HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

Health Insurance Coverage is mandatory. Student should enroll in health insurance directly through JCB or provide JCB their proof of coverage prior to course registration. For more information follow the link: https://www.itu.edu/admissions/admittedstudents/ health-insurance. All students are required to provide a proof of insurance coverage to the Finance Department prior to enrollment.

Note: There are different methods of payment – Credit/Debit/e-Check: Please be informed that payments by Credit/Debit Card/ e-Check are subject to 3% charges processing fees. ITU uses various outside Financial Institutions to process the credit/debit card, and e-check payments. The 3% charge is collected to pay these institutions for their services.

• Cash, Check: No processing fee charges, and – Wire transfer: No processing fee charges. For information about ITU’s bank account, contact the Finance Department

TUITION AND FEES FOR A MASTER’S PROGRAM – Nugget program

The following sample tuition and fees schedule applies to all students who will start their program in fall 2021 with the nugget courses, and will enroll in 10 credits per trimester:

*Nugget course tuition is paid in the first trimester and non-refundable.

Fees must be cleared before beginning of each term or during add/drop period. Late payment is subject to $300 penalty fee.

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

Health Insurance Coverage is mandatory. Student should enroll in health insurance directly through JCB or provide JCB their proof of coverage prior to course registration. For more information follow the link: https://www.itu.edu/admissions/admittedstudents/ health-insurance. All students are required to provide a proof of insurance coverage to the Finance Department prior to enrollment.

Note: There are different methods of payment – Credit/Debit/e-Check: Please be informed that payments by Credit/Debit Card/ e-Check are subject to 3% charges processing fees. ITU uses various outside Financial Institutions to process the credit/debit card, and e-check payments. The 3% charge is collected to pay these institutions for their services.

• Cash, Check: No processing fee charges, and – Wire transfer: No processing fee charges. For information about ITU’s bank account, contact the Finance Department

TOTAL COST FOR A MASTER’S PROGRAM

The following sample tuition and fees table is for the entire Master’s program with nuggets, assuming full time enrollment per trimester:

Fees must be cleared before beginning of each term or during add/drop period. Late payment is subject to $300 penalty fee.

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

Health Insurance Coverage is mandatory. Student should enroll in health insurance directly through JCB or provide JCB their proof of coverage prior to course registration. For more information follow the link: https://www.itu.edu/admissions/admittedstudents/ health-insurance. All students are required to provide a proof of insurance coverage to the Finance Department prior to enrollment.

Note: There are different methods of payment – Credit/Debit/e-Check: Please be informed that payments by Credit/Debit Card/ e-Check are subject to 3% charges processing fees. ITU uses various outside Financial Institutions to process the credit/debit card, and e-check payments. The 3% charge is collected to pay these institutions for their services.

• Cash, Check: No processing fee charges, and – Wire transfer: No processing fee charges. For information about ITU’s bank account, contact the Finance Department

TUITION AND FEES FOR PH.D. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES PROGRAMS

The following sample tuition and fees schedule applies to all students:

Fees must be cleared before beginning of each term or during add/drop period. Late payment is subject to $300 penalty fee.

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

Health Insurance Coverage is mandatory. Student should enroll in health insurance directly through JCB or provide JCB their proof of coverage prior to course registration. For more information follow the link: https://www.itu.edu/admissions/admittedstudents/ health-insurance. All students are required to provide a proof of insurance coverage to the Finance Department prior to enrollment.

Note: There are different methods of payment – Credit/Debit/e-Check: Please be informed that payments by Credit/Debit Card/ e-Check are subject to 3% charges processing fees. ITU uses various outside Financial Institutions to process the credit/debit card, and e-check payments. The 3% charge is collected to pay these institutions for their services.

• Cash, Check: No processing fee charges, and – Wire transfer: No processing fee charges. For information about ITU’s bank account, contact the Finance Department

TUITION AND FEES FOR PH.D. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES PROGRAMS

The following sample tuition and fees table is for the entire Electrical Engineering or Interdisciplinary

The above table is based on 14 trimesters (4 trimesters of course work (9 credit hours per trimester for a total of 27 credit hours and 3 credit hours in the 4th trimester), and 10 trimesters of research and dissertation (3 credit hours per trimester for a total of 30 credit hours) for Electrical Engineering or Interdisciplinary Sciences doctoral program.

Fees must be cleared before beginning of each term or during add/drop period. Late payment is subject to $300 penalty fee.

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

Health Insurance Coverage is mandatory. Student should enroll in health insurance directly through JCB or provide JCB their proof of coverage prior to course registration. For more information follow the link: https://www.itu.edu/admissions/admittedstudents/ health-insurance. All students are required to provide a proof of insurance coverage to the Finance Department prior to enrollment.

Note: There are different methods of payment – Credit/Debit/e-Check: Please be informed that payments by Credit/Debit Card/ e-Check are subject to 3% charges processing fees. ITU uses various outside Financial Institutions to process the credit/debit card, and e-check payments. The 3% charge is collected to pay these institutions for their services.

• Cash, Check: No processing fee charges, and – Wire transfer: No processing fee charges. For information about ITU’s bank account, contact the Finance Department

TOTAL COST FOR DOCTORATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

Fees must be cleared before beginning of each term or during add/drop period. Late payment is subject to $300 penalty fee.

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE

Health Insurance Coverage is mandatory. Student should enroll in health insurance directly through JCB or provide JCB their proof of coverage prior to course registration. For more information follow the link: https://www.itu.edu/admissions/admittedstudents/ health-insurance. All students are required to provide a proof of insurance coverage to the Finance Department prior to enrollment.

Note: There are different methods of payment – Credit/Debit/e-Check: Please be informed that payments by Credit/Debit Card/ e-Check are subject to 3% charges processing fees. ITU uses various outside Financial Institutions to process the credit/debit card, and e-check payments. The 3% charge is collected to pay these institutions for their services.

• Cash, Check: No processing fee charges, and – Wire transfer: No processing fee charges. For information about ITU’s bank account, contact the Finance Department

PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND DUE DATE

Tuition is divided into three annual amounts, as shown in the table below. The entire amount for each academic year is due before enrollment in the first trimester

ALL OTHER NON-PROGRAM SPECIFIC FEES

This is a list of all possible fees; certain fees may not apply to every student

1 Based on full-time registration of nine (9) credit hours. Tuition per credit hour is $700
2 Registration Fee is $50 per trimester. Additional $50 ($100 total) applies to students who register for classes during the Late Registration Period. Fee is not refundable.
3 Fees are non-refundable once students register for classes, and will remain on the student’s account if the student decides to drop all courses.
4 ITU is required by the City of San Jose to issue VTA passes to all enrolled students. Rates are subject to change by VTA.
5 Fees are non-refundable.
6 The Orientation Fee covers the New Student Orientation event, as well as pre-arrival assistance and services.
7 Based on full-time registration of nine (9) credit hours for coursework. Full time 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.
8 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 is not enrolled in an installment plan.
9 DBA tuition fee
10 The Student Government Association Fee provides funding to ITU’s Student Government Association (SGA). The SGA funds are managed by the SGA, whose members are ITU students elected every year to represent the student body and to run events and activities for the benefit of all students at ITU.
11 For the nugget program, based on full-time registration of nine (9) credit hours. Tuition per credit hour is $650
12 If students dropped one or more credit hour(s) from the nuggets course, they are required to be enrolled in the nuggets course in another trimester and should pay the tuition fee ($650/credit hour) for the new course.

Students are responsible for payment 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.

• Students are responsible to make sure they have enough money in their bank account for the postdated checks. If a student drops a class after the third week of the trimester, the student will still owe all outstanding balances and any default on payment will be subject to collection.
• Any student who wishes to pay using an installment plan must download, print, and complete a Promissory Note, and bring the completed form to the Department of Finance Services.
• Each installment plan consists of a minimum of two (2) to a maximum of three (3) installments.
• Students must submit all their installment plan checks along with their first payment. The checks should be post-dated and will only be deposited on the day the installment is due. If the due date falls on a weekend or holiday, the check will be deposited the following business day.
• The installment plan process is not completed until the Installment Plan Promissory Note and all post-dated checks have been submitted to the Department of Finance Services.
• Students who wish to cancel an installment check or switch payment, must contact the Department of Finance Services and complete the process prior to the installment due date.

   

INSTALLMENT PLAN PAYMENT SCHEDULE 

• The first installment is due on the day of registration, and the amount must be equal to or greater than three (3) credit hours of Master’s or Doctoral program tuition, or four (4) credit hours of Bachelor’s program tuition, in addition to all of the mandatory fees, including student health insurance.
• The second installment is due one (1) month after the first day of the trimester, and the amount must also be equal to or greater than three (3) credit hours of Master’s or Doctoral program tuition, or four (4) credit hours of Bachelor’s program tuition.
• The third installment is due two (2) months after the first day of the trimester. Any remaining balance must be paid with this final installment.

   

INSTALLMENT PLAN EXAMPLES
The example below assumes a student registers for the full course load (9 credit hours for Master’s and Doctoral programs, 12 credit hours for Bachelor’s programs) in a trimester and already has existing health insurance coverage. Students must submit a health insurance waiver every trimester to prove existing coverage; otherwise, the student will be automatically enrolled into ITU’s student health insurance plan and billed accordingly. Student health insurance payments must be paid along with all other fees on the first installment payment. For more information on student health insurance requirements and waiver information, please visit the Student Health Insurance section of the ITU website.

VTA fees listed in the examples below is the rate for continuing students in the Fall 2019 trimester, and may differ depending on the trimester and whether the student is receiving his/her VTA pass for the first time. The CA (California Resident) discount is available to graduate program students who reside in California and are U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card).

Please contact the Department of Admissions for more information on how to apply for the discount. Fees are subject to change, so the total amount for installment plans may change over time.

INSTALLMENT PLAN PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR MASTER’S PROGRAMS

INSTALLMENT PLAN PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR PH.D. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND PH.D. IN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES PROGRAMS

Note: There is a $50 fee for switching payments if you decide to substitute an installment check with another form of payment on or before the due date of the installment, unless your installment plan has 3 installments AND you are settling your entire Installment Plan balance before the second installment due date.

EMPLOYER TUITION REIMBURSEMENT DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN (ETR)

1. Plan Overview

International Technological University (ITU) has established a deferred payment plan for students who qualify for tuition reimbursement from their employer. Employer Tuition Reimbursement Deferred Payment Plan (ETR) is designed for eligible students whose employers offer reimbursement for tuition charges.

Students accepted into the plan may defer payment of the portion of their tuition reimbursement under their employer’s program up to six weeks after the last date of trimester. Any portion of tuition and fees not covered under an employer tuition reimbursement plan will be due upon registration.

Students may apply for the ITU Installment Payment Plan to cover any tuition and fees not included in the ETR. Please refer to our website for all installment plan information. Failure to pay or have an installment plan arrangement in place may result in a financial hold that will prohibit release of official transcript and enrollment.

Applications for the ETR have to be submitted and approved by the Department of Finance Services each trimester. ITU has three trimesters, namely:
(a) Spring Trimester from January through May, (b) Summer Trimester from May through September, and (c) Fall Trimester from September through January.

It is important to remember that the student is personally responsible for any and all financial obligations made to ITU, regardless of employment status or the length of time it will take the employer to process reimbursement. ITU does not bill a student’s employer; the student is responsible for providing the employer with the reimbursement information.

In order for the employer to receive confirmation of student grades, an official transcript request must be requested. Transcript requests are submitted by completing the Official Transcript Order Form which is available on the ITU website under Forms. The transcript will be sent to the address provided on the form after the associated transcript fee is paid.

The student is responsible for the amount deferred six weeks after the end of term, whether or not the amount is to be paid by the employer.

If the employer, for any reason, refuses to reimburse the

student’s tuition, the student remains responsible for the full payment of all tuition and fees to ITU.


ITU reserves the right to cancel the plan, if the information provided on the application is false.

1. Eligibility

The ETR is available for students working in a company with an Employee Education Assistance/Reimbursement Plan, who have a portion, or 100% of their tuition reimbursed directly to them by their employer upon successful completion of coursework.

The ETR is only applicable to ITU students who are already authorized to work legally in the U.S. Students attending ITU on an F-1 student visa are not eligible to use this plan, as their visa status requires that they show proof of ability to pay for their studies independent of any on campus employment, Curricular Practical Training (CPT), or other work authorization. On the date of application, the student must not have an outstanding account with ITU exclusive of an installment payment plan.

Students must complete and submit all required documents during the regular registration period. Applications submitted during the late registration period will be subject to an additional late processing fee.

Maximum deferral amount allowed for the calendar year should not be greater than the annual maximum limit reimbursable by the employer. There is no prepayment penalty.

1. Process

1. Visit http://itu.edu/regulations/ETR.
2. Submit completed Employer Tuition Reimbursement Deferred Payment Plan Application Form and Statement of Financial Liability within ITU’s regular registration period.
3. Along with the completed forms in #2, student must also provide a letter from the employer’s Human Resources department confirming current employment, a copy of the student’s employer education assistance/ reimbursement plan, and check or cash to pay the non-refundable $50 ETR processing fee.
4. ETR applications submitted during the late registration period (See the University Calendar) will be assessed an additional late processing fee of $50.
5. A new ETR application and ETR Statement of Financial Liability must be submitted each trimester.
6. Submit the completed application form along with the $50 nonrefundable ETR processing fee and proof of employment

1. to ITU, Department of Finance Services, Accounts Receivable by mail at 2010 El Camino Real, #852, Santa Clara, CA 95050
2. For the most updated information, please visit http://itu.edu/regulations/ETR

DBA INSTALLMENT PLAN FOR DOMESTIC STUDENTS
This installment plan is only offered for domestic students enrolled in the Doctorate in Business Administration degree program. There will be a one-time down payment of $2,750 followed by 35 monthly payments of $1,350 each. The first installment payment is due at the beginning of the student’s first trimester at ITU. Subsequent monthly installment payments are due by the 15th of each following month. The non-refundable fees should be paid at the beginning of each trimester prior to registration.

To enroll into the installment plan, the student must sign an installment plan promissory note provided by the university, in addition to paying a $500 non-refundable Payment Plan Administrative Fee with the first installment payment. Please contact the Department of Finance Services via https://support. itu.edu for more information.

To qualify for the DBA installment plan, the student needs to: 

1. Provide proof of income demonstrating ability to submit payments in accordance to the installment plan (such as a pay stub).
2. Maintain good credit standing with the university (no bounced check record, or carry any outstanding balances outside of the payment plan).

NON-PAYMENT POLICY
Once students register for courses, they must either (a) pay tuition in full, or (b) apply for an ITU Payment Plan. Failure to do so will result in a financial hold being placed on the student’s account, restricting the student’s ability to add and drop courses on MyITU or to request official transcripts. The financial hold is automatically removed from the student’s account once full payment is made.

A Late Payment Fee will be applied one (1) month after the first day of the trimester if there is an outstanding balance on the student account and the student has not signed up for an installment plan.

ITU reserves the right to drop courses and terminate students due to nonpayment of tuition and fees, but it is the students’ responsibility to drop their course(s) if they do not plan to attend.

REFUND POLICY

1. Students will be given a 100% refund if a class is cancelled by the University.
2. Refunds are calculated based on the following:
1. The time and date the class was dropped by the student on my.itu.edu/, or
2. The time and date the student requested a class to be dropped by the Department of the Registrar on their

1. behalf, if the student was unable to drop the class by themselves on my.itu.edu/

1. Depending on the original form of payment, the following refund methods will be used:
1. Online credit card payments will be refunded back to the same credit card account. In the event we are unable to refund back to the credit card, a refund check will be issued.
2. Cash, Check, Cashier’s check, E-check, Traveler’s Check, and Money Orders will be refunded via check.
3. flywire.com/pay/itu/ payments will be refunded to the original bank account via flywire.com/pay/itu/.
4. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks of processing time.

    

ITU REFUND SCHEDULE

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
International Technological University does not currently participate in any federal or state financial aid programs. In order to ease the burden of a single lump sum tuition payment, the University offers payment plan options. Please refer to the Payment Plan section for more information.

Financial assistance is available for qualifying students. Please contact the Office of Admissions for more information regarding the Hispanic Heritage Month, African Ancestry Month, CA Resident, Alumni, First Responders, Student Referral, Alumni Referral, and Presidential Scholarship.

SCHOLARSHIPS
International Technological University offers Merit Based Scholarships to a select number of students every trimester. Visit http://itu.edu/admissions/ financial-resources/itu-scholarship for more Information.

FORM 1098-T
The Form 1098-T is used by eligible educational institutions to relay information about their students to the IRS, as required by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.

Every year, ITU will automatically generate Form 1098-T through ECSI (Educational Computer Systems, INC) for students who are either U.S. citizens or U.S. residents, or international students who fulfill the following criteria:

1. have a valid social security number or ITIN on record with ITU;
2. have made payments for 1098-T eligible tuition and fee charges in the reporting year. 

To submit a social security number or ITIN to ITU, the student must complete a Form W-9S by providing their full legal name, current mailing address, SSN / ITIN, and student ID number. The form can be found on the IRS website at the address below:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9s.pdf

Every year, ITU will solicit Form W-9S from students who do not have an SSN or ITIN on record. In order for ITU to issue a Form 1098-T, a Form W-9S with the correct information must be received by the university by December 31st of the current reporting year.

Please do not email the Form W-9S; any forms sent via email will not be accepted. Due to highly sensitive information on the W-9S, it must be submitted to the Finance Services Department by one of the following methods:

1. Mail to:
   2010 El Camino Real, #852 Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA
   or
2. Fax to: (408) 886-9209
   or
3. Submit in person to the Finance Department at the ITU campus.

Campus Address:
3120 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054

LATE FORM W-9S SUBMISSIONS
The deadline for universities to issue Form 1098-Ts is January 31st of the year following the reporting year. The IRS assesses penalties to universities for every late Form 1098-T submission. While ITU will honor late requests and issue a Form 1098-T past the IRS deadline, ITU will assess a $50 late Form 1098-T request fee to offset the IRS penalty. Any initial Form W-9S submitted after December 31stof the calendar year requested is considered a late request, and will have this fee assessed.

TRANSCRIPT FEES

Transcript processing fee: 50$

Transcript fee*: $12

Transcript ground shipping fee – in the US: $25

Transcript overnight shipping fee – in the US: $50

Transcript shipping fee – Canada/Mexico: $75

Transcript shipping fee – International: $125

Transcript-pick up fee – ITU Registrar office: $7 *($12 for each additional transcript).

If students pay by credit/debit card and e-check, there will be a 3% processing fee.

TUITION AND FEES STATEMENTS

You can access your tuition and fees statement any time by logging into your MyITU portal. You can also submit a request in person at the Finance Services Office, or by sending an email to bursar@itu.edu

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

REGISTRATION

The registration period for each trimester begins at a minimum of six weeks prior to the first day of the trimester and concludes on the day before the start of the trimester. A student is considered enrolled

in the University if registered for a minimum of one credit-bearing course. Students enroll in classes through the MyITU portal, which is accessible at

https://my.itu.edu/ics

LATE REGISTRATION

Late registration occurs during the first two weeks of the trimester. A late registration fee is applied if the student has not registered for at least one

credit-bearing course during the registration period.

ADDING AND DROPPING COURSES

Students have an opportunity to adjust their course schedules without penalty as long as they do so during the Add/Drop period. The Add/Drop period begins with the first day of the respective trimester and concludes at 11:59 p.m. (PST) of the second Sunday following the first day of the trimester.

Nugget registration:

Students may use a nugget course to achieve full-

time status (9 units):

1.Students must register for nugget courses during the published Add/Drop period, and add the later sessions via the Nugget Add/Drop Form on the Registrar’s website.

2.Students may drop the nugget course during the published Add/Drop period for the first short-term session. F-1 students must maintain 9 credits of coursework during the term unless they receive a waiver for a reduced course load.

3.Drops for the second and third sessions may occur during the first five calendar days; by the second week of the second and third sessions, a grade of “W” will be recorded on students’ academic transcript. Refer to the Withdrawal Policy.

WITHDRAWALS

The university withdrawal period runs from the Monday following the end of the Add/Drop period through 11:59 p.m. (PST) of the Sunday that concludes the 9th week of the trimester. Dropping

a course during the withdrawal period results in a grade of W (Withdrawn).

Dropping a course after the conclusion of the university withdrawal period will result in a grade of F (Fail) or NP (No Pass). Dropping a course after the last day of the class is not permissible.See Attendance Policy for Unauthorized Withdrawals (UW) in the Academic Policies section.

Withdrawal from Nugget Courses:

Students who are enrolled in a nugget course may drop the course during the first week of the course offering for that session. The drop will result in complete removal of the course from the official academic transcript. Students who need to drop the nugget course beginning the second week of that session, students, will receive a grade of “W” (withdrawal) for the course. Visit the Registrar’s website for guidance and instructions to withdraw from a nugget course beginning the second week of

the nugget course offering.

Note: Refer to the Refund Policy under Financial Information for applicable dates and deadlines.

COURSE CANCELLATION

Courses with enrollment of less than 10 Students by the first day of the trimester, are subject to cancellation.

AUDITING COURSES

Auditing a course is an option that allows the student to sit in on the course without receiving academic credit or a grade. The student is not required to complete course assignments, though he or she may do so with the permission of the instructor. A grade of AUD (Audit) is assigned to the course and recorded on the academic record. Courses taken for Audit do not apply toward any academic degree, and do not count as part of a student’s course-load. The tuition for an audited course is 50% of the tuition for a credit bearing course. Requests for auditing a course require approval of the instructor and must be made before the end of the Add/Drop period

COURSE LOAD

Graduate students may enroll in a maximum of 12 units, while baccalaureate students may enroll in a maximum of 15 units. Students requesting additional units beyond their maximum allotment may meet with their advisor to obtain permission to exceed this cap. An approved Additional Unit Authorization Form must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar prior to the end of the Schedule Adjustment Period.

ONLINE COURSES

This policy applies, beginning Spring 2017, to all newly admitted degree seeking students. In

addition, the cap referred to in the policy requires that current students may not register for additional online courses if by so doing they will reach the

50% limit.

 ONLINE COURSE LIMIT

Degree seeking ITU students may take online courses, subject to the requirements of their program and immigration status.

Online course credit hours must constitute less than 50% of total credits counted toward degree completion. ITU’s undergraduate completion programs typically consist of 60 credit hours or 20 courses and Master’s programs typically consist of 36 credit hours or 12 courses. Therefore, no more than five 3 credit hour courses may be taken online, out of a total of 12 courses.

If a student has declared a concentration and does not complete the required concentration courses by graduation, the student will graduate with the general degree, with no concentration. Concentrations will only appear on the transcript, and not on the diploma.

CREDIT MEASUREMENTS

Academic credit hours are measured in terms of credit hours. This is a listing of how Academic credit hours are measured: · 1credit hour = 1trimester term hour · 1trimester credit hour = 15 hours of classroom lectures/30 laboratory hours/45 practicum hours Undergraduate students must enroll in 12.0 credit hours to be considered as full-time students, while Graduate students must enroll in 9.0 credit hours to be considered full-time.

GRADING SYSTEM FOR GRADUATE DEGREES

GRADING SYSTEM FOR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Discontinued Grades, as of Fall 2015:

R – Replaced original grade when course was repeated

EXL – Original grade replaced and excluded.

X – Students did not complete course or officially withdraw.

NR – No Record

Discontinued Grades will not be included in computing GPA.

GRADE POINT AVERAGE REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION

The following statement applies to the degree program requirements for each program starting in the 2016-2017 catalog.

A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for granting of the Master’s and Doctoral degree, while a 2.0 cumulative GPA is required for undergraduate students.

GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

GPA is calculated by dividing the trial amount of grade points by the total amount of credit hours

attempted.

Only courses in which a graduate student has earned at least a grade of C- or P are counted towards the master’s degree and courses in which an undergraduate student has earned at least a D or P are counted toward the undergraduate 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 GPA computation. All courses require letter grades, except those specifically designated otherwise.

GRADE CHANGES

Requests for grade changes must be made no later than 30 days after the first date of the trimester following the trimester in which the course was taken.

Grade change requests will only be considered if the student believes the assigned grade is incorrect due to a clerical, calculation, or other technical error.

Grade change requests that contest the instructor’s judgment regarding the academic quality of the student’s work or achievement will not be considered. Grade change requests that are based solely on the student’s desire to have a better grade will not be considered. Grade change requests that include coursework submitted after the course has concluded will not be considered.

REPEATING COURSES

A course with an earned grade of B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F, NP, and UW may be repeated for a maximum of two (2) times. A withdrawn (W) course is not counted as a repeated course. Repeating

a course is not allowed for courses where an Incomplete (I) grade has been assigned.

Earned course credit will be awarded only once. 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 undergraduate’s degrees must complete all matriculation requirements with in eight calendar years and 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 bachelor’s or 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.

ACADEMIC POLICIES

FERPA POLICY

International Technological University (ITU) is committed to meeting the provisions established in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which protects the rights of students who are enrolled or who were previously enrolled the University. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.

Please contact the Office of the University Registrar for additional information at Registrar@itu.edu.

ACADEMIC PROBATION AND EXPULSION POLICY

ITU exercises a “three strikes” policy when it comes to academic probation, suspension, and expulsion.

Undergraduate Students Academic Probation and Expulsion Policy:

• Strike 1 – Probation I

A student whose cumulative GPA is below 2.00 will be placed on academic probation the following trimester. A hold will be placed on the student’s record and the student MUST meet with their academic advisor before they are allowed to register for the next trimester. A student on academic probation is not considered to be in “good standing” and has therefore lost the following privileges:

• Applying for on-campus jobs, including TA positions
• Applying and participating in internship
• Receiving an ITU scholarship
• Running for student government
• A student on academic probation must earn a CGPA above 2.00 the following trimester in order to return their academic status to “good standing.”
• Strike 2 – Probation II

Earning a cumulative GPA that falls below 2.00 for a second time will result in Probation II. A hold will be placed on the student’s record and the student MUST meet with their academic advisor before they are allowed to register for the next trimester. Probation II acts as a final warning before Expulsion.

• Strike 3 – Expulsion

If a student earns a cumulative GPA that falls below 2.00 for a third time, the student will be expelled from the University. Once expelled, the student may not reapply for admission to the University for a period of one year.

Graduate Students Academic Probation and

Expulsion Policy:

• Strike 1 – Probation I

A student whose cumulative GPA is below 3.00 will be placed on academic probation the following trimester. A hold will be placed on the student’s record and the student MUST meet with their academic advisor before they are allowed to register for the next trimester. A student on academic probation is not considered to be in “good standing” and has therefore lost the following privileges:

• Applying for on-campus jobs, including TA positions
• Applying and participating in internship
• Receiving an ITU scholarship
• Running for student government
• A student on academic probation must earn a CGPA above 3.00 the following trimester in order to return their academic status to “good standing.”
• Strike 2 – Probation II

Earning a cumulative GPA that falls below 3.00 for a second time will result in Probation II. A hold will be placed on the student’s record and the student MUST meet with their academic advisor before they are allowed to register for the next trimester. Probation II acts as a final warning before Expulsion.

• Strike 3 – Expulsion

If a student earns a cumulative GPA that falls below 3.00 for a third time, the student will be expelled from the University. Once expelled, the student may not reapply for admission to the University for a period of one year.

ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION POLICY

All on-campus courses are held at ITU, 3120 Scott Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054. Attendance is mandatory for all courses at ITU. The university requires all of its students to attend, fully participate, and be engaged in all of the courses in which they are enrolled each term.

For online courses, students’ regular participation online will qualify as “attendance.” Students who miss more than 20% of required attendance will be administratively withdrawn from the course and receive a grade of unauthorized withdrawal (UW). A grade of UW is calculated as an F grade in the grade point average calculation.

CREDIT HOUR POLICY

Except as provided in Federal Regulation 34 CFR 668.8(k) and (l), a credit hour is an amount of work represented by intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than:

1. One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester or trimester hour of credit, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
2. At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including laboratory work, internships, practice, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.

ITU has adopted the United States Department of Education requirements for “courses offered entirely online and without any required face-to-face class meetings.”

FINAL EXAMINATIONS POLICY

All classes conducted at the ITU main campus have a mandatory in-class final examination or

presentation.

SPECIAL TOPICS COURSES FOR BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S PROGRAMS

Special topics courses cover subjects not currently contained in the curriculum, but are designed to address especially relevant trends or developments related to the discipline.

While special topics courses may eventually become part of the curriculum, they are intended to be temporary in nature. Consequently, they cannot be required as a core or concentration course, but may be included as an elective for any program.

The specific topic of the course should be offered for one trimester only and will use 488 for Bachelor’s and 688 for Master’s as the designated course number across all departments.

INCOMPLETE GRADE POLICY

Incomplete grade must be student initiated.

An Incomplete “I” is a temporary grade which may be given at the instructor’s discretion to a student when illness, unanticipated extraordinary circumstances, or other reasons clearly beyond the control of the student prevent completion of course requirements by the end of the term.

