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Certificates in Information Technology Systems
The following certificates provide the technical and quasitechnical
foundations for knowledge workers in the fields of
software development management, database systems technology,
information assurance, information resources management,
applied computer systems, software engineering, and telecommunications.
Applied Computer Systems (15 credits)
The certificate in Applied Computer Systems is intended for
information technology professionals who desire a background
in the underlying computer hardware, operating systems, and
languages that are the building blocks of information systems.
This is the most technically oriented of the Information
Technology Systems certificates and has a prerequisite of at least
one semester of undergraduate calculus. Familiarity with a highlevel
programming language is desirable. All courses apply to
the MS in computer systems management degree.
Students must take the following course:
CSMN 601
Issues, Trends, and Strategies for Computer Systems
Management (3)
Students must choose three of the following courses:
CSMN 615 Hardware and Operating Systems (3)
CSMN 616 Distributed Computing (3)
CSMN 617 Principles of Programming Languages (3)
CSMN 618 Knowledge-Based Systems (3)
Students must choose one elective from CSMN, TLMN, or
TMAN courses.
Database Systems Technologies (15 credits)
The certificate in Database Systems Technologies is geared
towards those IT workers who wish to upgrade their skills by
gaining familiarity with the most popular applications software
genre in use, the database management systems and data warehousing
systems. All courses apply to the MS in computer systems
management degree.
Students who do not have advanced standing must complete the
following course:
CSMN 661 Relational Database Systems (3)
All students must complete the following course:
CSMN 662
Advanced Relational/Object-Relational Database
Systems (3)
Students who do not have advanced standing must choose three
of the following courses; students with advanced standing must
choose four.
CSMN 663 Distributed Database Management Systems (3)
CSMN 664 Object-Oriented Database Systems (3)
CSMN 665 Data Warehouse Technologies (3)
CSMN 666 Database Systems Administration (3)
CSMN 667 Data Mining (3)
CSMN 668 Database Security (3)
Information Assurance (15 credits)
The certificate in Information Assurance deals with theory and
topical issues, both technical and managerial, in the fields of
information systems security and overall information security.
The certificate provides a thorough knowledge base for managers
and technology professionals concerned with the development
and operation of secure information systems and the protection of
an organization’s information assets. The track provides students
with a practical understanding of the principles of data protection,
network security, and computer forensics. The track also
introduces the students to the policy, ethical, and legal issues
associated with information security.
Students must take the following courses:
CSMN 655
Information Risk Assessment and Security
Management (3)
CSMN 681 Cryptology and Data Protection (3)
CSMN 683
Intrusion Detection, Incident Response, and Computer
Forensics (3)
CSMN 685 Security Policy, Ethics, and the Legal Environment (3)
TLMN 672 Network and Internet Security (3)
Course descriptions are found on pp. 110–56.
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