students to the are utilized in the internet protocols and fundamentals of computer security as the first applications such as SSL/TLS, IPSEC, Kerberos, step towards learning how to protect computers PGP, S/MIME, SET, and others (including wireless). from hackers. The course begins by explaining the System security issues, such as viruses, intrusion, very basic concepts of computer security and and firewalls, will also be covered. provides substantial technical details to keep students interested and involved. It includes ICS 680 theory of cryptographic systems (3) hands-on labs and graded and non-graded Prerequisites: ICS 601 assignments for each unit that provide an A deeper coverage of modern encryption system opportunity to practice what the students learn. It and the necessary mathematics. Classical also includes a few security games to make cryptographic constructions, basic cryptographic 106 algorithms, symmetric cryptography; public-key principles and practices apply to the design, cryptography: RSA, AES (Rijndael) stream cypher, development, and maintenance of software Diffie-Hellman, El Gamal, coding based throughout the entire software lifecycle. The cryptography: McEliece – Niederreiter. Basic course introduces traditional and contemporary issues and concepts of Network and Data Security approaches to software engineering practice. such as data confidentiality, data and user These include: requirements development, authenticity, data integrity, key management and architecture and detailed design, modeling, distribution; digital signatures. testing strategies, process selection, project management, how to interact with other ICS 688 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-3) engineers on large-scale systems, and more. This Prerequisites: None course includes a capstone team where students Special topics courses cover subjects not gain practical experience designing a software currently contained in the curriculum, but are system from start to finish using software designed to address especially relevant trends or modeling techniques such as UML, as well as a developments related to the discipline. variety of project management methods and tools. This is not a programming course, but a ICS 689 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3) background in object-oriented programming Prerequisites: None (OOP) will be valuable in helping the student Independent Study allows students to explore understand the demands of the capstone project. academic areas of special interest not provided in the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the SWE 518 User Interface Design & guidance of a member of the faculty. IMPLEMENTATION (3) Prerequisites: None ICS 690 capstone project (3) This course introduces the principles of user Prerequisites: Department approval and interface development and the iteration of design- completion of 27 credit hours of the MSSE implementation-evaluation. It will study the program. important design principles to design good UI. The capstone project is a report, analysis, project, Students will see different techniques for or program, submitted by a graduate student. It is prototyping user interfaces and learn techniques designed to demonstrate the in-depth learning for evaluating and measuring usability. and higher-order-thinking of the student. It is meant to be an analysis of knowledge, breaking SWE 525 VERSION CONTROL TOOLS/git (3) information down according to the analytical Prerequisites: None strength of the student’s thinking as well as This course is designed to make the participants synthesis of knowledge and assembling the parts experts in git tool. It starts with fundamental into a new coherent whole. concepts like git branch and continues to advanced topics like design and git work flow. The ICS 695 Master’s Thesis (6) course covers different components of git and Prerequisites: Department chair approval and github and how they are used in software completion of 27 credit hours of the MSSE development operations. The course also covers program. Installation & Configuration of github and other The master’s thesis must be arranged with the tools and techniques like github desktop, capstone advisor. After the topic is approved SourceTree and Sparkle share as well. Participants independent research in Information Security will also get to implement one project towards the toward the MS degree must be conducted. The end of the course. Companies use git for creating research must result in some new insights into the and managing open source API’s and to help the academic or practical concepts of the Information open source community. It is github, a git Security world. These must be analyzed, repository hosting service founded just a few explained, and documented in the thesis. After years ago to build software better, together. Most completing the thesis, the student must defend it of the high paying companies are using git and before a committee of faculty appointed by the github for their new, innovative and upcoming department chair. Software Languages. Open source software can now be made using github and you will be able to Software Engineering (SWE) share your repositories with other developers so that they can also contribute. github concepts can SWE 500 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (3) be implemented in Big Data and Hadoop Prerequisites: None technology, Java Projects and other frameworks In this class, students will learn the elements of as well. Some of the trending repositories in engineering and the relationship of engineering to github are Scala and AngularJS. software practice. It also covers how those 107 SWE 540 SQA/Manual Testing (3) architecture issues; define operational profiles and Prerequisites: None load definitions; understand and select the various This course is a comprehensive introduction to types of performance tests; and define and select Software Testing and Quality Assurance. The appropriate measurements. following topics will be taught: Software Development Methodologies, The Role of Quality SWE 550 Software Project Management (CPO- Assurance in a Software Development Life Cycle, ACP) (3) Common Software Testing Life Cycles, Software Prerequisites: None Testing Types and Definitions, Test Planning, Test This course provides an overview of software Design, Test Cases Development, Test Execution project management history, culture, & Results Analysis, and Test Matrices. methodologies, leadership, and strategic planning. SWE 542 SQA/manual/auto/perf Testing (3) The course introduces important tools, such as Prerequisites: None work breakdown structure, scheduling, earned Testing of software can be done in both value analysis, and risk management. Case studies Automation and Manual testing method, but it from a variety of organizational settings are totally depends on the project requirement, discussed. The course discusses the 5 processes budget associated with the project, and which that must be done for traditional project testing method will be benefited to the project. management success: (Define, Organize, Execute, Automation Testing is a method which uses Control, and Close) and Complex Project automation tools to run tests that repeat Management (Agile PM and Extreme PM). The predefined actions, matches the developed strategic implications of projects will be program’s probable and real results. Manual considered with respect to the organizational testing is a method used by software developers vision. The course follows the Project to run tests manually. This course will teach the Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) of the following: Software testing concepts; Black Box Project Management Institute (PMI) and allows the Testing, White Box Testing, Integration Testing, students to prepare for the examinations for the System Testing, Unit Testing, and Acceptance Agile Certified Practitioner ACP. The course Testing; and Test Management tools: QC/ALM, focuses on the concepts and tools of the different Defect tracking tool, Jira and automation tool, and software project management elements. It first QTP/Selenium. sets the software project management framework and describes the different steps in the software SWE 544 SQA/Software Testing Tools (3) project management process. Next, all the key Prerequisites: None management aspects of a software project are This course introduces the QA with test addressed: integration, scope, time, cost, quality, methodologies and procedures. During the human resources, communications, risk, course, the students go through the Manual procurement, and stakeholder. Testing and Automation of Client/server and web based applications. The course will quickly build SWE 560 Principles of Database Systems (3) through each of these concepts and configuration Prerequisites: None so that by the final day of class, each student will This is an advance level course on the principles of have fully tested the application manually and database systems. Main topics include, but are not convert manual test cases into automation scripts. limited to: an overview of the relational data In doing so, the students will focus on different model and relational query languages; recursive aspects and become acquainted with additional queries, datalog, and fixed-points; query functions. processing and optimization; database design, dependencies, normal forms, and the chase SWE 546 SQA/Performance Testing (3) procedure. Additional topics may include: Prerequisites: None information integration, complex objects, This course provides an introduction to the semistructured data, and XML. complexities of software performance testing and delivers testing skills that participants can SWE 561 Cloud Computing (3) immediately apply back on the job. The following Prerequisites: None topics will be addressed: understand the Recommended: Knowledge of Operating Systems performance testing process: planning, Introduction to cloud computing, cloud preparation, execution, and reporting; relate architecture and service models, the economics performance testing to the development process; and benefits of cloud computing, understand performance goals and objectives; horizontal/vertical scaling, thin client, multimedia learn how to deal with environment and content distribution, multiprocessor and
108 virtualization, distributed storage, security and stakeholder tries to solve, of defining a system federation / presence/ identity/ privacy in cloud and its technical environment, and of identifying computing, disaster recovery, free cloud services the requirements of that system such that it and open source software, and example solves these problems for users, customers and commercial cloud services. other stakeholders. The objective of the class is to prepare software engineers for the task of SWE 562 Oracle Database developing effective requirements under a variety Management/Administration (3) of development modalities. The student, at the Prerequisites: None conclusion of this course, will understand This course introduces Oracle as a practical requirements engineering for Waterfall, V-Model, example of a widely used database system, Spiral Model, Agile Methods, Cleanroom teaches basic database concepts, data definition Engineering, the [Rational] Unified Process, as and manipulation languages (SQL), general well as other approaches. The student will also architecture of database management systems, understand, and gain experience with, the Unified transaction management, concurrency control, Modeling Language, including use cases and other security, distribution, and query optimization. facilities of UML. Finally, it will introduce the student to the concepts necessary to moving SWE 570 INTERNET OF THINGS ARCHITECTURE from requirements to architecture, to design, to AND SECURITY (3) implementation. This is not a design or Prerequisites: None programming course, but an understanding of the The objective of the course is to introduce principles and practices of software engineering students to the principles, technology and are essential for the software requirements applications of the Internet of Things (IoT). The engineer. (Including currying, pattern matching, course includes a coverage of the key principles lazy evaluation, tail recursion, immutability, etc.) and building blocks of IoT (architecture), the key enabling technologies (devices, networking and SWE 632 Software Risk Management (3) management), and the issues of security of the Prerequisites: None IoT systems. At the end of this course the student This course introduces the field of software risk would be able to describe the key IoT management which includes the software technologies in detail, explain issues in developing estimation, planning and control process. Risk large-scale IoT systems, explain applications of management in software includes critical factors IoT and demonstrate a deep understanding of at that impact estimates, methods for selecting least one IoT research topic. metrics and measures, proper software sizing, as well as processes that identify and manage risks in SWE 600 ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING the software development process as well as the (3) operational phase of the software life cycle. Risk Prerequisites: SWE 500 management and software estimation and This class goes into greater depth in learning the measurement, when used properly in the software practices and principles of software engineering. engineering context expedite the software The course also includes a brief review of some of estimation process, help generate more accurate the material from SWE 500. In this course, we estimates, and contribute to safe and resilient expand our understanding of software modeling software engineering projects. Risk techniques to include real time, concurrency, and embedded also mitigate safety and security issues and form a systems software engineering. It also goes into total software success paradigm for software more depth in software metrics, project development projects. estimation techniques, risk management, software reliability, new and emerging directions for SWE 633 Software Refactoring (3) software development. This is also a team- Prerequisites: SWE 500 oriented capstone project course, and one of the Software Refactoring is a change made to the deliverables at the end of the semester is a fully- internal structure of software to make it easier to formed, professional level software design from understand and cheaper to modify without the project team. changing its observable behavior (Fowler 1999). Improving the design of existing code. Various SWE 602 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS techniques and refactoring patterns. Increasing ELICITATION (3) software understandability and productivity, Prerequisites: SWE 500 reducing software complexity, aging, and Requirements Elicitation is the process of maintenance costs. Refactoring in the context of identifying the real problems that the software agile development, during debugging and code
109 review. Refactoring tools for important languages SWE 695 Master’s Thesis (3-6) and OSs. Various categories of refactoring, small Prerequisites: Department Chair approval and and big refactoring. Refactoring of UML design completion of 27 credit hours of the MSSE models. program. The master’s thesis must be arranged with the SWE 680 Software Architecture (3) master’s thesis advisor. After the topic is Prerequisites: SWE 600 approved independent research in software Every computer software system has an engineering toward the MS degree must be architecture, even if it is an ad hoc architecture. conducted. The research must result in some new Modern software systems are larger, include more insights into the academic or practical concepts of interoperability of their components, and often the SE world. These must be analyzed, explained, involve many programmers and engineers, and documented in the thesis. After completing working together to achieve a predictable design. the thesis, the student must defend it before a When there is no coherent architecture for the committee of faculty appointed by the design, the engineers and programmers often find Department Chair. themselves working at cross-purposes, constantly reworking their product to satisfy previously Classroom Field Learning (CFL) undefined requirements. This class is focused on the high-level concern of the architecture of a CFL 591 INTEGRATING ACADEMIC & INTERNSHIP software system. Therefore, we will not be doing LEARNING (2) any computer programming. The course interests Prerequisites: None will include the requirements development, This course provides an overview of expectations system context, and relationships between the and requirements for INT 593 Internship, teaches various components and structures in a software students how to integrate their academic and architecture. At the end of this course students internship learning, and enhances career skills will be prepared to participate in a software (or development. A student must pass CFL 591(can systems) engineering project at the high level of be taken concurrently) in order to be eligible to development where they design the fundamental enroll in INT 593. architecture for that system. Students will understand requirements development, project Internship (INT) strategies and tactics, patterns of architecture, and architectural styles and idioms. INT 593 P/F INTERNSHIP (1, 3) Prerequisites: CFL 591 SWE 688 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-3) This course consists of participation in a full-time Prerequisites: None or part-time internship experience, related to the Special topics courses cover subjects not student’s field of study under the supervision of currently contained in the curriculum, but are both an approved internship provider and a designed to address especially relevant trends or faculty advisor. This course provides practical, developments related to the discipline. hands-on training in a relevant industry to enhance classroom learning. A maximum of 10 SWE 689 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3) credit hours earned in INT 593 may be applied Prerequisites: None toward the Master’s Degree graduation Independent Study allows students to explore requirements. academic areas of special interest not provided in the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the guidance of a member of the faculty.
SWE 690 Capstone Project (3) Prerequisites: Department Chair approval and completion of 27 hours of the MSSE program. The capstone project is a report, analysis, software project, or program, submitted by a graduate student. It is designed to demonstrate the in-depth learning and higher-order-thinking of the student. It is meant to be an analysis of knowledge, breaking information down according to the analytical strength of the student’s thinking as well as synthesis of knowledge and assembling the parts into a new coherent whole. 110 FACULTY Dartmouth College » Victor Yu, MA Geographical Information » Cornel Pokorny, PhD Engineering Sciences, System, University of Akron, BS Computer Technical University Vienna, Department Science, Franklin University, Adjunct Chair Faculty » Ahmed Ezzat, PhD Electrical and » Fang Yuan, PhD Applied Statistics, Computer Engineering, University of New University of Alabama Hampshire. Assistant Department Chair » Matt Zhang, PhD Computer Science, North Carolina State University CORE FACULTY
» Xiaoshu Qian, PhD. Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Rhode Island, M.S. Computer Science, Univ. of Rhode Island » Richard Sun, PhD Computer Science, University of Illinois » Ming Hwa Wang, PhD Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology ADJUNCT FACULTY
» Qamar Asghar, MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee » Ahmed Ben Ayed, PhD Computer Science, Colorado Technical University » Mar Castro, MS Software Engineering, Cal State Fullerton » Tushar Chandra, MSCS & Engineering, Arizona State University » Arijit Das, MS Computer Science, Oregon State University » Donna Dulo, JD, MS Computer Science, Naval Postgraduate School » Patricia Hoffman, PhD Applied Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz » Dongming Liang, PhD Computer Science, York University » Dick Liu, PhD EE Computer Systems Laboratory, Stanford University, MS Computer Science, Pennsylvania State University » Leandro Loss, PhD Computer Science, University of Nevada » Srinivasan Mandyam, PhD Computer Science, Indian Institute of Science » Tony Nguyen, MS Computer Science, Santa Clara University » Da-Qi Ren, PhD Computer Engineering, Concordia University Montreal » Richard Riehle, PhD Software Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School » Zhupei Shi, PhD Physics, New York University » Gurminder Singh, PhD Computer Science, University of Alberta, Canada » Jeremy Tzeng, PhD EECS, UC Berkeley » Alex Wu, PhD Mechanical Engineering, UC San Diego » Yurong Xu, PhD Computer Science,
111 ITU’s Digital Arts (DA) program is taught by DEPARTMENT OF experienced industry professionals who integrate DIGITAL ARTS design fundamentals, professional skills and entrepreneurial innovation into a unique program tailored to the modern artist who dares to Mission innovate and create their own vision of the future. The pace of technology, innovation and creativity Students will learn to produce live action, is constantly on the rise calling for increasing interactive and augmented media. The program demands for new methods of learning and prepares students to become leaders in digital art curriculum. The ITU Digital Arts Department production, advertising, film, gaming, AR, VR, strives to fulfill this need by being open and mobile and app industries. Graduates of this proactive in integrating the latest technologies program will build multimedia portfolios with and ideas with the most timeless fundamentals of thesis papers designed for peer-reviewed art and science. We constantly encourage and publications in academic and industrial journals. engage in regular dialogue between our faculty, The Digital Arts program requires successful students and industry in order to ensure our completion of 36 credit hours. The program offers program nurtures the world’s most creative concentrations in different disciplines. innovators and leaders in the field of digital arts. Concentration and elective courses provide
Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOS) flexibility in customizing the program to meet 1. Problem Solving: Construct, interpret, professional and personal goals. analyze, and evaluate information and ideas derived from a multitude of sources in order Program Learning Outcomes (PLOS) to reach reasoned solutions or alternative All PLOs are mapped to the relevant ILOs and strategies to solve problems. contained within parentheses. Upon completion 2. Critical Thinking: Analyze facts and of this program, graduates will: information from multiple sources in order to assess the relevance and synthesize that PLO #1: Apply foundational digital production skills to information in order to formulate meaningful create stories, visualizations and designs. (Mapped to arguments and conclusions. ILO #1: Problem Solving.) 3. Communication: Interact clearly and PLO #2: Create professional grade digital productions effectively in written and oral forms with by utilizing general production pipelines from personal and professional constituencies. conception to production, marketing and distribution. 4. Team Work: Operate collaboratively and (Mapped to ILO #5: Technical Literacy.) respectfully as members and leaders of PLO #3: Analyze products and situations to effectively articulate and identify opportunities for innovation and diverse teams and organizations. experimentation in art, design and product 5. Technical Literacy: Work responsibly, development. (Mapped to ILO #3: Communication appropriately and effectively, using literacy and ILO #2: Critical Thinking.) technology tools to access, manage, PLO #4: Apply collaborative skills and evaluate team integrate, evaluate, create and communicate dynamics to successfully complete team-oriented information and innovation. master digital art projects. (Mapped to ILO #4: 6. Research: Identify and implement systematic Collaboration and Teamwork.) methodologies for discovering, PLO #5: Apply understanding of software, hardware understanding, analyzing and interpreting and the production process to identify appropriate materials, information and behaviors. industry standards to complete digital productions. 7. Responsibility: Practice sound, ethical, and (Mapped to ILO #5: Technical Literacy and ILO #6: social responsibility in professional and Research Skills and Information Literacy.) personal endeavors and decision-making. PLO #6: Create a portfolio of projects that showcase multiple art and media skills in design, animation, Master Of Science In Digital Arts filmmaking and interactive design. (Mapped to ILO #7: Individual Responsibility and ILO #5: Technical In a world of smartphones, tablets, wearable Literacy.) computers, and Virtual Reality (VR) and
Augmented Reality (AR), the role of a digital artist Career Opportunities is more important than ever. Not only is there an ITU’s Digital Arts program can prepare a student insatiable appetite for new content, but also the for a career in Film, Design, Digital Marketing, skills demanded from a designer, storyteller and Production, Interactive Media, Computer Graphics, artist to create that content has extended far UI/UX, Video Games, 3D Modeling and 3D beyond traditional skill-sets. An infinite number of Printing, Animation, Video, Audio, Photography, opportunities await those with the proper abilities Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality. and imagination.