Incomplete grades may be given only in the following circumstances:

1. The student’s work to date is passing;
2. Attendance has been satisfactory through at least 50% of the term; an illness or other extenuating circumstance legitimately prevents completion of required work by the due date;
3. Required work may be reasonably completed in time frame agreed upon by the instructor and the student no later than the end of the following trimester;
4. The incomplete is not given as a substitute for a failing grade;
5. The incomplete is not based solely on a student’s failure to complete work or as a means of raising his or her grade by doing additional work after the grade report time frame;
6. The student initiates the request for the incomplete grade before the last day of the class,
7. The instructor and the student submit a Petition for Incomplete Grade form before the last day of the class.
8. In other circumstances, the appropriate grade must be assigned. A failing grade and last date of attendance should be recorded for students who cease attending class without authorization. Students who are unable to complete a course and who do not meet these circumstances should consider dropping course.
9. The following provisions for Incomplete grades apply:
10. It is in the student’s best interest that incomplete grades are made up by the end of the following academic term. Incomplete grades must be made up and final grades submitted no later than the last day of the subsequent term.
11. An Incomplete grade may not be considered passing for purposes of determining academic standing.
12. An Incomplete grade may not be considered for a student in their last term of attendance.
13. Students who have an incomplete grade and who do not submit complete outstanding coursework by the end of the subsequent academic term, will not be eligible for to apply for internship; a part-time or full-time internship, regardless of their cumulative GPA.
14. The Incomplete grade counts toward the student’s attempted credit hours, but is ignored in the calculation of the student’s GPA.
15. The Incomplete grade is expunged from the academic record and the final permanent letter grade is recorded when the final grade is submitted via a Grade Change form.
16. The Incomplete grade is converted to an F, Failing grade, if the student does not submit coursework according to the agreed deadline documented on the Petition for Incomplete form
17. The Incomplete grade does not apply to courses such as Capstone, Independent Study, Thesis, Internship, etc

INDEPENDENT STUDY POLICY PURPOSE

Independent Study allows students to explore academic areas of special interest not provided in the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the guidance of a member of the faculty. Students are limited to 12.0 credit hours towards their Bachelor’s program, 3.0 credit hours of Independent Study toward their Master’s program and 6.0 credit hours towards their Doctoral program and may not take more than one Independent Study in a single trimester.

ELIGIBILITY

Independent Study is available to students who have completed a minimum of 12.0 credit hours in the Undergraduate program and 9.0 credit hours in the Master’s program and be in good academic standing. It must be taken within the student’s degree program.

COURSE

The Independent Study course is offered as variable credit within each degree program and area of study. It carries a maximum of 3 credit hours for students enrolled in the Bachelor’s or Master’s programs and 6 credit hours for students enrolled in a Doctoral program per trimester. The course number 489 is used across all departments for Bachelor’s, 689 for Master’s and 891 for Doctoral and uses the appropriate area of study subject code.

GRADING

Independent Study is graded based on the standard ITU letter grade scale A-F (not P/NP).

CONTRACTS

For all Independent Study programs an Independent Study Contract Request Form must be completed and approved by the supervising faculty and the Department Chair. The approved contract is submitted to the Office of the University Registrar for processing. The student’s contract must:

• Present an outline of proposed study, which indicates an amount of work equivalent to the lecture and study 147 time devoted to a standard course. This equates to a minimum of 15 hours per 1 trimester credit hour. The proposal must describe the educational value for the student’s total program of study, the specific objectives, and the justification for enrolling in Independent Study.
• Provide a schedule for meeting with the instructor, for completing assignments/progress reports, for the submission of the final paper or project, and for the criteria used to assign a grade (including specific values if the grade will be based on more than the final paper or project). A minimum of weekly conferences with the supervising instructor is expected, generally on campus. Other arrangements may be made, provided the work may be appropriately supervised.

• Show preparation and competence to do independent work and to address the proposed topic.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE POLICIES

1. One-Trimester Stop-out

With certain restrictions and exceptions, matriculated students may stop-out from ITU for one trimester in a calendar year and maintain his or her continuing student status. Continuing status includes the maintenance of catalog year for graduation and priority registration privilege. Students who do not continue their studies after a one-trimester absence will be withdrawn from ITU. This section only applies to students in good academic standing. This section does not apply to newly admitted students who have not earned any credit hours at ITU. This section does not apply to F-1 International Students who were issued Forms I-20 by ITU.

2. Personal Leave of Absence

ITU recognizes that a student might find it necessary to interrupt his or her progress toward a degree for various reasons such as medical, family, or other personal causes. To obtain an authorized break from ITU, a personal leave of absence application must be filed with and approved by the Office of the University Registrar. Applicants must indicate in which trimester he or she will continue. The deadline to file the application is the first day of the trimester in which a student would like to begin the personal leave. Upon return from the approved personal leave, the students will retain his or her continuing status, which includes the maintenance of catalog year for graduation and priority registration privilege. However, if the personal leave of absence lasts for more than three (3) trimesters, the students’ catalog year will be automatically changed to the academic year to which the students return. The Office of the University Registrar does not extend an approved personal leave of absence. A new personal leave of absence application is required if a student seeks to return in a later trimester. Failure to resume studies in the trimester indicated in the application will result in being withdrawn by ITU. Students who wish to continue their studies after being administratively withdrawn must reapply with the Office of Admissions. This section only applies to students in good academic standing. Students are advised that they should pay attention to the time limit allowed to complete their degrees.

3. Restrictions on F-1 International Students: Students on F-1 visas should seek advice from their International Student Advisors before filing for a personal leave of absence. The U.S. Federal Immigration Law and Regulation supersede the foregoing policy if any inconsistency arises. The final approval decision is at the discretion of the ITU International Student Office.

Current degree-seeking ITU students are not

eligible to register as Open Campus students.

OPEN CAMPUS POLICY

An Open Campus student is a non-degree seeking student who is enrolled in courses for a particular trimester, but not yet admitted into any degree program

Such a student may enroll in any undergraduate’s level (numbered 300-499) or master’s level (numbered 500-699) course in any discipline at ITU, except for internship, capstone, independent study or thesis courses. An Open Campus student may not enroll in a doctoral level course without special approval from the relevant Department Chair.

There is a 9 credit hour maximum per trimester. If a student decides to apply to an ITU Master’s program that student may only apply to transfer a maximum of nine (9) credit hours earned under Open Campus towards a degree program. Open Campus students must adhere to any and all university policies and the Student Code of Conduct. Open Campus students are subject to the same tuition and fees, as well as refund schedule, as all other students, with the exception of the health insurance premium. Access to university facilities, services, and resources will be available. However, an Open Campus student cannot hold a leadership role in a student organization at ITU.

Current degree-seeking ITU students are not

eligible to register as Open Campus students.

INTERNSHIP POLICY

PURPOSE

Hands-on experience and skill development is a key component of ITU’s pedagogy. We recognize how important internships are in transferring course theory, concepts, and skills from a graduate program to a career in the student’s field of study. For this reason, we are committed to linking the classroom with relevant industry experience. As affirmed by the university’s Academic Leadership Council (ALC), ITU requires students to participate in an internship (one credit hour for part-time

or three credit hours for full-time for 15 weeks. Students who have a late application and late start and complete 10 weeks will earn 2 Credits for full-time and 2/3 credits for part-time. Students who participate in a 5 weeks internship will earn 1 credit for full-time and 1/3 credit for part-time. Only one (1) credit is required for master degree seeking students and three (3) credits is required for undergraduate students. Students can participate and attempt up to 3 trimesters (per degree) as a core part of the curriculum for all of ITU’s master degree programs. NP grades count as part of the 3 trimesters attempted..

Internships are managed through enrollment in INT 593 for graduate students and INT 493 for undergraduate students, a course that may be taken for a maximum of 3 trimesters over the course of an academic program. ITU reviews each internship request on an individual basis to ensure that it is consistent with the student’s coursework and academic policies. For ITU students in F-1 international student status, the internship request must also meet the standards found in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations – 8 CFR § 214.2(f)(10) (i).

ITU’s internship eligibility requirements, academic components and expectations, procedures and due dates,

and conditions are presented below.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

The following requirements apply to students who wish to participate in ITU’s internship program:

• Admission/Enrollment – Students must be admitted to one of ITU’s graduate programs.
  *F1 students need to enroll in a full course load of a minimum of nine credit hours for master’s degree students and twelve (12) credit hours for undergraduate students per trimester.
  (Note: See exception below).
• INT 593 or INT 493 series enrollment – Students must enroll in INT 593 or INT 493 in order to have an internship. This course may be part of the full-time course load. Internships will not be approved as any other course at ITU, including independent study or special study courses. To continue an existing internship, students must enroll in INT 593 or INT 493 and follow the procedures listed here for each new trimester.
• Students currently employed (not F-1 Visa holders) can participate in a part-time (1 credit) internship per trimester for a maximum of 3 trimesters per degree. The internship will be within the same company student is employed with if they can participate in a NEW project that it is neither within their current position nor department. Project needs to be agreed upon by company, Human resources and/or supervisor as well as the university, ITU.

• Tuition/Fees – Students will not be approved for or begin an internship until all past tuition and fees have been paid in full.

• GPA – Graduate students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 and passing grades in INT 593 to continue participating in internship. Undergraduate students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 and passing grade in INT 493 to continue participating in internship.
• Internship relevance – Students must show that the requested internship is relevant to their field of study and that the internship provider has extended a formal offer that is consistent with the procedure below.

• Internship providers – Students may not have more than one internship provider at a time.
*All international students need to check with their immigration lawyer for eligibility to take part on internship.

ACADEMIC COMPONENTS AND EXPECTATIONS

All internships at ITU require enrollment in INT 593 or INT 493, Internship. This academic class is taken for one credit hour with part-time internships (up to 20 hours per week for 15 weeks, 2/3 credits for 10 weeks, or 1/3 credit for 5 weeks) or three credit hours with fulltime internships (21 to 40 hours per week not exceeding 40 hours per week for 15 weeks, 2 credits for 10 weeks, or 1 credit for 5 weeks). In order to earn a passing grade, students must directly submit assignments listed in their course syllabus to their faculty member through EMS, and include: clear identification of their name, Student ID number, the graduate program, the internship title, the internship provider’s name, and the internship supervisor’s name.

CONDITIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS

To ensure compliance with ITU’s policies, the following conditions apply to all, new and continuing students attending ITU:

• First time internships – Internships for the first time with ITU will be limited to a part-time internship. An exception will be allowed for students who can demonstrate a prior successful internship or training experience related to a degree they earned in the U.S. Evidence of such an experience may include an academic transcript showing a passing grade in an internship course, a report from the institution’s internship program showing satisfactory performance, and/or a letter of recommendation from an employer or other evidence that the student was authorized to work for during a period of Optional Practical Training. Continuous enrollment/attendance – If the internship provider ends the agreement, the student will not be permitted to continue with the internship. Or if an *F1 student drops below full-time enrollment (Note: See exception below) will not be permitted to continue with the internship. Undergraduate students do not qualify to participate in internship during their first trimester at ITU.

• Start/End dates – As mentioned above, internships are approved only in conjunction with enrollment in INT 593 or INT 493. For this reason, internships cannot begin sooner than the trimester start date and must end by the trimester end date. No part of the internship may take place during break periods between trimesters.

• Grade Point Average (GPA) requirements – Graduate Students must maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA in their program at ITU to remain eligible for an internship. Once official grades have been posted for the prior trimester, any student who holds a cumulative GPA below 3.0 will lose all internship eligibility (i.e., both full-time and part-time), including eligibility for the trimester in progress.
• Students who maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher once final grades have been posted and has earned a term GPA below 3.0 will only be eligible to request a part-time internship. Undergraduate Students must maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in their program at ITU to remain eligible for an internship. Once official grades have been posted for the prior trimester, any student who holds a cumulative GPA below 2.0 will lose all internship eligibility (i.e., both full-time and part-time), including eligibility for the trimester in progress. Students who maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher once final grades have been posted and has earned a term GPA below 2.0 will only be eligible to request a part-time internship if they had full-time the previous trimester. Students who had part-time will lose all internship.
• Students who have an incomplete grade and wish to apply for an internship must submit all outstanding work by the deadline to apply for internship. The final grade must be posted prior to the start of the internship. GPA requirements will apply.
• Students who have an incomplete grade and who do not submit completed outstanding coursework by the end of the subsequent academic term, will not be eligible to

• apply for internship (part-time or full-time), regardless of their cumulative GPA. (Refer to Incomplete grade policy).

• Graduate students whose term GPA for the most recent trimester is 3.0 or higher, but cumulative GPA remains below 3.0, will not be eligible for internship.

Note: coursework taken at another institution will not be considered in determining eligibility for an internship in an ITU program.

• Academic performance requirements (INT 593) – A student who is participating in a Full-time internship and receives a grade of “NP” (no pass) in INT 593 will be reduced to part-time internship. If a second grade of “NP” is received in INT 593 or INT 493, the internship will be cancelled and the student will be ineligible for future internships at ITU. If a student is participating in part-time internship and receives a grade of “NP” in INT 593 or INT 493, the student will be ineligible for future internship at ITU.
• Maximum internship 3 trimesters – Students are limited to 3 total trimesters for INT 593, whether full-time or part-time, per academic program.

Note: 10 weeks internships and 5 weeks internships start after the first 5 weeks or first 10 weeks, respectively, of the term and have end date as the last day of the term. This does not apply for change of internship provider.

• Change of internship provider – ITU recognizes that unforeseen circumstances may require the change of an internship provider. To allow completion of INT 593, students will be allowed to change their internship provider once per trimester after the add/drop period and the Friday of the 8th week of the term. A second change of internship request submitted in the same trimester will not be allowed. Students should not change internship until the change of provider has been approved by ITU. If student changes provider before approval, internship change will be denied and student will receive a “NP” grade.

• A student may not request a change of internship authorization level (i.e. part-time to full-time or full-time to part-time) during the trimester in progress unless the request is the result of an adjustment of eligibility based on GPA and is submitted completely on or before the add/drop deadline. Students may not change an internship provider after Friday (6:00pm) of the eighth week of the trimester. If an internship ends after the eighth week, students must check with the faculty of INT 593 in which the student is enrolled.

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING ITU ON AN F-1 STUDENT VISA

To ensure compliance with ITU’s policies and federal regulations, the following conditions apply to all students attending ITU on F-1 student status:

• Maintaining visa status – If a student violates his/her status, the student’s I-20 will be terminated, which will also immediately end the student’s internship.

· Eligibility for post-graduate work authorization under Optional Practical Training (OPT) – An F-1 student who receives 12 or more months of full-time CPT is ineligible

for post-graduate work authorization under Optional Practical Training (OPT). This includes any full-time CPT a student took at the same degree level at another school before transferring to ITU. However, part-time CPT is not counted towards this total and should not affect the student’s eligibility for post-graduate OPT.

• Annual Vacation – F-1 students are allowed one vacation term, also known as a “annual vacation”, after completing a full academic year of study: three consecutive trimesters of full-time enrollment. If a student wishes to take a vacation term after this point, they may reduce their enrollment to part-time (Under 9 credit hours) or take no classes during that trimester. However, if the student wishes to begin or renew an internship during that trimester, they must enroll in INT 593 or INT 493.
• Last Term of Study – An F-1 student who is completing a degree program in the same trimester that an internship is requested is only required to take the number of classes needed to complete the degree. However, these classes must be on-campus, as required by F-1 student visa regulations. F-1 students can submit a request for reduced course load – last trimester.
• Exception for ITU student employees – Students employed by ITU in a position relevant to their academic program do not require an internship/ CPT, as they will gain experience in that role. These students will instead take another academic class to maintain full-time enrollment. However, F-1 students who seek to work on-campus more than the 20-hours per week during the trimester must request a full-time internship, enroll in INT 593 for three credit hours, and obtain CPT authorization as required by their visa status.
• Volunteering, observation, and unpaid work – ITU will not allow an F-1 student to engage in volunteer or unpaid work for an internship provider outside of INT 593 or INT 493. Also, such action by a student before or after approved internship dates may result in an immediate loss of the internship and CPT authorization, as well as eligibility for any future internship at ITU. Such action might also be treated as a violation of the student’s F-1 visa status, resulting in termination in SEVIS for “unlawful employment”.

DOCTORAL PROGRAM POLICY ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

• Application Requirements: Doctoral applicants must submit their completed application normally 4 months prior to the start of a trimester
• Resume: Four page maximum

· Statement of purpose: A statement of purpose of approximately 1,000 words is required. This statement should address the reasons for seeking the Doctoral degree and how the doctorate will advance personal and career goals. Doctoral programs require a minimum of three years for completion. Maximum time for completion is eight years, during which the candidate works with a faculty supervisor, who is also a member of the panel before which the candidate will defend his or her dissertation Admissions are highly competitive. Applicants are expected to present:

o A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher in a relevant, regionally accredited Master’s program.

o Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate education

o GRE score: within 5 years prior to application to the program.

o Three academic or professional letters of recommendation attesting to the ability of the applicant to succeed in a Doctoral program.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENT:

• 60 credit hours beyond Master’s degree including 30 credit hours of coursework and independent study 30 credit hours of dissertation.
  (All dissertation units are graded on a Pass/No Pass basis).
• A maximum of 15 credit hours with grade of B or above may be transferred from Master’s or Doctoral level courses of a regionally accredited university, with approval of department chair.
• Successful completion of a written qualification examination is required for advancement to candidacy.
• Successful completion of an oral presentation of the Dissertation proposal.
• Successful completion of an oral comprehensive defense of the Doctoral dissertation.
• 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 Doctoral Committee (DC).

PROGRAM COMPLETION

Dissertation Advisor

It is the student’s responsibility to obtain consent from a faculty member in the student’s major department to serve as his/ her prospective dissertation advisor as soon as the student is accepted as a Doctoral student. The department chair must approve the advisor and inform the chair of Doctoral Program Council (DPC) and the University Registrar of the approval. A Doctoral student and his/her dissertation advisor jointly develop a study plan for courses and research in a particular area, and submit it to the Department Chair for approval.

QUALIFICATION EXAMINATION

The qualification exam may be taken upon successful completion of 24 credit hours. Exam grading will be on a P/NP basis, unless the specific program institutes an alternate form of grading. The qualification exam can be retaken only once. The qualification exam is in written format only. Students must select three fields, subject to approval of the Department Chair, and each field

will cover at least three courses.

ADMISSION TO CANDIDACY

A student who passes the qualification examination is considered advanced to candidacy. A Doctoral candidate should promptly request the dissertation advisor to form a Doctoral Committee. A Doctoral candidate is required to be registered for the dissertation research course each term until completion of the degree. If a candidate fails to maintain continuous enrollment in the dissertation research course he/she must apply for reinstatement to the program.

DOCTORAL COMMITTEE (DC)

Upon the student’s request, the dissertation advisor will form a DC. The DC will consist of a minimum of three and a maximum of five members, including the dissertation advisor and the Department Chair. One member of the committee must be from another department of the University or a qualified expert from outside of the University. The dissertation advisor will serve as the chair of DC. The DC will review the proposed dissertation topic, determine any further changes, and approve the research objective.

COMPREHENSIVE ORAL PRESENTATION

After completion of the preparation of the dissertation topic, a Doctoral candidate shall request an oral presentation of the proposed research. The presentation shall make evident sufficient preparation in depth and breadth for advanced research in the proposed dissertation topic. The presentation should be completed within one year after passing the written qualification examination. The presentation may be repeated only once, in whole or in part, within six months, at the discretion of the dissertation advisor.

DISSERTATION RESEARCH

The period following the comprehensive oral presentation is devoted to research for the dissertation, although such research may begin before the oral presentation is completed. After the DC approves the research topic, the Doctoral candidate shall conduct the dissertation research toward the defined objective.

INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB)

In addition, doctoral dissertation involving human subjects, conducted at educational institutions is required to be in compliance with federal regulations. ITU’s IRB, in accordance with federal regulations, reviews all research involving human subjects for compliance with applicable regulation and other best practices. This includes the DBA research proposals, prior to the data collection stage. Candidates are urged to understand their 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/ 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

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 be considered as an exception. Exceptions will be presented to the DC by the relevant department chair for review. Only the DC can make decisions regarding exceptions.

TERMINAL MASTER’S DEGREE

Students who are not able to complete the dissertation after completing the required number of credit hours of coursework will receive a Terminal Master’s degree, if 30 credits of PhD have been successfully completed.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT POLICIES

STARTING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT OFFICE

All international students new to ITU must check in with the International Student Office when they arrive in the country or before they start classes. Checking in allows the International Student Office staff to make sure that the student has all of the necessary documents to start the trimester in status. Check-in for new international students normally occurs at new student orientation. Students with unforeseen circumstances, who cannot attend orientation should contact the International Student Office through ITU’s ticket system, explain their situation, and arrange a time to check in during make up orientation sessions.

Students who do not check in with the International Student Office may have their SEVIS record cancelled or terminated if ISO staff cannot confirm that they are attending classes at ITU.

Maintaining F-1 Student Visa Status Maintaining legal status is an active, on-going process. Students need to contact the International Student Office about personal and academic situations that might affect their status.

To remain in legal F-1 visa status, the student should follow these four steps:

1. Check in with the International Student Office. 
2. Keep your passport and immigration documents valid:
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. I-94 should show class of Admissions as “F-1” and admit until “D/S” or “Duration of Status”.
6. 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 valid F-1 visa stamp is needed for the sole purpose of entering the U.S. from abroad. 

3. Maintain full-time enrollment. 9 credit hours for Master’s students at ITU (unless formally approved by the International Student Office and the Office of the University Registrar).
4. Report an address change by filling out the Change of Address form, within 10 days of moving.

MAINTAINING PERSONAL IMMIGRATION AND STUDENT RECORDS

Students should keep copies of all immigration and

student-related documents until they no longer have any plans to reside, work, or study in the United States.

Here is a suggested list of documents: 

• Current passport

The admissions letter and any documents showing a change of concentration, major, or program

• Diploma for each completed degree 
• Any U.S. visas
• Any I-20 or DS-2019 
• The most recent I-94 
• Any I-797
• A sealed, official transcript for each school attended
• Receipt(s) showing payment of the I-901 SEVIS fee
• Documents related to any internship courses, such as offer letters, internship cooperative agreements, and internship class assignments
• Records of all U.S. addresses with documents proving address of residence

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)

UNIVERSITY OFFICERS

Mr. Yau-Gene Chan

President and CEO

Dr. Gerald A. Cory

Special Advisor

Dr. Amal Mougharbel

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Philip Ng

Director of Compliance and Board Liaison

Accreditation Liaison Officer

BOARD OF TRUSTEE

Mr. John Wayne DuBois

Chair and Secretary of the Board of Trustees Member of the Executive Committee

Member of the Finance Committee

Mr. Ivan Chan

Treasurer of the Board of Trustees Chair of the Finance Committee

Member of the Audit Committee

Dr. Poland Hung, Ed. D

Chair of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee

Member of the Planning and Governance Committee

Mr. Yale Lam

Chair of the Planning and Governance Committee

Chair of the Audit Committee

Mr. Yau-Gene Chan

President and Chief Executive Officer 

Member of the Executive Committee 

Member of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee

Course Catalog

DEGREE PROGRAMS AND REQUIREMENTS

Departments and programs are listed alphabetically. Curriculum and courses are listed under each

program. For the most current course offerings by trimester, see the online Course Schedule.

PREREQUISITES

Prerequisites for courses should be noted carefully; meeting these requirements is the responsibility of

the student.

COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM

Each course is assigned an alphabetical code along with a three-digit number. The course code is defined by a descriptor for course types or

programs:

• ACT (Accounting)
• AMS (Applied Mathematics)
• BIO (Bio-Management)
• BUS (Business, Non-specific)
• CEN (Computer Engineering)
• CSC (Computer Science)
• DGA (Digital Arts)
• ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• ECN (Economics)
• 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)
• PRE (Interdisciplinary Sciences – ITU Presents)
• SWE (Software Engineering)

The level of the course is designated by the course number:

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

MISSION

In order to become a center of distinction, the Department of Business Administration strives to prepare its students and graduates with the knowledge and practical skills to serve as business and industrial leaders. We believe this aspiration is achieved through collaboration with our high-quality faculty and ongoing engagement with our communities.

INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOS)

1. Problem Solving: Construct, interpret, analyze, and evaluate information and ideas derived from a multitude of sources in order to reach reasoned solutions or alternative strategies to solve problems.
2. Critical Thinking: Analyze facts and information from multiple sources in order to assess the relevance and synthesize that information in order to formulate meaningful arguments and conclusions.
3. Communication: Interact clearly and effectively in written and oral forms with personal and professional constituencies.

• Team Work: Operate collaboratively and respectfully as members and leaders of diverse teams and organizations.

1. Technical Literacy: Work responsibly, appropriately and effectively, using technology tools to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information and innovation.

• Research: Identify and implement systematic methodologies for discovering, understanding, analyzing and interpreting materials, information and behaviors.

1. Responsibility: Practice sound, ethical, and social responsibility in professional and personal endeavors and decision-making.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

The Business Administration program is designed as a balanced preparation for managerial careers in business. The program provides the students with a solid foundation in the following concentrations MBA, Business Analytics, and Healthcare 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 advanced product development, and consulting for major companies. The Business program requires successful completion of 39 credit hours.

Inbound and Outbound Exams: 

All new students are required to take the Inbound exam with Peregrine Academic Services. The Inbound exam is required to be taken in the first trimester attending ITU. The exam is considered a mandatory assignment in the core overview course MGT 503 Organizational Leadership Theories. For this reason, all new students are required to take MGT 503 in their first trimester.

In addition, all new students are required to take the Outbound exam with Peregrine Academic Services. The Outbound exam

will be taken in the capstone course, either MGT 690, Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists, MBN 697, Master Thesis, BUA 690 Simulation and Optimization for Business Analytics, or HCM 690 Healthcare Innovation Management Project. The Outbound exam is also a mandatory assignment in the capstone course.

The benefit of taking the Inbound exam is to test students’ knowledge of business topics when they enter the Business program, while the benefit of taking the Outbound exam is to test their knowledge upon graduation. Students may include the progress made from the Inbound to the Outbound on their resume or portfolio. Exams will be taken once and the exam score will not affect the GPA or Graduation qualification. The exam score does not affect credit earned for the course. Any student who does not take the Inbound exam will be assigned a grade of Incomplete and subject to the ITU Incomplete grade policy. Any student who does not take the Outbound exam will not be eligible for graduation.

The Inbound and Outbound exams are REQUIRED and are not OPTIONAL. Information on how to take the exams will be provided in the course syllabus related to the Inbound or Outbound exam. Both Inbound and Outbound exams will have a fee which is currently $40 per exam.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOS)

All PLOs are mapped to the relevant ILOs and contained within parentheses. Upon completion of this program, graduates will:

PLO 1: Evaluate information to find solutions for business challenges using the cognitive processes of observation, reflection, analysis, conclusion and practice. [Mapped to ILO 1, 2]
PLO 2: Illustrate effective communication in written and oral formats. [Mapped to ILO 3]
PLO 3: Assemble teams for business projects using effective group dynamics. [Mapped to ILO 4]
PLO 4: Evaluate and synthesize business practice by applying technical and research skills to analyze complex data, understand theories, and create hypotheses. [Mapped to ILO 5, 6]
PLO 5: Outline and demonstrate sound ethical and socially responsible behavior. [Mapped to ILO 7]

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

ITU’s Business Administration program can prepare a student for a career in Accounting, ERP, Finance, Healthcare Management, Human Resources, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Marketing, and Project Management. Students may work as an Accounting Manager, Business Analyst, Consultant – Strategy, Financial Analyst, CFO, Global Analyst, Healthcare Analyst, Treasurer, SAP Senior Manager, SAP Business Analyst, HR Manager, Data Analyst, Market Strategist, Product Manager, and Program Manager.

REQUIRED COURSES:

» 3 Core Courses (9 credit hours)
» Capstone course – Project or Thesis (3 credit hours)
» Internship (1 credit hour)
» Nugget courses (up to 3 credit hours)
– ITU Presents (1 credit hour)
– ITU Nuggets (2 credit hours)

Elective courses: 23-24 credit hours
Elective courses may include one or more of the following (a, b, c):
(a) Internships: 1-3 courses (1-9 credits).
(b) Cross Disciplinary course: Up to 3 credit hours.
(c) Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours from a graduate program of a regionally accredited university.

39 Total credit hours

GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)

A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for granting of the Master’s degree.
 

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CONCENTRATIONS

– Business Analytics (with a STEM option)
– Economics Business and Development
– Enterprise Resource Planning
– Financial Analysis and Risk Management
– Global Entertainment Management
– Healthcare Management
– MBA (General)
– Management Information Systems
– Project Management

– Psychology Management

Students who will not pursue a concentration in any of the above will graduate with a General MBA. In addition, they can focus on Accounting, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, or Marketing, by completing at least 4 courses in the specific focus. The thesis topic should be on the selected focus.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)

The MBA provides the students a solid foundation in various business subjects. With the MBA, you can see your future as a leader and innovator at your workplace. An MBA can offer your profession the enhancement that it needs. It gives students the flexibility to modify their study according to their educational and professional interests.

EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES WITH COMPETENCIES MODEL

1. Define key Learning Competencies of students that graduate from the Business Degrees at ITU
1. Competency is: a defining capability or advantage that distinguishes a business student from other degree students (internal and external) (Oxford Dictionaries)

1. As defined by WSCUC, the five (5) core competencies that a student needs to develop in order to be successful at school, at work and in their lives are: Writing, Oral Communication, Quantitative Reasoning, Critical Thinking, and Information Literacy (WSCUC, 2016. Retrieved from https://www. wscuc.org/content/big-five-addressing-core-competencies)
2. According to Remake Learning, the goal of competency-based learning is to ensure that students are able to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are important to success in school, higher education, careers, and life (Remake Learning. Retrieved from http://remakelearning.org/competencies/)

1. Learning Competencies defined by the Business Department at ITU are:
1. LC 1: Communication (spoken, and written) LC 2: Leadership (includes individual strengths, collaboration and teamwork)
2. LC 3: Critical Thinking
3. LC 4: Focused Knowledge

MBA EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES (ELOS)

The ELOs are intended to improve student learning in the following areas: analytical skills, communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, global position, information technology, and the legal systems. Upon completion of the MBA, graduates will:

ELO 1: Evaluate and apply theories for effective business practice. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]
ELO 2: Identify and build skills to work and communicate successfully with varied groups that motivate joint ownership of results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 4]
ELO 3: Select, analyze, and synthesize appropriate data for problem solving and decision-making to disseminate information to key stakeholders. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4]
ELO 4: Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing business environments and enhance organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]
ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

MBA ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES

TRANSFER COURSES
If students pass four parts of the CPA exam, they are eligible to apply for a transfer of 3 courses, equivalent to 9 credit hours. If students pass three parts of the CPA exam, they are eligible to apply for a transfer of 2 courses, equivalent to 6 credit hours. If students pass two parts of the CPA exam, they are eligible to apply for a transfer of 1 course, equivalent to 3 credit hours. If students pass one part of the CPA exam, they will not be eligible to apply for transfer of any course.

