ACCT 5183 Financial Accounting and Analysis
Development of the ability to read and to analyze financial statements and to use this information along with other types of information in decision making.

ECON 5113 Managerial Economics
Economic theory applied to business decision making. Concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics related to understanding the economic system, analysis of policy, forecasting, and international economics.

FIN 5013 Business Finance
An introduction to the major areas of business finance: the financial environment in which business decisions are made and the institutions found therein, the financial management practices of a firm securing financing and allocating resources among competing alternatives, and the valuation of financial assets available to the firm and individuals.

MKTG 5133 Marketing Management
Consideration at an advanced level of the major elements of marketing from the point of view of the marketing executive. Emphasis on problem solving and decision-making, using an interdisciplinary approach. Development of an integrated, comprehensive marketing strategy. 

ECEN 5553 Telecommunications Systems
Technical survey of the ways and means that voice, data, and video traffic are moved long distance. Topics covered include Data Networks (Ethernet and Token Ring Local Area Networks; FDDI and SMDS Metropolitan Networks; Internet, Frame Relay, and ATM Wide Area Networks); The Telephone System (POTs, Network Synchronization and Switching, ISDN, SONET, Cellular Telephone); and Video (NTSC, Switching and Timing, Compressed Video standards such as MPEG and Px64, HDTV).

MGMT 5113 Management and Organization Theory
Contemporary theories of organization. Structure and dynamics of organizational goals and environments.

TCOM 5113 Industry Overview and Telecommunications Applications
Overview of telecommunications industry, technology, regulatory environment, and current topics in telephone services (wireless and wireline), business data services, CATV, and Internet services and providers (including JAVA and HTML). Managerial and strategic aspects of telecommunications technologies. Guest speakers from the telecommunications industry.

TCOM 5123 Telecommunications Systems: The Upper Layers
Applied technical coverage of selected topics from the upper layers of the OSI model. The emphasis is on the Network and Transport layers, using TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, as well as security issues and other multi-layer protocol suites. Other topics include flow control, RSVP, encryption, compression, and LAN/WAN applications.

TCOM 5143 Telecommunications Systems Analysis, Planning, and Design I
Prerequisite: ECEN 5553-Telecommunications Systems. Involves introduction to the basic system analysis tools and the procedures for conducting a system analysis. Topics include system requirements, the initial analysis, the general feasibility study, structured analysis, detailed analysis, logical design, and the general system proposal. Current system documentation through use of classical and structured tools and techniques for describing flows, data flows, data structures, file designs, input and output designs, and program specifications. The student will gain practical experience through a project.

TCOM 5163 Telecom Practicum
Application of knowledge and skills developed in core courses in an organizational environment to solve telecommunications management problems. Integration of concepts and adaptation of theory to fit organizational reality.

TCOM 5223 Information Assurance Management
A broad investigation of the elements of information assurance and security with an emphasis on the management impact to corporations and businesses engaged in the information services and e-commerce. Students should come away from the course with the ability to advise management on the risks and mitigation for all types of threats to information and privacy.

TCOM 5990 Professional Development for Technologists
Prerequisite:  Admission to the Masters of Telecommunication Management program or consent of MSTM program coordinator
Career and professional development for technology students.  A blend of guest speakers, projects and exercises to enhance executive communications skills development and prepare students for advanced business careers.

BADM 5113 Entrepreneurship and Venture Management
Enterprise creation and problems faced by entrepreneurs in early growth stages of business ventures. An interdisciplinary problem-solving approach with emphasis on "live" case studies and plans for new business ventures. Emphasis is on entrepreneurship rather than problems faced by going concerns.

BADM 5713 Analysis of the Multinational Firm
Identification and analysis of the managerial, financial and market problems facing the multinational firm. Focus is empirical, and stressing application of ecological and quantitative tools to the study of the multidimensional nature of the international business environment.

CS 4273 Software Engineering
Lab 2. Prerequisites: CS 2133-Computer Science II, CS 3443-Computer Systems or ECEN 3213-Microcomputer Principles and Applications. Fundamental characteristics of the software life cycle. Tools, techniques, and management controls for development and maintenance of large software systems. Software metrics and models. Human factors and experimental design. Same course as ECEN 4273.