112 Master Of Digital Arts Program Requirements enrolled in the Digital Arts program. Students may add or change their Digital Arts program REQUIRED COURSES: concentration at any point before the completion » 4 Core Courses: 12 credit hours of 19 credit hours. Any approved transfer credit » 1 Capstone Course: Project or Thesis: 3 will be counted towards the 19 credit hours. credit hours Requests to declare or change concentrations » 1 Internship: 1 credit hour must be made by the first day of the trimester in which the student will attempt the 20th credit » Elective Courses: 11-20 credit hours hour in order to be considered. The department » Internship: 1- 9 credit hours chair must approve any exceptions to the » Cross Disciplinary Course: Up to 3 credit conditions above. hours (counts as Elective) » Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours from REQUIRED COURSES FOR EACH a graduate program of a regionally CONCENTRATION accredited school UI/UX CONCENTRATION (9 credit hours) Students must take DGA 518 UI/UX: User Interface 36 Total credit hours and User Experience and DGA 528 Dynamic UX and one (1) of the following courses: GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) » DGA 507 Design Fundamentals A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for » DGA 512 Web Graphic Design granting of the Master’s and Doctoral degree. DIGITAL MARKETING CONCENTRATION (6 REQUIRED CORE COURSES CREDIT HOURS) » DGA 501 New Media Production Students must take DGA 523 Social Network » DGA 511 General Production Pipelines Marketing and Publishing and one (1) of the » DGA 621 Producing Digital Media following courses: DGA 631 Digital Media Startup » » MKT 585 International Marketing
» MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media REQUIRED CAPSTONE COURSE » MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies » DGA 690 Master’s Project OR PRODUCTION CONCENTRATION (9 CREDIT » DGA 692 Master’s Thesis HOURS) Students must take all of the following courses: Master Of Digital Arts Concentrations » DGA 526 Screenwriting Ui/Ux » DGA 527 Production Production » » DGA 522 Editing I » Digital Marketing » Interactive Media and Games INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND GAMES » Mobile Design and Development CONCENTRATION (9 CREDIT HOURS) Students must take DGA 508 CG Software If students complete with a passing grade in the Fundamentals and an additional two (2) of the Digital Arts program concentration, they will be following courses: eligible to graduate with a Digital Arts degree in » DGA 524 Virtual Reality/Augmented their selected concentration (e.g. Digital Arts in Reality Production, etc.). The project or thesis topic » DGA 529 Introduction to Games should be on the selected concentration. If a programming Unity, SpriteKit using C#, student has declared a concentration and does and Swift not complete the required concentration courses » DGA 661 Unity 2D/3D Game Development by graduation, the student will graduate with a Platform Digital Arts degree, with no concentration. Please » DGA 510 Intro to Game Development note that concentrations will only appear on the » DGA 609 3D Modeling and 3D Printing transcript, and not on the diploma. ELECTIVE COURSES DECLARING OR CHANGING A CONCENTRATION Electives from the MSDA curriculum must be (FOR DIGITAL ARTS PROGRAM ONLY) chosen so that the total number of credit hours Digital Arts program concentrations may be completed is at least 36. declared starting at the point of admissions. If a » DGA 503 Storyboard Design student does not declare a concentration during » DGA 504 Global Storytelling the admissions process, the student will be 113 » DGA 507 Design Fundamentals » SWE 518 User Interface Design and » DGA 508 CG Software Fundamentals Implementation » DGA 509 Basic Image Manipulation INTERNSHIP » DGA 510 Intro to Game Development » CFL 591 Integrating Academic and » DGA 512 Web Graphic Design Internship Learning (2 credit hours) » DGA 513 Documentary Production » INT 593 Part-time/Full-time Internship (1-3 » DGA 515 Sound Design credit hours) » DGA 516 Production Sound Recording » DGA 517 Post Production Sound Recording Course Descriptions » DGA 518 UI/UX: User Interfaces and User Experiences Digital Arts (DGA) » DGA 519 Still Life and Figure Drawing » DGA 520 Motion Graphics DGA 501 NEW MEDIA PRODUCTION (3) » DGA 521 Digital Media Distribution Prerequisites: None » DGA 522 Editing I An introduction to digital media production, it » DGA 523 Social Network Marketing and provides design theory and hands-on experience. Publishing The course will cover basic principles of graphic » DGA 524 Virtual Reality/Augmented and interface design, which will be applied to the Reality course deliverables, including print, web, mobile, » DGA 526 Screenwriting and video productions. Students will also learn » DGA 527 Production about the big picture of project development, » DGA 528 Dynamic UX including vital skills such as scheduling, budgeting, » DGA 529 Introduction to Games creating and working within deadlines, and Programming Unity, SpriteKit using C#, operating in a team-based environment. and Swift » DGA 531 Beginning Augmented Reality DGA 503 STORYBOARD DESIGN (3) » DGA 532 Beginning Virtual Reality Prerequisites: None » DGA 606 Animation I Today, Storyboard use is not exclusive to the » DGA 607 Storyboards and Layouts narrative forms of Film and Animation, but is also » DGA 608 CG Modeling widely used in the design of Video Games, » DGA 609 3D Modeling and 3D Printing Interactive GUI’s, Product Presentations and more. » DGA 610 Rigging for 3D Animation Using stories, designs and flowcharts from actual » DGA 611 Lighting and Compositing productions, this course will show students of any » DGA 612 Concept Art and Storyboarding drawing skill level an overview of how to » DGA 615 Zbrush effectively design and construct storyboards from » DGA 617 Motion Capture thumbnails to presentation layouts. » DGA 622 Editing II » DGA 626 Animation II DGA 504 GLOBAL STORYTELLING (3) » DGA 641 Augmented Reality Design and Prerequisites: None Production In a world where the noise of mass and personal » DGA 642 Virtual Reality Design and communications can overwhelm any message and Production idea, the role of storytellers who can tell inspiring, » DGA 661 Unity 2D/3D Game Development persuasive stories and is more important than Platform ever. This course will demonstrate how to apply » DGA 688 Special Topics (1 to 3 credit the universal heroes’ journey in a way that hours) transcends global cultures and civilizations. » DGA 689 Independent Study (1 to 3 credit hours) Students will explore the universal communication » MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies tool known as “stories” from its traditional forms » MKT 585 International Marketing such as fairytales, folklore and mythology through » MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media today’s digital, augmented transmedia as a means » CSC 515 iPhone Application Development of entertainment, education and communication. » CSC 518 OO Programming with Java » CSC 519 Android Phone Application Development DGA 507 DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS (3) » CSC 520 Python Programming Prerequisites: None » CSC 525 HTML/CSS Programming This course blends classical visual language » CSC 530 JavaScript Programming fundamentals with project-based design learning applicable to the media and tech industries. 114 Students will learn how to apply core principles of game hacking. This course will also cover typography, color, and composition to digital designing MMORPGs and mobile games. products. The emphasis of the course on design 98 methodologies in both theory and practice are DGA 511 GENERAL PRODUCTION PIPELINES (3) instrumental in improving design performance, Prerequisites: None problem solving skills, and making students into This course covers the general procedures and better designers. Course projects will enable methodologies to produce a production pipeline students to build a portfolio of digital design from start to finish. One will be lead through the solutions across mobile, web, games or film. production process breaking down each phase in a step-by-step fashion and will be introduced to DGA 508 CG SOFTWARE FUNDAMENTALS (3) easily applied principles of scheduling each task. Prerequisites: None Students will learn to apply these principles to This course will provide an overview of the breakdown and schedule in either real-time computer graphics process utilized today in print, rendering projects — such as a video game or commercials, games, television and movies. The image rendered projects— from animated shorts course will offer the student a hands-on tutorial to features. covering modeling, rendering, lighting, animation and compositing. Students will get to construct a DGA 512 WEB GRAPHIC DESIGN (3) 3D model and take it through all phases of the Prerequisites: None computer graphic process culminating in a This course provides students with instruction in finished scene realistically composited into a 2D graphic editing software. Projects will use tools, background. Other subjects covered include layers and filters to design, edit and create digital principles of rigging, animation, motion tracking images for the Web, apps and digital and and camera moves with examples provided. Lab interactive media. Topics covered will include: fees may apply. Basic Web design tenets, Using color effectively, Understanding fonts, Designing navigation, DGA 509 BASIC IMAGE MANIPULATION (3) Creating graphics that don’t distract from your Prerequisites: None site, and Using multimedia (sound, animation, and In this modern digital age, the basic principles of other media) on your site. photography have not changed. But the tools and techniques of how we arrive at our final image DGA 513 DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION (3) continue to evolve. This class will introduce Prerequisites: None students to the principles of photography and This course is designed to introduce students to a then explore the tools and aesthetics employed complete beginning-to-end production process, by professionals and amateurs alike to alter or with the goal of creating a class documentary enhance their images. Techniques and skills project. Students will learn every step required to acquired will then be applied to projects. This produce and create a finished film, including class will require a laptop or tablet that can handle preproduction planning, camera operation and the specifications of the software Adobe shooting, lighting, interview techniques, Photoshop. storytelling strategies, editing, motion graphics, and more. An understanding of these tools and DGA 510 INTRO TO GAME DEVELOPMENT (3) procedures are essential for any student who Prerequisites: None wishes to work in film, or who desires to produce What are the different elements to a game? What compelling narrative content in a variety of media. makes a great game? Computer game development requires all facets of Computer DGA 515 SOUND DESIGN (3) Science, including Computer Graphics, Artificial Prerequisites: None Intelligence, Algorithms, Data Structures, This course provides an introduction to sound Networking, and Human-Computer Interaction. It design principles for multimedia in a broad and also requires knowledge of other disciplines diverse manner. Students will develop skills in including Economics, Mathematics, Physics, and recording, digital editing and mixing with industry Psychology. The value of this course goes beyond standard software and techniques. culminating Computer Science. It is largely a hands-on course where real-world skills including DGA 516 PRODUCTION SOUND RECORDING (3) design, teamwork, management, documentation, Prerequisites: None and communications are critical. This course will This course is designed to acquaint and introduce delve into topics such as the game engine, students to the basic principles of audio recording rendering, user interfaces, sound, animation, and and production through classroom lecture, and hands on training, as well as guided and individual 115 studio projects. Students will learn recording ideas to strong, visual presentation. Still-life and techniques, including the choice of microphones Figure drawing are foundations on which most and their placement, as well as mixing multi-track visual expression is built. In a series of sessions audio utilizing equalization, compression, reverb, using both the Human Figure and Inanimate and panning, with an emphasis on acoustics and Objects, learn drawing techniques to capture the physics of sound. Class projects will focus on form, light and shadow, perspective and recording audio for distribution within, TV, radio, composition. computer gaming, and film. Students will attend lectures and gain experience in production as they DGA 520 MOTION GRAPHICS (3) complete the projects assigned in the course. Prerequisites: None This course will explore the fundamental principles DGA 517 POST PRODUCTION SOUND of motion graphics, which blend art and RECORDING (3) technology to create dynamic visuals for the Prerequisites: None screen. Students will become familiar with the This course will teach students the specific processes of creating effective animated graphics, techniques and strategies used during the audio suitable for broadcast, films, titles, or commercials. post-production process. Students will learn how One will learn to create engaging visual imagery, to spot, edit, and assemble dialogue, sound generate unique ideas, and to apply color palettes effects, Foley, and music, in addition to mixing that support a concept. This course will teach and prepping the audio using the industry students advanced techniques of motion-graphics standard, Pro Tools and other DAW technologies. creation through the use of software programs The course begins with a real-world overview of utilized by design and animation companies audio post production, including its evolution, worldwide. methods, sound crew, and media formats. It then explores techniques and tips for recording DGA 521 DIGITAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION (3) location sound, using sound effects libraries, Prerequisites: None editing production dialogue, and directing and The business of media is distribution. It is the art recording a Foley session. Students will learn and method of maximizing profits in the delivery strategies for working with composers and music and consumption of your work. But the business supervisors, how to edit songs to fit a scene, and model and methods of media distribution now how to record and mix score music. In addition, change and evolve at ever increasing rates. This students will learn how to assemble a predub or course will expose students to industry concepts temp mix (to group and sub-mix tracks into stems of networks, life-cycles, ultimates and windows, as for the final dub), create the final dub, and well as how those concepts apply to new media prepare the mix for foreign distribution and final such as VOD, apps, tablets, clouds and beyond. delivery. Upon completion, students will have an understanding of media business model DGA 518 UI/UX: USER INTERFACES AND USER fundamentals and be prepared to position EXPERIENCES (3) themselves at the vanguard of the rapidly Prerequisites: None changing world of digital media distribution. This course offers students an engaging introduction and hands-on practice in the DGA 522 EDITING I (3) fundamental areas of human centered user Prerequisites: None experience (UX) design. This course will explore This course offers students an in-depth design-thinking strategies ranging from behavioral understanding of editing principles is one of the psychology basics to techniques for user research, core competencies of cinematic storytelling for design ideation, rapid prototyping and usability movies, television, video games, advertising, evaluations. Students will learn how to gather and animation and new media. Logical, intelligent translate user needs into clear and responsive user editing is essential for clearly communicating interface (UI) solutions. Students will demonstrate story information and making video greater than their creative problem solving skills by building a the sum of its parts. The theory, practice, history, design portfolio across a range of UX / UI projects and techniques of editing will be covered in this throughout the course. comprehensive overview. Students will explore the art and function of editing the moving image DGA 519 STILL LIFE AND FIGURE DRAWING (3) for narrative, documentary, and non-traditional Prerequisites: None web material through an introduction to industry Digital Art calls on a variety of disciplines beyond leading non-linear editing systems. proficiency with particular software. There are basic skills and techniques that bring creative 116 DGA 523 SOCIAL NETWORK MARKETING AND story analysis and writing exercises, students will PUBLISHING (3) learn to take apart any story to see what makes it Prerequisites: None work, and will author their own short screenplays In the vast sea of opportunities offered by today’s all the way from idea to finished script. technology and networks, how can you most effectively use social media to achieve your career DGA 527 PRODUCTION (3) goals? Many traditional forms of media and Prerequisites: None networking are simply not enough to reach and This course is designed to introduce students to a captivate today’s media savvy audience. To complete beginning-to- end production process, successfully reach your online and offline with the goal of creating a class project. Students audiences you must fully utilize creative, problem- will learn every step required to produce and solving, design and communication skills. This create a finished film, including pre-production class will explore established concepts of personal planning, camera operation and shooting, lighting, narrowcasting, blogs and tweets as well as interview techniques, storytelling strategies, modern takes on subjects such as data editing, motion graphics, and more. An visualization and vanity metrics vs. validated understanding of these tools and procedures are learning. Finally, all of these concepts and skills essential for any student who wishes to work in will be applied utilizing affordable and accessible film, or who desires to produce compelling digital publishing tools to deliver the latest apps narrative content in a variety of media. and media. DGA 528 DYNAMIC UX (3) DGA 524 VIRTUAL REALITY/AUGMENTED Prerequisites: None REALITY (3) This course will explore how web technologies are Prerequisites: None making it easier for websites to become more This course focuses on the design and evaluation interactive and behave more like native of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality applications. Students will learn to identify and (VR) systems, algorithms, and applications related improve static web designs through the use of to the hardware, software, interaction, dynamic web content, make web pages more psychology, technology, and research that are interactive without sacrificing usability or used. Class topics will include systems for accessibility, learn how to deal with touch-screen presenting information to all five senses (visual, devices, and learn to give on-screen feedback auditory, haptic, olfactory and gustatory), effectively This course is intended for • UX, UI and methods for users to interact with objects within Web designers – both beginners and advanced • virtual environments, and evaluation techniques Marketers • Developers for assessing effectiveness, as well as vision-based marker and feature tracking, model-to-view space DGA 529 INTRODUCTION TO GAMES transformations, mobile application development, PROGRAMMING UNITY, SPRITEKIT USING C#, and interaction techniques. Students will interact AND SWIFT (3) with various display and interface 100 devices Prerequisites: None throughout this course, develop prototype Learn to code in Swift Apple’s new coding applications, and evaluate them. Through a language. Learn to make apps in Xcode and learn combination of traditional lecture, literature how to make games with SpriteKit. The course is review, and hands-on work, students will learn to step by step and project-based, so you will learn critically evaluate different alternatives, build programming Swift and C# concepts and apply prototype systems, and design comparative them immediately to real indie games as you go. • evaluations to test the effectiveness of various Build an entire game yourself • Step by step in (AR) and (VR) applications. class • Learn Swift and C# • Learn Sprite kit and Unity Requirements: Students must have DGA 526 SCREENWRITING (3) knowledge of programming in Java, C, C++ or Prerequisites: None equivalent, course might requires a MAC Screenwriting is the foundation of cinematic computer for the Swift and SpriteKit loaded with storytelling, and is also a primary tool for latest version of Xcode. animation and video game development. This class will teach students the fundamentals of DGA 531 BEGINNING AUGMENTED REALITY (3) compelling plots and great drama, the nuances of Prerequisites: None realistic character development, tips and tricks for Augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality… writing visually compelling scenes, and how to these systems can provide users with make your dialog jump off the page. Through astonishingly immersive content. What are the