SAP JOINT RECOGNITION AWARD
Upon completing 3 of the following Enterprise Resource Planning courses with a grade of B or above, the student is awarded a joint recognition award from ITU and SAP University Alliances.

ACT 603 Accounting Information Systems/ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 509 Introduction to ERP Systems Using SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 510 ABAP – Advanced Business Application Programming – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 511 Enterprise Portal Technology Using NetWeaver – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 512 Enterprise Procurement Processes (MM) – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 513 Sales Order Management with ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using SAP HCM – ITU/SAP University Alliances
HRM 535 Human Resources and Information Technology using SAP HCM – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MIS 545 Data Mining and Business Intelligence using SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MKT 593 Marketing with Digital Perspectives using SAP CRM – ITU/SAP University Alliances

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

REQUIRED CORE COURSES
MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

RECOMMENDED COURSE:
MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

CAPSTONE COURSE
1 Capstone course: Business Project or Thesis for a total of 3 credit hours

MBN 697 MBA Thesis
OR
MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 Credit Hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
    (3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge”

Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

ELECTIVE COURSE

A sufficient number of Elective Courses must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

MBA ELECTIVE COURSES
ACT 500 Financial Accounting
ACT 501 Forensic Accounting
ACT 502 International Accounting
ACT 504 Tax Accounting Principles
ACT 600 Managerial Accounting
ACT 601 Cost Accounting
ACT 602 Intermediate Accounting
ACT 603 Accounting Information Systems/ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ACT 604 Auditing
BUS 500 Project Management Frameworks
BUS 501 Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management
BUS 502 Project Management and Leadership
BUS 503 Project Management – Agile Approach
BUS 504 Contract Management and Financial Planning
BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change
BUS 510 Regulation, Governance Ethical and Social Responsibility
BUS 516 Principles of quality management
BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity
BUS 518 Applied Statistics
BUS 520 Emerging technologies for product development
BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
BUS 600 Research Methods
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
ERP 509 Introduction to ERP Systems using SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 510 ABAP – Advanced Business Application Programming – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 511 Enterprise Portal technology using NetWeaver – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 512 Enterprise procurement processes (MM) – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 513 Sales order management with ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
FIN 515 Managerial Finance
FIN 516 Entrepreneurial Finance
FIN 517 Financial Institutions
FIN 518 Financial and Socially Responsible Investing
FIN 519 Corporate Valuation
FIN 520 Investment Management
FIN 521 International Financial Management
FIN 522 Behavioral Finance
FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory
FIN 525 Econometrics
FIN 526 International Economics 
FIN 604 Securities Analysis

FIN 605 Financial Derivatives and Risk Management
FIN 606 Corporate Finance
FIN 607 Mergers and Acquisitions
HRM 528 Human Resource Management
HRM 529 Employee Training and Development
HRM 530 Employment law for business
HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using SAP HCM – ITU/ SAP University Alliances
HRM 533 Strategic compensation: issues and opportunities
HRM 535 Human Resources and Information Technology using SAP HCM – ITU/SAP University Alliances
INB 553 Fundamentals of International Business
INB 554 International Financial Markets
INB 556 Global Strategic Management
INB 558 Global Marketing and Strategy
MGT 560 Principles of Management
MGT 561 Coaching – Changing Lives, Changing Organizations
MGT 564 Principles of Public Relations
MGT 566 Production and Operations Management
MGT 567 Quality Control Management
MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management
MGT 571 Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision Making
MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship
MGT 573 International Management
MGT 575 Project Management
MGT 576 Organizational Theory
MGT 577 Project risk management
MGT 578 Business Communications
MGT 579 Business Ethics
MGT 580 Business Law
MGT 581 Managing Emotions, Managing Self and Others
MGT 582 Team and Group Dynamics
MGT 583 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation
MGT 584 Supply Chain Management (Previously MKT 584)
MGT 593 Intrapreneurship – Innovation from Within
MGT 608 Business Statistics
MGT 611 Lean Six Sigma
MGT 612 Advanced Project Management
MIS 537 Management Information Systems
MIS 538 Business Database Applications
MIS 539 Business Telecommunications
MIS 540 Information Resource Management
MIS 541 Managing Global Information Systems Projects
MIS 542 Information Systems Innovation
MIS 543 Human-Computer Interaction 
MIS 544 Business Decision Support Systems
MIS 545 Data Mining and Business Intelligence using SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MIS 546 Data Science for Business
MIS 547 Software Development Process Management
MIS 548 Knowledge Management
MKT 582 Marketing Management
MKT 583 Entrepreneurial Marketing
MKT 585 International Marketing
MKT 586 Marketing Research
MKT 587 Comparative Studies of MNC, FDI, and International Trade
MKT 588 Consumer Behavior
MKT 589 E-commerce
MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media
MKT 591 Advertising Strategy
MKT 592 Supplier/Seller Management
MKT 593 Marketing with Digital Perspectives using SAP CRM – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MKT 613 Advanced Marketing

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Part-time/Full-time Internship (3 trimesters maximum)

BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Over the last few years, the field of Business Analytics has experienced remarkable growth. Business Analytics

Professionals help organizations decrease overall costs, and better support the customer and the solutions necessary to stay competitive in the international economy.

International Technological University offers an MBA in Business Analytics Concentration, which prepares the students to be responsible for recognizing business needs, and to operate as a liaison between business people and technology people who know how to create solutions for business problem

BUSINESS ANALYTICS OFFERS FIVE AREAS OF SKILL:
Technical: The technical courses offer the Business Analytics Professionals the education, proficiencies and capabilities to know what technology can do.

Organizational/Process: The Business Analytics Professionals will be given a chance to build up understanding and proficiencies in the fields of organizational change management, business process analysis, business process improvement, and enterprise strategy and planning.

Practical Reasoning: Courses in this area will develop the Business Analytics Professionals capability to efficiently conceptualize, apply, study, create, and assess the collected information.

Administration/Management/Leadership: The courses in these areas will discuss the understanding, proficiencies, and capabilities necessary to manage work and to encourage and support individuals and teams to complete project tasks and objectives.

Communication: Communication is important for the Business Analytics Professionals. The courses will consist of written and verbal practical communication, active listening and understanding, customer service, and teamwork.

The Business Analytics concentration will prepare students for the following certificates: Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA), and Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP).

EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES (ELOS):
The Business Analytics aims to help students to graduate with the ability to:
ELO 1: Identify and build skills to work and communicate successfully with varied groups that motivate joint ownership of results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 4]
ELO 2: Design systems to mechanize data collection and data mining that can deeply influence business performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]
ELO 3: Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]
ELO 4: Identify situations to apply Decision Sciences practices for optimal business outcomes. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]
ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform business practice using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

BUSINESS ANALYTICS ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES

BUSINESS ANALYTICS REQUIREMENTS

REQUIRED CORE COURSES
MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics

RECOMMENDED COURSE:
MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

CAPSTONE COURSE
1 course for a total of 3 credit hours

BUA 690 Simulation and Optimization for Business Analytics

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
    (3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours) 

BUSINESS ANALYTICS COURSES
Business Analytics Professionals are required to use data, competencies, and capabilities that meet all areas of proficiency when performing their primary job duties. Business Analytics courses are presented as interrelated courses that meet all areas of proficiency.

Students are required to take at least four (4) Business Analytics (BUA) courses in order to graduate with a Business Analytics concentration.

REQUIRED BUSINESS ANALYTICS COURSES
BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis
BUA 502 Data Analysis
BUA 503 Game Theory, Business Strategy, and Thinking Strategically
BUA 504 Data Warehousing and Visualization
BUA 505 Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy
BUA 506 Developing Value Through Business Analysis Applications
BUA 507 Ethical Business Decision-Making
BUA 508 Risk Analytics
BUA 509 Web Analytics
BUA 510 Data Science Applications with R or Python
BUA 511 Data Visualization and interpretation using Tableau
BUA 512 Business Cognitive Analytics and Applications
BUA 513 Financial Engineering: Computational and Quantitative Methods
BUS 516 Principles of quality management
BUS 518 Applied Statistics
BUS 520 Emerging technologies for product development
BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
HCM 535 Data Analytics Applications in Healthcare
HCM 538 Predictive Analytics and Decision Models in Healthcare
HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using SAP HCM – ITU/ SAP University Alliances
HRM 535 Human Resources and Information Technology using SAP HCM* – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management
MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship
MIS 545 Data Mining and Business Intelligence using SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliance

MKT 593 Marketing with Digital Perspectives using SAP CRM – ITU/SAP University Alliances

* Students intending to do HRM 535 must complete HRM 532 as a pre-requisite course

ELECTIVE COURSES
A sufficient number of Elective Courses from MBA must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

ECONOMICS: BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT
This concentration will prepare students to work on real life cases in the current economy. It will teach them how to review and analyze local and global economy, and provides knowledge necessary to address issues related to economics in global business environments. Also, this concentration will prepare students to take certifications in Business Economics and Economic Development.

Economics: Business and Development concentration develops five skills areas:
Mathematical / Quantitative: Students will study economic quantitative data to develop feasible solutions using mathematical modeling based on the historic data.
Analytical: The mathematical models can be used for predictive analytics and trend forecasting.
Innovative Thinking: As the economics and business and development can have local and global impact, a critical thinking and strategies will be studied.
Technical / Computer Skills: As the quantitative data requires in-depth and multi-facet analysis, students will be a chance to use their technical skills in developing and using economic models developed using specialized software and algorithm related to economics.
Interpersonal Communication: As the importance of economy can span across the globe, students will develop ways to communicate effectively.

EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Analyze business economics to formulate a short term and long terms goals. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 5]
2. Construct models in evaluating business problems considering on-going economic conditions. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4]
3. Solve business economics challenges by leveraging data analytics. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]
4. Appraise diverse and global environment with feasible economic solutions. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 5]

Formulate ethical decisions considering global economics in perspective. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

ECONOMICS: BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES

ECONOMICS BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The students should successfully complete 39 credit hours.

Students should complete the following core courses

REQUIRED CORE COURSES
MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics

RECOMMENDED COURSE:
MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

CAPSTONE COURSE
1 capstone course for a total of 3 credit hours

MBN 697 MBA Thesis
OR
BUA 690 Simulation & Optimization for Business Analytics

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
(3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

To graduate with a concentration in Economics: Business and Development, students need to complete at least four (4) courses from the following courses for a total of 12 credit hours.

REQUIRED ECONOMICS: BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT COURSES:
BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis
BUA 503 Game Theory, Business Strategy, and Thinking Strategically
ECN 500 Principles of Economics

ECN 501 Principles of Microeconomics
ECN 502 Principles of Economic Uncertainty and Complexity
ECN 503 Fundamentals of Economic Development
ECN 504 Economics of Business
ECN 505 Economics of Strategy and Managerial Decision Making
ECN 506 Financial Crisis – History
ECN 507 Behavioral Economics
ECN 508 Economic of Financial Markets
ECN 509 Economic of Emerging Markets
ECN 510 Fundamentals of the Real World Economy

FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory
FIN 525 Econometrics
FIN 526 International Economics

ELECTIVE COURSES
A sufficient number of Elective Courses from MBA must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

This concentration will prepare students for industry recognized certificates from the SAP University Alliance, and/or complete certifications of interest in a variety of areas such as SAP MM, SD, FI/CO, ABAP, HR, etc.

ERP/SAP DEVELOPS THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AREAS:
Analytical/ Critical Thinking: Intending ERP/SAP professionals will build analytical skills needed to make decisions based on business operating requirements, technical/technological limitations, and a variety of other factors. Professionals in this field are required to balance competing requirements to develop solutions.
Innovative Thinking: A key skill required of ERP/SAP professionals is the ability to think innovatively, and come up with innovative, cost effective, and operationally viable configuration solutions. This requires students to think outside the box, and use creativity in developing these solutions.
Technical / Computer Programming: A career as an ERP/ SAP professional requires involvement in developing and/or overseeing the implementation of functional ERP/SAP modules for complex business requirements. Through practical, hands on classroom assignments, students will learn the nuances of ERP/ SAP implementation. This also requires students to be proficient in a certain functional (e.g. marketing, accounting, HR, etc.) or technical (e.g. ABAP) area.
Collaboration & Interpersonal Communication: Communication is important for ERP/SAP professionals. Their ability to deal with other people is also critical to the success of implementation projects. ERP/SAP implementation experts are often the liaison between business process experts and technical teams. The courses will consist of written and verbal practical communication, active listening and understanding, customer or client engagement, and teamwork.

EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES
The student learning outcomes are intended to improve student learning in the following areas: analytical skills, communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, global position, information technology, and the legal systems. Upon completion of the MBA in ERP/SAP concentration, graduates will:

1. Evaluate key organizational processes for points of integration from a systems (ERP/SAP) perspective. [Mapped to PLOs 1,3,4]
2. Design, test, and execute business processes using SAP/ ERP configuration tools. [Mapped to PLOs 1,4,5]
3. Formulate strategy (operational and IT) that takes into account current and future technological advances. [Mapped to PLOs 2,4,5]
4. Summarize the impact of globalization on organizational decisions especially as they relate to ERP/SAP implementations. [Mapped to PLOs 1,2,4,5]
5. Appraise and formulate a plan for professional expertise in a particular functional area (e.g. supply chain management, HR, finance, marketing, etc.) [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2,3,4]

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP)/ SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS, AND PRODUCTS (SAP) ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPENTENCIES (LCS)

ERP/SAP CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The students should successfully complete 39 credit hours.

Students should complete the following core courses

REQUIRED CORE COURSES
MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

RECOMMENDED COURSE:
MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

1 capstone course for a total of 3 credit hours

CAPSTONE COURSE

MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists
OR
MBN 697 MBA Thesis

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
    (3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

To graduate with a concentration in ERP/SAP, students need to complete at least four (4) courses from the following ERP/SAP courses for a total of 12 credit hours

REQUIRED ERP/SAP COURSES:
ACT 603 Accounting Information Systems/ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
ERP 509 Introduction to ERP Systems using – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 510 ABAP – Advanced Business Application Programming – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 511 Enterprise Portal technology using NetWeaver – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 512 Enterprise procurement processes (MM) – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 513 Sales order management with ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using SAP HCM – ITU/SAP University Alliances
HRM 535 Human Resources and Information Technology using SAP HCM* – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MIS 545 Data Mining & Business Intelligence using ERP/SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MKT 593 Marketing with Digital Perspectives using SAP CRM – ITU/SAP University Alliances

* Students intending to do HRM 535 must complete HRM 532 as a prerequisite course

JOINT RECOGNITION AWARD
Upon completing 3 of the above ERP/SAP courses with a grade of “B” or above, the student is rewarded a joint recognition award from ITU and SAP University Alliances.

ELECTIVE COURSES
A sufficient number of Elective Courses from MBA must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
The Financial Analysis and Risk Management concentration helps graduates work as financial analysts. They will use data and information of financial statements for assessment, credit risk valuation, investment, and economic decisions. There is an increasing emphasis on credit, market and financial risk management. This concentration will prepare you for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and for the Professional Risk Management (PRM) exams. It will equip the students with the knowledge to develop both comprehensive financial knowledge and specialized risk management practice. Pursuing this concentration, you will both earn a degree in Finance and be prepared for CFA and FRM exams.

The topics that will be covered in this concentration are the following:

Quantitative Methods for Finance
Applied Economics for Managers
Financial Management Macroeconomics and Financial Markets Investment
Management Analysis
Financial Derivatives

Financial Analysis and Risk Management develops five skills areas:
Mathematical / Quantitative: Students will have the chance to develop sound skills in mathematical and quantitative methods. This will involve application in reviewing financial forecasts, trends, and other reports.
Analytical: Intending professionals will build analytical skills needed to make predictive decisions based on models of risk, and other factors.
Innovative Thinking: A key skill required is the ability to think innovatively, and come up with new financial products or service offerings. This requires students to think outside the box, and use creativity in developing financial strategies after a careful consideration of risk.
Technical / Computer Skills: A career in financial analysis and risk management requires professionals to be involved in overseeing the development of complex computer code and algorithms to automate financial decisions. Through the courses in this concentration, students will have the opportunity to develop their technical skills.
Interpersonal Communication: Communication is important for professionals. Their ability to deal with other people is also critical to their success. The courses will consist of written and verbal practical communication, active listening and understanding, customer or client engagement, and teamwork.

1. Illustrate the knowledge of quantitative methods such as mathematics, statistics, and economics. [Mapped to PLOs 4]
2. Design strategies that minimize financial risk using financial instruments. [Mapped to PLOs 1,4,5]
3. Identify, formulate, and solve financial problems from an integrated systems perspective. [Mapped to PLOs 1,2,4,5]
4. Create data modeling tools for predictive financial decision making and risk management. [Mapped to PLOs 1,3,4,5]
5. Summarize the effect of financial analysis and risk management solutions in an economic, environmental, and societal framework. [Mapped to PLOs 1,2,4,5]

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES (LCS)

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The students should successfully complete 39 credit hours. Students should complete the following core courses.

REQUIRED CORE COURSES

MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics

RECOMMENDED COURSE:
MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

CAPSTONE COURSE
1 course for a total of 3 credit hours

BUA 690 Simulation & Optimization for Business Analytics

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
(3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

To graduate with a concentration in Financial Analysis and Risk Management, students need to complete at least four (4) courses from the following courses for a total of 12 credit hours

REQUIRED FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT COURSES
Students are required to possess mathematical, quantitative, and financial knowledge as they navigate complex careers in their fields. The courses are presented as interrelated or interdisciplinary courses that meet all areas of proficiency.

BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis BUA 508 Risk Analytics
BUA 510 Data Science Applications with R or Python
BUA 513 Financial Engineering: Computational and Quantitative Methods
BUS 504 Contract Management & Financial Planning
BUS 518 Applied Statistics
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
FIN 515 Managerial Finance
FIN 516 Entrepreneurial Finance
FIN 517 Financial Institutions
FIN 518 Financial and Socially Responsible Investing
FIN 519 Corporate Valuation
FIN 520 Investment Management
FIN 521 International Financial Management
FIN 522 Behavioral Finance
FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory
FIN 525 Econometrics

FIN 526 International Economics
FIN 604 Securities Analysis
FIN 605 Financial Derivatives and Risk Management
FIN 606 Corporate Finance
FIN 607 Mergers and Acquisitions
HCM 534 Financial Management for Healthcare Organization

ELECTIVE COURSES
A sufficient number of Elective Courses from MBA must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT
With the advent of rapid growth in Global Entertainment Industry, the need for people with both Management and Entertainment experience is also growing. Due to the growing of Entertainment Industry, the need for people with both Management and Entertainment experience grows as well. International Technological University (ITU) is one of the few leading universities specializing in providing education and experience in this area.

GEM OFFERS FIVE AREAS OF SKILL:
Cultural differences: Highly sensitive to and respectful of cultural differences
Critical thinking: Proficiencies in the fields of organizational change management, business process analysis, business process improvement, and enterprise strategy and planning.
Practical Reasoning: Capability to efficiently conceptualize, apply, study, create, and assess the collected information.
Management / Leadership: Understanding, proficiencies, and capabilities necessary to manage work and to encourage and support individuals and teams to complete project tasks and objectives.
Communication: Communication is important for the Global Entertainment Professionals. The courses will consist of written and verbal practical communication.

GEM EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES (ELOS)
The ELOs are intended to improve student learning in the following areas: Management, Marketing, communication, critical thinking, global position, entertainment and leadership. Upon completion of the MBA, graduates will:

MBA GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT ELOS

1. Formulate strategic business plan with a mission and vision for a global entertainment industry. [Mapped to PLO 2,3,4]
2. Experiment with creative and innovative thoughts utilizing hypothetical situations to enable critical thinking. [Mapped to PLOs 1,4]
3. Illustrate real-time experiences and lessons learned through global entertainment platform for knowledge sharing. [Mapped to PLOs 2,3,5]
4. Summarize different means of communication and leadership in unifying diverse cultures leveraging most widely used entertainment industry. [Mapped to PLOs 3,5]

Construct conducive leadership and organizational management for global entertainment industry. [Mapped to PLOs 1,2,5]

GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES (LCS)

GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The students should successfully complete 39 credit hours. Students should complete the following core courses.

REQUIRED 3 CORE COURSE FOR A TOTAL OF 9 CREDIT HOURS

MGT 503 Organizational Leadership Theories
FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating Value

To graduate with a concentration in Global Entertainment Management, students need to complete at least four (4) courses from the following courses for a total of 12 credit hours

REQUIRED GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT COURSES

Choose four (4) from the following courses for a total of 12 credit hours.
Two (2) courses are required from Business topics for a total of 6 credit hours:

INB 556 Global Strategic Management
INB 558 Global Marketing and Strategy
MGT 583 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation
MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies
MKT 591 Advertising Strategy

Two (2) courses are required from the DA topics for a total of 6 credit hours:

DGA 501 New Media Production
DGA 523 Social Network Marketing and Publishing
DGA 533 Artist Representation
DGA 534 Production Management
DGA 535 Business of Entertainment
DGA 536 Originating and Developing Ideas

DGA 621 Producing Digital Media

Capstone Project or Thesis course for 3 credit hours

MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists
OR
MBN 697 Thesis

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
   (3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

ELECTIVE COURSES
A sufficient number of Elective Courses from MBA or from the following elective courses must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT ELECTIVE COURSES

BUS 502 Project Management and Leadership
BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change
BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity
MGT 568 Impact of Intellectual Property in a Global Economy
MGT 571 Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision Making
MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media
MKT 593 Marketing with Digital Perspectives using SAP CRM – ITU/SAP University Alliances
DGA 503 Storyboard Design
DGA 504 Global Storytelling
DGA 507 Design Fundamentals
DGA 508 CG Software Fundamentals
DGA 511 General Production Pipelines
DGA 512 Web Graphic Design
DGA 526 Screenwriting 

Note:
Refer to the Digital Arts program of the catalog for the description of the following Digital Arts courses: DGA 501, 503, 504, 507, 508, 511, 512, 523, 526, 533, 534, 535, 536, and 621.

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
The Healthcare Management helps students learn the competencies to meet the challenges of today’s health-care’s system, while looking for innovative answers for tomorrow.

Healthcare management is one of the fastest growing careers. ITU’s MBA in Healthcare Management prepares students to play a serious role in the industry, by practicing effective leadership skills that support the business insights.

The Healthcare Management curriculum builds on the established strength of management practices, as the manager’s role in diverse healthcare settings continues to grow. The Healthcare major draw on a rich variety of elective courses, including courses in behavioral theories, clinical research, biomedical sciences, and information technology.

The Healthcare Management will give students great opportunities for development. Earning that Master’s degree with ITU will equip graduates with the necessary skills and knowledge to work in a variety of health-care-related environments.

Healthcare Management develop five skills areas:
1. Decision Making: Managers of healthcare facilities are in charge of collecting important information and listening to the arguments to make a decision.
2. Teamwork: Healthcare managers need to work with their staff to make sure the facility is running effectively and successfully. In business, teamwork is essential in many areas to encourage and support colleagues.
3. Financial Management: Healthcare managers need to be familiar with financial management. The managers of all healthcare facilities have budgets they must follow, and they work with accountants and advisers to make sure their facilities stay financially safe.
4. Communication and Interpersonal Skills: It is important to communicate well with patients and colleagues. Healthcare managers work with their own staff, and they interact with clients and professionals. Interpersonal skills are necessary for healthcare managers because they are working with sad, sick, or stressed patients. This creates a challenge, and needs understanding and sympathy.
5. Industry-Healthcare Knowledge: People pursuing a career in the healthcare management need to have scientific and medical knowledge. This will help them communicate effectively with doctors, nurses and medical staff.

EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES (ELOS):

The Healthcare Management aims to help students to graduate with the ability to:

1. Identify and build skills to work and communicate successfully with varied groups that motivate joint owner-ship of results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 4]
2. Select relevant business skills to innovate and improve productivity in the healthcare environment. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]

1. Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing healthcare environments and enhance organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]
2. Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]
3. Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform healthcare practice using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The students should successfully complete 39 credit hours. Students should complete the following core courses.

REQUIRED CORE COURSES
MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

RECOMMENDED COURSE:
MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

CAPSTONE COURSE
1 course for a total of 3 credit hours

HCM 690 Healthcare Innovation Management Project

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
(3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

Students are required to take at least four (4) Healthcare Management (HCM) elective courses in order to graduate with a Healthcare Management concentration.

REQUIRED HEALTHCARE COURSES

BIO 510 Ethics in Medical Research

BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics
HCM 509 Scientific Writing and Research for Healthcare
HCM 510 A Regulatory Overview & Compliance
HCM 511 Concepts of Healthcare Management
HCM 513 Innovating Biomedical Technology
HCM 515 Health Information Technology
HCM 525 Principles of Managed Care
HCM 539 Healthcare Marketing

HEALTHCARE DEPTH
BIO 500 Clinical Research Management
BIO 501 Modern Medicine and Biology
BIO 506 Biotech industry fundamentals
HCM 519 Healthcare Ethics
HCM 529 Mental Health and Wellbeing
HCM 531 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
HCM 534 Financial Management for Healthcare Organizations
HCM 536 High Reliability Healthcare Organizations
HCM 537 Commercializing Medical Devices, Diagnostics and Biomedical Innovations

HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS
HCM 520 Healthcare Leadership, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
HCM 535 Data Analytics Applications in Healthcare
HCM 538 Predictive Analytics and Decision Models in Healthcare
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy

ELECTIVE COURSES
A sufficient number of Elective Courses from MBA must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIS)
The Management Information Systems (MIS) con-centration aims to provide students with technological and business tools to solve a variety of business problems. Within the MIS concentration, students will learn to analyze, formulate, and implement Operations and Information technology (IT) strategy. They will also learn to manage and improve a variety of business operations.

MIS DEVELOPS THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AREAS:
Analytical/ Critical Thinking: Intending MIS professionals are required to be “expert generalists” and be proficient in analyzing business and IT requirements.
Strategic Thinking: MIS professionals will be involved in implementing Operational and/or IT strategy for organizations. Coursework will prepare students to think in terms of strategy driven vision, mission, and project plans required for success in organizations.
Technical Proficiency: A career as an MIS professional requires some knowledge of IT technologies and associated architectures. MIS coursework will provide students groundwork in practicing their skills in such technical domains.
Project & Program Management: MIS professionals at various stages in their career will be involved in managing IT and/or Operations projects as analysts or specialists. A foundation in project/program management principles will be critical to their success.
Collaboration & Interpersonal Communication: Communication is important for MIS professionals. Their ability to deal with other people is also critical to the success of IT and/or Operations strategy. The courses will consist of written and verbal practical communication, active listening and understanding, customer or client engagement, and teamwork.

EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES
These learning outcomes are intended to improve student skills and knowledge in the following areas: analytical skills, communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, global position, information technology, and the legal systems. Upon completion of the MBA in MIS concentration, graduates will:

1. Identify the role of Management Information Systems in leadership decision making to attain competitive advantage. [Mapped to PLOs 1,4,5]
2. Design and develop information systems to present solutions to business needs. [Mapped to PLOs 1,2,3,4]
3. Generate the strategic plans in terms of direction, mission, and vision for information systems projects. [Mapped to PLOs 1,2,4,5]
4. Construct a coherent plan that addresses laws and regulations, compliance, and security concerns within a business entity. [Mapped to PLOs 2,3,4,5]
5. Explain and develop an efficient MIS project that meets relevant professional criteria and principles. [Mapped to PLOs 2,3,4,5]

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES (LCS)

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The students should successfully complete 39 credit hours

Students should complete the following core courses

REQUIRED CORE COURSES
MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

RECOMMENDED COURSE:

MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

1 capstone course for a total of 3 credit hours

CAPSTONE COURSE

MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists
OR
MBN 697 MBA Thesis

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
(3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

To graduate with a concentration in MIS, students need to complete at least four (4) courses from the following MIS courses for a total of 12 credit hours

REQUIRED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS COURSES:
ACT 603 Accounting Information Systems/ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
BUS 520 Emerging Technologies for Product Development
BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship
MIS 537 Management Information Systems
MIS 538 Business Database Applications
MIS 539 Business Telecommunications
MIS 540 Information Resource Management
MIS 541 Managing Global Information Systems Projects
MIS 542 Information Systems Innovation
MIS 543 Human-Computer Interaction
MIS 544 Business Decision Support Systems
MIS 545 Data Mining & Business Intelligence using ERP/SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MIS 546 Data Science for Business
MIS 547 Software Development Process Management
MIS 548 Knowledge Management

ELECTIVE COURSES

A sufficient number of Elective Courses from MBA must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Project Management concentration was created to provide students with the skill set to “hit the ground running” as project/program/portfolio managers in a variety of contexts (e.g. software, construction, etc). The modern project manager bears responsibility to supervise myriad aspects of projects such as time, costs, risks, and others.