CS 4323 Design and Implementation of Operating Systems I
Prerequisites: CS 2133 Computer Science II, CS 3653 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science, CS 3443 Computer Systems or ECEN 3213-Electronic Devices and Applications. Process activation and process context block. Batch, multi-programmed, and timeshared operating system. Process management, memory management, and synchronization primitives. Deadlock prevention, avoidance and detection.

CS 4343 Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis I
Prerequisite: CS 2133 Computer Science II, CS 3653 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science. Storage, structures, data and information structures, list processing, trees and tree processing, graphs and graph processing, searching, sorting.

CS 4283 Computer Networks
Prerequisite: 2133, 3443 or ECEN 3213; UNIX knowledge. Computer networks, distributed systems and their systematic design. Introduction to the use, structure, and architecture of computer networks. Networking experiments to describe network topology. ISO reference model. Same course as ECEN 4283.

CS 5013 Linear Programming
Prerequisites: MATH 3013 Linear Algebra or IEM 4014 Operations Research. FORTRAN. Simplex algorithm to solve deterministic linear optimization models considering maximization and minimization objectives; degeneracy, alternative optima and no feasible solutions. Revised simplex procedures. Duality theory, economic interpretations, dual simplexing and complementary pivoting. Sensitivity analysis and parametric programming. Special cases of linear optimization problems and underlying mathematical foundations. Large-scale models including computational considerations. Same course as INDEN 5013.

CS 5070 Seminar and Special Problems. (1-6 credit hours, maximum 6)
Object Oriented Programming and Visual C++ - Prerequisites: consent of instructor. Designed to allow students to study advanced topics not provided in existing courses. Common lecture with CS 4570-Special Topics in Computing. Common lecture with CS 3373-Object-oriented Programming and Visual C++.

CS 5113 Computer Organization and Architecture
Prerequisite: CS 3443-Computer Systems. Computer architecture, computer control, microprogrammed control, addressing structures, memory hierarchies, hardware description languages, specific architecture, hardware simulation, emulation.

CS 5154 Computer Science Migration (4 credit hours)
Lab 2. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. A survey of computer science for students whose undergraduate major was not computer science. Programming in high-level languages. Programming in assembly language. Algorithm design and analysis. Computer system fundamentals. Fundamental data structures.

CS 5253 Digital Computer Design
Prerequisite: ECEN 3223 Digital Logic Design. Analysis and design of digital computers. Arithmetic algorithms and the design of the arithmetic/logic unit (ALU). Serial and parallel data processing; control and timing systems; micro-programming; memory organization alternatives; input/output interfaces. Same course as ECEN 5253.

CS 5273 Advanced Software Engineering
Prerequisites: CS 4273 Software Engineering. Continuation of CS 4273. Advanced theory and practice of software design methodology. Large-scale design and implementation problems. Experimental design for software engineering. Same course as ECEN 5273.

CS 5283 Computer Network Programming
Prerequisites: CS 4283 Computer Networks. Detailed technical concepts related to computer and telecommunications software development. Client-server programming using various application program interfaces, including STREAMS, the Transport Layer Interface (TLI), and Berkeley Sockets. Application development using TCP/IP protocols.

CS 5313 Formal Language Theory
Prerequisite: CS 3613 Theoretical Foundations of Computing. Formal language theory applied to procedure oriented languages. Application of finite state algorithms to lexical analysis. Chomsky hierarchy of languages. Generation, recognition, and closure properties of languages.

CS 5323 Design and Implementation of Operating Systems II
Prerequisites: CS 4323 Design and Implementation of Operating Systems I. Task systems and concurrent programming, synchronization and inter process communication. Theoretical investigation of resource sharing and deadlock, memory management, strategies, and scheduling algorithms, queuing theory, distributed operating systems. System accounting, user services and utilities.

CS 5363 Advanced Organization of Programming Languages
Lab 2. Prerequisite: CS 3363-Organization of Programming Languages. Continuation of CS 3363, mathematical theory of computer language organization functional programming. Parallelism in languages. Mathematics of control structures and data structures. Applicative languages. Symbolic languages.