117 sciences involved in this new technology, and related fields and sources, in order to understand what are the content integration issues to building and make use of these changes to VR. these virtual places? This course focuses on the design and evaluation of Augmented Reality (AR) DGA 606 ANIMATION I (3) systems, algorithms, and applications related to Prerequisites: DGA 508 the hardware, software, interaction, psychology, Students will develop an understanding of a wide algorithms, technology, and research that are variety of applications used in animation and learn involved. With the proliferation of powerful, the principles behind 2-D, 3-D, and motion always-on, Internet-connected mobile devices graphics. Through an exploration of 2-D animation such as smart-phones, tablets and newer head- concepts, design and techniques, each student worn displays, sophisticated applications that will become familiar with animation language and combine location-specific content with the eventually garner the basics used for modeling, current user view are becoming more possible. positioning and rendering 3-D objects using Application developers for these devices require a Autodesk Maya, one of the leading animation broad set of technical and design skills to create software packages for the film and gaming effective interactive AR experiences. Topics will industries. include vision-based marker and feature tracking, model-to-view space transformations, mobile DGA 607 STORYBOARDS AND LAYOUTS (3) application development, and AR interaction Prerequisites: DGA 503 techniques. Through a combination of traditional In this course, students will learn advanced lecture, literature review, and hands-on work, storyboarding and the layout process as it relates students will learn to critically evaluate different to the narrative structure. Emphasis is placed on alternatives, build prototype systems, and design the full storyboard process from initial sketch comparative evaluations to test the effectiveness (thumbnails) to final, sequential panels. Using of various AR applications. Students will be supplied stories, design and flow chart examples, expected to implement several techniques as part students will learn to apply the essentials of of this course. This course welcomes students drawing to a production, from initial storyboard with a diverse set of backgrounds, including (but sequences to final production layouts. Through not restricted to): computer science, math, interactive lectures, discussions, demonstration physics, digital art, engineering, architecture, and and studio work, students will be able to translate psychology. narrative concepts into effective visual communications for film and video productions, DGA 532 BEGINNING VIRTUAL REALITY (3) animation, motion graphics, multimedia apps, Prerequisites: None video games, and theme park attractions. During this course, students will explore the techniques and technologies that need to be DGA 608 CG MODELING (3) brought together to allow Virtual Reality, and Prerequisites: DGA 508 other realities along the Mixed Reality Continuum 3D modeling involves digitally constructing and organic life forms to interact within virtual shapes in a virtual space and is utilized in fields worlds. Commercial displays, trackers and ranging from movies, animations, video games, graphics hardware have enabled many new architecture, medical and industrial visualizations, applications and venues, including: entertainment, and a host of new applications and media such as training and learning activities, exercise, creating virtual actors and Augmented Reality assessment, rehabilitation and socialization. Class (AR). In this course, students will learn the topics include systems for presenting information techniques used by movie and video game to all five senses (visual, auditory, haptic, olfactory industry experts to create professional 3D Models. and gustatory), methods for users to interact with They will use industry techniques and applications objects within virtual environments, and to create new worlds by designing and modeling evaluation techniques for assessing effectiveness. their own objects, creatures, and environments. Students will interact with various display and This class requires a laptop computer or tablet interface devices throughout this course, develop running Adobe CC Photoshop. prototype applications, and evaluate them. The format of the course will be a combination of DGA 609 3D MODELING AND 3D PRINTING (3) traditional lecture, literature review, and hands-on Prerequisites: DGA 508 work. Because the definition and purpose of This course instructs students in the best industry Virtual Reality is in flux and evolving rapidly, this standard practices and production pipelines for course will be colloquium in nature, focused on creating 3D assets using Autodesk Maya, one of synthesizing existing literature from multiple the leading software packages for the film and
118 gaming industries. Students will explore the tools and techniques needed to model a wide array of DGA 615 ZBRUSH (3) characters, objects, architectures, and Prerequisites: DGA 608 environments. Students will build a strong ZBrush is a very powerful 3D sculpting and understanding of the methods and principles of texturing tool. The course covers the most 3D modeling. Aspects of the production pipeline popular tools and techniques for digital painting will be covered, but the main focus will be from and sculpting in ZBrush, and explains how to concept design to final sculpture. In addition to export the models and texture maps to other learning the basics of 3D modeling with Maya, we programs for use in games, film, fine art, or 3D will be learning some basics of 3D printers, such printing. The course also highlights the new as MakerBot Replicator 2. Students will learn the features in ZBrush 4, such as ShadowBox, clip differences between printing materials, techniques brushes, and LightBox. Exercise files are included to have more predictable results, limitations of with the course. Topics include: navigating the current 3D printers and even will be able to print canvas, using perspective and floor, creating a out some objects by the end of the class session! mesh with a ZSketch, extracting from an existing mesh, managing subdivision levels, working with DGA 610 RIGGING FOR 3D ANIMATION (3) alphas, masking off parts of a model, using Prerequisites: DGA 508 deformation, using subtools, deforming with This course introduces the basic techniques of Transpose, painting and texturing, and creating character set-up and rigging as used in 3D UV maps. Software used: ZBrush and/or animation. This course will cover such principles Photoshop. and skills as how to set up a skeleton for an animated character, joint hierarchies, forward DGA 617 MOTION CAPTURE (3) kinematics, inverse kinematics, constraints, and Prerequisites: DGA 610 how to create facial rigs and blendshapes for Motion capture, often called mocap, is the process facial animation. of digitizing a performance from an actor or animal. It is commonly used for reference or a DGA 611 LIGHTING AND COMPOSITING (3) method to get animation data quickly. This course Prerequisites: DGA 508 will cover topics such as: skeletal rigs, animation This course covers the art and science of lighting, retargeting, data cleanup, and on set preparation. shading, and compositing to create computer Software used: Maya and or Motion Builder. graphics images (CGI). The lighting and shading portion of the course investigates the look, DGA 621 PRODUCING DIGITAL MEDIA (3) shading, and atmosphere techniques that brings Prerequisites: None characters and scenes to life. The compositing The skills necessary to produce today’s media are portion of the course focuses on the integration of more demanding than ever. Whether it is movies, CGI elements with live action footage. The course games, motion graphics, interactive apps and begins with introduction to the history of other new media, this class will help students photographic lighting and compositing and ends apply universal business production processes with students learning to create and integrate essential to take a media project from concept to their own CGI elements through both individual completion. Topics covered in this course include and team based projects. concept and story development, pre-visualization, bidding, budgeting, financing, scheduling, talent DGA 612 CONCEPT ART AND STORYBOARDING and asset management, and distribution. (3) Prerequisites: DGA 503 DGA 622 EDITING II (3) A critical phase for cinema pre-production is in Prerequisite: DGA 522 design, planning and storyboarding. Stories unfold The techniques learned in Editing 1 are now through concept designs that include characters, applied to the creation of short videos. Students props, wardrobe, locations, sets, color palettes, will write and plan short narratives, shoot these and environments. No matter what the size of projects with basic video cameras, then assemble their cinematic project, this course will get their work using editing software. The class will students ready for production and a unique cover the technical foundations of nonlinear integrated approach to quick, realistic and editing and its software, and provide an aesthetic designs relevant to their story and introduction to image adjustment tools such as characters. Students will learn to generate pre- digital mattes, color correction, time remapping production material from concept illustrations and (slow and fast motion), title generators, and character designs to color studies, storyboards motion graphics. Video compression and codecs and wardrobe designs. will also be covered. 119 DGA 626 ANIMATION II (3) DGA 642 VIRTUAL REALITY DESIGN AND Prerequisites: DGA 606 PRODUCTION (3) Using principles introduced in DGA 606 Prerequisites: DGA 508 and DGA 524 Animation 1, this class offers more advanced and Virtual Reality Design and Production is a detailed explorations into animation concepts, Journeyman Level course designed to instruct techniques and processes including acting, students the fundamentals of Virtual Reality gesture, storytelling, 2-D and 3-D forms, software content design and production. Course content proficiency and project management from will focus on digital story development, concept through to completion of an animated methodology, technical skills and the software project. This will lead to final projects where proficiency necessary to create deeply immersive, students will work individually and with others to multisensory, interactive experiences. Through a complete an animated project which be included combination of lectures, class discussion, hands in one’s student showreel. on experience, in depth topic presentations, and readings from current industry relevant literature, DGA 631 DIGITAL MEDIA STARTUP (3) students will be exposed to a wide range of Prerequisites: DGA 511 interesting and exciting research in the broadly The state of innovation sets the tone, direction defined field of virtual reality, 3Duser interaction and growth of jobs and entire new industries. The and spatial user interfaces. Students will have the heart of new and innovative ideas is the modern opportunity to conduct a semester-long term start-up. Master the creative, technical and project, working hands on with leading edge business skills required to conceive and create virtual reality hardware such as the Oculus Rift one’s own disruptive idea, then launch it into a virtual reality headset, the Oculus /Samsung Gear new startup. This is project-driven and can be a VR wireless headset, Google Cardboard phone companion class to the Digital Arts Master Project based viewers, and the HTC Vive. where students conceive and produce a project from their own original ideas and designs. DGA 661 UNITY 2D/3D GAME DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM (3) DGA 641 AUGMENTED REALITY DESIGN AND Prerequisites: DGA 508 PRODUCTION (3) Many of today’s games were created using a Prerequisites: DGA 524 and DGA 508 game engine, such as Crytek, Unreal Engine, Unity A Journeyman Level course that gives students an or even a proprietary one written in house. These opportunity to learn about Mixed Reality and a game engines provide many built in functionalities specific subclass referred to as Augmented that aid in the game making process. This course Reality as a technology, a human computer will teach you how to make games from your own interaction paradigm, and an electronic medium. assets (3D models, textures, and character rigs). Today’s powerful, always on, Internet-connected Student will also be writing their own C# scripts. mobile devices, wearables and newer head-worn Software: Maya, Photoshop and Unity. displays, require sophisticated applications and content that combine location specific information DGA 688 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-3) with the current user view. Application developers Prerequisites: None for these devices require a broad set of technical Special topics courses cover subjects not and design skills to create these effective currently contained in the curriculum, but are interactive AR experiences. Students will work designed to address especially relevant trends or individually and in teams to explore the potential developments related to the discipline. of AR. Students with backgrounds in visual design, industrial design, architecture, video production, DGA 689 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3) and visual storytelling are welcome, as are Prerequisites: None students with significant programming, HCI or Independent Study allows students to explore computer graphics backgrounds.. Through a academic areas of special interest not provided in combination of traditional lecture, literature the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the review, and hands on work, students will learn to guidance of a member of the faculty. critically evaluate different alternatives, build prototype systems, and design comparative DGA 690 MASTER’S PROJECT I (3) evaluations to test the effectiveness of various AR Prerequisites: Approval from a faculty advisor applications. Students will be expected to This is a capstone project culminating in applying implement several techniques as part of this and demonstrating the knowledge base and course. skillets acquired throughout the MSDA program and meeting all departmental Program Learning
120 Outcomes. One is eligible for Master’s Projects Faculty only within the final two semesters prior to • Jake Wachtel, MS, USC Annenberg School for graduation. One will need to get approval and Communication and Journalism, Digital Social work closely with a faculty advisor to map out a Media, Award-winning Producer and study plan and create Student Learning Outcomes Journalist, Department Chair for a Master’s Project before enrolling in this capstone program. CORE FACULTY • Dave Lo, BFA, Academy of Art University, DGA 692 MASTER’S THESIS (3) Computer Arts, BS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Computer Science, Motion Prerequisites: Department Chair’s approval and Picture Computer Artist completion of 27 credit hours of the MSDA program. ADJUNCT FACULTY The master’s thesis must be arranged with the • Jonali Bhattacharyya, MFA, Academy of Art master’s thesis advisor. After the topic is University, Animation and Visual Effects; approved independent research in Digital Arts Digital Art professional, Game Animator and toward the MS degree must be conducted. The award-winning Educator & Creative Director research must result in some new insights into the • Stacey Houghton, MFA, Rochester Institute academic or practical concepts of the Digital Arts of Technology, Computer Graphics Design, world. These must be analyzed, explained, and Graphic Artist, UI/UX Designer, Web documented in the thesis. After completing the Designer thesis the student must defend it before a • Gokce Kasikci, MFA, San Diego State committee of faculty appointed by the University, Multimedia, Art Director, Department Chair. Computer Graphics Design, Graphic Artist, UI/UX Designer, Web Designer • Chris Petrocchi, BS, San Jose State Classroom Field Learning (CFL) University, Animator, Concept Artist and Art CFL 591 INTEGRATING ACADEMIC AND Director in television, games and film INTERNSHIP LEARNING (2) • Tom Rubalcava, Designer, Director, Animator Prerequisites: None and Storyboard Artist in film, television, and This course provides an overview of expectations commercials and requirements for INT 593 Internship, teaches • Koji Steven Sakai, Masters, Professional students how to integrate their academic and Writing, USC, Screenwriter, Producer, internship learning, and enhances career skills Novelist and Journalist development. A student must pass CFL 591(can • Shanan L. Sabin, MBA, USC Marshall School be taken concurrently) in order to be eligible to of Business, Marketing, Award-winning enroll in INT 593. Marketing Leader, Expertise in Integrated Campaigns, Global Market and Brand Strategy Internship (INT) • Michael Snyder, Journalist, Editor, INT 593 Part-time/Full-time Broadcaster, Educator, Screenwriter, and INTERNSHIP (1, 3) Animation Developer Prerequisites: CFL 591 • Allen White, Filmmaker, Screenwriter, and This course consists of participation in a full-time Film Journalist or part-time internship experience, related to the student’s field of study under the supervision of both an approved internship provider and a faculty advisor. This course provides practical, hands-on training in a relevant industry to enhance classroom learning. A maximum of 10 credit hours earned in INT 593 may be applied toward the Master’s Degree graduation requirements.
121 DEPARTMENT OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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The Department of Electrical and Computer The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering strives to prepare its graduates for Engineering at ITU was established in 1994. ITU’s success in professional careers, combining the founder, Dr. Shu-Park Chan, was also the EECE rigor of science, the power of engineering and the Department’s first Chair. Dr. May Huang assumed thrill of innovation. the role of Department Chair when Dr. Chan retired in 2008. The MSCE Program emphasizes system design, architectures, algorithms, and the development The EECE Department offers Masters’ degrees in and application of intelligent systems. The MSCE Electrical Engineering (MSEE) and Computer program prepares students for professional Engineering (MSCE), as well as a Ph.D. degree in careers in industry, research or education. Electrical Engineering (PhD-EE). Beginning in Fall 2018, the EECE Department is modifying its Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) degree programs in order to bring them into The WSCUC Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) compliance with standards established by the define the educational outcomes of the MSCE Accreditation Board for Engineering Teaching degree program: (ABET). PLO 1: Fundamentals: (ILO 5) Outline up-to-date technologies in computer Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) engineering PLO 2: Engineering Ability: (ILO 1) 1. Problem Solving: Construct, interpret, Demonstrate an understanding of established and analyze, and evaluate information and emerging engineering techniques, and problem-solving skills ideas derived from a multitude of sources PLO 3: Research Ability: (ILO 6) in order to reach reasoned solutions or Solve problems in engineering through self-learning and alternative strategies to solve problems. research activities 2. Critical Thinking: Analyze facts and PLO 4: Career Responsibility: (ILO 7) information from multiple sources in order Apply professional ethics in the definition, planning, and to assess the relevance and synthesize that execution of engineering projects information in order to formulate PLO 5: Critical Thinking: (ILO 2) meaningful arguments and conclusions. Analyze engineering challenges to make evidence- 3. Communication: Interact clearly and based choices among various paradigms PLO 6: Communication Skills: (ILO 3) effectively in written and oral forms with Present technical issues clearly and professionally in personal and professional constituencies. both oral and written communications 4. Team Work: Operate collaboratively and PLO 7: Team Work: (ILO 4) respectfully as members and leaders of Provide support for team projects in a way that diverse teams and organizations. promotes effective team dynamics to achieve team 5. Technical Literacy: Work responsibly, goals appropriately and effectively, using technology tools to access, manage, Accreditation Board For Engineering And integrate, evaluate, create and Technology (ABET) Outcomes communicate information and innovation. The ABET Graduate Student Outcomes (GSO) 6. Research: Identify and implement further describe what MSCE students are systematic methodologies for discovering, expected to know and be able to do by the time understanding, analyzing and interpreting of graduation. The GSO represent skills, materials, information and behaviors. knowledge, and abilities a student should possess 7. Responsibility: Practice sound, ethical, and as a condition for entry into the profession upon social responsibility in professional and graduation. personal endeavors and decision-making. GSO 1: An ability to meet the student’s individualized study plan and to reach study objectives GSO 2:An ability to conduct graduate-level engineering design and research GSO 3:An ability to communicate professionally and 122 work effectively in a team environment CAPSTONE COURSE The ABET Program Educational Objectives (PEO) Select one from list: describe what graduates are expected to attain within » ECE 646 Capstone Course 1 – IoT System the first few years after graduation. Design
» CEN 643 Capstone Course 2 – Advanced PEO 1:Graduates of the MSCE program solve computer- engineering problems for high-tech industries, mainly in Image Processing Silicon Valley » CEN 698 Master Thesis I PEO 2:Graduates perform engineering design, research » CEN 699 Master Thesis II and product development PEO 3:Graduates are effective team members or ELECTIVE COURSES leaders Computer engineering field relevant: Minimum 3 Courses: Career Opportunities » AMS 510 Linear Algebra The MSCE requires an understanding of both » AMS 512 Applied Mathematics Methods computer science and electrical engineering, to » AMS 514 Fast Fourier Transformation & accommodate the dual role of computer Applications engineers who are competent in system, » AMS 520 Optimization Techniques algorithm, software, and hardware design. » AMS 530 Numerical Analysis Typical areas include: design and development of » AMS 540 Discrete Mathematics distributed systems, embedded systems, and » AMS 552 Probability, Statistics and computerized control systems; computer-aided Reliability for Engineers design; FPGA development; ASIC design; and » AMS 722 Advanced Applied Mathematics firmware development. Positions in the field Methods include: system design engineer, system adminis- » AMS 750 Abstract Algebra trator, hardware designer, firmware designer, » AMS 760 Advanced Optimization software engineer, verification engineer, test Techniques engineer, product engineer, quality-control » CEN 508 Scientific Computing engineer, customer support engineer, and » CEN 520 Artificial Intelligence Application applications engineer. Development » CEN 540 Network Security Techniques Program Requirments » CEN 542 Computer Vision and Image REQUIRED COURSES: Processing » 4 Core Courses: 12 credit hours » CEN 548 Computer Network Systems » 1 Capstone Course: Project or Thesis: 3 » CEN 557 Data Science and Technology credit hours » CEN 581 Principle of Internet of Things » Internship: 1 credit hour » CEN 653 Challenge of Edge Device Design ELECTIVE COURSES: » CEN 688 Special Topics in Computer » Field Relevant Courses: 9 credit hours Engineering » 1 Cross Disciplinary course from MBA, EM » CEN 689 Independent Study or DA: 3 credit hours » EEN 520 ASIC Design I » Internship: 1-9 credit hours » EEN 521 AI Design Using FPGA » Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours from » EEN 525 ASIC Design II a graduate program of a regionally » EEN 541 Digital Signal Processing and accredited school with department chair’s System Analysis approval. » EEN 555 Deep Learning in Engineering » Any course in CE, EE, CS, SE or Math » EEN 629 System on Chip (SOC) Design 36 Total Credit Hours » EEN 753 Advanced Machine Learning Engineering GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA): » EEN 758 Advanced System Design A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for » EEN 766 Advanced Communication granting of the Master’s degree. Systems » EEN 774 Advanced Wireless REQUIRED CORE COURSES Communications » ECE 500 Electrical and Computer Engineering » ECE 510 Algorithms and Data Analysis » CEN 551 Computer Architecture » CEN 556 Distributed Computing Systems
123 OTHER ELECTIVE COURSES Support team effort through collaboration to achieve » Any course in Math, MSEE, MSCE, MSSE or project goals
MSCS can be accepted as an elective Accreditation Board For Engineering And course Technology (ABET) Outcomes » One cross-disciplinary course (MBA, EM or The ABET Graduate Student Outcomes (GSO) DA) can be accepted as an elective course further describe what MSEE students are expected to know and be able to do by the time INTERNSHIP of graduation. The GSO represents skills, » CFL 591 Integrating Academic & Internship knowledge, and abilities that a student should Learning possess as a condition for entry into the » INT 593 Part-time/Full-time Internship profession upon graduation.