This concentration will help prepare students for industry recognized certifications such as PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, etc.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPS THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AREAS:
Leadership & Management: This is one of the most critical skills required of intending Project Managers. Coursework in leadership, and project management seeks to hone this skillset in students. In addition, campus clubs and extracurricular activities will provide students to practice these skills in a non-threatening, non-judgmental environment.
Strategic Thinking: Project Managers will be involved in implementing managing several projects at a time. It is critical for students to understand organizational constraints, client vision, as well as other strategic areas in order to be successful in their roles. Through their coursework, students will understand each of these components and their interactions to maximize their success on the job.
Problem Solving: In their roles as project managers, students will be required to employ specific frameworks to identify and solve the problems they are faced with on projects. Coursework will equip students with the academic and practical knowledge of problem solving techniques. Case studies, and other in-class problems, will challenge students to identify innovative solutions to problems identified.
Organizational Awareness: As a project manager involved with several stakeholders and clients, students will be required to understand the hierarchy of, and the structure of the organization(s) they are working with. This awareness makes a great contribution to the project manager’s abilities to identify problems, and provide innovative solutions to problems identified.
Collaboration & Interpersonal Communication: Communication is critical for Project Managers. Through the course of their work, they liaise with a variety of people internal and external to the organization such as senior executive, IT teams, and business operations teams. The courses will consist of written and verbal practical communication, active listening and understanding, customer or client engagement, and teamwork. In addition, campus clubs and extracurricular activities will provide students to practice their communication skills in a non-threatening, non-judgmental environment.

EMPHASIS LEARNING OUTCOMES
The student learning outcomes are intended to improve student learning in the following areas: analytical skills, communication, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, global position, information technology, and the legal systems. Upon completion of the MBA in Project Management concentration, graduates will:

1. Examine individual enterprise projects for effective selection and initiation [PLOs 1,3,4]
2. Design project plans that accurately forecast project parameters such as costs, budgets, timelines, and quality. [PLOs 1,2,4,5]
3. Devise processes for successful project monitoring, such as resource procurement, team scheduling and communication, quality control, and risk and change management. [PLOs 1,2,3,4]
4. Formulate strategies to report effectively on project performance, and deliverables in line with stakeholder expectations. [PLOs 1,2]
5. Appraise and apply traditional and agile project methodologies to ensure appropriate outcomes in line with organization or client requirements. [PLOs 1,3,4,5]

PROJECT MANAGEMENT ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES (LCS)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The students should successfully complete 39 credit hours.

Students should complete the following core courses.

REQUIRED PROJECT MANAGEMENT CORE COURSES

MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis

FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis

MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

RECOMMENDED COURSE:

MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

1 capstone course for a total of 3 credit hours

CAPSTONE COURSE

MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists

OR
MBN 697 MBA Thesis

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
(3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge”

Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

To graduate with a concentration in Project Management, students need to complete at least four (4) courses from the following Project Management courses for a total of 12 credit hours.

REQUIRED PROJECT MANAGEMENT COURSES
BUS 500 Project Management Frameworks
BUS 501 Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management
BUS 502 Project Management & Leadership
BUS 503 Project Management – Agile Approach
BUS 504 Contract Management & Financial Planning
BUS 506 Process Mapping & Control
BUS 507 Project Procurement Management
BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change
BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity
BUS 518 Applied Statistics
BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
BUS 688 Special topics
BUS 689 Independent Study
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
MGT 567 Quality Control Management
MGT 575 Project Management
MGT 577 Project risk management
MGT 611 Lean Six Sigma
MGT 612 Advanced Project Management

ELECTIVE COURSES
A sufficient number of Elective Courses from MBA must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of required internship).

Psychology Management

It is important to understand why people behave the way they do. ITU Master of Science in Psychology Management equip the students with the skills to evaluate human behavior and help individuals and groups work to perform more efficiently.

PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPS THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AREAS:

Leadership & Management: This is one of the most critical skills required of intending Psychology Managers. Coursework in leadership, and Psychology management seeks to hone this skillset in students. In addition, campus clubs and extracurricular activities will provide students to practice these skills in a non-threatening, non-judgmental environment.
Strategic Thinking: Psychology Managers will be involved in implementing managing several projects at a time. It is critical for students to understand organizational constraints, client vision, as well as other strategic areas in order to be successful in their roles. Through their coursework, students will understand each of these components and their interactions to maximize their success on the job.
Problem Solving: In their roles as Psychology managers, students will be required to employ specific frameworks to identify and solve the problems they are faced with on projects. Coursework will equip students with the academic and practical knowledge of problem solving techniques. Case studies, and other in-class problems, will challenge students to identify innovative solutions to problems identified.
Organizational Awareness: As a Psychology manager involved with several stakeholders and clients, students will be required to understand the hierarchy of, and the structure of the organization(s) they are working with. This awareness makes a great contribution to the Psychology manager’s abilities to identify problems, and provide innovative solutions to problems identified.
Collaboration & Interpersonal Communication: Communication is critical for Psychology Managers. Through the course of their work, they liaise with a variety of people internal and external to the organization such as senior executive, IT teams, and business operations teams. The courses will consist of written and verbal practical communication, active listening and understanding, customer or client engagement, and teamwork. In addition, campus clubs and extracurricular activities will provide students to practice their communication skills in a non-threatening, non-judgmental environment.

Emphasis Learning Outcomes (ELOs)

By the end of the program, students will be able to:

• Identify psychological principles and training in the context of human relations.
• Assess the effects of psychological study on human behavior and practice.
• Evaluate proficient reflections and concerns related to principles and diversity.
• Create proper strategies and policies for particular communication in psychology.
• Illustrate and analyze the evolution of dual motives’ differences as humans and their conditions change.

PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT ELOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPETENCIES (LCS)

PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The students should successfully complete 39 credit hours.

Students should complete the following core courses.

REQUIRED PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT CORE COURSES

MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories

FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis

MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

RECOMMENDED COURSE:

MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

CAPSTONE COURSE

1 Capstone course: Business Project or Thesis for a total of 3 credit hours

PSY 690 Research Approaches and Measurements in Psychology

OR

MBN 697 MBA Thesis

INTERNSHIP
INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS
»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)
(3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)

ITU NUGGUT COURSES (2 CREDIT HOURS)
»  IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»  IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
»  IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

To graduate with a concentration in Psychology Management, students need to complete at least four (4) courses from the following Project Management courses for a total of 12 credit hours.

REQUIRED PSYCHOLOGY MANAGEMENT COURSES

PSY 500 Principles of Psychology

PSY 501 Behavior Theories

PSY 502 Public Psychology

PSY 503 Genetic Foundation of Behavior

PSY 504 Psychology of Learning and Reasoning

PSY 505 Legal, Ethical and Professional Practice and Research

PSY 506 Child, Adolescent and Adult Development

PSY 507 Health and Human Development

PSY 508 International Perspectives in Development Psychology

PSY 600 Subject Areas in Practical Psychology

ELECTIVE COURSE

A sufficient number of Elective Courses must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including one (1) credit hour of required internship).

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – MINOR PROGRAMS
To obtain a Minor in Business Administration Department, student is required to complete 4 courses for a total of 12 credit hours.

To pursue a Minor in any of the below Business Administration concentration, students should build the list of the courses, which includes one required core course and 3 elective courses from the chosen concentration. Students must obtain approval from the Chair of the Business Administration Program prior to initiating their Minor program.

MBA – GENERAL (MINOR) REQUIRED CORE COURSE
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

Choose 3 courses from the following courses, or from the concentrations below (9 credit hours)

MBA ELECTIVE COURSES
ACT 500 Financial Accounting
ACT 501 Forensic Accounting
ACT 502 International Accounting
ACT 504 Tax Accounting Principles
ACT 600 Managerial Accounting
ACT 601 Cost Accounting
ACT 602 Intermediate Accounting
ACT 604 Auditing

BUS 510 Regulation, Governance Ethical and Social Responsibility
BUS 600 Research Methods
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
HRM 528 Human Resource Management
HRM 529 Employee Training and Development
HRM 530 Employment law for business
HRM 533 Strategic compensation: issues and opportunities
INB 553 Fundamentals of International Business
INB 554 International Financial Markets
INB 556 Global Strategic Management
INB 558 Global Marketing and Strategy
MGT 560 Principles of Management
MGT 561 Coaching – Changing Lives, Changing Organizations
MGT 564 Principles of Public Relations
MGT 566 Production and Operations Management
MGT 571 Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision Making
MGT 573 International Management
MGT 576 Organizational Theory
MGT 578 Business Communications
MGT 579 Business Ethics
MGT 580 Business Law
MGT 581 Managing Emotions, Managing Self and Others
MGT 582 Team and Group Dynamics
MGT 583 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation
MGT 584 Supply Chain Management (Previously MKT 584)
MGT 593 Intrapreneurship – Innovation from Within
MGT 608 Business Statistics
MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies
MKT 582 Marketing Management
MKT 583 Entrepreneurial Marketing
MKT 585 International Marketing
MKT 586 Marketing Research
MKT 587 Comparative Studies of MNC, FDI, and International Trade
MKT 588 Consumer Behavior
MKT 589 E-commerce
MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media
MKT 591 Advertising Strategy
MKT 592 Supplier/Seller Management
MKT 613 Advanced Marketing

BUSINESS ANALYTICS (MINOR) REQUIRED CORE COURSES
BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics

Choose 3 courses from the following courses (9 credit hours)

BUSINESS ANALYTICS ELECTIVE COURSES
BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis
BUA 502 Data Analysis
BUA 503 Game Theory, Business Strategy, and Thinking Strategically
BUA 504 Data Warehousing and Visualization
BUA 505 Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy
BUA 506 Developing Value Through Business Analysis Applications
BUA 507 Ethical Business Decision-Making
BUA 508 Risk Analytics
BUA 509 Web Analytics

BUA 510 Data Science Applications with R or Python
BUA 511 Data Visualization and interpretation using Tableau
BUA 512 Business Cognitive Analytics and Applications
BUA 513 Financial Engineering: Computational and Quantitative Methods
BUS 516 Principles of quality management
BUS 518 Applied Statistics
BUS 520 Emerging technologies for product development
BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
HCM 535 Data Analytics Applications in Healthcare
HCM 538 Predictive Analytics and Decision Models in Healthcare
HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using SAP HCM – ITU/SAP University Alliances
HRM 535 Human Resources and Information Technology using SAP HCM*– ITU/SAP University Alliances
MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management
MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) (MINOR) REQUIRED CORE COURSE
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

Choose 3 courses from the following courses (9 credit hours)

REQUIRED ERP/SAP COURSES:
ACT 603 Accounting Information Systems/ERP -ITU/SAP University Alliances
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
ERP 509 Introduction to ERP Systems using SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 510 ABAP – Advanced Business Application Programming – ITU/SAP University
ERP 511 Enterprise Portal technology using NetWeaver – ITU/SAP University
ERP 512 Enterprise procurement processes (MM) – ITU/SAP University Alliances
ERP 513 Sales order management with ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using SAP HCM – ITU/SAP University Alliances
HRM 535 Human Resources and Information Technology using SAP HCM*– ITU/SAP University Alliances
MIS 545 Data Mining & Business Intelligence using ERP/SAP – ITU/SAP Alliances
MKT 593 Marketing with Digital Perspectives using SAP CRM – ITU/SAP University Alliances

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT (MINOR) REQUIRED CORE COURSE
BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics

Choose 3 courses from the following courses (9 credit hours)

Required Financial Analysis and Risk Management Courses:
BUA 501 Quantitative Analysis

BUA 508 Risk Analytics
BUA 510 Data Science Applications with R or Python
BUA 513 Financial Engineering: Computational and Quantitative Methods
BUS 504 Contract Management & Financial Planning
BUS 518 Applied Statistics
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
FIN 515 Managerial Finance
FIN 516 Entrepreneurial Finance
FIN 517 Financial Institutions
FIN 518 Financial and Socially Responsible Investing
FIN 519 Corporate Valuation
FIN 520 Investment Management
FIN 521 International Financial Management
FIN 522 Behavioral Finance
FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory
FIN 525 Econometrics
FIN 526 International Economics
FIN 604 Securities Analysis
FIN 605 Financial Derivatives and Risk Management
FIN 606 Corporate Finance
FIN 607 Mergers and Acquisitions

HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT (MINOR) REQUIRED CORE COURSE
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

Choose 3 courses from the following courses (9 credit hours) 

HEALTHCARE ELECTIVE COURSES

RECOMMENDED COURSES FOR HEALTHCARE
BIO 510 Ethics in Medical Research
BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics
HCM 509 Scientific Writing and Research for Healthcare
HCM 510 A Regulatory Overview & Compliance
HCM 511 Concepts of Healthcare Management
HCM 513 Innovating Biomedical Technology
HCM 515 Health Information Technology
HCM 525 Principles of Managed Care
HCM 539 Healthcare Marketing

HEALTHCARE DEPTH
BIO 500 Clinical Research Management
BIO 501 Modern Medicine and Biology
BIO 506 Biotech industry fundamentals
HCM 519 Healthcare Ethics
HCM 529 Mental Health and Wellbeing
HCM 531 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
HCM 534 Financial Management for Healthcare Organizations
HCM 536 High Reliability Healthcare Organizations
HCM 537 Commercializing Medical Devices, Diagnostics and Biomedical Innovations

HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS
HCM 520 Healthcare Leadership, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
HCM 535 Data Analytics Applications in Healthcare

HCM 538 Predictive Analytics and Decision Models in Healthcare
BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (MIS) (MINOR) REQUIRED CORE COURSE
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating trial

Choose 3 courses from the following courses (9 credit hours)

REQUIRED MIS COURSES:
ACT 603 Accounting Information Systems/ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
BUS 520 Emerging Technologies for Product Development
BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship
MIS 537 Management Information Systems
MIS 538 Business Database Applications
MIS 539 Business Telecommunications
MIS 540 Information Resource Management
MIS 541 Managing Global Information Systems Projects
MIS 542 Information Systems Innovation
MIS 543 Human-Computer Interaction
MIS 544 Business Decision Support Systems
MIS 545 Data Mining & Business Intelligence using ERP/SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances
MIS 546 Data Science for Business
MIS 547 Software Development Process Management
MIS 548 Knowledge Management

PROJECT MANAGEMENT (MINOR) REQUIRED CORE COURSE
MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value

Choose 3 courses from the following courses (9 credit hours)

Required Project Management Courses
BUS 500 Project Management Frameworks
BUS 501 Strategic Planning & Portfolio Management
BUS 502 Project Management & Leadership
BUS 503 Project Management – Agile Approach
BUS 504 Contract Management & Financial Planning
BUS 506 Process Mapping & Control
BUS 507 Project Procurement Management
BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change
BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity
BUS 518 Applied Statistics
BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
BUS 688 Special topics
BUS 689 Independent Study
BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
MGT 567 Quality Control Management
MGT 575 Project Management
MGT 577 Project risk management
MGT 611 Lean Six Sigma
MGT 612 Advanced Project Management

DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
In the face of increasing competition, it is no longer sufficient to work harder and faster. Companies call upon people with advanced degrees. It is in this context that the International Technological University (ITU) Business Department offers the Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) in Strategic Innovation degree.

The DBA is a professional doctoral program intended for executives, senior managers, consultants, advanced students, instructors of business and out-standing business practitioners who will continue to be professionally engaged in organizations. ITU bridges the gap between learning and application with our expert professors, industry mentors, and support resources.

The DBA delivers a powerful program designed to create experts in evidence based business problem solving. It enhances critical thinking, analytical skills, and leadership abilities. It also enables the development of management thought, embedded with the application of real-world business principles.

ITU’s DBA program is offered as an innovative and flexible blended learning journey, in a global model setting, with live residencies to network with cohort peers, professors, and expert industry mentors.

Advisory Committee
To guide students through the degree program, an advisory committee of at least three (3) faculty members with appropriate doctoral degrees, and an external mentor with subject matter and industry expertise, will be assigned. The advisory committee also may serve as the Doctoral Capstone Committee (DCC), which may include the Department Chair. The doctoral capstone course advisor will serve as the chair of DCC. The DCC will review the proposed doctoral capstone topic, determine any further changes, and approve the research objective.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this program, graduates will:
» 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 evidence based business decision-making.
   [Mapped to ILOs  1, 2, 5, 7]
» PLO #3: Devise competencies for managing technology, innovation, and organizational change.
   [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 5, 7]
» PLO #4: Identify strategies to solve business challenges within a global context.
   [Mapped to ILOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
» PLO #5: Formulate original research, which includes research design, tools and structure.
   [Mapped to ILOs 3, 5, 6]

DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PLOS MAPPING TO BUSINESS PROGRAM LEARNING COMPENTENCIES (LCS)

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

PEREGRINE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND EXAM
All DBA students are required to take the Inbound and Outbound exam with Peregrine Academic Services. The Inbound Exam should be taken in the first (1st) trimester of the DBA Program. The Outbound Exam should be taken in the sixth (6th) trimester, before the student starts working on their Culminating Experience (CE) course.

The Inbound and Outbound exams have a fee of $40 per exam, per student (the fee is subject to change).

The Inbound and Outbound exams are REQUIRED and not OPTIONAL.

In addition, students are required to complete an APA Write & Cite course from Peregrine Academic Services. The price per student for the course is US $49.

For more information about the Peregrine Exams, and the APA Write & Cite course, visit the DBA IN-BOUND AND OUTBOUND EXAMS webpage and the course description for DBUS 806 respectively.

Peregrine Inbound and Outbound Exams Registration Instructions:
Please follow the on-screen instructions found at the following URL:
https://micro.peregrineacademics.com/itu

Learning Styles
The world is becoming increasingly connected with technological advances and social media. More than ever before, people are increasingly aware and interested to learn about technology, and its interactions with various aspects of global business.

In order to accommodate the needs of the people resident in the U.S. and across the globe, ITU offers the DBA program in a global, blended learning format.

Why does ITU offer the DBA in a global model?

• ITU is well known for its global education. We believe in diversity and inclusion as an enriched learning opportunity. We offer high quality education, as endorsed by accrediting institutions (WASC and ACBSP).
• Based on a growing need for a DBA among professionals who do not have the time to commute to campus, ITU provides this doctorate in strategic innovation in a global, blended format.
• The blended learning format provides access for students around the world to undertake doctoral study in a manner that provides for intensive class-room education, team projects, and distance learning technologies in an integrated manner.
• We wish to reach everyone across the globe with this opportunity to be ITU doctoral graduates.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE
The DBA in Strategic Innovation program may be completed in a minimum of three (3) years and a maximum of eight (8) years.

To be awarded the degree of DBA in Strategic Innovation, you must successfully complete forty eight (48) credit hours including the following:

1. Coursework: Thirty nine (39) credit hours of coursework,
2. Contribution to the field of business research: (a) Seminars and/or Conferences, (b) Comprehensive Candidacy Portfolio (CCP),
3. Culminating Experience (CE): Nine (9) credit hours of Culminating Experience (CE), AND,
4. Residencies: The DBA program requires four (4) residencies for a total of six (6) weeks as follows:
5. Residency 1: At the beginning of Term 1 of Year 1;
6. Residency 2 and 3: At the end of Term 3 of Year 1 and 2, and at the beginning of Term 1 of Year 2 and 3; AND
7. Residency 4: At the end of Term 3 of Year 3.

Note:

The number of residencies could be 3, which will be between the Spring and Summer trimester of each year during the 3 years program for a total of 6 (six) weeks.

TRANSFER CREDITS
ITU Business Department will accept up to 12 credit hours to be transferred from Doctoral Programs from an accredited university. The transfer credits will be contingent upon an assessment of fit with ITU’s DBA curriculum. The Chair of the Business Department will make the decision and approve the transfer credits.

1. Coursework

(i) Core Courses
6 courses for a total of 18 credit hours
DBUS 800 Quantitative Research Analysis I (3 credit hours)
DBUS 801 Quantitative Research Analysis II (3 credit hours)
DBUS 802 Qualitative Research Analysis I (3 credit hours)
DBUS 803 Qualitative Research Analysis II (3 credit hours)
DBUS 804 Data Analytics I (3 credit hours)
DBUS 805 Data Analytics II (3 credit hours)
DBUS 806 Peregrine APA Write & Cite (0 credit hours)

(ii) Innovation Specialization Courses
3 courses for a total of 9 credit hours
DBUS 810 Financial Engineering and Innovation (3 credit hours)
DBUS 811 Innovation and Digital Transformation (3 credit hours)
DBUS 812 Strategy for Disruptive Innovation (3 credit trial)

(iii) Research Interest Courses
2 courses for a total of 6 credit hours
DBUS 700 Behavioral Marketing, Digitization, and Decision Making (3 credit hours)
DBUS 701 Innovation in Business Transformation and Entrepreneurship

(iv) Key Competency Courses
2 courses for a total of 6 credit hours
DBUS 820 Theoretical Frameworks in Strategy Research (3 credit hours)
DBUS 821 Research Design (3 credit hours)

2. Contribution to the field of business research Seminars and/or Conferences

DBUS 710 Special Interest Seminars and/or Conferences (0 credit hours)

Students should complete at least four (4) Seminars and/or Conferences (free or paid) in the area of their research interest. Students should start attending seminars and/or conferences from the very start of their doctoral program. The requirements for seminars and/or conferences must be completed prior to the final CCP presentation (i.e. DBUS 822), which will occur in the third residency.
Students may attend more than four seminars and/or conferences based on their interest. However, Students should choose topics in the area that strengthens their CE research interest and their CCP.
For each seminar and/or conference attended, students must write a paper. In the course DBUS 710, which will be conducted in the last trimester of the second year of the program, students are required to upload on EMS, the papers prepared from attending the seminars and/or conferences. Confirmation of registration for these events must also be included as part of the documents uploaded on EMS.

Comprehensive Candidacy Portfolio (CCP)
DBUS 711 CCP Panel Presentation I (0 credit hours)
DBUS 813 CCP Panel Presentation II (0 credit hours)
DBUS 822 CCP Final Panel Presentation (0 credit hours)

The student from the start of his/her doctoral pro-gram develops the CCP, under the guidance of the doctoral supervisor(s) and/or mentor(s) in three stages. The CCP represents a student’s goals, plans, and accomplishments in coursework, special topics, learning from seminars and/or conferences, re-search and work experiences.

The process includes three (3) presentations by each student to a committee, which includes the faculty teaching the DBA courses at the time of presentation and/or the external mentor.

These presentations will be scheduled as follows:

• CCP Presentation I – Term 2 of Year 1
• CCP Presentation II – Residency 2
• CCP Final Presentation – Residency 3

The goal of the CCP is to ascertain the student’s capability to conduct doctoral business research. The portfolio must be aligned with the student’s topic of research in the Culminating Experience (CE). Therefore, the student is required to receive a “Pass” decision from the committee in order to progress to the CE phase of his/her degree. Upon successful completion of the coursework and the CCP, the candidate will start working on his/her CE.

Culminating Experience (CE)
Candidates must choose one of the following three (3) doctoral capstone courses. Each of these courses is trial in terms of academic rigor.

• Doctoral Capstone Research (DBUS 901),
  OR
• Doctoral Capstone Project (DBUS 902),
  OR
• Doctoral Capstone Publishable Papers (DBUS 903) (3 publishable papers)

Each capstone course consists of three (3) sections for a total of 9 credit hours

DBUS 901 – 1 Doctoral Capstone Research 1 (3 credit hours)
DBUS 901 – 2 Doctoral Capstone Research 2 (3 credit hours)
DBUS 901 – 3 Doctoral Capstone Research 3 (3 credit hours)

OR

DBUS 902 – 1 Doctoral Capstone Project 1 (3 credit hours)
DBUS 902 – 2 Doctoral Capstone Project 2 (3 credit hours)
DBUS 902 – 3 Doctoral Capstone Project 3 (3 credit hours)

OR

DBUS 903 – 1 Doctoral Capstone Publishable Papers 1 (3 credit hours)
DBUS 903 – 2 Doctoral Capstone Publishable Papers 2 (3 credit hours)
DBUS 903 – 3 Doctoral Capstone Publishable Papers 3 (3 credit hours)
Each of these courses requires the candidate to work on his/her doctoral proposal.

DOCTORAL CAPSTONE PROPOSAL
This is a formal written proposal, which must include a clear statement of the problem to be researched and a survey of the relevant literature. The proposal must specify the research methods, data collection, and data analysis techniques in detail. The methods to be employed must be appropriate, reliable, and appropriate for the measures taken.

A candidate intending to complete his/her DBA degree within three years is required to present and defend the doctoral capstone proposal to the DCC at the end of the first (1st) term of the third (3rd) year. In the event the DCC recommends additional work on the proposal, the candidate will have one more chance to present and defend his/her doctor-al proposal, no later than six (6) months from the original presentation.

DOCTORAL CAPSTONE DEFENSE
Upon successful presentation of the doctoral proposal, the candidate will progress to the development of his/her chosen doctoral capstone (DBUS 901, 902, or 903). The candidate will be required to defend his/her final doctoral capstone in the presence of the DCC. The final capstone document(s) must be made available to all members of the DCC one (1) month prior to the defense. The oral defense will take place in the final term of the third (3rd) year. It shall consist of a presentation of the research results and a question and answer (Q&A) session following the presentation. The defense is open to the public, but only members of the DCC have a vote. The doctoral capstone defense passes through unanimous voting.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE DBA IN STRATEGIC INNOVATION PROGRAM ROADMAP

BLENDED LEARNING FORMAT
The DBA in Strategic Innovation (“On Campus” and “Global” models) is offered in a Blended Learning Format. Our Blended learning courses include the usage of the internet and the students’ computing devices to access class, and/or course content, and interactions with faculty, and their peers.

The blended learning format has two (2) distinct components: face-to-face, and distance learning interactions. Blended learning allows students to obtain the relevant course information at a time and place suitable to them, beyond constraints of time and geography.

The courses within the DBA program with the global model will follow the rigor and format of ITU’s DBA on-campus program. Our courses are offered in three (3) terms; fall, spring, and summer with 15 weeks of teaching. However, for orientation purposes, and to provide students with the opportunity to meet with their peers and faculty at the start of the program, the DBA in the global model will start with one week of residency in the first week of the start of the programs

TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS
As part of their doctoral study, students are required to have access to a personal computer. ITU makes no demands on what type of computer or device students must have. However, students will need to have word processing software such as Microsoft Word installed on it. In addition, students will require presentation and data analysis software such as Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel respectively. In addition, as part of coursework, students will be required to install statistical analysis software such as SPSS, and/or run code (in languages such as R/Python) for data analytics purposes.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

ACT (ACCOUNTING)

ACT 500 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course provides an introduction to basic theory and methods of financial accounting. It is designed to offer managerial users the foundations of accounting concepts. The course helps the students understand financial statement information. Focus will be on accounting for assets (e.g., Accounts Receivable, Inventories, Property, Plant and Equipment, Intangible Assets), liabilities (e.g., Bonds, Deferred Taxes) and owners’ equity. Focus will also be on the presentation of the income statement through Net Income, revenues and expenses. Class sessions develop the understanding of the different steps of the accounting cycle, and of the financial statements that give the managers the ability to use them for decision-making.

ACT 501 FORENSIC ACCOUNTING (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course explores the forensic accountant’s role in today’s economy. The course is designed to enhance a student’s understanding of the emerging field of forensic accounting. The course is structured to enhance the ability of students to think critically and to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to compete effectively in the rapidly changing world of accounting using the traditional method of detecting fraud and using the current technology. By the end of the course, students should be able to understand the causes of fraud and white-collar crime, examine the types of fraud and fraud schemes, explore methods of deterring and detecting fraud, and examine the financial impact to businesses and the economy.

ACT 502 INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING (3)
Prerequisites: None
The knowledge of accounting requirements and the influence of environmental factors on accounting systems both nationally and internationally becomes important to the accounting professional. Topics of financial accounting for international operations, multinational managerial accounting and control, comparative international ac- counting, international reporting issues, and international taxation are examined. The focus of the course is to solve the problems related to accounting for multinational corporations doing business in a global environment. This course covers the topics of currency translation and foreign currency gains and losses and accounting for international accounting organizations.

ACT 504 TAX ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course introduces federal tax law, including the preparation of individual income tax form 1040 and related schedules. Tax accounting principles, such as the measurement of income, asset exchanges, capital transactions, and business expenses are examined. Topics include corporate income tax, subchapter S, dividends, and liquidating distributions. The course also provides tax knowledge through identification of significant differences between tax and financial accounting.

ACT 600 MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING (3)
Prerequisites: ACT 500, or basic knowledge of accounting
This course introduces the students to the principles of managerial accounting, which is the internal use of accounting information to manage modern firms, including planning, analysis, and decision-making. This course focuses on information generated by internal accounting information systems to evaluate organizational performance, methods to evaluate financial alternatives, and create financial plans. Topics will include interpretation of financial statements, cost behavior, cost allocation, budgets and cost control. Other topics such as decentralization, product costing, job and process costing, break-even analysis, and absorption costing will also be discussed.

ACT 601 COST ACCOUNTING (3)
Prerequisites: ACT 500, or basic knowledge of accounting
This course applies cost accounting concepts and accounting tools to make management decisions. Students learn to use cost accounting to evaluate and make strategic business formulation, research and development, budgeting, production planning, pricing, and provide information for management accounting and financial accounting. Other topics include financial statements, concept of depreciation and inventory methods, cash flows, business valuation, working capital, cost behavior, cost allocation, budgets, and control systems.

ACT 602 INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING (3)
Prerequisites: ACT 500, or basic knowledge of accounting
This course will provide a comprehensive review of the accounting process that is discussed in Financial Accounting (ACT 500). Students will learn and deepen their understanding of the preparation of classified financial statements. Students will also learn other information and apply analytical tools in making both business and financial decisions. This course will also include topics related to cash flows, accounting for a company’s financing and investing activities and related tax accounting; primary current assets, current and long term liabilities; amortization of bond premiums and discounts, journal entries associated with issuance of preferred, common stocks, and treasury stocks, and declaration of dividends; owners’ equity and earnings per share; and time value of money. Students will study how to record various financial transactions and understand the impact on the usefulness of the information provided for decision-making. During coverage of these topics, discussion will include a development of the understanding of full and fair disclosures based on GAAP, ethical and moral implications, and the related concept of transparency.