CS 5373 Object-oriented Programming for Telecommunications
Prerequisite: 4343 and working knowledge of C programming. Object-oriented design methodology. Message passing, inheritance and operator overloading. Comtemporary distributed object-oriented programming using C++. Practical applications of object-oriented techniques in telecommunications.

CS 5413 Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis II
Prerequisites: CS 4343-Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis I. Data structures and their application in recursive an iterative algorithms. Static and dynamic data structure representations and processing algorithms. Dynamic and virtual storage management.

CS 5423 Information Organization and Retrieval
Prerequisites: CS 3423-File Structures, CS 4343-Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis I. An overview of database management systems, entity-relationship model, relational model, relational algebra, relational calculus, structured query language, relational database design with normalization theorems, database integrity constraints, and object-oriented model.

CS 5433 Multi-level Storage Processing for Data Bases
Prerequisites: CS 3423-File Structures, CS 4343-Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis I. Physical characteristics of memory devices. Data organization methods. Logical versus physical structure. Performance analysis.

CS 5513 Numerical Analysis I
Prerequisite: CS 4513-Numerical Mathematics: Analysis or MATH 4513-Numerical Mathematics: Analysis. Algorithms and error analysis; solution of equations; interpolation and approximation theory.

CS 5543 Numerical Analysis for Differential Equations
Prerequisites: CS 4513-Numerical Mathematics: Analysis or MATH 4513-Numerical Mathematics: Analysis and MATH 4233-Intermediate Differential Equations. Advanced machine computing, algorithms, analysis of truncation and rounding errors, convergence and stability applied to discrete variable, finite element, and spectral methods in ordinary and partial differential equations. Same course as MATH 5543.

CS 5553 Numerical Analysis for Linear Algebra
Prerequisites: MATH 3013-Linear Algebra and CS 4513-Numerical Mathematics: Analysis or MATH 4513-Numerical Mathematics: Analysis. Advanced machine computing, algorithms, analysis of rounding errors, condition, convergence, and stability applied to direct and iterative solution of linear systems of equations, linear least squares problems, including LU and QR factorization, conjugate gradients, QR algorithm, and Lanczos method. Same course as MATH 5553.

CS 5653 Automata and Finite State Machines
Prerequisite: CS 5313-Formal Language Theory. Finite state model, state diagrams and flow tables, equivalent states and equivalent machines. Formal grammars, context-free languages and their relation to automata. Turing machines, computability and recursive function. Same course as MATH 5653.

CS 5663 Computability and Decidability
Prerequisite: CS 5313-Formal Language Theory. Effectiveness, primitive recursivity, general recursibility, recursive functions, equivalence of computability, definitions, decidability, and recursive algorithms. Same course as MATH 5663.

CS 5793 Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
Prerequisite: CS 4793-Artificial Intelligence. Advanced knowledge representation and expert systems programming, including reasoning under uncertainty. Applications to planning, intelligent agents, natural language processing robotics, and machine learning. Development of an expert system or research report required. Common lectures with ECEN 5293, INDEN 5933, and MAE 5793.

ECEN 4243* Computer Architecture
Prerequisites: 3213 and 3233. Functional organization and hardware design of digital computer systems with emphasis on microprocessor-based systems. CPU organization, features of microprocessors including advanced 32-bit CPU’s; memory system design including cache, virtual memory, error detection and correction, I/O operations including direct memory access and peripheral interface design.

ECEN 4283* Computer Networks
Prerequisites: 3213 and 3443; UNIX knowledge. Computer networks, distributed systems and their systematic designs. Introductions to the use, structure, and architecture of computer networks. Networking experiments to describe network topology. ISO reference model. Same course as CS 4283.

ECEN 4353* Communication Electronics
Lab 2. Prerequisites: CS 2133-Computer Science II, CS 3443-Computer Systems or ECEN 3213-Microcomputer Principles and Applications. Fundamental characteristics of the software life cycle. Tools, techniques, and management controls for development and maintenance of large software systems. Software metrics and models. Human factors and experimental design. Same course as CS 4273.

ECEN 4273* Software Engineering
Prerequisite: 3313. Design of tuned voltage and power amplifiers, oscillators and mixers, modulation and detection, and parametric amplifiers.