GSO 1:An ability to meet the student’s individualized MASTER OF SCIENCE IN study plan and to reach study objectives GSO 2:An ability to conduct graduate-level engineering ELECTRICAL design and research ENGINEERING GSO 3:An ability to communicate professionally and work effectively in a team environment
The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering The ABET Program Educational Objectives (PEO) (MSEE) degree program focuses on the following describe what graduates are expected to attain areas: within the first few years after graduation.
CHIP DESIGN PEO 1:Graduates of the MSEE program solve electrical The MSEE concentration in Chip Design engineering problems for high-tech industries, mainly in emphasizes the development of cutting-edge Silicon Valley artificial intelligence integrated circuits (IC’s), PEO 2:Graduates perform engineering design, research using FPGA, ASIC, or SoC techniques. Mixed- and product development PEO 3:Graduates are effective team members or signal (analog and digital) design, MEMS, and leaders RF chip design are also covered. Career Opportunities SYSTEM DESIGN The MSEE requires an understanding not only of The MSEE concentration in System Design electrical engineering, but also computer emphasizes embedded systems, the Internet of algorithms and programming to fulfill the roles of Things (IoT), and distributed systems. Scientific chip design or system design engineers. computing, deep learning and neural networks, Typical career fields include: IC chip design, communications, algorithms and software electronic design automation, embedded system implementations are also covered. design, computer-aided design, computerized
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) control systems, sensor design and bioelectronics. The Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) define the Positions in the field include: logic design educational outcomes of the MSEE degree engineer, circuit design engineer, physical design engineer, verification engineer, test engineer, program: PLO 1: Fundamentals: (ILO 5) reliability engineer, and applications engineer.
Explain current and emerging technologies in IC chip Program Requirements design or system design in electrical engineering REQUIRED COURSES: PLO 2: Engineering Ability: (ILO 1) 4 Core Courses: 12 credit hours Appraise electrical engineering problems using » contemporary techniques » 1 Capstone Course: Project or Thesis: 3 PLO 3: Research Ability: (ILO 6) credit hours Conduct independent research to solve challenges in » Internship: 1 credit hour electrical engineering PLO 4: Career Responsibility: (ILO 7) ELECTIVE COURSES: Apply professional ethics in the definition, planning, and » Field Relevant Courses: 9 credit hours execution of engineering projects » 1 Cross Disciplinary course from MBA, EM PLO 5: Critical Thinking: (ILO 2) or DA: 3 credit hours Analyze engineering challenges to make evidence- » Internship: 1-9 credit hours based choices among various paradigms » Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours from PLO 6: Communication Skills: (ILO 3) a graduate program of a regionally Present technical issues clearly in oral and written accredited school with department chair’s communications PLO 7: Team Work: (ILO 4) approval. » Any course in CE, EE, CS, SE or Math 124 36 Total Credit Hours » EEN 671 Wireless Communication Systems GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA): » EEN 688 Special Topics A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for » EEN 689 Independent Study granting of the Master’s degree. » EEN 714 Advanced Microprocessor Design » EEN 717 Advanced Analog IC Design REQUIRED CORE COURSES » EEN 719 Advanced RF IC Design » ECE 500 Electrical and Computer » EEN 732 Advanced Nanotechnology Engineering » EEN 736 Advanced MEMS Design » ECE 510 Algorithms and Data Analysis » EEN 739 Bioelectronics and » EEN 511 VLSI Design Bioengineering » EEN 541 Digital Signal Processing and » EEN 749 Advanced Digital Signal System Analysis Processing » SYSTEM DESIGN CAPSTONE COURSE » CEN 508 Scientific Computing Select one from list: » CEN 520 Artificial Intelligence Application Development » ECE 646 Capstone Course 1 – IoT System » CEN 540 Network Security Techniques Design » CEN 542 Computer Vision and Image » EEN 627 Capstone Course 2 – Chip Design Processing to Silicon » CEN 548 Computer Network Systems » EEN 698 Master Thesis I » CEN 556 Distributed Computing Systems » EEN 699 Master Thesis II » CEN 581 Principle of Internet of Things » CEN 643 Advanced Image Processing ELECTIVE COURSES » EEN 513 Microprocessor Design » ELECTRICAL engineering FiELD » EEN 521 AI Design Using FPGA RELEVANT: Minimum 3 courses: » EEN 555 Deep Learning in Engineering » EEN 629 System on Chip (SOC) Design MATH COURSES » EEN 637 Bioelectronics and » AMS 510 Linear Algebra Bioengineering » AMS 512 Applied Mathematics Methods » EEN 671 Wireless Communication Systems » AMS 514 Fast Fourier Transformation & » EEN 688 Special Topics in Electrical Applications Engineering » AMS 520 Optimization Techniques » EEN 689 Independent Study » AMS 530 Numerical Analysis » EEN 714 Advanced Microprocessor Design » AMS 540 Discrete Mathematics » EEN 739 Bioelectronics and » AMS 552 Probability, Statistics and Bioengineering Reliability for Engineers » EEN 749 Advanced Digital Signal » AMS 722 Advanced Applied Mathematics Processing Methods » EEN 753 Advanced Machine Learning » AMS 750 Abstract Algebra Engineering » AMS 760 Advanced Optimization » EEN 758 Advanced System Design Techniques » EEN 766 Advanced Communication » CHIP DESIGN Systems » CEN 508 Scientific Computing » EEN 774 Advanced Wireless » CEN 520 Artificial Intelligence Application Communications Development » CEN 548 Computer Network Systems OTHER ELECTIVE COURSES » CEN 556 Distributed Computing Systems » Any course in Math, MSEE, MSCE, MSSE or » CEN 581 Principle of Internet of Things MSCS can be accepted as an elective » EEN 513 Microprocessor Design course » EEN 520 ASIC Design I » One cross-disciplinary course (MBA, EM or » EEN 521 AI Design Using FPGA DA) can be accepted as an elective course » EEN 525 ASIC Design II » EEN 555 Deep Learning in Engineering INTERNSHIP » EEN 616 Mixed Signal IC Design » CFL 591 Integrating Academic & Internship » EEN 618 Analog and RF IC Design Learning » EEN 629 System On Chip (SOC) Design » INT 593 Part-time/Full-time Internship » EEN 630 Quantum Devices and Systems » EEN 635 Introduction to MEMS Design 125 proposal and sufficient preparation for advanced DOCTOR OF research for the proposed dissertation topic. PHILOSOPHY IN Passing a comprehensive, final oral defense ELECTRICAL examination is required to defend the PhD dissertation. ENGINEERING Publication in an internationally recognized
The Doctor of Philosophy degree in the field of academic journal is required to complete the PhD Electrical Engineering (PhD-EE) is conferred by dissertation. the Department of Electrical Engineering, International Technological University, in Doctoral Courses recognition of competence in the subject field and Courses numbered 700 or above in the Electrical the ability to investigate engineering problems Engineering and Math courses are designed as independently, resulting in an original contribution PhD courses. Other courses may be accepted as to engineering knowledge. The work for the PhD courses with the approval of the PhD advisor degree consists of advanced studies in and chair of the EECE Department. engineering, mathematics and related physical sciences; engineering research, preparation of a Thesis Advisor dissertation based on that research; a dissertation It is the student's responsibility to obtain consent defense; and publication. from a faculty member in the student's major department to serve as his/her prospective thesis Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) advisor upon acceptance into the PhD program. The Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) define the A PhD student and his/her advisor jointly develop educational outcomes of the PhD-EE degree a study plan for courses and research in a program: particular area, and submit to the chair of the PLO #1: Fundamentals Formulate comprehensive department for approval. solutions to problems in specialized aspects of electrical engineering. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #5) Study Program And Course Work PLO #2: Research Ability Produce independent The student is required to complete a minimum scholarly research, which contributes innovative ideas of 60 credit hours of graduate credit beyond the and concepts to the fields of science and/or master's degree. Of these, 30 credit hours may engineering. (Mapped to ILO #2, ILO #6) be earned through course work and independent PLO #3: Career Responsibility Perform career duties study, and up to an additional 30 credit hours promptly, responsibly and professionally. (Mapped to ILO #7) through the thesis process. All thesis hours are PLO #4: Communication Produce clear, professional graded on a Pass/No Pass basis. A maximum of 15 communication including for use in teaching, semester credit hours with grade of B or above conferences, and publications. (Mapped to ILO #3) may be transferred from other regionally PLO #5: Team Work Manage team efforts towards an accredited institutions with approval of the engineering and/or educational goal. (Mapped to ILO EECE Department Chair. #4)
Career Opportunities Qualification Examination The PhD program in Electrical Engineering The qualification exam must be administered prepares its graduates to be professionals and within two years of the date of admission for full- leaders in the fields of electrical and computer time students, and within three years for part-time engineering in industry, academic, research, or students. The qualification exam can be retaken other services of society. only once.
The qualification examination will be in written Program Requirements form. There will be three fields within the » 60 credit hours beyond Master’s degree examination. Mathematics is a required field. The including: student may choose the two other fields from » 30 hours of coursework and Independent among the four fields listed below: Study » VLSI Design » 30 hours of Doctoral Dissertation » Analog Sensors & Bio Design Passing a written qualification exam is required for » Digital Signal Processing and admission to candidacy. Communication Passing a comprehensive oral examination is required with presenting dissertation topic » System Design 126 Each field will cover at least three courses, for publication in an internationally recognized example: academic journal, such as IEEE, IEE, ACM, or other » VLSI Design (EEN 714, EEN 732, EEN 758) journals approved by the Doctoral Committee. » Analog & RF Design (EEN 717, EEN 719, EEN 736) TEACHING REQUIREMENT » DSP & Communication (EEN 749, EEN 766, PhD candidate must teach at least one Master EEN 774) level course in order to demonstrate teaching » System Design (EEN 739, EEN 753, EEN ability. The course being taught must be 758) completed prior to a dissertation defense.
Admission To Candidacy Dissertation Defense A student who passes the qualification The dissertation must be made available to all examination is considered as advanced to examiners one month prior to the examination. candidacy. A PhD candidate must approach The oral examination shall consist of a his/her PhD advisor to assist with formation of a presentation of the dissertation results and the doctoral committee. defense. Dissertation defense is open to the public, but only members of the Doctoral Doctoral Committee Committee may vote. The dissertation defense The committee must consist of a minimum of passes only through a unanimous vote. three and a maximum of five members, including the dissertation advisor and the Department Chair. Program Completion The committee must also include at least one At least one month prior to degree conferral, the member from outside the department, preferably candidate must submit to the Doctoral Program from outside the University. Either the PhD Council of the University two copies of the final advisor or Department Chair will serve as the chair version of the dissertation. The dissertation will of the committee. not be considered as accepted until approved by the Doctoral Committee and publication The Doctoral Committee will review the proposed acceptance. Each member of the Doctoral dissertation topic and recommend any necessary Committee must indicate his/her final approval by changes. For the candidacy to proceed, the signature. committee must approve the topic. The University reserves the right to evaluate the COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION undertakings and the accomplishments of the Upon approval of the dissertation topic by the degree candidate in total, and award or withhold doctoral committee, the candidate shall request a the degree as a result of its deliberations. comprehensive examination. The examination shall be an oral exam, the results of which Institutional Review Board (IRB) Involvement demonstrate to the committee’s satisfaction In addition, doctoral dissertation involving human sufficient preparation in depth and breadth for the subjects, conducted at educational institutions is necessary advanced research. The comprehensive required to be in compliance with federal examinations must be completed within one year regulations. ITU’s IRB, in accordance with federal of passing the qualification examination. regulations, reviews all research involving human Comprehensive examinations may be repeated subjects for compliance with applicable regulation only once, in whole or in part, at the discretion of and other best practices. This includes the DBA the PhD advisor. research proposals, prior to the data collection stage. Candidates are urged to understand their DISSERTATION RESEARCH obligations in relation to their interactions with The period following the comprehensive human subjects and the IRB by reviewing the ITU examination is devoted to research for the IRB Handbook. dissertation, although such research may begin TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETING DEGREES before the examination is completed. After the All requirements for the doctoral degree must be Doctoral Committee approves the research topic, completed within eight years following the PhD candidate should begin the completion of acceptance into the Ph.D. program. Extensions dissertation research. will be allowed only in unusual circumstances and must be approved in writing by the Doctoral PUBLICATION Program Council. One or more refereed articles, based on the dissertation research, must be accepted for
127 THERNIMAL MASTER’S DEGREE experience in IoT system designs. Students who are not able to complete the dissertation after completing the required number Computer Engineering (CEN) of credit hours of coursework will receive a Terminal Master’s degree, if 30 credits of PhD CEN 508 Scientific Computing have been successfully completed. Prerequisites: None Recommended: AMS 510 Departmental Research Activities This course covers fundamental scientific Five research labs are established within the computing and optimization techniques used in department: Artificial Intelligence (AI), various computer and electronic engineering Bioelectronics (BE), Embedded Systems (EM), fields. The techniques include interpolation Green Energy (GE), and System-on-Chip (SoC). methods (linear and non-linear interpolation, Research focuses on cutting-edge innovation and piece-wise interpolation, Splines, surface application, including autonomous movement, interpolation), solving linear systems of equations deep-learning, image processing, non-invasive and partial differential equations using numerical glucose sensors, smart battery management methods. The Least Squares Fitting algorithm is system, and close-loop of energy-management addressed to solve the Engineering Regression systems. through predictive modeling, profiling, optimizations and Monte Carlo simulations. Matrix Course Descriptions Eigen functions are introduced to derive the QR factorization and multivariate Linear Regression to Electrical and Computer Engineering solve the Data Mining dimensionality reduction (ECE) algorithms such as Principal Component Analysis, Singular Value Decomposition, and Factor ECE 500 Electrical and Computer Engineering Analysis. Machine learning technique such as Prerequisites: None Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, and This course provides general review of technical Artificial Intelligence are also briefly introduced. trends and up-to-date developments in electrical Time series frequency and spectrum analysis and computer engineering with relevance to techniques are addressed on time domain computer architecture, IC chip design, distributed engineering problems. Reliability engineering computing systems, the Internet of Things, concepts, as well as modeling and computing artificial intelligence implementation and techniques are demonstrated for both hardware applications. Experts in the fields teach the device and software testing. Software such as course. MATLAB, R, and SAS/JMP will be used to help students conduct their scientific projects. ECE 510 Algorithms and Data Analysis Prerequisites: None CEN 520 Artificial Intelligence Application This course discusses computer algorithms as Development applied in the computer and electrical engineering Prerequisites: None fields. It covers fundamental techniques of design, This course introduces recent deep learning analysis and implementation, including artificial software, libraries and tools for the development neural networks, machine learning and deep of artificial intelligence (AI) applications. AI learning, object recognition, and optimization applications produce large amounts of data and algorithms. Big data and data mining techniques use computational power to learn information. will be covered. Course project is designed to Central problems of AI research including strengthen students’ problem-solving capabilities. reasoning, knowledge, planning, learning, communication, perception, autonomous ECE 646 Capstone Course 1 - IoT System Design navigation and the manipulation of objects are Prerequisites: ECE 500 discussed for the application development. Students will learn the fundamentals of IoT system design using Raspberry Pi boards running the CEN 540 Network Security Techniques Linux operating system. Students will work with Prerequisites: None system peripherals, e.g., GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, and Recommended: CEN 548 USB; wireless data communications, e.g., This course is designed to develop knowledge and Bluetooth Low Energy, WiFi, and Zigbee; and web skills for security in the network systems and services, e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS). focuses on design and implementation of network Application programming in Python and security solutions. The key areas of the network JavaScript (Node.js) will be used to complete labs security are intrusion detection, virtual private that are designed to give students hands-on networks, firewalls, web security, packet filtering, 128 network layer security, and electronic mail CEN 556 Distributed Computing Systems security. Prerequisites: None Recommend: ECE 510 CEN 542 Computer Vision and Image Processing This course covers several important topics in Prerequisites: None distributed systems, including map-reduce, stream Recommended: ECE 510 processing, cloud computing, remote service The course will cover concepts and techniques for invocation (RPC), web services, service image processing and computer vision with an registration and discovery, data synchronization, emphasis on the state of the art techniques service replication, cyber-security, and fault currently used in academia and industry. Topics tolerance. will include image filtering, edge detection, segmentation, object/image/face classification, CEN 557 Data Science and Technology (3 credit object detection, morphological operators, object hours) tracking, properties of human visual perception, Prerequisites: None sampling and quantization, image enhancement, This course introduces systems capable of image restoration, two-dimensional Fourier trans- processing and interpreting massive data sets. forms, noise removal, image deblurring, image Fundamental and practical issues of data analysis registration and geometric transformation, will be addressed, including scalable algorithms, image/video compression, video communication security of data and software, visualization of standards, object recognition and image information, decision making from data, and high- understanding. performance computing algorithms. Database design (normalization and decomposition), data CEN 548 Computer Network Systems definition and manipulation languages (relational Prerequisites: None algebra and calculus) and architecture of This course covers the theory and practice of database management systems will also be essential computer network hardware and covered. software. Topics include communication networks including local area networks (LANs), CEN 581 Principle of Internet of Things wide area networks (WANs) and protocols, Prerequisites: None network topologies, protocol hierarchy, network This course provides the fundamentals of Internet reference models, circuit vs. packet switching, of Things. It focuses on system collaborating signal transmission, modulation and multiplexing, various device protocols, coordinating recovery Media Access Control (MAC), error detection, flow data from sensors, providing local control of control, congestion control, and routing protocols assets, and best reuse of existing resources and such as RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS and BGP. infrastructures. Related technologies, This includes the standard protocols of IEEE and architectures, and protocols aimed at IETF, and Network Operating Systems (NOS). The improvement of system efficiency, resource class will also cover OSI (open system sharing, interoperability, and intelligent use of interconnection), TCP/IP, and the networking sensors will be introduced. With seamlessly architecture, and cyber security. connected sensor devices and cloud databases, IoT makes information management systems more CEN 551 Computer Architecture efficient, intelligent, and globally applied. User Prerequisites: None interfaces of mobile devices with app Recommended: Working knowledge of digital implementation and system security will be logic and circuits discussed. This course focuses on principles of computer architecture, offering students an overview of CEN 643 Capstone Course 2 - Advanced Image computer systems, CPU and GPU designs, Processing computer arithmetic, instruction set architecture, Prerequisites: None pipelining, microprogramming techniques, Recommended: CEN 542 memory hierarchies and management, This course introduces techniques and algorithms input/output subsystem organization, and for advanced digital image processing. It covers performance measurement. Neuromophic and segmentation, shape and texture, morphology, other potential future computer architectures will recognition and classification, compression be studied. techniques, real-time image, video coding, etc. Matlab is used to implement and test various image-processing algorithms.