ACT 603 ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS/ERP (3) – ITU/SAP University Alliance
Prerequisites: ACT 500, or basic knowledge of accounting
This course addresses the development and use of accounting information systems for managerial control and external reporting, focusing on reporting objectives, management needs, documentation, security, and internal controls. The course will cover concepts and Principles of financial accounting fundamentals and how To identify, measure and report on the financial effects of economic events on enterprises. Topics include accrual accounting concepts; preparation, understanding and analysis of financial statements; accounting for sales and cost of sales and procurement of materials. The course will focus on designing computer systems to perform accounting functions, and extensive use of applications of different microcomputer accounting software packages. This course will prepare the student to understand the basic structure and procedures of financial and management accounting in the SAP System and to maintain master data and perform essential function in General Ledger, Account Payable, Account Receivable, Cost Center Accounting and Internal Orders and to describe how Financial and Management Accounting interact with other in SAP process. The course is presented in lecture format and hands-on problem solving exercises.

ACT 604 AUDITING (3)
Prerequisites: ACT 500 or basic knowledge of accounting
This course covers Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) as they apply to the study of audit preparation and procedures, creating working papers, and audit write-up. In addition, the financial statement audit for entities that are not regulated under Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 will be addressed. The course also covers internal and external audit procedures and a comprehensive study of professional auditing ethics, legal, and professional responsibilities, auditing planning, risk assessment, internal control, audit evidence, completion and reporting.

BIO (BIO-MANAGEMENT)

BIO 500 CLINICAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT (3)
Prerequisites: Any Biology background: Academic or Professional
This course is designed to create an in-depth understanding of the clinical research methodologies including the regulatory aspects of clinical research. This course will help you to understand and apply scientific principles to the implementation of clinical research whether it is investigator-initiated, or industry-sponsored study. The student will learn to design and present a concept sheet for a Phase I/II and Phase II/III clinical trial. Also addressed in this course are different types of study design, their relative strengths and limitations, and proper choice of study design. The student will also learn to systematically implement the research protocol and evaluate the integrity of the clinical research outcome. In this course, students learn to apply knowledge of data management, information management and scientific communication. Students will explore opportunities to demonstrate professionalism and accountability in the implementation of research studies through applying management.

BIO 501 MODERN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY (3)
Prerequisites: None
In this course, students will explore the cross-pollination of ideas and advances in biology and how they transform medicine, both at the bedside and in drug development. Many of the advances in biology have radically transformed the understanding of disease states and how medicine is practiced. For example, genomic sequencing is now being widely adopted as a method for diagnostics as well as for drug development. Bioinformatics is another area where huge data management and mining is paving way to understand the complex biological pathways and signaling mechanisms in cells and organs. Other advances in the field of computer science and algorithm development have been adopted to unravel these complex connections and arrive at a better understanding of cellular and molecular physiology. Physical and mechanical innovations drive devices that have better resolution in the areas of imaging for diagnostics.

BIO 506 BIOTECH INDUSTRY FUNDAMENTALS (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course will introduce students to biotechnology, its principle, and application. A solid knowledge of basic molecular biology is required to gain a complete understanding of the concept and its application. Biotechnology has a broad reach – from agriculture, to biofuels, waste management, medical, forensics, and food. Students will learn to apply modern biological principles and understand the trends in modern medicine, food, and green technologies. By the end of the course, students should be able to critically assess current and future applications of biotechnology in agriculture, drug development and environmental management. This course is a prerequisite course for students in Healthcare Management, and Bio Management streams. Students will benefit immensely if they enroll in this course first before taking any of the other advanced courses. A background in junior-level chemistry and biology is recommended.

BIO 510 ETHICS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course will inform students about the basic principles essential to making educated decisions about ethics in medical research. Understanding the basic principles is critical before conducting clinical research activities.
Topics include: historical perspectives, federal regulations, Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, conflicts of interest, informed consent, the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and AAHRPP accreditation.

BUA (BUSINESS ANALYTICS)

BUA 500 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS (3)
Prerequisites: Students who are pursuing (1) Business Analytics and (2) Financial Analysis and Risk management concentrations are required to take this course in the first trimester. In this course students will learn the key foundations and tools of Business Analytics and data science. This is a general introductory course that lays the foundations of analysis methodologies for business students in general and is open to all students in the business major. The fundamentals skills that students will learn are: applied understanding of mathematical concepts, skills (Python or R) and preliminary and exploratory data analysis. Students will learn about key ideas in uncertainty modeling using statistics and Probability and get exposed to concepts such as random variables, probability distributions, hypothesis testing and descriptive statistics, and linear algebra such as linear spaces and matrix algebra. In the programming section of the course students will gain hands-on experience using popular programming languages used in analysis such as Python. Students will use the mathematical concepts and the programming skills to perform exploratory data analysis on real world data.

BUA 501 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS (3)
Prerequisites: None
The Quantitative analysis course introduces students to the main modeling and simulation strategies in the quantitative analysis field with a strong emphasis on practical outcomes which can be directly applied to a business environment. It provides a brief outline of existing theories, technologies and applications which support the modern decision-making process which is to a large extent, data-driven. In this course, students will have an opportunity to work on tools like Excel and advanced add-ons, that helps with performing advanced analysis techniques such as regression and forecasting. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify any business problems that can be potentially modeled and simulated and judge whether an optimal solution exists, understand the important issues in their implementation, describe the tools that have been used in the process from their frameworks to the techniques used, determine the business value of outcomes of the quantitative analysis and also appreciate its role in Business Process Management.

BUA 502 DATA ANALYSIS (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course presents the key ideas and the necessary tools to perform data analysis. It lays the foundations of analysis methodologies for all disciplines.
The fundamentals skills that you will learn are:
– Applied mathematical concepts (e.g. Linear algebra, linear spaces and matrix algebra),
– Key ideas in statistics (e.g. uncertainty modeling, probability, random variables, hypothesis testing and descriptive statistics), and their applications in data analysis.
– Usage of programming language(s) (e.g. Python or R) for decision making, and implementation of exploratory data analysis and data visualization.
A strong base of data analysis is a key skill that is highly in demand in today’s data-driven decision making industry. Data analysis tools and procedures such as data wrangling and exploratory data analysis will help students to assess the quality of the data and its effectiveness in the decision making process. You will use Python libraries such as Matplotlib, Numpy and Pandas to perform data analysis, which includes:

• Developing a question
• Formulating the data into a usable format and solving any related problems
• Visualizing and generating insight about the data
• Concluding and/or predicting results
• Presenting outcomes

BUA 503 GAME THEORY, BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THINKING STRATEGICALLY (3)
Prerequisites: None
The focus of this course is the use of game theory to define the most likely outcome of business situations, especially where there is a communication between two or more decision makers to build business strategy. In addition, students will be introduced to methods in strategic thinking and its connections with current game theory to resolve strategic business problems. Students will need skill at numerical reasoning for this course.

BUA 504 DATA WAREHOUSING AND VISUALIZATION (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course discusses the principles of data warehousing, design and implementation along with related software tools. Topics consist of data warehouse architecture, dimensional model design, physical database design, data integration and visualization, and data warehouse administration. The course also builds core skills for visual study of data among students. Trends and tools in data visualization will be explained with a special focus on recognizing patterns and trends from large datasets. Knowledge in database management recommended.

BUA 505 PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR BUSINESS STRATEGY (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course explains information technology, modeling methods and data sciences to familiarize students with the field of predictive analytics. Prior course work in data warehousing and visualization will add to this course, which builds on assessing data within the business context, understanding data trends and risk assessment. Through this course, students will learn how to build reliable predictive models for developing business strategy geared at organizational competitive advantage.

BUA 506 DEVELOPING VALUE THROUGH BUSINESS ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course discusses the role that business analysis plays in exploring and visualizing outcomes to create better outcomes, thereby creating organizational value. Students will be equipped with different tools and application knowledge to drive winning stakeholder outcomes through ongoing business analysis.

BUA 507 ETHICAL BUSINESS DECISION MAKING (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course introduces the ethical issues involved in the “big data” world and its effects on strategic business decisions. In studying real life case studies, existing practices and issues with developing trends, students understand the ethical dilemmas related to data identity, privacy, ownership and organizational reputation. This in turn will prepare the students to make more informed and ethical decisions related to organizational data.

BUA 508 – RISK ANALYTICS (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course builds statistics and data modeling with a focus on risk theory and management. Students gain exposure to present trends in enterprise risk logical methods. This enables students to understand and implement risk management structures in the organizational environment. Major risk categories such as financial risk, strategic risk and operational risk will be covered along with analytical methods to these risk groups.

BUA 509 – WEB ANALYTICS (3)
Prerequisites: None
The Internet is one of the most powerful tools of business today. This course develops practices to analyze qualitative and quantitative data from websites. Related topics, such as text mining and web mining will also be covered. In addition, this course provides students with the tools to drive constant enhancement of online experiences to customers; both current and future. Topics include Google Analytics and A/B Testing. Incoming traffic characteristics such as client browser, language, computer attributes and geolocation will also be covered.

BUA 510 DATA SCIENCE APPLICATIONS WITH R OR PYTHON (3)
Prerequisites: BUA 500 or 502, or Equivalent
This course focuses on implementation of business analytics problems using a structured programming language such as R or python. Examples of descriptive and predictive business analytics problems such as linear regression, decision analysis, forecasting will be used and implemented using R and Python programming languages. Basic ideas of implementation of an algorithm in R, are discussed. Concepts such as program I/O, reading data and visualization of the data, exceptions, conditional statements and statistical packages will be discussed. The course emphasizes hands-on experience and implementation of business analysis ideas in R and Python using pre-existing libraries. It is recommended that students be familiar with basic ideas in statistical modeling and business analytics to maximize the learning outcome of this course.

BUA 511 Data Visualization and interpretation using Tableau (3)
Prerequisites: None
One of the key skills required for business analytics is the ability to communicate the results of data-driven analysis to non-technical decision makers. To effectively communicate a complex analysis that results in actionable advice one needs to be familiar with the factors that impact decision makers. In this course you will learn how to become a master at communicating business-relevant implications of data analyses. After finishing this course you will be able to effectively import data, clean and transform it and convey the results of the analysis to the stakeholders. You will also know how to streamline your analyses and highlight their implications efficiently using visualizations in Tableau, the most popular visualization program in the business world. Using other Tableau features, you will be able to make effective visualizations that take advantage of innate perceptual and cognitive tendencies of a human brain to convey conclusions directly and clearly.

BUA 512 BUSINESS COGNITIVE ANALYTICS AND APPLICATIONS (3)
Prerequisites: BUA 500 or 502, or Equivalent
This course focuses on advanced topics in Cognitive Analytics. After completion of this course students will become familiar with the analysis of case studies from large companies such as Amazon, Walmart, and Facebook and how they use advanced business analytics techniques to effectively perform market segmentation, targeted marketing and supply chain management. With the abundance of unstructured and unlabeled data from social media, e-commerce websites, companies are using data-driven analytics to understand the patterns in customers’ reaction to introduction of new products and their preferences. Content management marketing, content generation and optimum supply chain strategies will be some of the business application areas where the new techniques will be applied. Students will learn the implementation of these advanced techniques in business decision making using some of the tools they have already learned in the previous business analytics classes.

BUA 513 FINANCIAL ENGINEERING: COMPUTATIONAL AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS (3)
Prerequisites or concurrently: FIN 534 or equivalent
Mathematically sophisticated financial models are the foundation of a successful CFO, investment banker or investment managers. For example, valuing the call provision in a callable convertible bond is important to the CFO of the issuing company (who decides whether or not to include the call provision in the issue). This course focuses on the mathematical foundations used in financial engineering and implementation of these concepts using Python and the relevant computational finance libraries. The students will learn about quantitative methods used in financial engineering and cover topics such as Black- Scholes-Merton Model, Levy Model, volatility models, multi-asset models, European and US option pricing models, Monte-Carlo Simulation for Put Option modeling, Bond valuation and Hedging. This course offers an understanding of the latest financial tools and products, of the recent developments and rationale of Risk and Risk Management, used to hedge equity, currency and interest rate risk in key financial markets. The course will also highlight methods to assess and measure the financial risk.

BUA 690 SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS (3) – CAPSTONE COURSE
Prerequisites: MGT 503, MKT 551; Completion of 27 credit hours in the program
Decision making is a critical part in any business. Business Analytics provides solutions to businesses worldwide with advanced analysis techniques and tools. Optimization and simulation are two such methods that are being used in many business environments that involve decision making. In this course students will be able to examine and identify the classical and modern optimization techniques used in today’s business environment. Few areas where these techniques can be used are selection of portfolios in finance, transportation industry, resource allocation of any industry, and minimizing the advertising cost in marketing. Focused on linear and the nonlinear programming techniques and their application in business environments and modern simulation and optimization techniques, this course helps students understand the need and use of decision making using these techniques.

BUS (BUSINESS)

BUS 500 PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course is designed to be the main structure related to the Project Management fundamentals for students who look to understand, practice, and improve the project execution process. This is based on the best practices and methods of project management implemented, such as PRINCE, PMI, PMBOK, and Microsoft Framework. This is to run projects in an agile organization toward effective implementation and efficient achievements.

BUS 501 STRATEGIC PLANNING & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course is designed to interpret the strategic values and vision of the enterprise’s portfolio management. The process is to recognize the company plan and strengthen its service offered in a strategic business plan. The course’s objective is to explain how a Project Management Oriented Business is able to divide the strategic planning into operational goals, which are attained by each division. Service analysis measures performance in the light of the company strategy and the business environment, with the goal of choosing and performing services that generate greatest value while incurring least risk for the business.

BUS 502 PROJECT MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course is an overview of project management with an emphasis on leadership and team building. The first part focuses on the traits of successful leaders and the dos and don’ts for building effective teams. The second part introduces the project management framework and the different steps of the project management process. The third part describes how leadership practices can affect key management aspects of the project, such as scope, time, cost, human resources, stakeholders and communications. This course will also provide the basic knowledge necessary to prepare for the ASQ CQIA, ASQ CMQ, PMI CAPM or PMI PMP certification examination. Students who sign up for these exams will receive extra credit for their final grade.

BUS 503 PROJECT MANAGEMENT – AGILE APPROACH (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course provides students with the knowledge and tools to manage projects using the agile project management framework. Students will learn topics such as developing the project vision, identifying user roles and stakeholders, chartering teams, planning releases, assigning value, and managing communication, quality, risk, and change. This course is designed to provide students with skills to manage all types of projects (e.g. software, and products). It is also applicable to project managers transitioning from traditional management environments to agile methodologies. The focus of this course is on the conceptual understanding that students need to know in order to successfully manage projects in a fast paced technical environment.

BUS 504 CONTRACT MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL PLANNING (3)
Prerequisites: None
This is a practical course about designing contracts and analyzing the project budget related to milestones achievement and deliverables scheduling. Students will learn about the project scope and implementation phases that are needed to design the required activities and charter agreement. In addition, they will learn about the Project /Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), Planned Value (PV), Earned Value (EV), Actual Cost (AC), Budget At Completion (BAC), Estimate To Complete (ETC), Estimate At Completion (EAC), and Variance At Completion (VAC).

BUS 506 PROCESS MAPPING & CONTROL (3)
Prerequisite: None
This course is a practical course that puts students in the lab of analyzing and designing the structure of operation and implementation. It talks about enterprise architecture and process mapping that is needed in Project Management and Management Engineering & Restructuring. This is to give advanced analytical skills and mechanisms toward designing and drawing the operation scheme based on Computer Assisted Software Engineering (CASE). On the other hand, it shows the monitoring and control tools needed to maintain, handle and control the projects or/and program structure for systematized implementation.

BUS 509 LEADING AND MANAGING CHANGE (3)
Prerequisites: None
This class will focus on individual, team, and organizational leadership and will provide students with the foundation for exploring and developing their own individual leadership style. Major areas to discuss are leadership, values, ethics, and decision-making. Change and a leader’s goal is to continually improve and look forward and provide the positive changes for the organization; being the visionary is critical to success in any organization and a key attribute for any organizational leader.

BUS 510 REGULATION, GOVERNANCE, ETHICAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (3)
Prerequisites: None
The overall goal of this course is to better prepare students to become responsible business leaders. In this class, students explore the relationship between business and society, and argue that to create a business, that will endure business leaders, must take into account the needs of the broader society, as well as those of their employees and other stakeholders. The major areas of study in this class will include: business ethics, the legal regulation of business, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility.

BUS 516 PRINCIPLES OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course covers the philosophy and concepts of quality management with an emphasis on tools and techniques of quality management for continual improvement in quality and productivity. Students learn techniques to improve organization performance and competitiveness.

BUS 517 ORGANIZATION CULTURE AND DIVERSITY (3)
Prerequisites: None
As organizations become increasingly diverse, the importance of understanding diversity, and its influences in the organizational culture become more essential. This course offers students a thorough understanding of diversity, beyond cultural diversity. Students planning to be managers and leaders of global organizations will learn in this course how to build and implement broad organizational diversity plans. In addition, students will become aware of the legal and ethical effects of building diverse initiatives and of the factors that build an effective organizational culture.

BUS 518 APPLIED STATISTICS (3)
Prerequisites: None
The course covers topics from both introductory and advanced level courses in statistics with the purpose of preparing students for classes in Business Analytics and Data Mining, and also for students who expect to be using statistics for their research. The course is designed to cover foundation topics in the first one-third of the classes, and classical multivariate statistical methods in the second two-thirds. The introductory part cover topics as: probability theory, distributions on different types of random variables, sampling and sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, statistical inferences, one and two-sample procedures, assessing goodness of fit, analysis of variance, linear least squares, correlation and regression, sample size, analysis of variance, and non-parametric statistics. The topics covered in the latter 2/3 of the course are classical multivariate methods and cover topics as: multivariate normality, comparison of multivariate means, matrix algebra, principal component analysis, discrimination and classification, linear multivariate regression, analysis of co-variance, canonical correlation. Optional topics are support vector machines, and model evaluation and selection. Also, Bayesian statistics is of interest for its widespread use. Upon completion of this course, the students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of probability theory in classical multivariate statistical analyses, and should be able to think critically about data and models, and to draw conclusions from such analyses.

BUS 520 – EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course discusses emerging technologies in the area of product development. Ongoing economic constraints, declining margins, volatile supply chains and other market factors have been instrumental in hastening the adoption of technologies in industries seeking sustained competitive advantages. Concepts discussed in the context of product development are critical thinking for problem definition, resource utilization, optimization and allocation, managing variability in development work, understanding and managing economic performance measures, capacity management, quality management and harnessing people and technology for successful product development. Emerging technologies range from innovations in ERP systems, Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, 3D Printing, and the use of Artificial Intelligence for product design and technical specifications. Lastly, Big Data Analytics will be briefly discussed in relation to creating customized product solutions and reinventing the value chain in the quest for ongoing competitive advantage.

BUS 521 – MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION (3)
Prerequisites: None
Technology and Innovation are the two pillars of the world we live in. This course will teach students about managing both technology and innovation for sustained competitive advantage and value creation. Through understanding the interconnected nature of technology and innovation, students will understand the impacts of well-managed technology and innovations on other allied concepts such as wealth creation, social and human capital, and knowledge management among others. Lastly, and importantly, this course aims to provide students tools to manage technology and innovation beyond conventional methods using case studies and other strategic frameworks.

BUS 600 RESEARCH METHODS (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course introduces students to research methodology with focus on statistical techniques and the interpretation of results. Students will be provided with the foundation to understand and apply research methods via class lectures and hands-on practice. Students will perform literature search and review, create a working research model and hypotheses, compile a questionnaire, use multivariate statistics to analyze data, and form conclusions based on the results.

BUS 688 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-3)
Prerequisites: None
This course offers a relatively new subject that is not currently available in the catalog, but will be of great relevance to Business Administration. It consists of lectures, readings, homework, presentations and projects determined by the instructor.

BUS 689 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3)
Prerequisites: None
Independent Study allows students to explore academic areas of special interest not provided in the existing curriculum. It is carried out under the guidance of a member of the faculty.

BUS 690 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS POLICY (3)
Prerequisites: MGT 503, FIN 534, MIS 527, MKT 551, BUA 500 and MGT 578 or equivalent
This course is an overview of the important aspects of business policy and strategic management. The aim is to explain strategic organizational vision, discuss strategic problems and find solutions, which contain application and procedures of measurable evaluations. Students will learn to use quantitative tools to react to, and predict change, and to think strategically by studying a real world model of the management process. In addition, topics related to relationships between business ethics and strategic management are presented. This is a capstone course. Topics include case studies on design, creation and application of strategies at different stages of the organization. Reflection on the organizations’ control, on their role concerning stakeholders, investors and business environment is included.

Students will need the learning from all core business courses. Strategic Management techniques are a crucial part of the learning in this course in order to chart the future path of organizations. Students are responsible to make strategic decisions based on a review of existing business policy, and they are strongly encouraged to create, or suggest new policies to implement their strategic vision, and to justify them through oral and written communication.

BUS (DOCTOR OF BUSINESS)

BUS 700 BEHAVIORAL MARKETING, DIGITIZATION, AND DECISION MAKING (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course deals with the understanding of consumer behavior, and consequent organizational decision-making as a result of engagement with target markets in the digital world. Digitization has revolutionized customer engagement strategies. Further, social media is fast emerging as a tool to understand, reach, and retain consumers. In this course, students can expect to learn about marketing decision making through consumer behavior analytics, search engine optimization, social media marketing, 3D Printing and its implications for the marketing function.

BUS 701 INNOVATION IN BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (3)
Prerequisites: None
This innovative course seeks to equip students with the strategies to transform organizations and entrepreneurial ventures to compete in the emerging global context. The course elaborates on innovation through three pivotal foci–processes, technologies, and people. Key concepts covered in this course include innovating business models, breaking down traditional silos, and developing tools for predictive decision-making. Applying the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial approach to design driven innovation, this course will address venture capital management, strategic leadership, and change and knowledge management.

BUS 710 SPECIAL INTEREST SEMINARS AND/ OR CONFERENCES (0)
Prerequisites: None
Attending seminars and/or conferences in the special interest research areas is vital for doctoral students in the program. In this course, students get to network with peers and experts in the areas of their research interest, gain innovative direction for their doctoral capstone, gain traction for future publication, data collection, and much more. As part of their doctoral study, students are encouraged to attend at least four (4) seminars and/or conferences in their area of research, and use their learning to build their comprehensive candidacy portfolio (CCP). It is the students’ responsibility to accurately document their attendances and learning materials from these seminars and/or conferences, and to upload these to ITU’s educational management system, EMS.

BUS 711 CCP PANEL PRESENTATION I (0)
Prerequisites: None
This panel presentation is the first in a series of three CCP Panel Presentations. The presentations are aimed at gauging the doctoral student’s progress towards their academic and professional goals at critical milestones in their degree. The main focus of the CCP courses is to include students’ work experiences in depth, as well as demonstrate competencies, and strengths in their specialization.
Students must include in their portfolio for this course, a statement of their work experiences, and its alignment to their area of research, with a brief summary of the literature of their chosen CE. In addition, students must include a summary of conferences, and seminars that have contributed to their area of research interest. Students are required to work on any feedback from their committee in order to progress to CCP Panel Presentation II. They are required to submit all materials related to this presentation on ITU’s educational management system, EMS.

BUS 800 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ANALYSIS I (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course offers topics in survey and experimental design and data; statistical analysis including variance analysis, multiple regression, linear model, and factor analysis; and time series study. Students will learn how to understand the statistical results included in academic papers and articles. In addition, they will learn how to relate these techniques using statistical software through practical analysis of research data sets.

BUS 801 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ANALYSIS II (3)
Prerequisites: DBUS 800
This is an advanced course. It aims to equip students with the quantitative research skills required to successfully conduct their doctoral research. In using the state of the art statistical software, students will gain hands-on experience in topics such as statistics, probability, forecasting methods, and others. Students will also gain an understanding of the pros and cons of using quantitative methods.

BUS 802 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ANALYSIS I (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course introduces doctoral students to the qualitative research methods and equip them with the essential skills, practices, and knowledge to start independent research analysis. Topics that will be covered include conceptualization and measurement, ethical research techniques, survey design, content analysis, and field studies. Course assignments will be used to apply the methods learned and complement the theoretical knowledge gained from the lectures.

BUS 803 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ANALYSIS II (3)
Prerequisites: DBUS 802
This course aims to provide a balance in research techniques to students conducting doctoral research. The course will help students examine the proverbial story behind quantitative data. Key topics include potential biases that might distort data accuracy; developing case studies, interview techniques, interpreting verbal data, and others. Students will also receive hands-on training with relevant software for conducting qualitative research analyses. Ethics, best practice, and quality criteria in research will be some underlying tenets.

BUS 804 DATA ANALYTICS I (3)
Prerequisites: None
Analysis of data is an important element of Business decision-making. The aim of the course is to prepare the students to lead in analytics-driven organizations. The course will equip the students with the competences and challenges of data-driven in business decision making. Data analytics techniques, such as, predictive analytics, data manipulation, decisions under uncertainty, and decision analytics tools will be covered. The course will help the students to understand the process of observing the data to draw conclusions, which are probable by using current tools such as Tableau, SAS, MS Power Business Intelligence(BI), Hadoop, and Excel, among others.

BUS 805 DATA ANALYTICS II (3)
Prerequisites: DBUS 804
The course will enable students to understand data driven decision making within the context of strategic innovation. Together with Quantitative, and Qualitative Research Analysis, students will learn to interpret, manage and disseminate complex business data. Most importantly, students will understand how to use data as a strategic lever to drive innovation in organizations. Key topics covered include statistical modeling methods, business intelligence, data warehousing, and data mining.

BUS 806 PEREGRINE APA WRITE & CITE (0)
Prerequisites: None
Academic writing is a key competency for doctoral students. This is an online, interactive, eight (8) module course, provided by external experts, Peregrine Academic Services to help students prepare and succeed in writing their doctoral capstones. Students will learn to write, format, and correctly cite academic work. This course will also specifically empower students to define their research problem, find legitimate sources, and create doctoral capstones that are publication worthy. Students are required to take the pre-course test, as well as a competency exam on completion of the course.

Students are required to take this course in the first trimester of the DBA program. There is a cost of $49, to be paid to Peregrine Academic Services at the time of registration in this course. Students are also required to upload on ITU’s educational management system, EMS, evidence of passing this course.

BUS 810 FINANCIAL ENGINEERING AND INNOVATION (3)
Prerequisites: None
This cutting edge course draws from multiple disciplines such as mathematics, financial theory, engineering, and programming to the practice of finance, asset management, and portfolio management. A key outcome of this course is to apply financial engineering techniques to drive innovations in finance by developing new financial products. Topics examined in this course are portfolio optimization, prediction, estimation, risk analysis, and financial innovation.

BUS 811 INNOVATION AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION (3)
Prerequisites: None
This distinctive course focuses on various 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 continued organizational innovation, leading and implementing innovation, strategic R&D, and principles of digital transformation, among others.

BUS 812 STRATEGY FOR DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course deals with the pursuit of competitive advantage in a market that is constantly faced with myriad threats. Here, students will be equipped to analyze business trends all over the world, and identify risks, threats, and opportunities while implementing and managing disruptive innovation. Last, but not least, students will understand the role of disruptive innovation as an integral part of modern corporate strategy.

BUS 813 CCP PANEL PRESENTATION II (0)
Prerequisites: DBUS 711
This panel presentation is the second in a series of three CCP Panel Presentations. The presentations are aimed at gauging the doctoral student’s progress towards their academic and professional goals after significant parts of coursework has been completed towards the degree.

As the main focus of the CCP courses is the students’ work experiences, students must include a statment of advanced input from their work experiences, and demonstrate significant progress on their literature review related to their chosen CE. They must also include a summary of how their coursework till date has influenced their topic of choice.

Students are required to work on any feedback from their committee in order to progress to the final CCP Panel Presentation. They are required to submit all materials related to this presentation on ITU’s educational management system, EMS.

BUS 820 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS IN STRATEGY RESEARCH (3)
Prerequisites: None
A vital goal for all doctoral students is to further business research, and practice, either through creation of new thoughts, and/or through challenging existing theories. This course will enable students to demonstrate a thoughtful consideration of the theoretical constructs that underpin their unique areas of doctoral research. Students integrate learning from the core courses in this program to learn about research logic, the differences between theoretical and empirical paradigms, and types of research methodologies, sampling methods, and data collection. In addition, scholarly research, and specific doctoral writing techniques for publication will be introduced to prepare students for success in their chosen doctoral capstone.

BUS 821 RESEARCH DESIGN (3)
Prerequisites: DBUS 820
This course facilitates students’ creation of their doctoral research. Framing the research question, Development and testing of hypotheses, research strategy, Pros and Cons of using certain research designs, Measurement of constructs, Publication, and Empirical research will be the key tenets of this course. The ethical implications of choosing certain research designs will also be explored

BUS 822 CCP FINAL PANEL PRESENTATION (0)
Prerequisites: DBUS 813
This is the final presentation in a series of three CCP Panel Presentations. At this stage, students will have already completed most of their doctoral coursework, and based on their research thus far, they will also be ready to present their final comprehensive candidacy portfolio (CCP).

As previously noted in DBUS 711, and DBUS 813, the main focus of the CCP courses is to build the students’ portfolio based mainly on their work experience and its alignment with their chosen CE. Students must therefore, be prepared to present to the committee about their  work experiences, intended topic of research, and their position on their chosen topic, their intended doctoral capstone, the literature review, and research done on their intended topic till date.

Students are required to submit all materials related to this presentation on ITU’s educational management system, EMS. Upon successful completion of this final presentation, students will progress towards completing their doctoral capstone.