ECEN 4523* Communication Theory
Prerequisite: ECEN 3513-Signal Analysis. Noise in modulation systems. Digital data transmission. Design of optimal receivers. Introduction to information theory.

ECEN 4533* Data Communications
Prerequisite: ECEN 4503-Random Signals and Noise. Signal detection in noise. Tradeoffs between bandwidth signal-to-noise ratio and rate of information transfer. Transmission multiplexing and error handling. Elements of computer network design. Data link protocols.

ECEN 5060 Telecommunications Network Design
Prerequisite: ECEN 5553-Telecommunications Systems. Previous programming experience is helpful, but not required. Topics covered include Major technical issues in designing and integrating telecommunication networks; Basic concepts in telecom network design; Network architecture; Network Reliability; Network design constraints; Network design tool; Balance among several key attributes: performance, reliability, cost, and scalability. Being an application oriented course, students will gain practical experience through two projects using commercial software: OPNET IT GURU (Academic Edition). The projects simulate the cases network engineers/ managers will face in their daily job in today's corporate world.

ECEN 5253 Digital Computer Design
Prerequisite: ECEN 3233-Digital Logic Design. Analysis and design of digital computers. Arithmetic algorithms and the design of the arithmetic/logic unit (ALU). Serial and parallel data processing; control and timing systems; micro-programming; memory organization alternatives; input/output interfaces. Same course as CS 5253.

ECEN 5263 VLSI Digital Systems Design
Prerequisite: ECEN 4303-Digital Electronics Circuit Design; recommended: ECEN 5253-Digital Computer Design. Design of very large-scale digital systems on a single chip. Review of MOS technology. Design rules imposed by fabrication techniques. Systematic structures for control and data flow; system timing; highly concurrent systems. Experimental opportunities available.

ECEN 5273 Advanced Software Engineering
Lab 2. Prerequisites: CS 4273-Software Engineering. Continuation of CS 4273. Advanced theory and practice of software design methodology. Large-scale design and implementation problems. Experimental design for software engineering. Same course as CS 5273.

ECEN 5293 Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
Prerequisite: graduate standing in electrical engineering. Fundamental concepts: search-oriented problem solving, knowledge representation, logical inference, building. An expert system, artificial intelligence languages, specialized machine architectures. Applications to planning, natural language processing, and robotics. -Development of an expert system or research report required. Common lectures with CS 5793, IEM 5933 and MAE 5793.

ECEN 5513 Stochastic Systems
Prerequisite: 3513 and 4503 or STAT 4033. Theory and applications involving probability, random variables, functions of random variables, and stochastic processes, including Gaussian and Markov processes. Correlation, power spectral density, and nonstationary random processes. Response of linear systems to stochastic processes. State-space formulation and covariance analysis. Same course as MAE 5513.

ECEN 5533 Modern Communication Theory
Prerequisite: ECEN 5513-Stochastic Systems. Noise as a random process, analog and digital signal detection in the presence of noise, optimum receiver design using signal space concepts and introduction to information theory. Trade-offs between bandwidth, signal-to-noise ratio and the rate of information transfer. Example system designs include earth satellite, deep space and terrestrial communication systems, and computer communication networks.

ECEN 5543 Data Transportation and Protection
Data and its representation; finite field matrices, pseudorandom sequences; information protection; space division networks; synchronization; and channel and error control.

ECEN 5643 Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communications
Prerequisites: ECEN 3613-Electromagnetic Fields, ECEN 4503-Random Signals and Noise. Aspects of radiowave propagation for fixed and mobile communication systems. Review of Maxwell's equations and plane wave propagation, antenna principles. Reflection, refraction, diffraction, fading and scintillation, attenuation, ducting, diversity. Propagation in a cellular environment. Satellite communications.

ECEN 5753 Digital Processing of Speech Signals
Prerequisite: ECEN 4763-Discrete-time Signals and Systems or ECEN 5763-Digital Signal Processing. Digital signal processing; speech production; digital modeling of speech; short time analysis and synthesis; the short time Fourier transform, linear predictive coding and solution of the normal equations; vocal tract spectrum calculation; speech coding; homomorphic processing; applications of speech processing. Introduction to more advanced topics as time permits.