129 CEN 653 Challenge of Edge Device Design Internship (INT) Prerequisites: None Recommended: ECE 500 INT 593 Internship (1-3) This course emphasizes the challenges of edge Prerequisites: CFL 591 device design and technologies. The key topics This course consists of participation in a full-time include condensed and precise structure design, or part-time internship experience, related to the reliability and quality, security, and energy student’s field of study under the supervision of efficiency. The course also covers design both an approved internship provider and a redundancy, device location, and performance. faculty advisor. This course provides practical, hands-on training in a relevant industry to CEN 688 Special Topics in Computer Engineering enhance classroom learning. A student may take a (1-3) maximum of 10 credit hours of INT 593.
Prerequisites: None The course offers a relatively new subject that is Electrical Engineering (EEN) not currently available in the catalog, but will be EEN 511 VLSI Design of great relevance to computer engineering. It Prerequisites: None consists of lectures, readings, homework, Recommended: College Level Physics presentations and projects determined by the This course provides an overview of IC (integrated instructor. circuit) design and methods. The course introduces the IC design procedure, analog and CEN 689 Independent Study (1-3) digital circuits, logic, schematic and layout design Prerequisites: Approval by Department Chair techniques, design verification, high-speed circuits Independent Study allows students to conduct and low-power design techniques. independent research on an approved topic in Implementation of artificial intelligence on a chip computer or electrical engineering, prepare a will be discussed. Course project will involve using technical report, and defend it in front of a faculty EDA tools or FPGA implementation. advisor. EEN 513 Microprocessor Design CEN 698 Master Thesis I Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: Approval by Department Chair Recommended: CEN 551 Thesis research is arranged with a thesis advisor The course introduces various microprocessor upon an approval by chair of the department. architectures, characteristics, and applications. It Students will conduct independent research in delivers to students a specific microprocessor computer engineering, prepare a thesis, and design for understanding functional block design defend it in front of a committee consisting of a and design considerations. Neuromorphic faculty committee designated by the EECE computing architecture is studied. department chair. EEN 520 ASIC Design I Prerequisites: None CEN 699 Master Thesis II Recommended: Working knowledge of Digital Prerequisites: Approval by Department Chair Structure Master Thesis II is a continuance of Master Thesis I. The course focuses on ASIC design principle, It is upon recommendation of student’s thesis consideration, and design implementation with advisor and approval of chair of the department. logical design, verification, synthesis, and design Paper submitting for publication is required. analyses of function, timing, power, signal integrity, design-for-testability and others. A Classroom Field Learning (CFL) design project with a front-end ASIC design flow will be assigned for practice. CFL 591 Integrating Academic & Internship EEN 521 AI Design Using FPGA Design Learning (2) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None This course introduces the fundamentals of This course provides an overview of expectations artificial intelligence (AI) and applications. and requirements for INT 593 Internship, teaches Machine-learning algorithms, deep learning students how to integrate their academic and systems with various neural networks, object internship learning, and enhances career skills recognition, autonomous movement, and other development. A student must pass CFL 591 in topics will be discussed. Students will work in order to be eligible to enroll in INT 593. groups to implement an AI application using FPGA. 130 Verilog. The course will cover mixed signal EEN 525 ASIC Design II subsystems such as A/D converters, digital PLLs, Prerequisites: None embedded CPUs with thermal sensors, DDR PHYs Recommended: Working knowledge of Digital and others. Mixed-signal issues like substrate Structure noise will be explored in detail. The course will The course emphasizes on back-end ASIC design also include a significant design project with a implementation with floorplan, placement and simple embedded CPU. routing, layout verification and parameter extraction, design for manufacture and post- EEN 618 Analog and RF IC Design layout analysis with consideration of timing- Prerequisites: Knowledge of Electrical Circuits driving and power-aware layout. A design project This course covers fundamentals of CMOS Analog with a back-end ASIC design flow will be assigned and RFIC design. The course starts with basic for practice. design and analysis of CMOS analog amplifiers, frequency response of cascaded amplifiers, gain- EEN 541 Digital Signal Processing and System bandwidth considerations, concepts of feedback, Analysis stability, and frequency compensation, and moves Prerequisites: None forward to electromagnetics like high-Q inductor Recommended: AMS 514 design, device modeling and layout issues. The This course focuses on analysis of discrete-time course examines in detail the primary CMOS RF signals in both time and frequency domains, subcircuits like LNAs, power amplifiers, fractional modeling of electrical systems, and the design of N synthesizers, mixers and filters. A design finite impulse response (FIR) and infinite impulse practice will be provided using SpectreRF, with response (IIR) filters. The sampling theorem, the passive components designed using Sonnet or reconstruction process, discrete Fourier transform equivalent modeling tool. The circuits will be laid (DFT) and its computation with the fast Fourier out using Cadence Virtuoso and the parasitic transform (FFT) and applications are discussed. parameters will be extracted using Assura. Design and implementation of FIR and IIR filters and multi-rate signal processing, decimation, EEN 627 Capstone Course 2 - IC Design to Silicon interpolation, least mean square (LMS), Prerequisites: EEN 511 normalized least mean square (NLMS), sample The course will provide students with hands-on rate conversion, and efficient implementation are practice in chip design. Students will complete a covered. Application of communications systems full-custom design, from circuit to silicon. With and system analysis are introduced. Students will given technology and design specifications, learn Fourier techniques, applications in students will start their own designs on a communications systems, and implementation of transistor-level schematic, check design accuracy, signal processing software and hardware. complete layout and layout verification, and run LPE and whole chip post-layout verification. The EEN 555 Deep Learning in Engineering designs will be taped out for manufacture, and Prerequisites: None chips will be packaged and tested. Recommended: ECE 510 or Equivalent This course provides an introduction to deep EEN 629 System on Chip (SOC) learning for engineering. Students will acquire a Prerequisites: ECE 500 general background in deep learning, including The course introduces method, consideration and state-of-the-art techniques in supervised and analysis of System on Chip design fundamentals. unsupervised learning. In supervised learning, VLSI architectures, systolic arrays, self-timed both classic learning and deep learning techniques systems, system verification, design flow and will be covered. The course will also cover Deep implementation will be covered. System C and/or Learning Networks and Applications. System Verilog will be applied for practice.
EEN 616 Mixed Signal IC Design EEN 630 Quantum Devices and Systems Prerequisites: EEN 511 Prerequisites: None The course focuses on the intersection of the Recommended: ECE 500 digital and analog design worlds. The course will The course gives a succinct introduction to introduce various SPICE simulators for circuit Quantum Mechanics, with emphasis on the basic analysis as well as Matlab for system analysis. The concepts and a selected range of quantitative students will be expected to have basic analog techniques to analyze quantum systems. It will circuit and digital design knowledge, and to have describe the working principles of nano- used the principal EDA tools like SpectreRF and engineered devices that are designed to be the
131 building blocks of future quantum information and EEN 698 Master Thesis I communication systems. The relevance of Prerequisites: Approval by Department Chair Quantum mechanics in advanced electronic Thesis research is arranged with thesis advisor devices will be illustrated by discussing in details upon an approval by chair of the department. several topics such as single-electron transistor, Students will conduct independent research in quantum point contact, quantum transport computer engineering, prepare a thesis, and systems, superconducting quantum interference defend it in front of a committee consists of a device, charge, phase and flux qubits, quantum number of faculty designated by department dots (artificial atoms), high electron mobility chair. transistors, super conducting devices, and quantum transport in mesoscopic structures. EEN 699 Master Thesis II Prerequisites: Approval by Department Chair EEN 635 Introduction to MEMS Design Master Thesis II is a continuance of Master Thesis I. Prerequisites: None It is upon recommendation of student’s thesis The course introduces MEMS design advisor and approval of chair of the department. fundamentals, microfabrication techniques and Paper submitting for publication is required. analysis of a variety of MEMS structures including EEN 714 Advanced Microprocessor Design switches, accelerometers and microcavities. The Prerequisites: EEN 513 focus will be hands-on design using COMSOL and The course provides a comprehensive guide for Matlab and modeling the resulting structures' system designers and computer engineers. It electromechanical properties. The class will have a covers broad and in-depth topics from computer design project. architecture and operating system designs to system implementations. It is a fast paced course EEN 671 Wireless Communication Systems intended for graduate students in Electrical and Prerequisites: None Computer Engineering, as well as Embedded The course provides an overview of wireless System professional. Design flow will be covered communication systems in use today as well as and EDA tools will be used in practice. some of the emerging systems such as 5G cellular Microprocessor architectures from MIPS, Intel, and systems. It presents wireless challenges and wide ARM will be discussed and evaluated, as well as range of wireless applications, from cellular Operating Systems such as uClinux. Low-power systems to wireless local area networks (WLAN), and high performance microprocessors, parallel to satellite communications, and their underlying processing architectures, AI chips, and computer technologies. It will examine the pros and cons of interfaces will also be discussed in detail. wireless communication and describe both infrared and radio technologies. It will also survey EEN 717 Advanced Analog IC Design the representative 2G, 3G and 4G cellular systems Prerequisites: EEN 618 as well as representative WLAN systems. The course provides an understanding of analog circuit and systems design and complex CMOS IC EEN 688 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering issues. Topics include high-frequency amplifiers, (1-3) high-Q oscillators, low-noise circuits, selecting Prerequisites: None passive components for minimum mismatch, non- The course offers a relatively new subject that is linear systems, active filters, A/D and D/A not currently available in the catalog, but will be converters, grounding and shielding, layout and of great relevance to electrical engineering. It system design. Students will design a medium- consists of lectures, readings, homework, complexity analog circuit starting from presentations and projects determined by the performance and parametric specifications. The instructor. course will require heavy use of HSPICE and some electromagnetic modeling. EEN 689 Independent Study (1-3) Prerequisites: Approval by Department Chair EEN 719 Advanced RF IC Design Independent Study allows students to conduct Prerequisites: EEN 515 or EEN 618 independent research of an approved topic in This advanced course introduces designs of local electrical or computer engineering, prepare a oscillators and baluns, supporting mixed signal technical report, and defend it in front of a faculty circuits like A/D converters and baseband filter- advisor. amplifier blocks. The course will include a significant design project that is typically a subsystem like a power amplifier or low-noise amplifier. The design will be done using
132 SpectreRF, the circuits will be laid out using EEN 753 Advanced Machine Learning Engineering Cadence Virtuoso, and the parasitic parameters Prerequisites: ECE 510 will be extracted using Assura. The course introduces artificial intelligent theories, EEN 719 Advanced RF IC Design algorithms, and applications. The course covers Prerequisite: EEN 618 detection and analysis, self-learning system; This advanced course introduces designs of local Bayesian network, sensor data analysis, pattern oscillators and baluns, supporting mixed signal recognition, observation-based self-localization, circuits like A/D converters and baseband filter- map learning, environment reconstruction, motion amplifier blocks. The course will include a planning and motion control. Project of robot significant design project that is typically a system design will be applied as practice. subsystem like a power amplifier or low-noise amplifier. The design will be done using EEN 758 Advanced Embedded System Design SpectreRF, the circuits will be laid out using Prerequisites: ECE 646 Cadence Virtuoso, and the parasitic parameters The course intends to expose students to the will be extracted using Assura. state-of-the-art design and analysis techniques for embedded systems. Fueled by advances in EEN 732 Advanced Nanotechnology semiconductor technology and consumer Prerequisites: None demands, many embedded systems have become The course is further study on quantum behaviors so complex that the design capability simply which mechanic, electronic, magnetic, optical and prevents such systems to be realized. In the last chemical properties open the door to a new decades, new research areas targeting at domain of engineered nanostructures and advanced embedded system design have nanodevices, with enormous applications in many emerged. In this course, major results in this field aspect of life. Students learn small-scale quantum will be discussed. The main topics include system phenomena, device fabrication, analysis and modeling, performance and power/energy synthesis processes, instrumentation for analysis and estimation, system-level partitioning, characterization and integration of Nano devices synthesis and interfacing, co-simulation and and systems. emulation, and reconfigurable computing platforms. Research papers with significant EEN 736 Advanced MEMS Design impacts on the above topics are studied in detail. Prerequisites: EEN 635 Class discussions and research project The course applies parametric design and optimal participation are integral parts of the course. design to micro-electro-mechanical systems with an emphasis on design and micro-mechanical EEN 766 Advanced Communication Systems simulation. The primary thrust of the course will Prerequisites: EEN 671 be experimental, with an actual design and The course focuses on up-to-date digital fabrication project to be built in a local MEMs communication systems and technologies. It fabrication facility. The design will be analyzed for covers introductory information and coding electromechanical properties and compared to theory, baseband transmission systems, optimum the simulations. receiver structures, intersymbol interference, equalization, various modulation and EEN 739 Bioelectronics and Bioengineering corresponding demodulation schemes and Prerequisites: None application of digital systems. This advanced course will emphasize microfabrication, instrumentation, biomedical EEN 774 Advanced Wireless Communications imaging and lab-on-a-chip technologies. The Prerequisites: EEN 671 course draws upon the knowledge of experts in This course is an advanced course of EEN 671. The the field who will take part in delivering the course topics include: capacity of wireless channels, and supervising the laboratory experiments. multi-user capacity and multi-user diversity, MIMO channel capacity and spatial channel modeling, EEN 749 Advanced Digital Signal Processing MIMO receiver design. The concepts are illustrated Prerequisites: EEN 541 using examples from the WiMax and LTE systems. The course focuses on advanced techniques in signal processing. Stochastic signal processing, parametric statistical signal models, and adaptive filtering will be discussed. Application to spectral estimation, speech and audio coding, adaptive equalization, noise cancellation, echo cancellation, and linear prediction will be covered. 133 EEN 891 Independent Study (1-3) AMS 512 Applied Mathematics Methods Prerequisites: Approval by PhD Advisor Prerequisites: None Independent Study is designed for PhD students. Recommended: AMS 510 The study topic could be special interest in The course emphasize on applying mathematical electrical engineering under the direction of an methods to analyze and solve engineering instructor who is knowledgeable in the field. It problems. The course starts with a review of may consist of readings, homework, tests, Linear Algebra and its applications, and goes to presentations and project reports assigned by the introduction of some numerical methods including instructor. eigenvalue problems, ordinary differential equations (ODE’s), and partial differential EEN 907 Doctoral Dissertation Thesis (3-9) equations (PDE’s), etc. Optimization and Prerequisites: Approval by PhD Advisor minimization methods are important Doctoral Dissertation Thesis consists of a series of consideration in applied math. Examples of research studies and arranged with thesis advisor equations and methods of Minimum Degree and for PhD candidates upon his/her thesis topic Nested Dissection, Convection-Diffusion Equation, approved. Students will conduct independent Conservation Laws, Multigrid Method, research in electrical or computer engineering, Investigations into Direct Methods for Solving prepare for publication, prepare a thesis and Large Sparse Systems of Linear Equations, defend it in front of a committee consists of a Thermal Analysis of the Heating of a Fiber Optic number of faculty designated by Department via Concentrated Solar Energy, Numerical Chair. Methods for Initial-value Problems, Comparison of Multigrid Methods for the One-Dimensional CFL 591 Integrating Academic & Internship Convection-Diffusion Equation, Finite Difference Learning (2) Acoustics Modeling for Waveguide Loudspeaker Prerequisites: None Design, Poisson-Boltzmann Equation, Efficiently This course provides an overview of expectations Solving the Two-way Wave Equation, etc. will be and requirements for INT 593 Internship, teaches introduced. Students are encouraged to use students how to integrate their academic and applied math on engineering applications through internship learning, and enhances career skills group projects. development. A student must pass CFL 591 in order to be eligible to enroll in INT 593. AMS 514 Fast Fourier Transformation & Applications Internships (INT) Prerequisites: None The course provides electrical/computer INT 593 Internship (1-3) engineering and applied mathematics graduate Prerequisites: CFL 591 students with the background knowledge of This course consists of participation in a full-time Fourier Transformations (FT), Discrete Fourier or part-time internship experience, related to the Transformations (DFT) and Fast Fourier student’s field of study under the supervision of Transformations (FFT). The applications of FFT in both an approved internship provider and a Filter Design, Signal Processing and Image faculty advisor. This course provides practical, Processing are also included in this course. hands-on training in a relevant industry to enhance classroom learning. A student may take a AMS 520 Optimization Techniques maximum of 10 credit hours of INT 593. Prerequisites: None The course covers basic concepts of Applied Mathematics (AMS) unconstrained optimization, linear programming, simplex method, degeneracy, multidimensional AMS 510 Linear Algebra optimization problems involving equality or Prerequisites: None inequality constraints by gradient and non- This course covers algebraic basic concepts of gradient methods. matrices and matrix operations, determinants, systems of linear equations, Gauss elimination, LU AMS 530 Numerical Analysis decomposition, vector spaces with inner product, Prerequisites: None change of bases, transformations, and Gram- The course covers numerical solution of linear Schmidt orthonormalization. Meaning and system of equations by direct method and purpose of eigenvalues and eigenvectors and iterative method, numerical least square problem, algorithms for computing them are also eigenvalue problem, numerical solution of non- introduced. linear systems of equations and optimization problem. 134
AMS 540 Discrete Mathematics AMS 760 Advanced Optimization Techniques Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: AMS 520 The course covers topics that are important in the Combinatorial optimization, Hopfield neural development of computer algorithms and data network model, Simulated Annealing and structures, such as mathematical induction, Stochastic machines, mean field annealing, asymptotic notations, recurrences, infinite series genetic algorithms, Applications to: Tabu search, summations, graphs, digraphs, trees and counting traveling salesman problems, telecommunications combinatory and discrete probabilities analysis problems, quadratic 0-1 & quadratic assignment and statistical quality control. problems, graph partition and graph bipartition problems, point pattern matching problems, AMS 552 Probability, Statistics and Reliability for multiprocessor scheduling problems. Engineers Prerequisites: None Faculty This course provides an introduction to the field of statistics and how engineers use statistical • Dr. May Huang, PhD, International methodology as part of the engineering problem- Technological University. Professional solving process. It covers the basic concepts of member of ACM, IEEE; Served as Principal probability, discrete, probability distributions, Engineer and Project Manager at Virtual random sampling and data description Silicon, Hitachi, VLSI Tech Inc. etc.; Guest techniques. The course also addresses the Professor at Peking University, Tsinghua hypothesis tests, ANOVA, linear regression, and University, Beijing University of Post and factorial design of experiment to build a solid Telecommunication. Department Chair. foundation of statistical analytics skills. • Dr. Neeli R. Prasad, PhD, University of Furthermore, the course will, through statistical Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy. CEO and analysis, cover the engineering applications Founder of SPA Solutions LLC; Senior including measurement system analysis, process member of IEEE, Committee member IEEE capability analysis, robust design verification, Communication Society (ComSoc) Globe- statistical process control, and statistical data com/ICC Management and Strategy mining. Reliability concept, block diagram, and (GIMS) and chair of the Marketing, reliability modeling are also introduced to predict Strategy, and Staff Liaison Group. and ensure the reliability performance. Assistant Department Chair. • Dr. Karl Wang, PhD, Massachusetts AMS 722 Advanced Applied Mathematics Methods Institute of Technology. Served as Director Prerequisites: AMS 512 of Advanced Product Development at The course will emphasize on the connection ARM, Inc., Director of Microprocessor between mathematics and applied and natural Development at Hitachi, VP of Design science and technologies. Applied mathematics Services and IP Business Division at UMC, and computational methods encompass some of VP of Research and Development at Silicon the most diverse and interdisciplinary research in Motion, Inc. Advisor of Embedded the physical, engineering, and biological sciences, Research Lab., and VP of Research and and are broadly used for the design and Technology. optimization of products and processes. • Dr. John Ladasky, PhD, Stanford University. Founder of Bling Watchmaker LLC. Faculty AMS 750 Abstract Algebra and research Scientist at Bioelectronics Prerequisites: AMS 510 This course provides the abstract algebraic Research Lab. knowledge necessary for coding theory and cryptography. The general notion of algebraic structures, groups, rings, fields. Ring of polynomials over fields. Remainder classes of polynomials. Field extensions and Galois Fields. General field extensions, fields of rational, real and complex numbers. Some complex arithmetic. Vector spaces over various fields including GF(2). Euclidean algorithm in finite fields. Linear algebra in GF(2^n). The algebra used in AES. Square roots of elements in GF(2^n).