BUS 901 DOCTORAL CAPSTONE RESEARCH (9)*
Prerequisites: DBUS 822 and completion of all course work
This doctoral capstone research is a traditional dissertation. Students work closely with their advisor, conduct their research, and develop their dissertation, achieving the highest levels of scholarship. The dissertation must include original research that is focused either on expanding the methodological scope of the content area, developing new theories, or confirming theoretic models. Research methods that may be employed include field experiments, surveys, and case studies.

* This doctoral capstone course consists of three (3) sections. The course requires a successful presentation of the doctoral capstone proposal, and a successful defense of the final doctoral capstone.

BUS 902 DOCTORAL CAPSTONE PROJECT (9)*
Prerequisites: DBUS 822 and completion of all course work
Through this doctoral capstone, students will perform specific doctoral research aimed at developing innovative and strategic solutions to organizational problems in the real world. The final capstone project report is equal to a traditional dissertation in terms of academic rigor. Students are encouraged to work with an academic advisor with strong industry experience or an industry expert (mentor) to develop a real life topic identified within a particular organizational context. This capstone course may be developed from students’ real work. In addition to a final capstone project report, deliverables could include a product, an application, and others.

* This doctoral capstone course consists of three (3) sections. The course requires a successful presentation of the doctoral capstone proposal, and a successful defense of the final doctoral capstone.

BUS 903 DOCTORAL CAPSTONE PUBLISHABLE PAPERS (9)*
Prerequisites: DBUS 822 and completion of all coursework.
This capstone requires doctoral students to write three (3) separate publishable papers, on a single or related theme. Students are encouraged to publish these papers in a peer reviewed or refereed Journal. The doctoral capstone consisting of three (3) publishable papers is also equal to a traditional doctoral dissertation in term of academic rigor, quality of research, and presentation of key information.

* Each doctoral capstone course consists of three (3) sections. The course requires a successful presentation of the doctoral capstone proposal, and a successful defense of the final doctoral capstone.

DBUS 800 Quantitative Research Analysis I (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This course offers topics in survey and experimental design and data; statistical analysis including variance analysis, multiple regression, linear model, and factor analysis; and time series study. Students will learn how to understand the statistical results included in academic papers and articles. In addition, they will learn how to relate these techniques using statistical software through practical analysis of research data sets.

DBUS 801 Quantitative Research Analysis II (3)
Prerequisites: DBUS 800
This is an advanced course. It aims to equip students with the quantitative research skills required to successfully conduct their doctoral research. In using the state of the art statistical software, students will gain hands-on experience in topics such as statistics, probability, forecasting methods, and others. Students will also gain an understanding of the pros and cons of using quantitative methods.

DBUS 802 Qualitative Research ANALYSIS I (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This course introduces the student to qualitative research, its philosophical foundations and the various qualitative traditions.  In a graduate seminar format, students will understand the conceptual framework, the nature of research questions, the role of reflexivity, methods, research ethics and the issue of validity and reliability in qualitative research.

The focus centers on qualitative research methods and data collection activities. Doctoral students learn the elements of qualitative research and data collection methods (including grounded theory and case study methods), developing a theoretical framework, creating an appropriate sampling framework, interview design methods (e.g., structured, semi-structured), ways to record interview data, trustworthiness in data collection and reporting, and ways to synthesize data and to integrate findings into the narrative.

DBUS 803 Qualitative Research Analysis II (3)
Prerequisites: DBUS 802
This course aims to provide a balance in research techniques to students conducting doctoral research. The course will help students examine the proverbial story behind quantitative data. Key topics include potential biases that might distort data accuracy; developing case studies, interview techniques, interpreting verbal data, and others. Ethics, best practice, and quality criteria in research will be some underlying tenets. Students may receive hands-on training with relevant software for conducting qualitative research analyses.

DBUS 804 Data Analytics I (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
Analysis of data is an important element of Business decision-making. The aim of the course is to equip students with the competencies to be data driven decision makers. Data analytics techniques, such as, predictive analytics, data manipulation, decisions under uncertainty, and decision analytics tools will be covered. The course will help students to understand the process of observing data to draw conclusions, by using tools such as Tableau, SAS, MS Power Business Intelligence (BI), Hadoop, and Excel, among others.

DBUS 805 Data Analytics II (3)
Prerequisites: DBUS 804
The course will enable students to understand the phenomenon that is data driven decision making within the context of strategic innovation. Together with Quantitative, and Qualitative Research Analysis, students will learn to interpret, manage and disseminate complex business data. Most importantly, students will understand how to use data as a strategic lever to drive innovation in organizations. Key topics covered include statistical modeling methods, business intelligence, data warehousing, and data mining.

1. INNOVATION SPECIALIZATION COURSES

DBUS 810 Financial Engineering and Innovation (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This unique and cutting edge course draws from multiple disciplines such as mathematics, financial theory, engineering, and programming to the practice of finance, asset management, and portfolio management. A key outcome of this course is to apply financial engineering techniques to drive innovations in finance by developing new financial products. Topics examined in this course are portfolio optimization, prediction, estimation, risk analysis, and financial innovation.

DBUS 811 Innovation and Digital Transformation (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This distinctive course focuses on various 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 continued organizational innovation, leading and implementing innovation, strategic R&D, and principles of digital transformation, among others.

DBUS 812 Strategy for Disruptive Innovation (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This pioneering course deals with the pursuit of competitive advantage in a market that is constantly faced with myriad threats. Here, students will be equipped to analyze business trends all over the world, and identify risks, threats, and opportunities while implementing and managing disruptive innovation. Last, but not least, students will understand the role of disruptive innovation as an integral part of modern corporate strategy.

1. RESEARCH INTEREST COURSES

DBUS 700 Behavioral Marketing, Digitization, and Decision Making (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This course deals with the understanding of consumer behavior, and consequent organizational decision-making as a result of engagement with target markets in the digital world. It is of little surprise that digitization has revolutionized customer engagement strategies. Further, social media is fast emerging as a tool to understand, reach, and retain consumers. In this course, students can expect to learn about marketing decision making through consumer behavior analytics, search engine optimization, social media marketing, 3D Printing and its implications for the marketing function.

DBUS 701 Innovation in Business Transformation and Entrepreneurship (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This innovative course seeks to equip students with the strategies to transform organizations and entrepreneurial ventures to compete in the emerging global context. The course elaborates on innovation through three pivotal foci– processes, technologies, and people. Key concepts covered in this course include innovating business models, breaking down traditional silos, and developing tools for predictive decision-making. Applying the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial approach to design driven innovation, this course will address venture capital management, strategic leadership, and change and knowledge management.

2. KEY COMPETENCY COURSES

DBUS 820 Theoretical Frameworks in Strategy Research (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
A vital goal for all doctoral students is to further business research, and practice, either through creation of new thought, and/or through challenging existing theories. This course will enable students to demonstrate a thoughtful consideration of the theoretical constructs that underpin their unique areas of doctoral research. Students integrate learning to study research logic, the differences between theoretical and empirical paradigms, types of research methodologies, sampling methods, and data collection. In addition, scholarly research, and specific doctoral writing techniques for publication will be introduced to prepare students for success in their chosen doctoral capstone. 

DBUS 821 Research Design (3)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This course facilitates students’ creation of their doctoral research. Framing the research question, Development and testing of hypotheses, research strategy, Pros and Cons of using certain research designs, Measurement of constructs, Publication, and Empirical research will be the key tenets of this course. The ethical implications of choosing certain research designs will also be explored.

DBUS 806 Peregrine APA Write & Cite (0)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
Academic writing is a key competency for doctoral students. This is an online, interactive, eight (8) module course, provided by external experts, Peregrine Academic Services to help students prepare and succeed in doctoral writing. Students will learn to write, format, and correctly cite academic work. This course will also specifically empower students to define their research problem, and create doctoral works that are publication worthy. Students are required to take the pre-course test, as well as a competency exam on completion of the course. This course costs $49 to be paid by the student directly to Peregrine Academic Services on registration for the course.

DBUS 710 Special Interest Seminars and/or Conferences (0)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
Attending seminars and/or conferences in special interest research areas is vital for doctoral students in this program. In this course, students get to network with peers and experts in the areas of their research interest, gain innovative direction for their doctoral capstone, gain traction for future publication, data collection, and much more. As part of their doctoral study, students are encouraged to attend at least four (4) seminars and/or conferences in their area of research, and use their learning to build their comprehensive candidacy portfolio (CCP).

DBUS 711 CCP Panel Presentation I (0)
Prerequisites: Admission to the DBA program.
This panel presentation is the first in a series of three Comprehensive Competency Portfolio (CCP) Panel Presentations. These presentations are aimed at gauging the doctoral student’s progress towards their academic and professional goals at critical milestones in their degree. Students must include in their portfolio for this presentation, a statement of their area of research, a brief summary of the literature, and a summary of conferences, seminars, and work experiences (if any) that have contributed to their area of research interest. Students are required to work on any feedback from their presentation in order to progress to the second CCP Panel Presentation.

DBUS 813 CCP Panel Presentation II (0)
Prerequisites: DBUS 711
This panel presentation is the second in a series of three (3) Comprehensive Competency Portfolio (CCP) Panel Presentations. These presentations are aimed at gauging the doctoral student’s progress towards their academic and professional goals after significant parts of coursework has been completed towards the degree. Students already have some tools in their portfolio from their first panel presentation. For this second presentation, students must demonstrate significant progress on their literature review, and they must include a summary of how their coursework till date has influenced their topic of choice. Lastly, students must have a statement of their position on their stated research topic. Students are required to work on any feedback from their presentation in order to progress to the third CCP Panel Presentation.

DBUS 822 CCP Final Panel Presentation (0)
Prerequisites: DBUS 813
This panel presentation is the final presentation in a series of three comprehensive candidacy portfolio (CCP) Panel Presentations. At this juncture, students will have already completed most of their doctoral coursework, and based on their research thus far, they will also be ready to present their completed (CCP). Students must be prepared to explain to the panel about their intended topic of research, their position on the topic, their intended doctoral capstone, and the literature, and research done on their intended topic till date. Upon successful completion of this final presentation, students will progress towards completing their doctoral capstone.

Doctoral Capstone Research (DBUS 901)*
Prerequisites: DBUS 822, and Passing all DBUS Courses
This doctoral capstone research is similar to a traditional dissertation. Candidates work closely with their advisor, conduct their research, and develop their research, achieving the highest levels of scholarship. The dissertation must include original research that is focused either on expanding the methodological scope of the content area, developing new theories, or confirming theoretic models. Research methods that may be employed include field experiments, surveys, and case studies.

DBUS 902 Doctoral Capstone Project (3)*
Prerequisites: DBUS 822, and Passing all DBUS Courses
Through this doctoral capstone, candidates will perform specific doctoral research aimed at developing innovative and strategic solutions to organizational problems in the real world. Candidates may also choose to develop the capstone project based on their actual work. They are encouraged to work with an industry expert (mentor) to solve a problem identified within a particular organizational context. In addition to a final capstone project report, deliverables could include a product, an application, and others. The final capstone project report is equal to a traditional dissertation in terms of academic rigor.

DBUS 903 Doctoral Capstone Publishable Papers (3)*
Prerequisites: DBUS 822, and Passing all DBUS Courses
This doctoral capstone presents a unique alternative to the traditional doctoral dissertation. This capstone requires doctoral students to write three (3) separate publishable papers, on a single or related theme. These papers are recommended to be publishable in a peer reviewed or refereed journal. The three publishable papers doctoral capstone is also equal to a traditional doctoral dissertation in terms of academic rigor, quality of research, and presentation of key information.

* Students may choose any one (1) of the three doctoral capstone choices above. All three doctoral capstones are equal to the traditional doctoral dissertation in terms of academic rigor. Students may only enroll in their chosen Doctoral Capstone course upon passing the CCP Panel Presentations, and successful completion of their doctoral coursework. Each doctoral capstone course requires a successful presentation of the doctoral capstone proposal, and a successful defense of the final doctoral capstone. Each doctoral capstone course above (DBUS 901, 902, 903) consists of three (3) sections. Please see the DBA curriculum for further information.

ECN 500 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (3)
Prerequisites: None
The course provides a deeper understanding of principles of economics as it relates to economic problems and how they can be leveraged to meet economic needs. It discusses commonly used guidelines for time spent versus the economic value generated. Key topics such as basic economics problems, principles of resource allocation, theory of production, demand and supply, price determination and elasticity, customer behavior, monopoly, competition, etc. are covered.

ECN 501 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course emphasizes microeconomic concepts and analysis, theories of the business organizations, and individual behavior, price competition, price monopoly, economic value, and supply and demand analysis. Additional topics such microeconomic applications, economic policy, currency, and consumer responses are covered.

ECN 502 PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY (3)
Prerequisites: None

The course discusses uncertain and complex scenarios and how principles of economics can be applied to find a feasible solution. Changing conditions such as inflation, monetary system, national budget, international trade and finance, business fluctuations, unemployment, etc. are covered.

ECN 503 FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on economies and different societies and cultures with an emphasis on their complexity and heterogeneity. Using economic principles, students will learn reasons for continued differences in poverty.

The course covers developing economic models that can incorporate and explain and predict outcomes to develop the economy. Publicly available datasets will be used in developing economic models and analysis.

ECN 504 ECONOMICS OF BUSINESS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course covers business economics encompassing topics such as the concept of scarcity, product factors, distribution, and consumption. Economic theory and quantitative methods are discussed to understand various factors affecting businesses and its economy.

ECN 505 ECONOMICS OF STRATEGY AND MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course explains factors that influence a firm’s business, uses of cost of capital, forecast demand models, estimate price elasticity, defining optimal price, and market structures. Application of game theory to understand business situations, cost-benefit analysis, government policy, etc. are covered.

ECN 506 FINANCIAL CRISIS – HISTORY (3)

Prerequisites: None
The course discusses the history of financial crisis incidents and learning from each of them. Emphasis will be placed in understanding reasons behind recurring historical patterns of financial bursts. The students will learn the historical evidence of the financial crisis that will enable students to gain understanding of the globalized economy, facts, theorems, economic meltdown, and influence of government policies.

ECN 507 BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course emphasizes on economic theory and analysis while providing an analysis and economic mathematical methods, research methods in economics and human behavior. Topics relevant to behavioral economics including micro and macroeconomics, consumer behavior, financial market analysis, international markets and trade policies, and influence of political policies will be covered.

ECN 508 ECONOMIC OF FINANCIAL MARKETS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course discusses the role of financial markets, prices, the economic value, and impact of financial market imperfections. An in-depth analysis of the economic and financial models and an ability to demonstrate market viable results and alternatives are discussed. Key topics such as the present value model, volatility, interest rates, foreign exchange markets, consumption, market structures are covered.

ECN 509 ECONOMIC OF EMERGING MARKETS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course combines aspects of economic analysis and business economics to study issues related to emerging markets. Topics such as economic theory, data analysis, and market analysis are discussed to gain insights into emerging economies. Role of emerging markets in the global economy, along with macroeconomics and business strategies in emerging economies, impact of governance policies on economic development, factors affecting emerging markets and economies will be discussed.

ECN 510 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE REAL WORLD ECONOMY (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course covers topics relevant to real world economics and explores the role of psychology, sociology, and political science and other multidisciplinary approaches to develop economic theory and policies. Many real time perspectives on the psychological foundations of economic activity, behavioral economics and behavioral finance are covered as a basis to understand emerging economics. Main emphasis will be placed on real-world applications of economics with a goal to find alternative solutions.

ERP (ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING)

ERP 509 INTRODUCTION TO ERP SYSTEMS USING SAP (3)

ITU/SAP University Alliance
Prerequisites: None
Introduction to ERP using SAP is a prerequisite course for students who want to pursue other ERP courses. This course is designed for students to get a basic understanding of all the functional departments that exist in a business scenario. It gives an idea about how these functional departments work and how they are integrated in ERP systems to avoid duplication of work, and to provide efficiency and effective use of resources. This course is a general overview of the SAP ERP System concepts and tools. It introduces SAP as one of the ERP systems and explains how the fundamental business processes interact in SAP ERP in the functional areas of Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Production Planning, Financial Accounting, Controlling, Human Capital Management, Project Systems, and Enterprise Asset Management. The course is presented in lecture format with open discussion and hands-on problem solving exercises.

ERP 510 ABAP – ADVANCED BUSINESS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING (3)

ITU/SAP University Alliance
Prerequisites: None
ABAP is the language for programming SAP’s Web Application Server, part of SAP’s NetWeaver platform for building business applications. This course introduces the ABAP language environment, including the syntax checking, code generation and runtime system, and various features of ABAP Programming. Though this course starts from basics it’s useful if students have basic programming knowledge with object oriented concepts and knowledge of relational database design. Students will get hands-on experience with scenarios, which will be discussed and worked on, in class on the SAP system. Students will be given programming tasks to work on.

ERP 511 ENTERPRISE PORTAL TECHNOLOGY USING NETWEAVER (3)

ITU/SAP University Alliance
Prerequisites: None
SAP NetWeaver is SAP’s integrated technology platform and is the technical foundation for all SAP applications since the SAP Business Suite. SAP NetWeaver is marketed as a service-oriented application and integration platform. SAP NetWeaver provides the development and runtime environment for SAP applications and can be used for custom development and integration with other applications and systems.

ERP 512 ENTERPRISE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES (MM) (3)

ITU/SAP University Alliance
Prerequisites: None
Today’s enterprises face increasingly complex procurement processes. This course introduces the external procurement process. During the course, the students go through the entire procurement process with its typical steps – purchase requisition, purchase order, goods receipt, and entry of incoming invoice and payment. The students who get to work on SAP courses will quickly build through each of these concepts using Fitter Snacker case study or Quazi case study and configuration so that by the final day of class, each student will have hands-on configuration experience in procurement processes. In doing so, the students will focus on different aspects and become acquainted with additional functions.

ERP 513 SALES ORDER MANAGEMENT WITH ERP (3)

ITU/SAP University Alliance Prerequisites: None
This course introduces the sales order management process with the SAP ERP Central Component. During the course, the students learn the entire sales order process starting from a sales inquiry, entering sales orders, creating outbound deliveries, posting good issues and invoicing the customer and entering the incoming payment. The course will quickly build through each of these concepts and configuration using the Quazi Computer case study and by the final day of class, each student will have fully walked through the Sales and Distribution process using the SAP system. In doing so, the students will focus on different aspects and become acquainted with additional functions in the sales order management process chain.

FIN (FINANCE)

FIN 515 MANAGERIAL FINANCE (3)
Prerequisites: None
The course teaches the students financial concepts and tools necessary for effective business planning. Topics include formation of interest rates, income taxes, working capital management, cost of capital, financial forecasting, and external sources of capital, company valuation, and bankruptcy.

FIN 516 ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course approaches the topic of entrepreneurial finance from a startup or early stage business owner’s perspective. The course assumes that the student has a modest or no background in finance, accounting, or economics. The classroom discussions together with the textbook are used to develop a foundation for understanding the practice of finance and financial decision-making under company startup conditions. We work together to create a basic understanding of the financial concepts, statements, and tools, as well as financial planning required to start a business or advance an early stage company. The financial plan explores the uses of financial analytics and integrating financial pro forma statements with the business plan. The course learning process includes examining the roles of capital and its sources for startups and early stage companies; reviewing financing alternatives such as debt, equity, and credit as sources of working capital for entrepreneurs; and exploring other innovative techniques for financing a new venture. Implicit in these areas are the topics of mastering the concepts of revenue generation, operational costs, profitability, and cash flow. Students will explore a variety of financial analytical concepts such as ratios, time value of money, and capital budgeting to assist us with our entrepreneurial financial planning and decision making. The course concludes with a discussion on structuring financial liquidity events for investors.

FIN 517 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (3)

Prerequisites: None
In the Fall of 2007, the US and other international financial markets experienced a major crash preceded by record stock market highs. In this course students examine the products, markets policies, investment products, and financial institutions that precipitated this global event. Students will draw on a combination of finance research journals, Internet articles, as well as other international finance textbooks to further supplement our understanding of the Finance Markets and Institutions. Our course utilizes several contemporary journal publications to build a rich discussion on the topics of financial markets and institutions, as well as financial objectives and strategies impact on international business expansion.

FIN 518 FINANCIAL AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING (3)

Prerequisites: None
Socially responsible investing is a course that examines one of the fastest growing areas in the global financial markets. The global financial crisis of the 2000s have shown that socially responsible investments (SRIs) have a place in building financially sound investment portfolios while doing social good. The course utilizes financial and global macroeconomics to support developing the basic investment mechanics and strategies. The initial objective of this course is to develop students’ qualitative and quantitative skills for understanding the basic principles of socially responsible investing.

FIN 519 CORPORATE VALUATION (3)

Prerequisites: None
The focus of this class is on making investment decisions in real (as opposed to financial) assets. It will acquaint the student with the widely used ideas that have revolutionized the practice of valuation during the past few decades. By the end of the course, students should be comfortable in answering the question: What is a real as- set – a new product, a new project, a division, or a company – worth?

FIN 520 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course offers the basics of investment management. Quoted and private equity investments and entrepreneurial finance are the focus of the topics. This course introduces market and portfolio perspectives, starting with the discounted cash flow methods to the concept of term structure in the valuation of risk-free cash flows, including forward rates and valuing risky or uncertain cash flows.

The course prepares students to identify various investment products. Both real world and theoretical views are discussed.

FIN 521 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides students with the framework for making corporate financial decisions in an international environment. Topics include: measurement of currency exposure and of currency risk. In addition, topics about the decision to undertake a global financing program, exchange and capital market, capital budgeting analysis
for foreign direct investment, and the value of target firms for cross-border acquisitions are discussed. The course will examine different aspects of the foreign exchange market, the role of governments, and the central banks. The main focus is on the markets for spot exchange, currency forwards, options, swaps, international bonds, and international equities. Multinational financial transactions create unique challenges due to the market complexity, the exchange rate, and the political risks.

FIN 522 BEHAVIORAL FINANCE (3)

Prerequisites: None
The theories of finance and investment have focused on financial tools to characterize and quantify wealth creation and its associated risks. These tools have assisted investors to compute asset prices and make investment decisions. In this course, we study the psychological influences of investor behaviors. Students examine the behavioral biases that people have when making purchasing, budgeting, or investing decisions. The class will also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and greed/positive financial impact to understand how brain functions can impact financial behavior and relationships.

FIN 523 MACROECONOMIC THEORY (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course discusses basic principles and theories of macroeconomics, and components and measurement of production, income, and other key economic variables of the U.S. domestic economy. The course focuses on the analysis of the interrelationship among leading, lagging, and coincident indicators; key economic variables; and fiscal and monetary policy within the framework of the business cycle. Students will practice using publicly available economic data and conduct analyses of the state of the economy, forming an educated guess about its future direction, and applying that knowledge for decision- making in the context of their particular business activity.

FIN 525 ECONOMETRICS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course covers concepts of econometrics and their practical applications for business and economics. From single and multivariable models under classical assumptions, the course moves on to study models that exhibit the problems of multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and autocorrelation. In addition, specification errors, and identification problems in single equations and in simultaneous equation systems are also studied. Students will learn how to use an econometric software package to run models to simulate and solve practical problems in the field of business and economics.

FIN 526 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course examines basic principles and theories of international economics (the standard trade model and the Heckscher-Ohlin theory); international trade policies (tariff and non-tariff barriers); balance of payments, foreign exchange markets, and exchange rate determination; and the relationship between exchange rates, current accounts, and the economy as a whole, including fiscal and monetary policies in an open-economy.

FIN 534 FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course discusses criteria and methods to evaluate the net benefits of investments projects and, once selected for implementation, the best way for a firm to fund and implement such projects, in a way that cash flow is optimized. The course explores the following topics: financial ratios and financial statements, measures of investment risks, models of asset returns, valuation of derivative securities, valuation techniques using time value of money tools, analysis of how capital inflows affect emerging market economies, evaluating and selecting investment in long-term assets, determination of financial mix (capital structure) to fund long-term investments, short-term financial planning, working capital management, short-term cash flow planning and forecast, and microeconomic and macroeconomic topics relevant to financial management.

FIN 604 SECURITIES ANALYSIS (3)

Prerequisites: FIN 515, or basic knowledge of finance
Security Analysis is about understanding the characteristics of and influences on financial securities, as well as making investment decisions. This course draws on the work of Berk & DeMarzo (2007), Copeland, Shastri, & Weston (2010), Fabozzi, and Modigliani & Jones (2010) to explain, validate, and build on the early theoretical securities pricing work of Bronzin (1907) and Bachelier (1914). This foundation is augmented by the investment theories of Working (1934), Kendall (1953), Osborne (1959, 1962), Markowitz (1952), Fisher (1907, 1930), Keynes (1920) et al. in asset pricing and valuation; as they have played important roles in the development of modern theories in securities analysis. The class knowledge base is brought up to date with the debates regarding CAPM, APT, and other asset pricing and analytical models.

FIN 605 FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: FIN 515, or basic knowledge of finance
Derivatives provide users an opportunity to mitigate risk, as well as increase financial returns. They also have a dark side where they can be prone to misuse and abuse. Derivative theory and risk management offers us a framework, together with a set of analytical techniques, for characterizing risks and determining the valuation of an asset, investment, and opportunity. The objective of this course is to become familiar with the basic building blocks of derivatives: forward contracts, future contracts, options, and swaps. Students build on this foundation with the creation of derivative strategies and risk management techniques. Students develop assets including option pricing models from a variety of financial theorists.

FIN 606 CORPORATE FINANCE (3)

Prerequisites: FIN 515, or basic knowledge of finance
Corporate Finance brings together the academic rigor and practitioner perspectives on making business and economic decisions. The course will draw on a combination of finance research journals, Internet articles, and other finance publications to supplement the understanding of the discipline. The course utilizes several contemporary publications to build a rich discussion on the topics of finance, as well as how to develop financial objectives. Class time will provide the opportunity for collaborative discussions, exchanges of the impact of Finance on business concepts and globalization opportunities, and the interactive use of finance applications, models, and analytical tools.

FIN 607 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (3)

Prerequisites: FIN 515, or basic knowledge of finance
M&A are a powerful tool for building competitive advantage. In a global marketplace it offers strategic advantages for business expansion relative to corporate assets, products, technology & IP, as well as marketing distribution channels among other financial benefits. In this course, we develop skills for the obligatory financial analysis of M&As. Students examine a full range of business dynamics and strategy considerations regarding M&As and reach beyond analysis to the synthesis of M&A issues to develop a framework for successful M&A planning, implementation, and post M&A activities.

HCM HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT

HCM 509 SCIENTFIC WRITING AND RESEARCH FOR HEALTHCARE (3)
Prerequisites: None
Through this course, students will become aware of medical language and standard medical terms used in medical journals, grant applications and others. The course enables students to be on par with other medical professionals through their written communication. Topics discussed in this course are healthcare related documentation, access to healthcare journals and databases for research purposes.

HCM 510 A REGULATORY OVERVIEW & COMPLIANCE (3)

Prerequisites: Any Biology background: Academic or Professional
This course will offer a summary of the drug development procedure. The emphasis will be on drug development science, regulation, and business from the U.S. standpoint. Most of the lectures will be a concise educational outline of today’s subject, followed by dialogue of a main scientific publication that highlights the significant theories covered.

HCM 511 CONCEPTS OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides a dynamic introduction to the health sector. In addition it provides an overview of concepts and issues related to healthcare leadership. While the emphasis will be on the American system, a global context will be developed. The basic elements of insurance and payment, service delivery, and life sciences products will be described, and put in the context of the unique economic structure of the sector. The intense challenges of the sector will be explored, as well as both the ethical issues presented and the opportunities that emerge. Through the examination of management topics and healthcare situations, the student will explore the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in a diverse healthcare environment. Topics include organizational design as it relates to the uniqueness of healthcare organizations, managing professionals, and diversity in the workplace. Public policy and technological and practice development as drivers of change will be also addressed.

HCM 513 INNOVATING BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course is recommended for students who are entrepreneurially inclined and would like to develop products and services for biomedical application. It is highly recommended for students with EE or CE majors. They will learn the medical device/application market trends and regulations for product development. The course is designed to provide students with entrepreneurial spirit to get hands-on experience in developing knowledge, kindling innovative thinking and designing products in the bioscience/biomedical arena. Working in groups or teams, students will learn to research market trends, gap analysis and market needs to develop a concept or design a product. They will also learn to research Intellectual Property and patent databases to further develop their concept and avoid IP infringement pitfalls that are bound to arise.

HCM 515 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (3)

Prerequisites: None
In this course, students will experience a huge amalgamation of information drawn from geography, biology, sociology and economics. This information requires acquiring skills in these disciplines and to have certain ethical and moral obligations to put this knowledge to use to derive something tangible for future generations. Biological management goes beyond the formal education in physics, chemistry or biology to understand the very essence of what it means to be inhabitants of the planet. The basic objective of this course is to create a new environmental awareness.

HCM 519 HEALTHCARE ETHICS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course invites students to explore issues in medical ethics from a personal and professional career perspective. Materials will include case studies of actual situations encountered by healthcare administrators and providers in the United States. Emphasis will be on learning useful approaches and practical principles for decision-making. This course provides an overview of legal doctrine and critically assesses public policy issues. Duties assigned as per healthcare law such as the duty to treat, informed consent, and malpractice liability, and selected issues in bioethics such as the right to die, physician-assisted suicide, and organ transplantation are dealt in detail. Importance of financing and delivery issues such as insurance coverage and care towards patients are studied.