ECEN 5763 Digital Signal Processing
Introduction to discrete linear systems; frequency-domain design of digital filters; quantization effects in digital filters; digital filter hardware discrete Fourier transforms; high-speed convolution and correlation with application to digital filtering; introduction to Walsh-Fourier theory.

ECEN 5793 Digital Image Processing
Prerequisite: ECEN 4763-Discrete-time Signals and Systems or ECEN 5763, Digital Signal Processing. Digital image processing including image acquisition and characterization, transforms, coding and compression, enhancement, restoration and segmentation. Use of modern image processing software on Sun and IBM work stations.

ECEN 5833 Fiber-Optic Communication Systems
Five generations of fiber-optic communication systems described in detail. Technical advances and increased capability of each system. Historical framework of how technical capability at the time forced technical decisions. A systems engineering point of view, emphasizing optimization of all components of the optical fiber link. Other recommended Electrical Engineering Electives Specific aspects of communications systems:

FIN 5053 Theory and Practice of Financial Management
Prerequisite: FIN 5013 or equivalent and prior or comcurrent enrollment in ACCT 5183 or equivalent. Concepts and theories applicable to the financial administration of a firm. Cases, problems and readings to illustrate various financial problems and techniques of solution.

FIN 5213 International Business Finance
Prerequisite: FIN 5053- Theory and Practice of Financial Management. Theories and financial management practices unique to business firms which operate in or are influenced by, an increasingly global economy.

FIN 5223 Investment Theory and Strategy
Prerequisite: FIN 5053-Theory and Practice of Financial Management. Selected investment topics and advanced portfolio management techniques.

FIN 5243 Financial Markets
Prerequisite: FIN 5053-Theory and Practice of Financial Management. An analysis of the structure of financial markets, the determination and behavior of interest rates, the functioning of and the flow of funds.

FIN 5550 Risk Management
Prerequisite: FIN 5053-Theory and Practice of Financial Management. Create an understanding of risk exposures, their identification and evaluation. Introduce value at risk as measure of risk exposure. Illustrate risk management functions and practices. Develop analytical and communication skills.

FIN 5550 Issues in Corporate Governance
Introduce the student to the conceptual foundations of corporate governance. Develop an awareness of the practical problems associated with the interaction of the board, CEO, shareholders, and other stakeholders through realistic case problems. Compare governance systems in different countries. Provide an understanding of the corporate environment that influences how modern corporations are governed.

FIN 5613 Corporate Financial Planning
Prerequisite: FIN 5053-Theory and Practice of Financial Management. Financial planning in a systems framework. An integration of existing financial theory and practice. Financial planning systems allowing the manager to acquire an overview of the various functions of the firm; to examine alternative courses of action with speed and thoroughness; to reduce the response time in reacting to change in the environment and to improve future decisions by learning from feedback of previous decisions.

FIN 5763 Derivative Securities and the Management of Financial Price Risk
Prerequisite: FIN 5053- Theory and Practice of Financial Management. Differing amounts of financial price risk for individuals and corporations in volatile financial environment. The development of arbitrage-based models for the pricing of derivative securities, and the use of a full range of derivative securities to manage exposure to financial price risk.

FIN 6053 Financial Theory and Corporate Policy
Prerequisite: FIN 5053- Theory and Practice of Financial Management. Provides a concise, unified treatment of finance, combiing theory, empirical evidence, and applications. The text material will be supplemented by discussion of seminal articles in the financial literature. The course will provide advanced masters' students beginning doctoral students a solid foundation in the theoretical underpinnings of finance. Throughout the course, linkages between theory and applications will be highlighted.

IEM 5503 Financial and Advanced Capital Investment Analysis
Prerequisites: IEM 3503-Engineering Economic Analysis, IEM 4014-Operations Research, STAT 4033-Engineering Statistics. An understanding of financial concepts and markets, and an advanced treatment of proper methods of capital project selection under risk and uncertainty. Decision making under capital rationing. Financial environment and valuing securities, representing cash flows, selecting investments, avoiding common pitfalls, evaluating timing consideration, depreciation and corporate taxation, replacement analysis, and incorporating risk and uncertainty.