135 CORE FACULTY • Dr. Eric Chen, PhD, Waterloo University. Tech Lead at Uber, Google and GE Healthcare, Advisor of AI Research Lab. • Dr. Dominik Schmidt, PhD, Stanford University. Technology Analyst at QVT Financial LP, former Senior Director of Technology Development at Intel, Advisor of Bioelectronics Research Lab. • Dr. John Kim, PhD, New Mexico State University. Served as Senior Engineer at Broadcom, District Manager at Panasonic, and a consultant at Electronics, Telecom- munications Research Institute (ETRI), Sybersay Communications, and Bell Labs in Lucent Tech. • Dr. Ted Sun, PhD, Santa Clara University. Served as Engineer at Integrated Device Technology and Cadence.
ADJUNCT FACULTY • Dr. Raminder Bajwa, PhD, Pennsylvania State University. Director of ASIC design at Google. • Dr. Fred Cheng, PhD, International Technological University. COO of Tend Insight Inc., former CTO of TChips Technology, and VP of Marketing at Winbond. • Dr. Qingning Li, PhD, University of Utah. System Consultant at Engineering Information and former designer at IBM, Advisor of Green Energy Research Lab. • Dr. Bhaskar L. Mantha, PhD, University of Cincinnati. Engineer at Intel, VLSI Technology, Hynix, and Zilog. • Dr. Xiaoshu Qian, PhD, University of Rhode Island. Designer at Intel. • Dr. Jagadeesh Vasudevamurthy, PhD, McGill University, Canada. Senior Engineer at Xilinx, Mentor Graphics and Synplicity. • Dr. John Ye, PhD, University of Southern California. Engineering Director at Camel Microelectronics, Inc. Advisor of SoC Research Lab. • Dr. Henry Zhang, PhD, University of Texas at Austin. Engineering Director of ASIC design at Sundisk. • Dr. Qing Zhu, PhD, UC Santa Cruz. Engineering Manager at eveRAM Technology Inc, Intel and SanDisk.
136 development of new technology and learning how DEPARTMENT OF to create competitive advantage from the ENGINEERING strategic use of information technology. MANAGEMENT Currently, companies are showing a preference for technical graduate students who have both a Mission deep understanding of technology and who also The mission of the Engineering Management show cross-training in business management Department at ITU is to train graduate students to knowledge and skills. It is with this emphasis that become both competent managers of projects in the Engineering Management Department focuses technology-oriented businesses and its training. entrepreneurial leaders. Moreover, given the effects of globalization on Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOS) technology-based businesses, the ITU masters in 1. Problem Solving: Construct, interpret, engineering management degree emphasizes the analyze, and evaluate information and need for candidates to develop a strong ideas derived from a multitude of sources appreciation and awareness of emerging in order to reach reasoned solutions or technologies and to be able to adapt to the alternative strategies to solve problems. constant impact of change in the business 2. Critical Thinking: Analyze facts and environment. information from multiple sources in order to assess the relevance and synthesize that The standards to which the Engineering information in order to formulate Management program aligns itself include models meaningful arguments and conclusions. provided from universities who are members of 3. Communication: Interact clearly and the Masters in Engineering Management Program effectively in written and oral forms with Curriculum (MEMPC). This is a prestigious group personal and professional constituencies. of nine top-tier universities in America including 4. Team Work: Operate collaboratively and Cornell University, Dartmouth, Duke, Johns respectfully as members and leaders of Hopkins, MIT, Northwestern University, Purdue, diverse teams and organizations. Tufts University, and the University of Southern 5. Technical Literacy: Work responsibly, California. appropriately and effectively, using technology tools to access, manage, The ITU department also studies guidance put out integrate, evaluate, create and by the American Society of Engineering communicate information and innovation. Management (ASEM) and participates in the 6. Research: Identify and implement Technology and Engineering Management special systematic methodologies for discovering, interest group of the IEEE. understanding, analyzing and interpreting materials, information and behaviors. Program Learning Outcomes (PLOS) 7. Responsibility: Practice sound, ethical, and Upon completion of this program, graduates will: social responsibility in professional and PLO #1: Be prepared to lead engineering and technical project teams delivering new products and services personal endeavors and decision-making. whether in the United States or internationally. (Mapped to: ILO#4, Collaboration and Teamwork) and ILO#7, Master Of Science In Engineering Management Individual Responsibility) The Master of Science in Engineering Management PLO #2: Be able to take a systems-approach to degree program provides practical training in the analyzing problems and managing projects. (Mapped to: ILO#1, Problem Solving and ILO#5, Technical essential elements of running a technology- Literacy) focused business including instruction in project PLO #3: Understand the process of aligning project management, business strategy, teamwork, goals and objectives with corporate strategy. (Mapped collaboration, and communication, product to ILO#1, Problem Solving and ILO#5, Technical management and marketing, accounting, finance, Literacy) legal aspects of technology businesses, operations PLO #4: Have a strong grasp of principles of project and supply chain management. management and be able to apply them in the work setting. (Mapped to ILO#1, Problem Solving and ILO#5, For some, engineering management is described Technical Literacy) PLO #5: Be able to demonstrate good communication as a "technical MBA." However, it is skills, both written and oral, as an engineering manager. distinguishable from an MBA in its focus on (Mapped to ILO#3, Communication Literacy) training graduate students to manage the PLO #6: Demonstrate competence and knowledge in at 137 least one area of technical emphasis, such as software » EMG 504 Blockchain Fundamentals For engineering, electrical engineering, etc. (Mapped to Engineering Managers ILO#5, Technical Literacy and ILO#6, Research Skills » EMG 505 Data Engineering For and Information Literacy) Engineering Managers PLO #7: Show evidence of an entrepreneurial mindset » EMG 510 Mobile Applications and IoT that allows the engineering manager to identify new business opportunities and an ability to develop an Development for Entrepreneurs action plan to capitalize on new venture ideas. (Mapped » EMG 511 Technology Management and to ILO#1, Problem Solving) Entrepreneurship » EMG 522 Fundamentals of Business Career Opportunities Analysis for Software Development Upon completion of the Engineering Management » EMG 528 AI Technology Management master's program at ITU, students, depending on » EMG 529 Machine Learning for Engineering their elective course choices, can prepare Managers themselves for positions in engineering » EMG 530 Regulatory Affairs For Medical management, as lead project engineers, Devices technology analysts, R&D managers, business » EMG 540 Writing and Presentation Skill- analysts, data analysts, product managers, Building for Engineering Managers systems analysts, program managers, patent » EMG 545 Introduction to Medical Devices engineers or analysts, IT consultants, market and Digital Health Products research analysts, operations managers, » EMG 549 Introduction to Software management consultants, and more. Development & Business Architecture for Engineering Managers Master Of Science Engineering Management » EMG 550 Software QA & Testing for Program Requirements Business Analysts REQUIRED COURSES: » EMG 551 Agile Methodologies » 4 Core Courses: 12 credit hours » EMG 552 DevOps and Microservices » 1 Capstone course: Project or Thesis: 3 Architecture credit hours » EMG 553 Business Technology Strategy » 1 Internship: 1 credit hour » EMG 554 Management Consulting » EMG 557 Internet of Things (IoT) » Elective courses: 11-20 credit hours Management Issues » Internship: 1-9 credit hours » EMG 559 Introduction to Sensor » Cross Disciplinary course: Up to 3 credit Technology for Engineering Managers hours » EMG 560 Cybersecurity Management » Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours from » EMG 563 Introduction to Intellectual a graduate program of a regionally Property Management accredited school » EMG 564 Quantitative Analysis for 36 total credit hours Engineering Managers » EMG 565 Healthcare Product Economics GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA): and Outcomes A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for » EMG 568 Technology Management granting of the Master’s degree. » EMG 570 Cloud Computing Management Issues REQUIRED CORE COURSES » EMG 574 Physics for Engineering Managers » EMG 500 Principles of Engineering » EMG 579 Business Process Management Management » EMG 688 Special Topics » EMG 501 Engineering Project Management » EMG 689 Independent Study » EMG 502 Organizational Behavior » EMG 503 Product Management
CAPSTONE COURSE » EMG 690 Capstone Project OR » EMG 697 Thesis
ELECTIVE COURSES Electives from the MSEM curriculum must be chosen so that the total number of credit hours completed is at least 36. 138 Course Descriptions EMG 503 PRODUCT MANAGEMENT (3) Engineering Management (EMG) Prerequisites: None The product manager is responsible for the EMG 500 PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING strategy roadmap, and feature definition of a MANAGEMENT (3) product or product line. In this course, students Prerequisites: None will learn about the general role of the product This course will provide an overview of the manager in technology-oriented businesses. essential skills relevant to managing engineering and science-based teams in a variety of industries. Such teams are typically responsible for new EMG 504 BLOCKCHAIN FUNDAMENTALS FOR product development, getting innovations to ENGINEERING MANAGERS (3) market, developing new technologies, Prerequisites: None implementing product improvements, establishing In this course students will learn about the or improving technical processes, and setting up fundamentals of blockchain technology including organizational infrastructure. Students will focus How blockchains work, the relationship between on the fundamental skills and applications of bitcoins and blockchain, the notion of a engineering and science management and will be distributed transaction ledger, the difference introduced to business and engineering topics between a traditional database and a blockchain, needed to be successful in the field. Major topics What is a bitcoin network?, smart contracts etc. include the areas of leadership and ethics, general management principles, teamwork, collaboration, EMG 505 DATA ENGINEERING FOR project management, risk management, systems ENGINEERING MANAGERS (3) engineering, organizational structure and Prerequisites: None behavior, customer service, business Engineering is relying on data more than ever communication, marketing, trends in science and before. This course will explore the collection of technology, innovation management, data as it relates to the job of engineering entrepreneurship, and more. managers including topics on data science, data warehousing, data architecture design, database EMG 501 ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT design and building, requirements gathering, data (3) modeling, data mining, and more. Prerequisites: None This course is an exercise in applying the EMG 510 MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND IOT principles of project management to an DEVELOPMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURS (3) engineering or other technical objective. Project Prerequisites: None management training features will include team This course teaches how to develop applications formation, leadership skills development, for mobile computing devices such as iPhones, collaboration, market research and assessment, Android smartphones, iPads, etc. Topics to be project planning, generating a project charter with covered will include client hardware (desktop and business case justification, work breakdown mobile), Android development with Java, iOS structure, risk assessment, task assignments, development with Swift, web services and scheduling, on-going project-reporting, conflict RESTful API, creating and incorporating web and resolution, a final project report and presentation. cloud services, IoT and its business applications, security and trust management, usability and EMG 502 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (3) accessibility. Prerequisites: None The purpose of this course is to provide students EMG 511 TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND with a technical background to become effective ENTREPRENEURSHIP (3) managers and leaders. It covers a wide range of Prerequisites: None management and leadership issues that industries This course focuses on the connection between face today – from individual, to team, to entire entrepreneurship and the creation of new organization. It includes: individual differences, technologies which drive economic development personnel diversity, motivation in the workplace, and the creation of wealth. A second area of managing individual stress, interpersonal study focuses on the existence or establishment communication, managing interpersonal conflicts of an “innovation ecosystem” to create and and negotiation, team building, leadership models sustain economic development. and styles, decision making in organizations, organizational culture and managing change. 139 EMG 522 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS EMG 530 REGULATORY AFFAIRS FOR MEDICAL ANALYSIS FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (3) DEVICES (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None In this course, students will learn about the basic The expanding field of medical devices and digital duties of business analysts in the field of software health is governed by very unique regulatory development. Overall, business analysts help requirements. Engineering managers, business companies solve problems by developing a analysts and product managers must be aware of process or technical solution. A business analyst’s these requirements not only to successfully work is done at many levels within a company, but manage and budget projects but also to avoid at its core necessitates an understanding of the costly project delays including judicial actions. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) which This course will lay the foundation of regulations involves: a) planning a software project, b) for domestic and international marketing of identifying the project scope, c) eliciting, medical devices and digital health products analyzing, and communicating requirements, d) including mobile medical technology. Students designing a solution, e) building or buying the will understand the regulatory pathways to solution, f) testing the solution, g) implementing market these products. Students will also receive the solution, and h) conducting a post-project hands on experience in establishing a quality review. management system in accordance with government regulations. EMG 528 AI Technology Management. (3) Prerequisites: None EMG 540 WRITING AND PRESENTATION SKILL- We are currently seeing a proliferation of artificial BUILDING FOR ENGINEERING MANAGERS (3) intelligence systems in a wide variety of Prerequisites: None applications, but at the same time, there is not The key emphasis of this course is on writing. The often any discussion of the management issues students will begin by receiving training on associated with this new technology. This course producing technical engineering reports, is designed to identify technology management summarizing engineering management academic issues and to give engineering managers an literature and journal articles, writing engineering introduction to what the field of artificial research reports, writing a thesis in the intelligence is about. engineering management discipline, and more.
EMG 529 MACHINE LEARNING FOR EMG 545 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL DEVICES ENGINEERING MANAGERS (3) AND DIGITAL HEALTH PRODUCTS (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None Machine learning (ML) is increasingly becoming an This course provides an introduction to the special integral part of product design. There is hardly regulatory requirements associated with any application that will not benefit from machine developing medical devices (i.e., medical learning. Engineering managers will need to have treatment and diagnostic products), as well as a fundamental understanding of machine learning other new technologies in the emerging digital and how it can be applied to build better products health industry. or risk being left behind in the competition for talent with relevant skills. The course provides EMG 549 INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE engineering managers who are new to ML with DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE the necessary knowledge and skills to manage FOR ENGINEERING MANAGERS (3) product development of ML-based products. At Prerequisites: None the end of the course students will be able to This course provides a comprehensive confidently assess how the addition of ML impacts introduction to computer programming and new product design, compile requirements and software development. The instruction will benefit specifications for ML-based products, effectively individuals pursuing management careers in assess performance and strategies for product programming and software development, as well development of ML-based products, put as anyone in the information technology field who engineering teams together with the right skill works with programmers and systems analysts. sets, and manage product development cycles for General topics covered will include: 1) Problem- ML-based products. solving approaches to software development 2) Specifications and requirements 3) User-interface design 4) Structured program design.