HCM 520 HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP, PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course is designed to address patient safety and quality improvement challenges in providing quality healthcare. Drawing from actual case studies the course explores areas where patient safety is liable to be compromised and find solutions for improvements. With a complex and diverse background of patients and healthcare providers, communication and understanding culture issues is of paramount importance. The course will explore the need for effective communication and tools to meet this need. The course will follow various case studies in patient’s safety as a way to understand and analyze the underlying problems, possible flaws in the systems, designing and improving quality systems to deliver the highest patient safety possible. Case studies from various countries will be part of the course so the student can understand the international implication of quality systems.

HCM 525 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGED CARE (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course invites you to learn about the principles of managed healthcare systems in the United States. Topics covered include: health insurance, network contracting, provider payment, management of utilization and quality, and laws and regulations. Spot quizzes will identify learning transfer and possible gaps. Both interim midterms and a comprehensive exam will ensure overall paced learning. Special attention will be paid to the details of and latest news about the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of March 2010.

HCM 529 MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course invites students to explore issues in mental health and wellbeing from a personal and professional career perspective. Topics will include materials on support organizations (both local and online), self-care activities, and current important issues. Emphasis will be on learning useful approaches.

HCM 531 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE (3)

Prerequisites: None
Modern medicine is evidence-based, scientifically rationalized, and follows a reductionist approach while many of the alternative medicines are not. However, there is an increasing body of scientific work related to the systematic study of alternative medicine in disease states. Students will investigate the research findings to understand, rationalize, and develop a higher order of thinking to how to benefit from the adoption of these practices and integrate them with modern medicine. Healthcare cost and health management can be more effective with the integration of the old with the new, forging new paths for management of disease and developing new paradigms for a healthy life.

HCM 534 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION (3)

Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of Financial and Managerial Accounting or equivalent
In this course, students will learn the basics of budgeting and accounting for health, and not-for-profit organizations. Readings, real-world case studies, and lectures students will know how to use financial information in organizational development, application, control, recording, and analysis. In addition, the course emphases are on managerial accounting. Topics include time value of money, capital budgeting, cash budgets, operating budgets, break-even analysis, indirect cost allocation, variance analysis, and long-term financing. The course also emphases on financial accounting. Topics include the preparation and analysis of financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement), government accounting, and ethics in financial management. Topics explain financial management of working capital and investment decision models, long term capital structure and mergers and acquisitions of healthcare organizations. Course’s contents will include cases about a range of healthcare organizations (hospitals, managed care, health centers, physician, home health organizations, etc.)

HCM 535 DATA ANALYTICS APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on application of data science and analytics techniques to concepts and problems in healthcare. Data analytics in general and in the context of healthcare in particular involves many steps including data generation, data extraction, data analysis, visualization and reporting. An overview of these data analytics stages will be provided as they apply to the healthcare industry. A review of basic predictive analytics concepts such as statistical learning using regression techniques, classifiers and decision trees will be given. Application of these techniques to healthcare issues such as patient monitoring, preventive diagnosis, and personalization of treatment for patients will be discussed. The students will learn and analyze the impact of data analytics in planning, process efficiency, and resource management in the healthcare industry.

HCM 536 HIGH RELIABILITY HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on the art and science of leading for highly reliable performance in the modern healthcare industry. Students will learn how individuals can engage in efforts within and across organizations to ensure high reliability by studying case studies related to decision-making and team organization in various healthcare settings in the face of diversity. The course pays special attention to the cognitive and effective dimensions of leading in today’s uncertain and dynamic healthcare environments, whether that means motivating a clinical care team, launching a new medical product, ensuring quality and payment coverage across a healthcare system, or coordinating patient access to health services.

HCM 537 COMMERCIALIZING MEDICAL DEVICES, DIAGNOSTICS AND BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides an overview of design control, methods and best practices governing the medical device industry, digital health application development and biomedical product as well as regulations and the practical application in the scope of marketing and communication. Students will learn through a cross-disciplinary approach, how to launch, and market a new device, a health app or a biomedical product including lifecycle management and intellectual property laws in the context of this industry.

HCM 538 PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AND DECISION MODELS IN HEALTHCARE (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course explains data-driven modeling methods and decision models to familiarize students with the field of predictive analytics application in the healthcare industry. Prior coursework in business analytics and data visualization will add to this course, which builds on assessing data within the healthcare industry context, understanding data trends and risk assessment. Through this course, students will learn how to build reliable predictive models for developing effective decision models for business strategy and organizational competitive advantage in the healthcare industry. Case studies and problems will be provided in related areas such as launch of a new medical device, payment coverage and better service to healthcare products.

HCM 539 HEALTHCARE MARKETING (3)

Prerequisite: None
Healthcare marketing is the promotion of an organization’s products or services to increase its value as well as the management process through which goods and services move from concept to the customer. In today’s environment, there are a variety of challenges for many healthcare organizations due to complexity of the new technologies, competition, regulatory issues and approval process. This course will prepare you to think strategically about the fundamentals of marketing as they are applied across a broad spectrum of healthcare organizations and the role marketing plays in the strategic management of healthcare organizations. After successful completion of this course, you will be able to identify and address marketing opportunities with a strong foundation of marketing principles to develop a marketing plan for any healthcare organization.

HCM 690 HEALTHCARE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT (3)

Prerequisites: MGT 503, MKT 551; Completion of 27 credit hours in the program
This course focuses on using the knowledge obtained throughout the healthcare management core and elective courses in implementing a comprehensive project. The nature of the project will be interdisciplinary and students with different backgrounds and skills are encouraged to participate in the project. The project is inspired from real-life scenarios found in the healthcare management industry. The students will form a team that each will tackle different aspects of the project. An example of a project could be a medical device product development project that requires a market survey, business plan development, design specification document, cost and budgeting, manufacturing/ implementation plan. The goal of this course is to expose students to real-life product cycles and provide hands-on experience with an industrial project while emphasizing development of soft skills such as teamwork in a classroom setting.

HRM (HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT)

HRM 528 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course examines the principles of human resource management, including recruiting, hiring, orienting, training, developing, disciplining, and rewarding employees. The course provides a management-oriented exploration of human resource management, structure, functional applications, and labor management relations. This course is a humanistic and legal analysis of organizations, focusing on the role of human resource management. There will be an examination of managers and leaders within organizations and their responsibility to maximize performance and make decisions based on ethical criteria. The class will also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and ethical/unethical behavior to understand how brain functions can impact human behavior and relationships.

HRM 529 EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course reviews training, employee and organizational development techniques that the organizations use to build group and individual skills. Topics include linking identified needs to business objectives, developing an implementation plan, implementing the plan using a variety of modalities, and assessing results. The students will use a hands-on approach to evaluate organizational needs for employee development. The overarching objective of this course teaches students to assess, develop, facilitate, and evaluate a training program. We 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.

HRM 530 EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR BUSINESS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course emphasizes federal employment statutes. Cases are used to illustrate the various federal courts’ interpretation. Federal agencies such as the Equal Employment Commission and Department of Labor are studied. Topics on the employment law provide a comprehensive analysis of federal and state laws, which affect the human resource function, including equal employment opportunity, wage and overtime payment, and employment agreements. The course focuses on applying employment laws to develop programs that enable organizations to act positively in meeting both company and workforce needs, trying to resolve workplace disputes, prevent litigation, and implement personnel policies and practices in conformity with applicable law.

HRM 532 MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL USING SAP HCM (3)

ITU/SAP University Alliance Prerequisite: None
As companies pursue competitive advantages, and seek higher productivity, innovation and profitability, it is imperative that they attract, retain and incentivize their biggest assets: people. This course revolves around appropriately managing “human capital” to attain organizational competitive advantage. Emerging issues surrounding human capital management such as recruiting, retaining, motivating, and incentivizing employees will be discussed. In addition, the challenges of building competitive advantage through effective human capital management will also be addressed from a strategic perspective. A multifaceted approach is adopted, reflecting the complexity of the environment and issues faced.

Rather than prepare students to enter a career in HR, this course is aimed at intending managers and leaders who must factor in human capital as an invaluable source of competitive advantage. Other topics may include: Talent and workforce planning in a dynamic environment; building a positive human capital reputation for the organization; systems thinking; organizational change and organizational learning; dynamics of organizational culture, assessing human capital investments; linking corporate strategy and human capital management, and leveraging on emerging technologies.

Lastly, hands-on case studies and resources will take students through the key topics. Students will also be introduced to the use of the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) module. This course is a foundation course for HRM 535: Human Resources and Information Technology using SAP. Students will earn some knowledge and credits towards relevant SAP HCM, and SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certifications (depending on their work in the HR fields).

Certification/award eligibility:

This course can be used towards the following certificate/ certification and award schemes:

1. ITU/SAP University Alliance Joint Recognition Award
2. SAP HCM (SAP Human Capital Management) certification (based on completion of exam directly with SAP)
3. SHRM-CP (Society for Human Research Management-Certified Professional), or SHRM-SCP (based on membership with the SHRM and fulfillment of eligibility criteria)

HRM 533 STRATEGIC COMPENSATION: ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES (3)

Prerequisites: None
This class addresses the need for strategically focused compensation systems aligned to the business objectives and examines the related factors that impact employee motivation and productivity in a variety of settings and industry sectors. The course will examine and analyze the various components of compensation systems in contemporary organizations in understanding how and why they add and sustain shareholder and/or stakeholder value.

HRM 535 HUMAN RESOURCES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USING SAP HCM (3)

ITU/SAP University Alliance
Prerequisite: HRM 532, or equivalent
This course takes a detailed view of the strategic role of information technology and its immense impact on the management of human resources or human capital in organizations. Key HR business processes including Talent Management, Workforce Process Management, and Information Reporting and Analytics will be explored in conjunction with their information technology links and Enterprise Resource Planning links. Other topics include web-based human resources and other technological applications used in various functional areas of human re- sources. Students will gain significant exposure to configuring SAP’s Human Capital Management (HCM) suite and Success Factors. Hands on case studies and resources will take students through key concepts. In addition, key elements of configuration in the SAP HCM module will also be introduced. A critical component of this course will be to discuss the new developments in Web 2.0 technologies and their implications for the HRM function. On completion of this course, students will be well poised for relevant SAP HCM, and the SHRM-CP or the SHRM-SCP certification (depending on their work in the HR fields).

Certification/award eligibility:
This course can be used towards the following certificate/ certification and award schemes:

1. ITU/SAP University Alliance Joint Recognition Award
2. SAP HCM certification (based on completion of exam directly with SAP)
3. SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP (based on membership with the SHRM and fulfillment of eligibility criteria)
   

   INB (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS)

    

   INB 553 FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (3)

   Prerequisites: None
   This course provides an introduction to globalization and the cultural, economic, political, and legal environments of international business. The course helps students understand international trade, the role of the government in trade, and have an understanding of the international financial system. It will familiarize students with concepts of international strategy, marketing products in the international arena, and international staffing policy.

   INB 554 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS (3)

   Prerequisites: None
   This course analyzes the international financial markets. Topics include foreign currency, international money markets, banking, and capital markets. The course helps students understand the basics of international finance, the foreign exchange market, exchange rate determination, and currency derivatives. The foundation of understanding foreign exchange management, the world financial markets and institutions will be covered.

   INB 556 GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (3)

   Prerequisites: None
   This course examines the fact of globalization, and how managers in multinational firms struggle with a complex and rapidly changing international economic environment. The course introduces the business skills of understanding and managing strategic issues in an International environment. It will also focus the understanding of the need for awareness of a change in organizations’ internal and external environments.

   INB 558 GLOBAL MARKETING AND STRATEGY (3)

   Prerequisites: None
   This course is an introductory survey of global marketing. Students will learn the mechanism of the decision- making process, and challenges of going global. The culture, legal, political, geographic, technological, and economic influences will be examined in the development of a comprehensive global marketing strategy. The student will gain a perspective of the trade   operations mechanism and develop skills that will enhance their participation in a global economy.

   INT (INTERNSHIP)

    

   INT 593 PART-TIME/FULL-TIME INTERNSHIP (1/3-3)

   Prerequisites: None
   This course consists of participation in a full-time 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 3 trimesters worth of INT 593 may be applied toward the Master’s Degree graduation requirements.

   MBN (MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, CAPSTONE THESIS)

    

   MBN 697 MBA THESIS (3)

   Prerequisites: MGT 503; Completion of 27 credit hours in the program
   Students should select a topic and work with an advisor to complete their thesis paper. The thesis concludes the program and should be taken after all other courses. The students will prepare an independent thesis and defend it before a committee composed of a number of faculty designated by the chair of the MBA program.

   MGT (MANAGEMENT)

    

   MGT 503 ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORIES (3)
   Prerequisites: None
   The course will provide an in-depth examination of organizational leadership. This course will explain the principles, strategies and elements of effective organizational leadership. Leadership theories are examined in the context of contemporary, global and matrix organizational environments. Students will get the essential knowledge and skills to be efficient in these varied organizational contexts. Students will build an understanding of the work of organizations and the leaders’ roles at all levels to enhance organizational performance. In addition, the course will discuss human behavior in organizations, the role of leaders as they move from strategic to tactical implementation, and leading organizational change.

   MGT 560 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT (3)

   Prerequisites: None
   This course features traditional management principles such as planning, managing, leading and controlling. Two (2) textbooks will be utilized during the semester: one for theory & practical tactics of management, and another for self and other-awareness of people’s principles of management. Students will read and discuss the two (2) texts and engage in classroom activities and business writing. There will be individual and group written essays, and oral presentation assignments. The class will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, understanding how brain functions of ego and empathy can impact behavior and relationships.

   MGT 561 COACHING – CHANGING LIVES, CHANGING ORGANIZATIONS (3)

   Prerequisites: None
   This course is designed to survey the field of coaching from a theoretical, ethical and practical point of view. Students will explore various coaching methodologies and disciplines. The benefits of coaching and how to select a coach for individuals and organizations will be explored. Coaching skills will be taught and practiced, as well as experienced.

   MGT 564 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (3)

   Prerequisites: None
   This course invites students to learn the language of the field of public relations. Also, students will learn to distinguish between the field of public relations and its related fields: marketing, advertising, public affairs, publicity, and propaganda. Students will compile actual research data about a hypothetical public relations campaign. Students will apply basic public relations principles to case studies. For the final exam, students will deliver effective public relations presentations. Students must come to class with their computers.

Students should submit their resumes to the ITU EMS (ems.itu.edu) before the first class.

MGT 566 PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course will help students to understand theories, problems and methods applicable to the operations of various business organizations. The focus is on decision making in operational areas such as: facility conditions and use, control and management of resource inputs and outputs, types of transformation procedures, and performance evaluations. This course is relevant to people interested in designing and managing production and business processes, and those who manage interfaces between operations and the other business functions. The body of knowledge encompassed in this course will provide the basis for linking corporate strategy to its production and operations management.

MGT 567 QUALITY CONTROL MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on the understanding of effective quality management. It provides the basic quality concepts and the benefits of a quality approach for an organization. It addresses teamwork by explaining the Various team types, the roles and responsibilities of their Members and the team-building dynamics. The basic quality and quality management tools are described in the context of problem solving and data analysis for continuous quality improvement. The course discusses various statistical concepts and tools, and how they are applied for process monitoring, control, and improvement. It also analyzes the key elements of customer and supplier relationship and their impact on quality for the organization. The course follows the Body of Knowledge (BOK) for the Quality Process Analyst certification of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and prepares for the certification examination.

MGT 568 IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY (3)

Prerequisites: None 
This course provides an overview of intellectual property law, including trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyright. Key objectives are to help students develop an appreciation for the importance of intellectual property as a key economic driver in the modern global economy and to assist them in developing competence in IP management, whether they are technology or business professionals.

MGT 569 STRATEGIC OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course provides an overview of Strategic Operations Management with emphasis on the four core themes of operations strategy, a vital topic for any company’s objectives: strategy, innovation, services, and supply. We will cover the intrinsic and extrinsic factors within an organization’s operations, including the input of: Capital, Technology, Energy, and Know-how; and the output of the final product/service for the customer. It will also cover the big picture of Strategic Operations including; supply management, innovation, sustainability, and human resources. Additionally, this course will cover managing strategic operations within organizations including; managing the transformation process, managing quality, managing inventory, capacity and scheduling management, and managing service operations.

MGT 571 CRITICAL THINKING STRATEGIES IN DECISION MAKING (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides students opportunities for analysis, synthesis, prescription, and application of critical thinking and decision making within the organization. Emphasis is placed on preparing managers who can deal clearly, rationally, and creatively with a diverse workforce and dynamic workplace. This course equips students with concrete skills in critical thinking and decision making that will allow them to identify and solve organizational problems, as well as provide strategic direction. This course will also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and ethical/unethical behavior to understand how brain functions can impact human behavior and relationships.

MGT 572 HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course is offered for those planning to undertake an entrepreneurial career in starting and building an international company in the high-technology area. A special effort is made to take advantage of ITU’s proximity to the entrepreneurial community in Silicon Valley with its fundamental international business thrust. An integrative business plan for a new company in the technology arena is an integral part of the course. Topics covered include: addressing new business opportunities, global trends, high technology, business model design, start ups, venture capital process and tools. This course will cover the basics of building a business plan to meet emerging needs. Concepts and techniques of social entrepreneurship will provide the foundation for learning and communicating.

MGT 573 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT (3)
Prerequisites: None
This course studies the role of managers in global markets. Topics include the external economic and political environment, international strategic planning, partnerships, global human resource management, managing technology, product and service design, ethics and leadership. The course utilizes innovative techniques and case study analysis from a variety of national, and multinational firms.

MGT 575 PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides an overview of project management history, culture, methodologies, leadership and strategic planning. The course introduces important tools, such as work breakdown structure, scheduling, earned value analysis, and risk management. Case studies from a variety of organizational settings are discussed. The course discusses the 5 processes that must be done for project success: Define, Organize, Execute, Control and Close. The strategic implications of projects will be considered with respect to the organizational vision. This course follows the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and prepares for the examinations for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or the Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications. The course focuses on the concepts and tools of the different project management elements. It first sets the project management framework and describes the different steps in the project management process. Next, all the key management aspects of a project are addressed: integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, procurement and stakeholder.

MGT 576 ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY (3)

Prerequisites: None
Organizational Behavior is the study of individual behavior and group dynamics in organizational settings. It focuses on timeless topics such as motivation, leadership and teamwork and more contemporary topics such as organizational citizenship behavior and transformational leadership. Few, if any, of the dramatic challenges facing today’s organizations can be handled effectively without a good understanding of human behavior as it is presented in organizational settings. One simplistic way of looking at this course is to view the organization from an internal level with the observation and interpretation of its members’ behavior at an individual and group level, and then to look at organizations on an external level, as it interacts with the outer environment. The objectives of this course rest on the assumption that learning involves not only acquiring knowledge, but also developing skills. Thus, the class lectures, discussions, exercises, articles and cases present the opportunity for the 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. We will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, understanding how brain functions of ego and empathy can impact behavior and relationships.

MGT 577 PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
After a brief overview of the project management framework and processes, this course explains how risk management is integrated into the different knowledge areas of a project. The course then addresses the six elements of risk management: risk management planning, risk identification, qualitative risk analysis, quantitative risk analysis, risk response planning, and risk monitoring and control. In this context, the course explores the project management techniques and approaches to identify, and analyze the full range of project risks for successful project risk management outcomes. The various concepts and tools are illustrated by examples and case studies. This course will also emphasize the communication requirements that successful project managers use to manage risk and uncertainty.

MGT 578 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (3)

Prerequisites: None
Communication is an essential component in every career and life task. This class is intended to provide background and guidelines on what is good communication in a business setting. Activities will be punctuated by theories, attitudes and behaviors of researchers, educators, or business leaders regarding essential communications and leadership practices. There will be frequent opportunities to interact, write on concepts, and present original contributions through the class community environment. It will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, understanding how brain functions of ego and empathy can impact behavior and relationships.

MGT 579 BUSINESS ETHICS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course introduces ethical decision-making in the business environment. It examines the individual, organizational, and macro level issues. The course does not attempt to determine correct ethical action. In the complex business environment in which managers confront ethical decision-making there is no absolute right or wrong answer in most cases. Since there is no general agreement on the correct ethical business norms, critical thinking and relevant decision making are examined. It will also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and ethical/unethical behavior to understand how brain functions can impact human behavior and relationships.

MGT 580 BUSINESS LAW (3)

Prerequisites: None
Business law reviews issues with the legal problems confronting businesses such as court procedures, contracts and property law. Other topics include court systems, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution; constitutional and administrative law; tort law and, product liability; contract law and, agency law; business organizations; and government regulation of businesses including antitrust law, employment law, and securities regulation.

MGT 581 MANAGING EMOTIONS, MANAGING SELF AND OTHERS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course will describe the aspects of Emotional Intelligence and managing yourself and others, starting with self-awareness, empathy, and regulating emotions for self and others to sustain healthy and authentic relationships. Other aspects include positive and negative emotional contagion, EI’s effect on morale, leading and professionalism. It will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, understanding how brain functioning of ego and empathy can impact behavior and relationships. Finally, the class will study evaluations of    cognitive, emotional and social competencies and scholarly research showing how humans flourish.

MGT 582 TEAM AND GROUP DYNAMICS (3)

Prerequisites: None
Team and Group Dynamics are an essential component in every career and life task. In this course, students will learn and apply the skills required for effective teamwork that applies in many industries. Our activities will be punctuated by theories, attitudes and behaviors of researchers, educators or business leaders regarding essential teams and group dynamics. There will be frequent opportunities to interact, write on concepts, and present original contributions through the class community environment.

We will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, understanding how brain functions of ego and empathy can impact behavior and relationships.

MGT 583 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION (3)

Prerequisites: none
This course focuses on methods and know-how of effectively managing innovation and entrepreneurship. Throughout the semester the theory and practice of managing innovation in small and large companies will be discussed. Topics such as strategies, business models, risks, fundraising techniques are explained. The course emphasizes learning and practical issues through readings, case analyses, written assignments and in-class discussion. The case studies will include companies from around the world that have been successful in innovating repeatedly and those who were not able to reinvent and hence failed. The assignment will combine both strategy and implementation of innovation and entrepreneurship so students can critically evaluate approaches to managing innovation and entrepreneurship and provide practical help in this context.

MGT 584 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
The business world today is becoming increasingly global and complex. The overall success of an organization relies more and more on the efficiency and effectiveness of its supply chain. Having a superior product means nothing unless it is delivered to customers on time and in perfect condition. With the strategic combination of people, tools, processes and technologies, effective supply chain management can boost customer service, improve bottom line and enable an organization to successfully compete in the global marketplace.

Formerly known as, MKT 584 “Supply Chain Management”

MGT 593 INTRAPRENEURSHIP – INNOVATION FROM WITHIN (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course speaks directly to the needs of an organization seeking to create an innovative business opportunity within the existing structure of the organization. The methods from this class are widely used by the most successful innovators in start-ups as well as established companies. This class will present the differences between entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. Innovation and creativity are key components of intrapreneurship.

MGT 608 BUSINESS STATISTICS (3)

Prerequisites: Calculus, Algebra II, or equivalent
With many unfamiliar concepts and complex formulas, business statistics can be a confusing and demotivating experience for students that do not have a strong mathematics background. They can have trouble recognizing the importance of studying statistics and making connections between business problems and the statistical tool that can be used to solve them. This seventh edition of Business Statistics: For Contemporary Decision Making has been designed to provide students with better explanations and examples thus providing a smoother path to understanding and the ability to choose the correct techniques to apply for a given problem.

MGT 611 LEAN SIX SIGMA (3)

Prerequisites: Calculus, Algebra II, or equivalent
Six Sigma is a proven methodology for solving problems in many areas of business, science, and industry. It is essentially a structured approach to the scientific method of problem solving based on the DMAIC acronym (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control). The methodology helps in design, development, monitoring, and evaluation of processes, products, or services. The Six Sigma methodology incorporates business process, statistical, quality, and project management principles and practices with a goal of creating a systematic and data-driven decision making environment. Many successful companies utilize the principles of Six Sigma to meet growing customer expectations and to deliver better products and services in today’s competitive marketplace. This course covers an overview of the Six Sigma principles, process, and implementation, and provides required information for taking Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification examination.

MGT 612 ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: MGT 575, or equivalent
This course offers a study of the human and the operational sides of project management. The human side includes discussion on negotiating and conflict management, leveraging diversity, and selling project management. The operational side includes scope control techniques, risk management, and organizing for success. The students will learn how to effectively engage the project team, deal with the inevitable conflicts, and use intellectual and cultural diversity to encourage creative problem solving.

MGT 690 PITCHING A BUSINESS PLAN TO VENTURE CAPITALISTS (3) – CAPSTONE PROJECT
Prerequisites: MGT 503, MKT 551; Completion of 27 credit hours in the program
In today’s extremely competitive world of raising money for startup companies, it is absolutely critical to have an effective and well-conceived pitch deck that compliments the project’s vision and strategy. Only 1 of every 200 business plans submitted to venture capitalists (VCs) gets funded, so it is vital to present a well thought-out presentation that includes all of the elements that VCs (or any type of potential investor) will be looking for in deciding whether to invest in your company or not. Whether the student is interested in starting their own company someday, wants to work for a startup, or just wants to learn more about venture capital, Silicon Valley and startups in general, this will be a great opportunity to discover how startup companies have successfully raised money.

All new students are required to take the Outbound exam with Peregrine Academic Services. The Outbound exam is required to be taken in the capstone course, either MBN 697 Master Thesis or MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists. Taking the Outbound exam will have a fee which is currently $40. The Outbound exam is REQUIRED not OPTIONAL. Information on how to take the exams will be included in the course syllabus. Any new student who does not take the Outbound exam, will not be eligible for graduation. Current students are encouraged to take the exam.

MIS (MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM)

MIS 527 TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: CREATING VALUE (3)

Prerequisites: None
The course explains the design, management, and development of technology and operating systems. It explores diverse quantitative problems that occur often in business environments. It discusses how such problems can be properly solved with joint business insight and technology tools. Topics such as capacity management, service operations, organized decision making, limited optimization and simulation are included. This course teaches the model of complex business situations and the tools to enhance business performance. This course offers an outline of the field of operations technology. A managerial perception is assumed and highlight is placed on the understanding of how technologies for manufacturing, distribution, and service developments are used for competitive advantage.

MIS 537 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course explains the concept of managing information systems as a part of a broader socio-technical system and their impacts on people and processes in the business environment. Critical thinking is an important and essential part for the understanding of important issues associated with the management aspects of information systems.

The course focuses on how the organization has used and can use its information resources to best serve its needs.

MIS 538 BUSINESS DATABASE APPLICATIONS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides a basic overview of the concepts, principles, skills and techniques of business database systems and of database application system development.

The course provides an approach to the design and use of databases for business applications. The study focuses on query languages and application generation. Use of database software applications are a necessity in current business environment.

MIS 539 BUSINESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course offers an overview of communications technology used in many business applications – local area network, wide area network, broadband network, wireless, and voice network. The course helps the students understand the role of internet protocols. In addition, it provides training to analyze network requirements, design, and implement local area networks.

MIS 540 INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course explains the concept of viewing information systems resources from a strategic resource standpoint. The course will provide pragmatic tools for implementing the IRM within the organization. Topics will include Information System outsourcing, total cost of ownership, Information System planning and strategic analysis, management of IT human resources, traditional project management theory, and project management techniques. It will include a review of Dual Motive Theory, understanding how brain functions of ego and empathy can impact behavior and relationships.

MIS 541 MANAGING GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECTS (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course helps the students learn how to plan and manage global information systems projects by focusing on initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing projects. Topics such as integration, scope, timing, cost, quality, human resource, technology, communications, risk, and procurement are discussed. The students will learn how to monitor project plans and communicate reports to clients. The course will have a team project that will require students to conduct literature review or survey of current practices in the industry.

MIS 542 INFORMATION SYSTEMS INNOVATION (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides the tools and the skills to leverage emerging information technologies in order to create new business opportunities for both new entrepreneurial ventures and traditional firms. The course helps the students to understand, evaluate, and apply difficult topics such as new innovative and entrepreneurial information technologies.

MIS 543 HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on key factors in Human-Computer interaction. Topics include design elements, test procedures, experimental tools, and human-computer environments contributing to the development of successful user interfaces are discussed. Additionally, research topics will be explored in the areas of design principles, methodologies, implementation, and evaluation of user interfaces.

MIS 544 BUSINESS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (3)

Prerequisites: None
Focus of this course is to study the decision making process in a business environment. Managerial role in decision-making and steps involved in the process will be discussed.

Theoretical modeling of decision making and practical applications will be explored using Microsoft Excel and/ or other software packages. Part of the course, decision support models such as break-even analysis, goal seeking, linear programming, decision tree analysis, statistical modeling, etc. will be used in defining decision support systems to address various business scenarios.

MIS 545 DATA MINING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE USING SAP (3)

ITU/SAP University Alliance
Prerequisites: None
This course teaches the students business potential of big data and analytics, data warehousing, how to develop and retain data warehouses, and how to use this data for business benefit and as a source for business intelligence. Business intelligence is the use of logical software devices to study big data about an organization and its competitors in business planning and decision-making.

In developing data warehouses, the course will address the inter-relationships among operation, decision support structures, plan and the removal and cleaning process used to create a high quality data warehouse. Data mining theories and the use of data mining devices and techniques for decision-making and for creating business intelligence are discussed. This course uses SAP case studies and products to address Business Intelligence issues in real life in the pursuit of competitive advantages.

MIS 546 DATA SCIENCE FOR BUSINESS (3)

Prerequisites: None
Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks the student through the “data-analytic thinking” necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data they collect. The course provides examples of real-world business problems so the student will not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders and data scientists, but also learn how to intelligently participate in and manage their company’s data science projects. This course will help the student discover how to think data-analytically and fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-making.

MIS 547 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course helps the students to understand the software development process at both the project and organization levels. In addition, it provides the students with the tools to analyze software cost and schedule transaction issues, and teaches them how to apply the principles and techniques to practical situations. Topics include statistical decision theory, and software risk management.

