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Concentration: Information Technology  - Newark and New Brunswick, New Jersey

Overview:
The objective of the Master of Business & Science with a concentration in Information Technology is to educate students about the essential skills for managing technical development and commercial applications in the computer/information technology industry. The MBS Information Technology combines the science courses from a tradition MS with the business curriculum from an MBA.  Students will learn the principles and application of information technology, computer science, management and planning, team work, communication skills, and fundamentals of making proper financial decisions.

Employment Opportunities:

There are many opportunities for employment in the following industries: IT, computer science, electronics, financial and banking.

Program requirements:
The Information Technology (IT) concentration involves 8 courses (24 credits) from the IT list below and 6 courses (19 credits) in the business curriculum (which is specified in the business curriculum form).  Of the 19 credits in the business curriculum, there are 6 credits of  electives. Electives in the business curriculum that are recommended for this track include: Project Management, Strategic Management of Innovation and Technology, Internet Based Entrepreneurship, Managing Technological Professionals, Team building and Group Process (see also here  for other recommended business electives).

The 8 IT courses are divided into 5 core courses, and 3 electives.

Courses:

Core Courses (5)
Students must take one course (for a total of 5) in each of the five following areas:
1.    Database Management
2.    Internet & Networking Services
3.    Security
4.    HCI/UXD
5.    Software Architecture

The remaining 3 courses are to be taken from the Elective pool.

Course Selections :

Database Management: (Take one of the following):
17:610:557 Database Design and Management
16:198:541 (S) Database Systems
16:332:569 (F) Database System Engineering
22:198:603 Business Data Management
26:198:641 Advanced Database Systems 

Internet & Networking Services (Take one of the following):
16:198:552 Computer Networks
16:332:544 (S) Communication Networks II
22:010:623 Enterprise Resource Planning

Security (Take one of the following):
16:198:547 Secure Computing, Applied to Ecommerce
22:198:611 Security for Electronic Commerce (Information Security Consulting)
26:198:643 Information Security
26:198:645 Data Privacy

HCI/User Design 
16:137:531 Introduction to User Experience Design
17:610:512 Interface Design 
 
Software Architecture  
16:137:601 (fall) 603 (spring)  Enterprise Software Architecture 

Electives (click here)                  

Admission requirements:
Students must demonstrate prior experience in computer science, computer engineering or information technology as a major (undergraduate) or as a working professional. Students must have had the equivalent of a programming course and data structures undergraduate course and have enough background to enter these graduate courses.   Without this background, students are required to take the following prerequisite courses: 17:610:550 Introduction to Information Technology, or the equivalent as a first step. See here for more information about this course and proficiency requirements. An additional data structures or programming course may also be required. The General GRE is required for admission.
(Additional programming courses include 16:332:573; Data Structures and Algorithms (3); or 16:332:503 Programming Methodologies for Numerical Computing and Computational Finance (3), and 22:198:605 Business Software Development.. Please speak to an advisor before registering.)

Course Descriptions  (click here)  

Concentration Coordinator:

Dr. Marilyn Tremaine
tremaine@jove.rutgers.edu

Prof. Vijay Atluri
Professor, Management Science and Information Systems Department

Dean Karen Novick
Associate Dean, School of Communication & Information

Related Concentrations: Analytics, Applied Computing, Information Technology - Social Media Networking , GIS,  User Experience Design