140 As to programming concepts, the course will strategic and operational problems in an provide basic instruction in Python, C, C#, Java, integrated way across multiple business and Visual Basic and shell scripting. The course technology domains. In the first half of the course includes working with different operating systems, you will learn the fundamentals: what strategy is, such as Linux. As exercises, students will develop and what are the most common techniques and small web applications and mobile apps. The full tools for strategy assessment and formulation. In software development life cycle (SDLC) will be the second half we move from fundamentals to taught, including unit test and integration, alpha / organizational and personal implications for beta testing, and software defect tracking and technical leaders, such as chief information classification. officers, chief technology officers, enterprise architects and program managers. Two EMG 550 SOFTWARE QA & TESTING FOR fundamental questions dealt with in the course BUSINESS ANALYSTS (3) are: How to make better use of IT to increase the Prerequisites: None productivity of the business? How to leverage IT This course will cover the typical software testing innovations to help the business win in an methods found in industry and will prepare increasingly digitized world? business analysts and others with a need to know about the fundamentals of software testing EMG 554 MANAGEMENT CONSULTING (3) procedures and practices found in Silicon Valley. Prerequisites: None This course is aimed at those specifically EMG 551 AGILE METHODOLOGIES (3) interested in consulting careers and/or whose Prerequisites: None future jobs involve working with consultants. Agile software development is an umbrella term Students will learn the basics of the consulting for a set of methods and practices based on the profession with subsequent emphasis on business values expressed in the 2001 Agile Manifesto technology (BT) – the ever increasing reliance on which documented the views of leading software information technology by business of all types to developers in the field at that time. This course digitize and optimize their business models. In the instructs students on these industry best first part of the course you will learn the basic practices. principles that apply to any consulting-based approach and explore a range of topics that EMG 552 DEVOPS AND MICROSERVICES define consulting knowledge. These topics cover ARCHITECTURE (3) the consulting process from preparation for and Prerequisites: None delivery of client engagements to management of In general, DevOps represents a change in engagement-related obstacles and the information technology (IT) culture focusing on development of advising skills. rapid IT service delivery through the adoption of agile, lean practices in the context of a system- In the second part of the course, students will oriented approach. DevOps emphasizes people explore a range of topics that consultants and and culture and seeks to improve collaboration their consulting clients need to know when between operations and software development engaging on BT change initiatives. These topics teams. In this course, you will learn the key ideas cover the essential building blocks of any digital and techniques to bring development and transformation blueprint: lean thinking and operations together to produce higher-quality innovation, process automation, organization and software and deliver it more quickly. You will also change management, technology insights, and develop the ability to integrate communication, data and analytics. collaboration, integration and automation in order to improve the flow of work between software EMG 557 INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) developers and IT operations professionals for MANAGEMENT ISSUES (3) faster development and deployment. Prerequisites: None The Internet of Things is a proposed development EMG 553 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY of the Internet in which everyday objects will have (3) networked connectivity, allowing them to send Prerequisites: None and receive data. This course is focused on This course is aimed at engineers and managers studying the management problems that will arise who want to be leaders in a technical environment in connection with this rapidly emerging and advance into executive roles. Students will technology. learn the basic skills and techniques that a majority of executive teams apply to address
141 EMG 559 INTRODUCTION TO SENSOR EMG 565 HEALTHCARE PRODUCT ECONOMICS TECHNOLOGY FOR ENGINEERING MANAGERS AND OUTCOMES (3) (3) Prerequisites: None Prerequisites: None This course explores the various synergistic Sensor technology is an important aspect of the dynamics of healthcare product economics and Internet of Things which is forecasted to have outcomes. Topics will include reimbursement huge impacts on business and society in the near overview, insurance coverage, product design, future. This course is designed to give students a comparative effectiveness review, and the hands-on introduction to the kind of devices Affordable Care Act. Emphasis will be placed on changing our world with the Internet of Things how creative innovations and synergism can and will provide them with a basic understanding impact the healthcare industry and economics. of the core technology allowing them to engage in product development and prototyping. EMG 568 TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (3) Prerequisites: None EMG 560 CYBERSECURITY MANAGEMENT (3) In this course, students will develop a broad Prerequisites: None understanding of technology management and its This course is an introduction to cybersecurity importance in establishing competitive advantage principles, processes and technologies. It presents in a globalized world. Content will include studies students with a detailed overview of best of leadership, technology trends, market analysis, practices in the management, governance, and innovation management, product development, policy development of cybersecurity measures for business model analysis, effective organizational businesses and organizations. structure, team building and collaboration, project management, and effective business EMG 563 INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL communications. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (3) Prerequisites: None EMG 570 CLOUD COMPUTING MANAGEMENT In this course students will learn about the ISSUES (3) connection between knowledge, innovation and Prerequisites: None intellectual property asset creation. Moreover, Cloud computing is the practice of using a they will also learn about the value and network of remote servers hosted on the Internet importance of the proper management of IP to store, manage, and process data, rather than a assets including: 1) Identifying existing intellectual local server or a personal computer. In this class property assets and the need for developing new students will study the issues associated with ones. 2) Documenting existing and new managing cloud services and the business intellectual property. 3) Deciding on the proper considerations needed before switching to the form of intellectual property protection needed in cloud. any particular instance. 4) Deciding how the intellectual property asset will be used. 5) EMG 574 PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERING Periodically reassessing the value and use of the MANAGERS (3) intellectual property portfolio. Prerequisites: None This course has been designed for graduate EMG 564 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR engineering management students who are not ENGINEERING MANAGERS (3) degreed engineers. It provides non-engineers with Prerequisites: College Algebra, minimum a good grounding in physics principles and requirement. Pre-Calculus or Introduction to applications and gives students a means to Calculus is the preferred background. transition into the role of technical management. The content of the course will be on applied mathematics in such areas as technology EMG 579 BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT (3) forecasting, linear programming, transportation Prerequisites: None network flows, practical applications of Business process management is a discipline that determinants and matrices, calculus-based uses various methods to discover, analyze, optimization, inventory control models, queuing measure, improve and optimize business theory, as well as other math topics in operations processes in an organization. In this course, research and supply chain management. students will learn about the basic methods used to analyze business processes and will develop skill in conducting business process analysis.
142 EMG 688 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-3) If the Thesis Option is chosen, students must seek Prerequisites: None the assignment of an Engineering Management Special topics courses cover subjects not Faculty Advisor to guide their research on a topic currently contained in the curriculum, but are in the field of engineering management. designed to address especially relevant trends or Additionally, the selection of a faculty advisor and developments related to the discipline. the intended plan of study must be approved by the Engineering Management Department Chair. EMG 689 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3) At the conclusion of the student’s writing, the Prerequisites: None student will be required to orally defend the thesis Independent Study allows students to explore before a committee assigned by the Engineering academic areas of special interest not provided in Management Department. the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Classroom Field Learning (CFL)
EMG 690 CAPSTONE PROJECT (3) CFL 591 INTEGRATING ACADEMIC & INTERNSHIP Prerequisites: None LEARNING (2) Required: Department Chair approval and Prerequisites: None completion of 18 credit hours of the MSEM This course provides an overview of expectations program. and requirements for INT 593 Internship, teaches During the last two trimesters of their training, students how to integrate their academic and students in the ITU Engineering Management internship learning, and enhances career skills Department must complete a capstone project or development. A student must pass CFL 591(can write a master’s thesis. If the capstone project be taken concurrently) in order to be eligible to option is chosen, engineering management enroll in INT 593. students are required to demonstrate their competence in the skills and knowledge associated with their degree program. It is Internship (ITN) designed to show the in-depth learning and higher-order thinking of the students. With this INT 593 P/F INTERNSHIP (1, 3) option, students must choose a project in the field Prerequisites: CFL 591 of engineering management. Then they will plan, This course consists of participation in a full-time organize, implement, and work towards the or part-time internship experience, related to the completion of the project in a controlled manner, student’s field of study under the supervision of so as to meet the goals and objectives of their both an approved internship provider and a project. The capstone project is usually carried out faculty advisor. This course provides practical, by an individual student. Before beginning work, hands-on training in a relevant industry to each capstone project must first be approved by enhance classroom learning. A maximum of 10 an Engineering Management Faculty Advisor credit hours earned in INT 593 may be applied assigned by the Engineering Management toward the Master’s Degree graduation Department Chair. At the end of the project, the requirements. student will prepare a Final Project Report and defend this work product before the Faculty Advisor and a panel of other assigned faculty members.
EMG 697 THESIS (3) Prerequisites: None Required: Department Chair approval and completion of 18 credit hours of the MSEM program. During the last two semesters of their training, students in the ITU Engineering Management Department must complete a capstone project or write a master’s thesis. For the master thesis, the research must result in some new insights into the academic or practical concepts of the Engineering Management discipline. These must be fully analyzed, explained and documented in the thesis.
143 Faculty Republic of China; M.S. Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, • Tom Tafolla, J.D. Law, University of San Minneapolis, Minnesota; Adjunct Faculty. Francisco, Interim Department Chair • Robert Payne, L.LM. International Law, University College, University of London; CORE FACULTY J.D. University of California Davis, B.A. Stanford University; Adjunct Faculty. • Girish Harshe, Ph.D. Solid State Electronics, • Yousef Al-Shehabi, Ph.D. Theology; M.S. Penn State University; MBA University of Computer Science and Electrical Chicago Booth School of Business; Engineering, Santa Clara University; M.A. Assistant Department Chair International Relations, San Francisco State • Bhairav Mehta, M.S. Industrial and Systems University; Adjunct Faculty. Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology; M.S. Applied Statistics/Operations Research and MBA, Cornell University; MBA, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada; Core Faculty • Mamoun Samaha, M.S. Electronics and Computer Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology; Core Faculty
ADJUNCT FACULTY • Alex Peters, Post-Doctorate Fellowship, Princeton University; Ph.D. Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; Adjunct Faculty. • Alfonso Ramirez: MBA, Global Business Management; Quality Manager, Stryker, Inc., Fremont, California (a world-leading medical technology company with 33,000 employees worldwide and $12.4 billion annual sales). Adjunct Faculty. • Avid Farhoodfar: Ph.D. Engineering Physics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Master’s in Condensed Matter Physics, Brock University, Ontario, Canada; Master’s Plasma Physics, IAU, Iran; M.S. Software Engineering, International Technological University, San Jose, California. Adjunct Faculty. • Donna Dulo: Ph.D. candidate, Software Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California; J.D., Monterey College of Law, Salinas, CA; computer scientist, mathematician, systems engineer. Adjunct Faculty. • Jeremy Tzeng, M.S. / Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Adjunct Faculty. • Kishan Jainandunsing: Ph.D. and M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Delft University (TU Delft), the Netherlands; Principal of SenzoLabs, new product development advising; consultant in the areas of machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT). Adjunct Faculty. • Michelle Liang, Ph.D. Computer Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's
144 Thesis Research: INTERDISCIPLINARY The period following the comprehensive SCIENCES examinations is devoted to research for the thesis, although such research may begin before the examinations are complete. After a research topic Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary is approved by the Doctoral Committee, the Sciences students should conduct the thesis research
toward the defined objective. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Students must complete 60 credit hours to earn PUBLICATION: their degree One or more refereed articles based on the thesis » 30 Credit Hours of Course Requirements » 30 Credit Hours of Dissertation research must be accepted for publication in a » Program Requirements professional or scientific journal approved by the Doctoral Committee. Program Requirements THESIS DEFENSE: APPLICATION: The thesis must be made available to all Students who complete their master’s degree in examiners one month prior to the examination. the subject field with GPA or above are eligible to The oral examination shall consist of a apply for the Ph.D. program. Exceptions may presentation of the results of the thesis and the apply to select individuals upon AQC approval. defense. Thesis defense is open to all faculty
THESIS ADVISOR: members of the University, but only members of It is the student’s responsibility to obtain consent the Doctoral Committee have a vote. from a full-time faculty member in the student’s major department to serve as her/his prospective Program Completion: thesis advisor. Students are required to find a At least one month before the degree is to be thesis advisor as soon as possible after being conferred, the candidate must submit to the accepted as a Ph.D. student. The student and the Academic Quality Committee two copies of the thesis advisor jointly develop a complete program final version of the thesis describing the research of study for research in a particular area. The in its entirety. The candidate will submit the final complete program of study (and any subsequent draft of their thesis to ProQuest Dissertation changes) must be submitted to the AQC and Publishing. The Research Librarian is available to approved by the student’s advisor. answer publication questions and assist students in this process. The thesis will not be considered COURSE WORK AND STUDY PROGRAM: as accepted until approved by the Doctoral The students are expected to complete a Committee and publication acceptance. The minimum of 60 credit hours of graduate credit University reserves the right to evaluate the beyond the master’s degree. Of these, 30 credit undertakings and the accomplishments of the hours may be earned through coursework and degree candidate in total, and award or withhold independent study and 30 through the thesis. All the degree as a result of its deliberations. thesis credit hours are graded on a Pass/No Pass basis. A maximum of 15 credit hours may be TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETING DEGREES: transferred from other accredited institutions at All requirements for the doctoral degree must be the discretion of the student’s advisor. completed within ten years following acceptance for the Ph.D. program. Extensions will be allowed COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS: only in unusual circumstances and must be After completion of the formal course work approved in writing by the Committee on approved by the Doctoral Committee, the student Graduate Programs. shall request for comprehensive examination. The examination shall be a written exam representing sufficient preparation in depth and breadth for advanced research in the major. The comprehensive examinations normally must be completed within four years from the time of admission. Comprehensive examinations may be repeated only once, in whole or in proposed thesis topic, and determine any further changes to approving the research objective.
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Prerequisite Requirements All courses listing a prerequisite requirement can be petitioned by the student for waiver and evaluated by the Academic Committee on a case- by-case basis.
Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Sciences Requirements The completion of at least 30 credit hours of graduate courses in the major field of study, and 30 credit hours of thesis includes:
30 Credit Hours of Required Courses: » IDS 711 General Consilience » IDS 712 Physics » IDS 713 Cosmology » IDS 714 Chemistry » IDS 715 Genetics » IDS 716 Evolution » IDS 717 Biology/Ecology » IDS 718 Evolutionary Neuroscience » IDS 719 Psychology » IDS 720 Philosophy
30 Credit Hours of Thesis/Dissertation: » IDS 901 Doctoral Dissertation
146 INTERNSHIPS SUPPLEMENTARY
Internships PROGRAMS AND In order to be competitive in today’s economy, students must graduate with relevant work REQUIRMENTS experience. Employers are looking for more seasoned employees who can add value from the start, so skill development is a key component of Certificate Programs ITU’s educational pedagogy. ITU places a strong Upon completing three of the approved enterprise emphasis on hands-on learning through resource planning courses with a grade of B or internships, which link classroom learning to above, the student is awarded a joint student relevant industry experience. If you are an recognition award from ITU and SAP University International Student, you must in lawful F-1 status alliance. To collect the certificate, the student to be eligible to apply for internship. should make the request after completing the three courses or while submitting their petition to COURSES graduate. » CFL 591: Integrating Academic and Internship Learning ITU Presents » INT 593: Part-Time/Full-Time Internship ITU Presents aims to connect University students with the artists, inventors, engineers, and business owners shaping modern day Silicon Valley. ITU COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Presents has hosted guest lectures from Oscar nominees, start-up founders, and industry experts. CFL 591 INTEGRATING ACADEMIC AND Join us for our next ITU Presents to learn about INTERNSHIP LEARNING (2) the latest trends and network with the larger Prerequisites: None community. This course provides an overview of expectations and requirements for INT 593 Internship, teaches students how to integrate their academic and internship learning, and enhances career skills STUDENT SUCCESS development. A student must pass CFL 591(can PROGRAM be taken concurrently) in order to be eligible to enroll in INT 593. The Student Success Program includes INT 593 PART-TIME/FULL-TIME INTERNSHIP (1, programming designed for both native and non- 3) native English speakers that enable them to Prerequisites: CFL 591 effectively communicate in both academically and This course consists of participation in a full-time professional contexts. or part-time internship experience, related to the student’s field of study under the supervision of The program includes skill development in the both an approved internship provider and a following areas: library research, academic faculty advisor. This course provides practical, writing, giving presentations, interviewing, resume hands-on training in a relevant industry to and cover letter writing, and reading enhance classroom learning. A maximum of 10 comprehension. All students are welcome to join credit hours earned in INT 593 may be applied this program if their schedule permits. The toward the master’s degree graduation program is offered during the day. Much of the requirements. program is conducted virtually so students don’t have to worry about commute time and costs.
The Student Success Program has a required lab and materials fee which covers testing, textbooks and some other course expenses. This fee must be paid each trimester the student is enrolled. Students must complete a placement test prior to starting the program in order to properly assess their language development needs. The course runs the full length of the trimester.