MIS 548 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
Knowledge management (KM) is considered a competitive resource in organizations that promotes innovation, improves efficiency and effectiveness, and provides a sustainable competitive advantage in today’s global environment. This course acquaints the student with organizational and managerial issues and examines the Knowledge Management process and systems for supporting KM. Principles of developing systems for KM are explored.

System architectures, tools and techniques, and their use in capturing, storing, locating, evaluating, disseminating, and using information and knowledge will be discussed. Application of these principles and techniques through the use of information/ communication technologies is studied in the context of their impact on organization.

MKT (MARKETING)

MKT 551 COMPETITIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES (3)

Prerequisites: Completion of 18 credit hours in the program, (One time exception: Students who will graduate in the Fall 2019, can take the course concurrently)
This course presents ways of finding new marketing opportunities, and enhancing marketing performance. Competitive marketing strategy describes how firms identify opportunities to create customer value and communicate this value efficiently. The key issue is to understand the drivers of greater customers and creating competitive advantage in the marketplace. The course explains the efficiency of strategic marketing decisions. The course offers strategy development by discussing important analysis of various cases from consumer, supplier, and technological markets; production and service businesses for-profit and non-profit sectors. Students will learn how to build a marketing plan.

MKT 582 MARKETING MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course presents an approach to understand and man- age the marketing function. The students will learn how to develop a written marketing plan to determine and integrate elements of a marketing strategy. Topics include market segmentation, positioning and research, product decisions, pricing, channels of distribution, advertising, promotion, new product development, and marketing budgets. The course will introduce the role of marketing in the U.S. economy and the interaction of marketing with specific business functions and with society.

MKT 583 ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides entrepreneurs with an understanding of marketing for new and small enterprises. It addresses marketing strategies. The Students will apply marketing concepts, such as creating and nurturing relationships with new customers, suppliers, distributors, employees and investors. This course brings together theory and practice to develop a comprehensive entrepreneurial business marketing plan.

MKT 585 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING (3)

Prerequisites: None
The course presents to the students the major factors of the international marketing decisions. The student will learn about the forces that influence the global marketing environment. The course introduces students to principles, policies, procedures, ethics, and techniques used in an efficient and effective international market. International product, price, promotion, and distribution issues are discussed.

MKT 586 MARKETING RESEARCH (3)

Prerequisites: None
The broad objective of the course is to provide a fundamental understanding of marketing research methods employed by well-managed firms. The course is aimed at the manager who is the ultimate user of the research and thus is responsible for determining the scope and direction of research conducted. In the course, we will cover the types of research design, techniques of data collection and data analysis. Emphasis will be on the interpretation and use of results rather than on the mathematical derivations. The course focuses on helping managers recognize the role of systematic information gathering and analysis in making marketing decisions, and develop an appreciation for the potential contributions and limitations of marketing research data. This course examines the role of marketing research within the overall marketing program and within the company or organization seeking research information. It describes the research process and identifies the most common and potent research methods and techniques while providing an opportunity to learn by applying them to a class field project.

MKT 587 COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF MNC, FDI, AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE (3)

Prerequisites: None
Students will study International business and management environments by covering topics such as the international monetary system, import-export, growing competition and trading relationships in a global community. Case studies are presented relating to ethical issues that arise in international business to develop fundamental knowledge of international research and development, marketing, distribution, finance, and accounting.

MKT 588 CONSUMER BEHAVIOR (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on how to assess customer behavior and interprets this knowledge into marketing strategies. Topics include customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction, and the role of quality, TQM, and cycle time. In addition, the course introduces concepts such as, motivation, perception, knowledge, attitude, and culture on customer decision-making. The course is designed for students interested in consumer, service, high-tech, or not-for-profit marketing. This course evaluates consumer or customer behavior in the marketplace. This course will help future and current consumer oriented professionals, service oriented performers in the high technology or non-profit sectors. The course will also discuss Dual Motive Theory in terms of Ego/Empathy and ethical/unethical behavior to understand how brain functions can impact human behavior and relationships.

MKT 589 E-COMMERCE (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course provides an introduction to e-Commerce and related subjects. The course will cover e-Commerce infrastructure and its related technologies. Various business models used in e-commerce will be discussed in the lecture. The student will have knowledge of e-commerce when s/he finishes this course.

MKT 590 MARKETING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA (3)
Prerequisites: None
In this course, students will gain the knowledge and skills to effectively use social media to market their business. The Social Media Marketing course will teach students the basics of content creation and management for social media including blogs, podcasts, and posts. Students will be introduced to the most popular platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Students will learn which platforms are the best fits for their company and metrics for measuring social media marketing success. This course will also address the legalities of social media, search-engine optimization, and crowdsourcing.

MKT 591 ADVERTISING STRATEGY (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course will teach the students the new world of Marketing Communication, and the importance of advertising and e-advertising. Topics include analyzing advertising campaigns, advertisements in a structured way, brand equity through advertising strategy, advertising effectiveness and creativity, and end-to-end advertising strategy campaigns.

MKT 592 SUPPLIER/SELLER MANAGEMENT (3)

Prerequisites: None
This course will explain all aspects of outsourcing, including planning, finding the right vendor, and negotiating effectively. Topics include relationship building, creating a culture of cooperation, and skills in dealing with vendors. The course will teach the buying and selling processes that corporations use in business-to-business transactions. The focus of the course is on the concept of selling, improving value, and meeting the needs of clients through effective questioning, analysis, sales planning and presentations. The students will learn the major phases of the sales process, the sales objectives for each phase, the 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 redesigned the way organizations interact with their customers, clients, and markets. In pursuing ever declining competitive advantages, the pressures for organizations to reach, convert and retain customers are enormous. This course seeks to empower current and intending marketing professionals with the tools of the digital future to reach target markets using the various modalities available to them, including but not restricted to social media platforms. Students will use the SAP CRM and/or the SAP Hybris Suite to work through Digital Marketing case studies in the professional environment. Other key topics of interest such as Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Online Advertising, Web Analytics, and Marketing Data Visualization will also be covered. This course is designed to be case study based, practical, and rooted in real world projects and applications. On completion of this course, students will be well poised for relevant SAP CRM, SAP Hybris, American Marketing Association (AMA) Digital Marketing and the HootSuite Academy certifications (depending on their work in the SAP and Marketing fields).

Certification/award eligibility:

This course can be used towards the following certificate/ certification and award schemes:

• ITU/SAP University Alliance Joint Recognition Award
• SAP CRM and/or SAP Hybris certification (based on completion of exam directly with SAP)
• American Marketing Association (AMA) Digital Marketing Certification (based on completion of exams with AMA)
• HootSuite Academy (based on membership with the Academy and fulfillment of eligibility criteria)

MKT 613 ADVANCED MARKETING (3)

Prerequisites: MKT 582, or equivalent
The course will explain the importance of marketing, which include market research, competitor analysis and consumer analysis. The student will explore the marketing process, and concept. In addition, the course will provide a study of the relationship between the marketing mix, and the changing business environment.

PSY (PSHYCOLOLGY)

PSY 500: Principles of Psychology

This course prepares students to understand the principles of psychology. They will be familiar with foundational theories of psychology. Topics will include problem solving, critical thinking, stress and time management, and collaborative processes. In addition, the course will equip the students with the knowledge of psychological perceptions, human behavior, and professional communication with a psychology context. Students will also be introduced to the Dual Motive Theory.

PSY 501: Behavior Theories

This course allows students to distinguish between the key theoretical methods to the study of behavior, including psychodynamic, emotional, and behavioral philosophies. Students will learn several personality models and be able to explain how these concepts are examined through experimental study. In addition, the course will help student to understand the role of personality in emotional and behavioral communications. The concept of the dual motive theory in human behavior will also be emphasized. Analyses using the dual motive theory can clarify more complication when the theory is incorporated with the evolving behavioral theory.

PSY 502: Public Psychology

This course helps students to observe how the environment inspires our beliefs, feelings, and behaviors. Topics include public psychological ideas such as attitudes, tradition, community, reasoning, and inspiration. Students will learn how public influences affect several aspects of life. In addition, the course will help students to understand the effect of social conditioning on an individual’s development and improvement. In this course, the dual motive theory will describe the understanding of Self, of Others, and the key features of our personal and social behavior, such as Ego and Empathy, self-interest and other-interest.

PSY 503: Genetic Foundation of Behavior

This course describes the natural and biochemical relations of behavior. Topics explain the structure and purpose of the human nervous systems in relation to human behavior, feeling, and reasoning. Emerging discipline of the evolutionary brain and analyses of the influence of the individual neuro system of the human brain will be introduced.

PSY 504: Psychology of Learning and Reasoning

This course presents the features of learning and reasoning psychology. The course focuses on study related to the theories of learning, problem solving and cognitive, attention, memory, representation skills, and language. Policies and approaches for applying philosophies of learning and reasoning to numerous life and career purposes are also included. Students will learn how to distinguish among strategies and principles of cognitive, learning and motivation of several phases of life and career. The course covers the dual-process reasoning-motivational theory of thinking, social and intergroup attitudes and behaviors. The dual relationships cognitively call our moral choices, expressed so forcefully in the present-day social demands for equality and justice, emerged from and are mandated by our physiology.

PSY 505: Legal, Ethical and Professional Practice and Research

This course covers numerous professional activities in psychology with a focus on the legal and ethical tasks of psychological researchers and experts. Students will study the APA Code of Ethics, which provides direction for specialists working in the field of psychology so that they are better prepared and gained the knowledge of what to do when they meet some type of moral or ethical problems. Students will evaluate case studies related to assessment, research, and practice in psychology. Topics include morals in research, purpose and role of internal review boards (IRBs), client rights, privacy, obligation to protect, regulation, ethical concerns when working with various people. In addition, the use and analysis of legal and ethical decision-making models, and principles and the importance of ethics in professional practice and research will be addressed.

PSY 506: Child, Adolescent and Adult Development

The course focuses on applied approaches to real-world challenges facing children and adolescents, such as bullying and obesity. The course also discusses the developmental aspects of adult life, which includes aging, work, sexuality, and senior psychology. The dual motive theory explains the concepts of the behavior of children and of “grownups”.

PSY 507: Health and Human Development

The course teach the students to apply the newest psychological research and theory in evolving psychology to real-world situations within healthcare, human and social services practices. Students will learn the motivation factors, which are the drivers of human behavior related to the intrinsic nature of the work. They will be able to differentiate between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, with better levels of intrinsic motivation leading to a greater psychological health and well-being.

PSY 508: International Perspectives in Development Psychology

This course will help students to learn how cultures influence human development. The course will discuss the international viewpoints on human development, and how contemporary global crises and pandemic impact development, including political, economic, physical and mental health of worldwide populations. The course will explain how the dual motive theory helps in recognizing and understanding the complex connections and layers of socio-political and economic behavior.

PSY 600: Subject Areas in Practical Psychology

This course will explain vaious areas of applied psychology, such as clinical, therapy, scientific, and informative psychology. The course will teach students how to apply psychological learning and values to particular areas and discover human behaviors related to health, personal relations, learning, and the workplace.

PSY 690: Research Approaches and Measurements in Psychology

This course covers the principals of research approaches and data related to the field of psychology. Students will learn the research design and scientific technique, quantitative and qualitative analysis, ethical themes in research, and proper documentation of research methods. In addition, students will know how to assess, examine, and understand data from practical psychological studies.

IDS (Interdisciplinary Sciences)

IDS 550 ITU NUGGETS (CONSILIENCE “UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE” CONTENT) – (⅓ – 2 CREDIT HOURS)

No prerequisite is required for any Nugget course.
Nuggets are a modular course content, following all the same structured and quality assessment aspects of any ITU course, starting with only one-third (⅓) of a single credit unit, which is five (5) lecture hours (or 10 lab hours or 15 practicum hours). A nugget course is a bite-sized project or course, manageable for a busy schedule. Nugget courses are designed to provide content from across multiple disciplines. Nuggets can start three (3) times during the term in an online and/or in-class format of delivery. All ITU Nuggets are listed under the Interdisciplinary Department.

IDS 551 ITU NUGGETS (CONSILIENCE “UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE” CONTENT) – (⅓ – 2 CREDIT HOURS)

No prerequisite is required for any Nugget course.
Nuggets are a modular course content, following all the same structured and quality assessment aspects of any ITU course, starting with only one-third (⅓) of a single credit unit, which is five (5) lecture hours (or 10 lab hours or 15 practicum hours). A nugget course is a bite-sized project or course, manageable for a busy schedule. Nugget courses are designed to provide content from across multiple disciplines. Nuggets can start three (3) times during the term in an online and/or in-class format of delivery. All ITU Nuggets are listed under the Interdisciplinary Department.

IDS 552 ITU NUGGETS (CONSILIENCE “UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE” CONTENT) – (⅓ – 2 CREDIT HOURS)
No prerequisite is required for any Nugget course.
Nuggets are a modular course content, following all the same structured and quality assessment aspects of any ITU course, starting with only one-third (⅓) of a single credit unit, which is five (5) lecture hours (or 10 lab hours or 15 practicum hours). A nugget course is a bite-sized project or course, manageable for a busy schedule. Nugget courses are designed to provide content from across multiple disciplines. Nuggets can start three (3) times during the term in an online and/or in-class format of delivery. All ITU Nuggets are listed under the Interdisciplinary Department.

IDS 553 ITU NUGGETS (CONSILIENCE “UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE” CONTENT) – (⅓ – 2 CREDIT HOURS)

No prerequisite is required for any Nugget course.
Nuggets are a modular course content, following all the same structured and quality assessment aspects of any ITU course, starting with only one-third of a single credit unit, which is five (5) lecture hours (or 10 lab hours or 15 practicum hours). A nugget course is a bite-sized project or course, manageable for a busy schedule. Nugget courses are designed to provide content from across multiple disciplines. Nuggets can start three (3) times during the term in an online and/or in-class format of delivery. All ITU Nuggets are listed under the Interdisciplinary Department.

IDS 554 ITU NUGGETS (CONSILIENCE “UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE” CONTENT) – (⅓ – 2 CREDIT HOURS)

No prerequisite is required for any Nugget course.
Nuggets are a modular course content, following all the same structured and quality assessment aspects of any ITU course, starting with only one-third (⅓) of a single credit unit, which is five (5) lecture hours (or 10 lab hours or 15 practicum hours). A nugget course is a bite-sized project or course, manageable for a busy schedule. Nugget courses are designed to provide content from across multiple disciplines. Nuggets can start three (3) times during the term in an online and/or in-class format of delivery. All ITU Nuggets are listed under the Interdisciplinary Department.

IDS 555 ITU NUGGETS (CONSILIENCE “UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE” CONTENT) – (⅓ – 2 CREDIT HOURS)

No prerequisite is required for any Nugget course.
Nuggets are a modular course content, following all the same structured and quality assessment aspects of any ITU course, starting with only one-third (⅓) of a single credit unit, which is five (5) lecture hours (or 10 lab hours or 15 practicum hours). A nugget course is a bite-sized project or course, manageable for a busy schedule. Nugget courses are designed to provide content from across multiple disciplines. Nuggets can start three (3) times during the term in an online and/or in-class format of delivery. All ITU Nuggets are listed under the Interdisciplinary Department.

PRE-500 ITU PRESENTS (1 CREDIT HOUR) (3 COURSES – 1/3 EACH COURSE)

Prerequisites: None
ITU Presents, formerly “Joint Seminar,” was created and first taught by ITU’s Founder, Professor Shu-Park Chan, who invited guest speakers, typically Silicon Valley industry leaders, to speak on topics of their personal interest followed by a Q&A session with ITU students. Historically, ITU Presents remained the favorite and reportedly “most useful” class of ITU alumni, as it gave ITU students the ability to listen to the real-life experiences of famous technologists who often shared their early career struggles, strategies, and successes with students.

FACULTY

-Aguilera, Frank, DBA, Golden Gate University, Public Policy

Core Faculty and Assistance Chair, Business Administration and Engineering Management

ADJUNCT FACULTY

– Barbara, DBA, International Technological University, RN, PHN, San Jose State University, Nursing, Project/Program Management

– Gopal, Venkatesh, PhD, Anna University, BioTechnology

– Hyatt, Stephen, PhD, University of Windsor, Windsor, Engineering and Quality

– Mangina, Prasad V., MS, Engineering, University of New Orleans, SAP

– Rayes, Ammar, PhD, Washington University, Electrical Engineering

– Wiggin, Patty, MBA, DBA, International Technological University

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

 MISSION

The Department of Computer Science strives to prepare its graduates for successful careers as computer scientists, software engineers, or cyber security experts in all fields of society that experience computerization in any form, in the software industry, or in institutions and businesses that have to maintain high levels of cyber security.

ONLINE AND DISTANCE LEARNING

In accordance with ITUs vision and intent of furthering Online Instruction and Distance Learning, each offered class is given an online presence in the schedule. Online delivery can be in synchronous or asynchronous mode.

CURRICULUM FOR THE 3 MASTER PROGRAMS

The Department of Computer Science offers three Masters Programs and one Bachelor Completion Program.

The below described curriculum layout applies to all Masters Programs in this department (MSCS, MSSE, MSICS) and to all students starting in Fall 2020 or later:

The total number of credit hours required for graduation is 39.

The number of credit hours from required courses is 16. Required courses consist of core courses, ITU presents (Joint seminar), Capstone Project, Nuggets and Internship. (Nuggets are short Electives)

NUGGETS

Nuggets are short elective courses with content from across multiple disciplines and follow the same structure and quality assessment aspects as other ITU courses. They carry between 1/3 credit units (5 lecture hours = 10 lab hours = 15 practicum hours) and 2 credit units. They can start at three times during the term in an online and/or in-class format of delivery. They are a bite-sized projects or courses, manageable for a busy schedule. The total of credit hours from Nuggets must be at least 2. The student can choose the topic of a Nugget at will. No prerequisite is required for any Nugget course. All ITU Nuggets are listed under the Inter-disciplinary Department.

ELECTIVE COURSES

Electives must be chosen from the list of electives given for each of the 3 master programs (MSCS, MSSE, MSICS) The electives in all 3 programs are mutually exchangeable.

TRANSFER CREDITS

Up to 9 credit hours from a graduate program of a regionally accredited school can be transferred to count as Electives upon approval by the department.

INTERNSHIP

1 credit hour of Internship is required. In total up to 9 credit hours from Internship can be taken and count in the program as Electives (3 trimesters maximum).

INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. 1. Problem Solving: Construct, interpret, analyze, and evaluate information and ideas derived from a multitude of sources in order to reach reasoned solutions or alternative strategies to solve problems.
2. 2. Critical Thinking: Analyze facts and information from multiple sources in order to assess the relevance and synthesize that information in order to formulate meaningful arguments and conclusions.
3. 3. Communication: Interact clearly and effectively in written and oral forms with personal and professional constituencies.
4. 4. Team Work: Operate collaboratively and respectfully as members and leaders of diverse teams and organizations.
5. 5. Technical Literacy: Work responsibly, appropriately and effectively, using technology tools to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create and communicate information and innovation.
6. 6. Research: Identify and implement systematic methodologies for dis-covering, understanding, analyzing and interpreting materials, information and behaviors.
7. 7. Responsibility: Practice sound, ethical, and social responsibility in professional and personal endeavors and decision-making.

AI CONCENTRATION

Students in the MSCS, MSSE and MSICS programs have the option of completing a concentration in Artificial Intelligence. For details please see the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Software Engineering (SE) is a well established discipline that comprises requirement analysis, design, construction, testing, as well as the economics, and management issues of the creation and maintenance of software. A Software Engineer has the special knowledge and skills necessary to develop and maintain large, complex software systems. Software Engineering approaches all of these problems in a pragmatic and organized way and is concerned with the theoretical and practical aspects of technology, cost, and social impact of effective and efficient software.

software. Degree programs in software engineering have many courses in common with computer science. However, when it comes to techniques concerned with the reliability of software and with developing and maintaining software that is correct from the start of its development, the engineering knowledge and experience provided in SE programs go beyond what general CS pro-grams provide. It is considered a necessity by many professionals and educators in the SE field that students of SE should participate in the development of software to be used in earnest by others.

ITU’s curriculum for a Master of Science In Software Engineering (MSSE) is concerned with the technical and management issues of SE, but primary emphasis is placed on the technical aspects of building and modifying high quality software systems. It thus allows the students to prepare for careers in businesses that build and sell computers and/or software, in Internet based companies, electronic business organizations, diverse research and development laboratories, aerospace companies, banks, and insurance companies. The development of this graduate curriculum has taken the recommendations of the Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula of the IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery of August 2004 into consideration.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOS)

Upon completion of the MSSE program,

graduates will:

» PLO #1: Be able to identify and apply current and emerging software engineering technologies required for the creation of reliable, predictable, well-engineered software systems.
(Mapped to ILO #1, ILO#2)

» PLO #2: Be able to utilize multiple programming paradigms, including object-oriented, functional, logic, and emerging programming technologies.
(Mapped to ILO#1, ILO #2)

» PLO #3: Show understanding of SE principles and practices as described in the SWEBOK, and other emerging software development processes.
(Mapped to ILO #5, ILO #6)

» PLO #4: Have sufficient skills in human factors to be able to interact with stakeholders from multiple disciplines on the systems engineering level.
(Mapped to ILO#3, ILO #7)

» PLO #5: Have working skills in SE management including team building, leadership, project planning, selection of tools and processes appropriate to a project.
(Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #4)

 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Jobs within software engineering include, but are not limited to: Software Development Engineering, Software Applications Engineering – analysis, design, construction, testing, as well as the economics, and management issues of the creation and maintenance of software. A Software Engineer has the special knowledge and skills necessary to develop and maintain large, complex software systems.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR MSSE

In total 39 credit hours must be completed.

REQUIRED COURSES:

»  3 Core Courses (9 credit hours)

»  Capstone course – Project or Thesis (3 credit hours)

»  Internship (1 credit hour)

»  Nugget courses (up to 3 credit hours)

»  ITU Presents (1 credit hour)

»  ITU Nuggets (2 credit hours)

ELECTIVE COURSES

A sufficient number of Elective Courses must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39.

A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average) is required for granting of

the Master’s degree.

CORE COURSES

»   SWE 600 Advanced Software Engineering

»   SWE 557 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Programming

»   SWE 602 Software Requirements Elicitation

CAPSTONE COURSES

»  SWE 690 Capstone Project

or

»  SWE 695 Master’s Thesis

INTERNSHIP

»  INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS

» PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3) *Students must take three ITU Presents

courses for a total of 1 credit hour.

ITU NUGGET COURSES

»    IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    DS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

ELECTIVE COURSES:

» With approval from the Computer Science Department any course from:

• Department of Business Administration
• Department of Engineering Management
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

» Internship: Up to 3 trimesters.

» Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours from a graduate program of a regionally accredited school with department

MASTER OFSCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer Science is the science of computation using a programmable computing machine, of developing the programs for the computation, developing algorithms for solving computational problems, of acquiring, storing, managing data and information needed in those computations, and of estimating or predicting the feasibility and time constraints of arriving at solutions.

Graduate programs in Computer Science (CS) differ from undergraduate programs not so much in the topics they cover but in the depth in which the topics are covered. The student has to master deep knowledge of algorithms, operating systems, compilers, internals of databases, visual and sound recognition, robotics, and – in general – has to acquire sufficiently well-founded theoretical knowledge to contribute to computerization in fields not yet known.

The Computer Science Program (MSCS) is concerned with the theoretical as well as the practical issues of CS. The theoretical basis must be mastered because CS has a strong relation to mathematical and algorithmic thinking. An essential portion of a computer scientist’s work consists of understanding and researching algorithms, as well as developing new ones.

This curriculum prepares the graduates for successful careers in the demanding and ever-growing job market in all fields of society that experience computerization in any form, be it web page design, IT security, software development in medicine, education, business administration, robotics, Internet of Things, and more. A solid knowledge of the computer science principles underlying all computerization and program development, augmented by training in leading edge practical skills will enable graduates to play leadership roles in industry as well as to pursue PhD degrees. The development of this graduate curriculum has taken the recommendations of the Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula of the IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery of August 2004 into consideration.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOS) Upon completion of this program, graduates will 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)

» PLO #2: Invent and improve algorithms for storing, accessing, processing, and analyzing collected data.
(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, sound, and other real time data from digital sensors).
(Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO #5, ILO #6)

» PLO #4: Create innovative and useful features to modern operating systems (multiprocessor, multiprocessing, distributed).
(Mapped to ILO #2, ILO #3, ILO #4, ILO #6)

» PLO #5: Contribute to research and development of algorithms in all areas that are now and in the future subject to computerization. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO #3, ILO #4, ILO #5, ILO #6, ILO #7)

» PLO #6: Clearly explain Computer Science concepts in research, development, and educational institutions.
(Mapped to ILO #2, ILO #3, ILO #5, ILO #6)

» PLO #7: Show proficiency and skills in the most important areas of state of the art computer science.
(Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #3, ILO #5)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Computer scientists often work in organizations that develop new technologies and algorithms. Examples include: pattern recognition and signal processing for self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, and data mining. The development of new algorithms often requires a deep understanding of mathematics including knowledge in certain areas of abstract algebra for developing new encryption technologies or counteracting attempts at breaking them. They often work doing research in computer science, as well as working as information technology consultants in banking, insurance companies, and higher education.

 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR MSCS

In total 39 credit hours must be completed.

Required Courses

»  3 courses (9 credit hours)

»    Capstone course – Project or Thesis (3 credit hours)

»    Internship (1 credit hour)

»    Nugget courses (up to 3 credit hours)

»    Internship (1 credit hour)

»    ITU Presents (1 credit hour)

»    Internship (1 credit hour)

»    ITU Nuggets (2 credit hours)

ELECTIVE COURSES

A sufficient number of Elective Courses must be completed to bring the total of

credit hours to 39.

A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average) is required for granting of the Master’s degree.

CORE COURSES

»    CSC 681 Advanced Computer Algorithms & Data Structures

»    CSC 521 Advanced OO Programming with Java and Python

»    CSC 657 Deep Learning Programming

CAPSTONE COURSES

»    SWE 690 Capstone Project or

»    SWE 695 Master’s Thesis

INTERNSHIP

»  INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS

»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3) *Students must take three ITU Presents courses for a total of 1 credit hour.

ITU NUGGET COURSES

»    IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 551 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 552 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 553 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 554 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

»    IDS 555 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

ELECTIVE COURSES:

» With approval from the Computer Science Department any course from

• Department of Business Administration
• Department of Engineering Management
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

» Internship: Up to 3 trimesters.

» Transfer Credits: Up to 9 credit hours from a graduate program of a regionally accredited school with department chair’s approval.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION AND CYBERSECURITY

Hardly a day goes by when we don’t hear about hacking of bank records or databases, penetration into sensitive government and business information and the damage this causes to our economy and security.

The Information and Cybersecurity (MSICS) program offers a holistic education in a variety of security technologies that goes beyond what the thousands of training courses in cyber security offer in order to combat this development, such as network security, risk and data management, preventative measures, computer ethics, digital signatures, and cryptography. The curriculum gives students the technical knowledge to take on a diverse set of industry-specific challenges.

Once students graduate from MSICS, they will be thoroughly educated cyber security professionals with practical skills and in high demand. They will understand the core problems behind cyber security and will develop solutions from the ground up.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOS)

Upon completion of this program, graduates

will:

»   PLO #1: Secure organizations’ on-premise and cloud-based computing resources
(Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO#5, ILO#6)

»   PLO #2: Demonstrate in depth knowledge of IS
techniques to provide leadership for effective solutions to security problems.
(Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #3, ILO #4, ILO #7)

»   PLO #3: Have sound knowledge of IS techniques that play a role in organizational processes and decision-making. (Mapped to ILO #2, ILO #4, ILO #5, ILO #7)

»   PLO #4: Communicate effectively risk management issues and their impacts to a variety of audiences. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #3, ILO #5, ILO #6)

»   PLO #5: Understand the legal and appreciate the ethical importance of ICS for individuals as well as organizations. (Mapped to ILO #3, ILO #6, ILO #7)

»   PLO #6: Business enabler in organizations such as finance, insurance, healthcare, e-commerce, and mail services. (Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #2, ILO #4, ILO #7)

»   PLO #7: Work as security expert in federal agencies for whom cyber security is of highest importance such as DOD, DHS, and FBI.
(Mapped to ILO #1, ILO #5, ILO #6, ILO #7)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Information Technology (IT) Security Analyst, IT Security Operations, Information Security Analyst, Information Security Engineer, Net-work Security Analyst, SSA IT Specialist, Cyber Security Analyst, Cyber Security Advisor, Cyber Security Researcher, Cyber Security Data Analyst, Information System Security Officer

(ISSO), and more.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

In total 39 credit hours must be completed.

REQUIRED COURSES:

»  3 Core Courses (9 credit hours)

»  Capstone course – Project or Thesis (3 credit hours)

»  Internship (1 credit hour)

»  Nugget courses (up to 3 credit hours)

»  ITU Presents (1 credit hour)

»  ITU Nuggets (2 credit hours)

ELECTIVE COURSES

A sufficient number of elective courses or Internship must be completed to bring the total of credit hours to 39.

A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average) is required for granting of the Master’s degree.

CORE COURSES

»  ICS 602 Cryptography and Advanced Cybersecurity

»  ICS 503 Cybersecurity & Network Defense

»  ICS 530 Ethical Hacking & Attack Countermeasures

CAPSTONE COURSES

»  ICS 690 Capstone Project or

»  ICS 695 Master’s Thesis

INTERNSHIP

»  INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

ITU PRESENTS

»  PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3)

*Students must take three ITU Presents

courses for a total of 1 credit hour.

ITU NUGGET COURSES

»    IDS 550 ITU Nuggets – Consilience “Unity of

Knowledge” Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)