147 CROSSWALK BIO 500 BIOM 900 Clinical Research Management 3
Credit New Old Course Title BIO 501 BIOM 901 Modern Medicine and Biology 3 Hours
ACT 500 ACTN 900 Financial Accounting 3 BIO 506 BIOM 909 Biotech Industry Fundamentals 3
ACT 501 ACTN 922 Forensic Accounting 3 BIO 510 Ethics in Medical Research 3
ACT 502 ACTN 926 International Accounting 3 BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics 3
ACT 504 ACTN 927 Tax Accounting Principles 3 BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis 3
Game Theory, Business Strategy, and ACT 600 ACTN 910 Managerial Accounting 3 BUA 503 3 Thinking Strategically
ACT 601 ACTN 920 Cost Accounting 3 BUA 504 Data Warehousing and Visualization 3
Predictive Analytics for Business ACT 602 ACTN 921 Intermediate Accounting 3 BUA 505 3 Strategy
Developing Value Through Business ACT 603 ACTN 925 Accounting Information Systems/ERP 3 BUA 506 3 Analysis Applications
AMS 510 AMN 910 Linear Algebra 3 BUA 507 Ethical Business Decision-Making 3
AMS 512 AMN 912 Applied Mathematic Methods 3 BUA 508 Risk Analytics 3
Fast Fourier Transformation & AMS 514 AMN 914 3 Applications BUA 509 Web Analytics 3
Data Science Applications with R or AMS 520 AMN 920 Optimization Techniques 3 BUA 510 3 Python
Business Cognitive Analytics and AMS 530 AMN 930 Numerical Analysis 3 BUA 512 3 Applications
Financial Engineering: Computational AMS 540 AMN 940 Discrete Mathematics 3 BUA 513 3 and Quantitative Methods
Probability, Statistics, and Reliability Simulation and Optimization for AMS 552 AMN 952 3 BUA 690 3 for Engineers Business Analytics
Advanced Applied Mathematics AMS 722 AMN 922 3 Methods BUS 500 PMGT 900 Project Management Frameworks 3
Strategic Planning & Portfolio AMS 750 Abstract Algebra 3 BUS 501 PMGT 901 3 Management
AMS 760 AMN 960 Advanced Optimization Techniques 3 BUS 502 PMGT 904 Project Management & Leadership 3
148 Credit Seminar in Organizational Behavior New Old Course Title BUS 726 DBA 845 3 Hours Research
BUS 503 PMGT 905 Project Management - Agile Approach 3 BUS 728 DBA 847 Seminar in Strategy and Innovation 3
Contract Management & Financial Leadership Behavior and Conflict BUS 504 PMGT 911 3 BUS 729 DBA 848 3 Planning Resolution
Technology, Innovation, and BUS 509 EBUS 917 Leading and Managing Change 3 BUS 730 DBA 850 3 Entrepreneurship
Regulation, Governance, Ethical and BUS 510 EBUS 918 3 BUS 800 DBA 900 Writing and Research Methods 3 Social Responsibility
BUS 516 INMG 910 Principles of Quality Management 3 BUS 801 DBA 901 Quantitative Research Methods 3
BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity 3 BUS 802 DBA 902 Qualitative Research Methods 3
Management and Organizational BUS 518 Applied Statistics 3 BUS 804 DBA 911 3 Theory
Emerging Issues in Strategic Decision BUS 519 Organizational and Leadership Change 3 BUS 807 DBA 914 3 Making
Seminar in Organizational Behavior Emerging Technologies for Product BUS 520 3 BUS 813 DBA 925 Research with Emphasis on 3 Development Leadership
Management of Technology and BUS 521 3 BUS 891 Independent Study 1-6 Innovation
BUS 600 MBAN 997 Research Methods 3 BUS 901 DBA 990 Doctoral Dissertation 1-9
Computer Engineering (Up to Summer BUS 688 Special Topics 1-3 CEN 500 CEN 900 3 2018)
EEN BUS 689 Independent Study 1-3 ECE 500 500/CEN Electrical and Computer Engineering 3 500
Strategic Management and Business BUS 690 3 CEN 508 CEN 908 Scientific Computing 3 Policy
Management Practice and Algorithms and Data Analysis (Up to BUS 700 DBA 810 3 CEN 510 CEN 910 3 Organizational Behavior Summer 2018)
BUS 703 DBA 813 Leadership Behavior and Motivation 3 ECE 510 CEN 510 Algorithms and Data Analysis 3
BUS 710 DBA 822 Current Issues in Accounting Research 3 CEN 540 CEN 940 Network Security Techniques 3
BUS 713 DBA 825 Multinational Business Finance 3 CEN 541 CEN 941 Deep Learning for Computer Vision 3
International Information Technology BUS 720 DBA 836 3 CEN 542 CEN 942 Digital Image Processing 3 Management
149 Credit New Old Course Title CSC 505 SEN 933 The UNIX/Linux OS 3 Hours
CEN 548 CEN 948 Computer Network Systems 3 CSC 509 CS 880 C Programming 3
CEN 551 CEN 951 Computer Architecture 3 CSC 511 SEN 909 OO Programming With C++ 3
CEN 556 CEN 956 Distributed Computing Systems 3 CSC 512 SEN 890 Data Structures 3
Introduction to Medical Image CEN 565 CEN 965 3 CSC 515 SEN 965 iPhone Application Development 3 Systems
CEN 568 CEN 968 Network Storage Systems 3 CSC 518 SEN 964 OO Programming with Java 3
Android Phone Application CEN 580 CEN 980 Signal Analysis and Optimization 3 CSC 519 SEN 958 3 Development
CEN 581 CEN 981 Principle of Internet of Things 3 CSC 520 SEN 963 Python Programming 3
CEN 643 CEN 943 Advanced Digital Image Processing 3 CSC 522 CS 860 R Language Programming 3
CEN 661 CEN 961 Parallel Computing 3 CSC 525 SEN 910 HTML/CSS Programming 3
CEN 680, CEN 688 Special Topics 1-3 CSC 527 Mobile Web Programming 3 CEN 992
CEN 689 Independent Study 1-3 CSC 530 SEN 949 JavaScript Programming 3
CEN 691 CEN 998 Research Project 1 CSC 532 SEN 951 Client Programming with JS/jQuery 3
CEN 692 CEN 998 Research Project 2 CSC 535 SEN 954 Server Programming with PHP 3
CEN 693 CEN 998 Research Project 3 CSC 545 Programming in Go 3
CEN 698 CEN 999 Master Thesis I 3 CSC 550 CS 850 Big Data 3
CEN 699 CEN 999 Master Thesis Research II 3 CSC 560 CS 960 Introduction to Data Science 3
Integrating Academic & Internship CFL 591 2 CSC 570 CS 940 Web Security Fundamentals 3 Learning
CSC 501 Discrete Structures 3 CSC 580 SEN 920 Computer Algorithms 3
CSC 502 Principles of OS & Distributed Systems 3 CSC 610 SEN 953 Compiler Design 3
150 Credit New Old Course Title DGA 508 MMM 831 CG Software Fundamentals 3 Hours
CSC 620 CS 923 Programming Language Theory 3 DGA 509 MMM 870 Basic Image Manipulation 3
CSC 625 Advanced HTML5 3 DGA 510 MMM 909 Intro to Game Development 3
CSC 631 CS 831 Data Mining 3 DGA 511 MMM 810 General Production Pipelines 3
CSC 633 CS 933 Machine Learning 3 DGA 512 MMM 911 Web Graphic Design 3
CSC 650 Big Data Analytics (CPO-SAS/SPSS) 3 DGA 513 MMM 800 Documentary Production 3
CSC 670 CS 901 Network & Data Security 3 DGA 515 MMM 904 Sound Design 3
CSC 680 CS 950 Advanced Computer Algorithms 3 DGA 516 Production Sound Recording 3
CSC 682 SEN 921 Graph Algorithms 3 DGA 517 Post Production Sound Recording 3
UI/UX: User Interfaces & User CSC 688 Special Topics 3 DGA 518 MMM 920 3 Experiences
CSC 689 Independent Study 3 DGA 519 Still Life & Figure Drawing 3
CSC 690 SEN 998 Capstone Project 3 DGA 520 Motion Graphics 3
CSC 695 SEN 999 Master's Thesis 3-6 DGA 521 MMM 710 Digital Media Distribution 3
CSC 720 Formal Methods 3 DGA 522 MMM 823 Editing I 3
CSC 730 CS 979 Cryptography & Cryptanalysis 3 DGA 523 MMM 890 Social Network Marketing & Publishing 3
CSC 750 CS 910 Coding Theory 3 DGA 524 Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality 3
DGA 501 MMM 905 New Media Production 3 DGA 526 Screenwriting 3
DGA 503 MMM 910 Storyboard Design 3 DGA 528 Dynamic UX 3
Introduction to Games Programming DGA 504 MMM 820 Global Storytelling 3 DGA 529 3 Unity, SpriteKit using C#, and Swift
DGA 507 MMM 830 Design Fundamentals 3 DGA 531 Beginning Augmented Reality 3
151 Credit New Old Course Title DGA 690 MMM 999 Master's Project 3 Hours
DGA 532 Beginning Virtual Reality 3 DGA 692 Master's Thesis 3
Electrical Engineering (Up to Summer DGA 606 MMM 903 Animation I 3 EEN 500 EEN 900 3 2018)
EEN DGA 607 MMM 921 Storyboards and Layouts 3 ECE 500 500/CEN Electrical and Computer Engineering 3 500
DGA 608 MMM 860 CG Modeling 3 EEN 505 EEN 905 Digital Design in HDL 3
DGA 609 MMM 923 3D Modeling and 3D Printing 3 EEN 506 EEN 906 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves 3
DGA 610 MMM 931 Rigging for 3D Animation 3 EEN 511 EEN 911 VLSI Design 3
DGA 611 MMM 950 Lighting and Compositing 3 EEN 513 EEN 913 Microprocessor Design 3
DGA 612 MMM 988 Concept Art and Storyboarding 3 EEN 514 Script Languages and Applications 3
DGA 615 ZBrush 3 EEN 515 EEN 915 Analog IC Design 3
DGA 617 Motion Capture 3 EEN 520 EEN 920 ASIC Design I 3
DGA 621 MMM 720 Producing Digital Media 3 EEN 521 EEN 921 FPGA Design and AI Applications 3
DGA 622 MMM 824 Editing II 3 EEN 525 EEN 925 ASIC Design II 3
Digital Signal Processing and System DGA 626 MMM 916 Animation II 3 EEN 541 EEN 941 3 Analysis
Fundamentals of Communication DGA 631 MMM 900 Digital Media Startup 3 EEN 561 EEN 961 3 Systems
Augmented Reality Design and DGA 641 3 EEN 577 EEN 977 Green Energy 3 Production
DGA 642 Virtual Reality Design and Production 3 EEN 616 EEN 916 Mixed Signal IC Design 3
Unity 2D/3D Game Development DGA 661 3 EEN 618 EEN 918 RF IC Design 3 Platform
DGA 688 Special Topics 1-3 EEN 627 EEN 927 IC Design to Silicon 3
DGA 689 Independent Study 1-3 EEN 629 EEN 929 System on Chip (SOC) Design 3
152 Credit Advanced Bioelectronics and New Old Course Title EEN 739 3 Hours Bioengineering
EEN 635 EEN 935 Introduction to MEMS Design 3 EEN 749 EEN 949 Advanced Digital Signal Processing 3
Advanced Machine Learning EEN 637 Bioelectronics and Bioengineering 3 EEN 753 EEN 953 3 Engineering
Signal Integrity of High-Speed Digital EEN 638 EEN 938 3 EEN 758 EEN 958 Advanced Embedded System Design 3 Circuits
Embedded System Design (Up to EEN 646 EEN 946 3 EEN 766 EEN 966 Advanced Communication Systems 3 Summer 2018)
ECE 646 EEN 646 IoT System Design 3 EEN 774 EEN 974 Advanced Wireless Communications 3
Introduction to Wireless EEN 671 EEN 971 3 EEN 891 EEN 996 Independent Study 1-6 Communication Systems
Introduction to Near Field EEN 676 EEN 976 3 EEN 907 EEN 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research 3 Communication
EEN 680, EEN 688 Special Topics 3 EMG 500 EM 900 Principles of Engineering Management 3 EEN 992
Engineering Project Management EEN 689 Independent Study 1-6 EMG 501 EM 901 3 (Formerly: Engineering Practicum)
EEN 691 EEN 998 Research Project 1 EMG 502 Organizational Behavior 3
EEN 692 EEN 998 Research Project 2 EMG 503 Product Management 3
Blockchain Fundamentals for EEN 693 EEN 998 Research Project 3 EMG 504 3 Engineering Managers
Data Engineering for Engineering EEN 698 EEN 999 Master Thesis I 3 EMG 505 3 Managers
Technology Management and EEN 699 EEN 999 Master Thesis II 3 EMG 511 3 Entrepreneurship
Fundamentals of Business Analysis for EEN 714 EEN 914 Advanced Microprocessor Design 3 EMG 522 3 Software Development
EEN 717 EEN 917 Advanced Analog IC Design 3 EMG 528 AI Technology Management 3
Machine Learning for Engineering EEN 719 EEN 919 Advanced RF IC Design 3 EMG 529 3 Managers
EEN 732 EEN 932 Advanced Nanotechnology 3 EMG 530 Regulatory Affairs for Medical Devices 3
Writing and Presentation Skill-Building EEN 736 EEN 936 Advanced Sensor/Bio Design 3 EMG 540 3 for Engineering Managers
153 Credit New Old Course Title EMG 697 Thesis 3 Hours
Project Management for Engineers Introduction to ERP Systems Using EMG 541 3 ERP 509 ERP 901 3 and Engineering Managers SAP
ABAP - Advanced Business EMG 542 Engineering Manager's Toolkit 3 ERP 510 ERP 902 3 Application Programming
Introduction to Medical Devices and Enterprise Portal Technology Using EMG 545 3 ERP 511 ERP 905 3 Digital Health Products NetWeaver
Introduction to Software Development Enterprise Procurement Processes EMG 549 & Business Architecture for 3 ERP 512 ERP 907 3 (MM) Engineering Managers
Software QA and Testing for Business EMG 550 3 ERP 513 ERP 912 Sales Order Management With ERP 3 Analysts
EMG 551 Agile Methodologies 3 FIN 515 FINN 933 Managerial Finance 3
EMG 554 Management Consulting 3 FIN 516 FINN 996 Entrepreneurial Finance 3
Internet of Things (IoT) Management EMG 557 3 FIN 517 FINN 918 Financial Institutions 3 Issues
Introduction to Sensor Technology for Financial and Socially Responsible EMG 559 3 FIN 518 FINN 921 3 Engineering Managers Investing
EMG 560 Cybersecurity Management 3 FIN 519 FINN 922 Corporate Valuation 3
Introduction to Intellectual Property EMG 563 3 FIN 520 FINN 930 Investment Management 3 Management
Quantitative Analysis for Engineering EMG 564 3 FIN 521 FINN 931 International Financial Management 3 Managers
Healthcare Product Economics and EMG 565 3 FIN 522 FINN 936 Behavioral Finance 3 Outcomes
EMG 568 Technology Management 3 FIN 523 ECON 920 Macroeconomic Theory 3
EMG 570 Cloud Computing Management 3 FIN 525 ECON 922 Econometrics 3
EMG 579 Business Process Management 3 FIN 526 ECON 923 International Economics 3
EMG 688 EMG 580 Special Topics 1-3 FIN 534 FINN 934 Financial and Economic Analysis 3
EMG 689 Independent Study 1-3 FIN 604 Securities Analysis 3
Financial Derivatives and Risk EMG 690 Capstone Project 3 FIN 605 FINN 920 3 Management
154 Credit Managing Human Capital using SAP New Old Course Title HRM 532 3 Hours HCM
Strategic Compensation: Issues and FIN 606 FINN 932 Corporate Finance 3 HRM 533 HRMG 945 3 Opportunities
Human Resources and Information FIN 607 FINN 935 Mergers and Acquisitions 3 Technology using SAP HCM HRM 535 HRMG 946 3 (Formerly: Human Resources and Information Technology) Scientific Writing and Research for HCM 509 3 Healthcare ICS 501 Introduction to Cybersecurity 3
HCM 510 BPS 821 A Regulatory Overview & Compliance 3 ICS 502 Cyber Attack Countermeasures 3
HCM 511 HCM 901 Concepts to Healthcare Management 3 ICS 520 Personal Computer Security 3
+95841+C HCM 904 Innovating Biomedical Technology 3 M 513 ICS 525 Principles of Ethical Hacking
HCM 515 HCM 906 Health Information Technology 3 ICS 550 Security Policies 3
HCM 519 HCM 911 Healthcare Ethics 3 ICS 601 Advanced Cybersecurity 3
Healthcare Leadership, Patient Safety HCM 520 HCM 912 3 and Quality Improvement ICS 620 Computer Malware 3
HCM 525 HCM 921 Principles of Managed Care 3 ICS 630 Digital Forensics Technology 3
HCM 529 HCM 930 Mental Health and Wellbeing 3 ICS 680 Theory of Cryptographic Systems 3
Complementary and Alternative HCM 531 HCM 933 3 Medicine ICS 688 Special Topics 3
Financial Management for Healthcare HCM 534 3 Organization ICS 690 Capstone Project 3
Data Analytics Applications in HCM 535 3 Healthcare ICS 695 Master's Thesis 3-6
HCM 539 Health Care Marketing 3 IDS 711 CONS 901 General Consilience 3
Healthcare Innovation Management HCM 690 3 Project IDS 712 CONS 902 Physics 3
HRM 528 HRMG 940 Human Resource Management 3 IDS 713 CONS 903 Cosmology 3
HRM 529 HRMG 941 Organizational Development 3 IDS 714 CONS 904 Chemistry 3
HRM 530 HRMG 942 Employment Law For Business 3 IDS 715 CONS 905 Genetics 3
155 Credit New Old Course Title MGT 567 MGTN 922 Quality Control Management 3 Hours
IDS 716 CONS 906 Evolution 3 MGT 569 MGTN 930 Strategic Operations Management 3
Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision IDS 717 CONS 907 Biology/Ecology 3 MGT 571 MGTN 942 3 Making
IDS 718 CONS 908 Evolutionary Neuroscience 3 MGT 572 MGTN 943 High-Technology Entrepreneurship 3
IDS 719 CONS 909 Psychology 3 MGT 573 MGTN 944 International Management 3
IDS 720 CONS 910 Philosophy 3 MGT 575 MGTN 948 Project Management 3
IDS 891 Independent Study 1-6 MGT 577 MGTN 950 Project Risk Management 3
IDS 901 Doctoral Dissertation 1-9 MGT 578 MGTN 951 Business Communications 3
Fundamentals of International INB 553 INBS 910 3 MGT 579 MGTN 952 Business Ethics 3 Business
INB 554 INBS 911 International Financial Markets 3 MGT 580 MGTN 953 Business Law 3
Managing Emotions, Managing Self INB 556 INBS 913 Global Strategic Management 3 MGT 581 MGTN 966 3 and Others
INB 558 INBS 916 Global Marketing and Strategy 3 MGT 582 Team and Group Dynamics 3
Global Entrepreneurship and INB 559 INBS 921 International Business Management 3 MGT 583 3 Innovation
INT 593F GRN 900F Internship 3 MGT 584 MKTN 952 Supply Chain Management 3
Intrapreneurship - Innovation From INT 593P GRN 900P Internship 1 MGT 593 3 Within
MBN 697 MBAN 999 MBA Thesis 3 MGT 608 MGTN 902 Business Statistics 3
MGT 503 MGTN 903 Organizational Leadership Theories 3 MGT 611 MGTN 923 Lean Six Sigma 3
MGT 560 MGTN 901 Principles of Management 3 MGT 612 MGTN 954 Advanced Project Management 3
Pitching a Business Plan to Venture MGT 564 MGTN 916 Principles of Public Relations 3 MGT 690 MGTN 945 3 Capitalists
Production and Operations Technology and Operations MGT 566 MGTN 920 3 MIS 527 MISY 927 3 Management Management: Creating Value
156 Credit New Old Course Title MKT 590 MKTN 962 Marketing With Social Media 3 Hours
MIS 537 MISY 915 Management Information Systems 3 MKT 591 MKTN 963 Advertising Strategy 3
MIS 538 MISY 910 Business Database Applications 3 MKT 592 MKTN 965 Supplier/Seller Management 3
Marketing with Digital Perspectives MIS 539 MISY 911 Business Telecommunications 3 MKT 593 3 using SAP CRM
MIS 540 MISY 912 Information Resource Management 3 MKT 613 MKTN 959 Advanced Marketing 3
Managing Global Information Systems MIS 541 MISY 913 3 SWE 500 SEN 941 Software Engineering 3 Projects
MIS 542 MISY 914 Information Systems Innovation 3 SWE 510 CS 810 Information Security Countermeasures 3
MIS 543 MISY 916 Human-Computer Interaction 3 SWE 520 CS 820 Principles of Ethical Hacking 3
MIS 544 MISY 917 Business Decision Support Systems 3 SWE 525 Version Control Tools/git 3
Data Mining and Business Intelligence MIS 545 MISY 918 using SAP (Formerly: Data Mining and 3 SWE 530 CS 830 Cloud Computing Security 3 Business Intelligence)
Cloud and Virtualization Security MIS 546 MISY 919 Data Science for Business 3 SWE 535 CS 840 3 (CPO)
Software Development Process MIS 547 MISY 920 3 SWE 540 SEN 760 SQA/Manual Testing 3 Management
MIS 548 MISY 921 Knowledge Management 3 SWE 542 SEN 860 SQA/Manual/Auto/Perf Testing 3
MKT 551 MKTN 951 Competitive Marketing Strategies 3 SWE 544 SEN 930 SQA/Software Testing Tools 3
MKT 582 MKTN 958 Marketing Management 3 SWE 560 SEN 934 Principle of Database Systems 3
MKT 583 MKTN 950 Entrepreneurial Marketing 3 SWE 561 SEN 961 Cloud Computing 3
Oracle Database MKT 585 MKTN 953 International Marketing 3 SWE 562 SEN 982 3 Management/Administration
MKT 586 MKTN 954 Marketing Research 3 SWE 600 SEN 942 Advanced Software Engineering 3
MKT 588 MKTN 957 Consumer Behavior 3 SWE 602 SEN 946 Software Requirements Elicitation 3
MKT 589 MKTN 961 E-Commerce 3 SWE 610 SEN 905 Ruby on Rails 3
157 Credit New Old Course Title Hours
SWE 615 Angular JS 3
SWE 620 CS 925 Scala Programming 3
SWE 633 SEN 944 Software Refactoring 3
SWE 640 SEN 992 Artificial Intelligence 3
SWE 680 SEN 950 Software Architecture 3
SWE 688 Special Topics 3
SWE 689 Independent Study 3
SWE 690 SEN 998 Capstone Project 3
SWE 695 SEN 999 Capstone Thesis 3-6
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