IEM 5603 Project Management
Prerequisite: INDEN 4413-Industrial Organization Management or equivalent. A systems approach to planning, organizing, scheduling and controlling projects. The behavioral and quantitative aspects of project management. Importance of working with personnel as well as technology. Project management software utilized.

LSB 5203 Foundations of Issue and Conflict Management
Provides professionals from all fields with skills necessary to handle conflicts, solve disputes, influence decisions and develop positive interpersonal relationships. It provides an overview of the alternative dispute resolution processes by utilizing readings, research, discussion and role-playing exercises.

MGMT 5123 Organizational Design and Research
An analysis of research which integrates theory and design of organizations. Reviews empirical research findings and stresses methods of organizational analysis; design and modification of organizations.

MGMT 5213 Seminar in Organizational Behavior
Research on group behavior in organizations. Group processes and structural factors affecting the interaction process and intra- and intergroup performance characteristics. Laboratory simulations and team research projects used to pursue advanced topics.

MGMT 5313 Project Management
Prerequisites: admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director. The processes and techniques of managing projects in today's business world. The processes of idea generation, needs analysis, implementation, evaluation, and learning. The techniques of team building and conflict resolution in project management.

MGMT 5513 Advanced Strategic Management and Business Policy
Prerequisites: MBA core courses. A terminal integrating course with emphasis on formulating and implementing basic policy decisions for business. An analytic approach to strategic decisions pursued through readings, cases and participation in a complex computer game.

MGMT 5553 Management of Technology and Innovation
Business applications of research, practice, and theory in the management of technology and innovation. To improve the effectiveness by which technologies are developed, implemented, and institutionalized. Emphasizes both management with advanced technologies and strategic management of technology.

MGMT 5653 Business Development and Venture Capital
Prerequsites: MGMT 5613, admittance to MBA program or consent of MBA director. Venture capital investing and the business development process investments. Essentials of the venture capital industry and corporate venturing.

MGMT 5713 Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
A first course in labor relations. The industrial relations system, collective bargaining, labor legislation, the economic effects of unionization and other contemporary labor relations issues.

MSIS 5123 Enterprise Resource Planning
Resource planning for today's global business organization. Emphasis on integrated data flows and computer software for enterprise resource planning. Integration of transactional analysis, fundamental accounting practice, financial planning, and supply chain analysis form the basis for study in this integrated approach to enterprise resource planning.

MSIS 5133 Advanced Information Technologies for Electronic Commerce
Prerequisites: Admission to MBA, MSTM, or MS in MIS/AIS program or consent of instructor and a thorough review of this link. Information technologies that enable electronic commerce, including database and web technologies and infrastructure, web software, transaction security, business web models and applications.

MSIS 5223 Object Oriented Applications
Object-oriented programming concepts and applications for business in today's global environment. Implementation through an appropriate object-oriented programming language.

MSIS 5303 Quantitative Methods in Business
Prerequisite: Demonstrated calculus ability. Application of quantitative techniques to business problems. Linear programming, transportation and assignment models, goal programming, integer programming, and networks.

MSIS 5333 Advanced Decision Theory for Management
Case studies and examples involving decision analysis. Studies taken from current literature.

MSIS 5413 Advanced Management Science
Advanced management science methods, with computer applications. Mathematical programming, simulation, forecasting, queuing, Markov processes.

MSIS 5543 Advanced File and Data Management
Prerequisite: Java. A design perspective of business data storage methodologies, structures, and approaches; and of file management techniques for business enterprises.

MSIS 5600 Special Projects in Business Information Systems
1-3 credits, maximum 3. Prerequisite: consent of the director of the M.S. in MIS/AIS program. Study of advanced topics not covered directly in other classes or directed study under the supervision of a faculty member.

MSIS 5613 Advanced Production and Operations Management
Prerequisite: MSIS 5313-Production Operations Management or equivalent. Production systems, including a synthesis of production and management techniques used by operations managers. A computerized management simulation game provides decision-making experience.

MSIS 5623 Advanced Management Information Systems
Advanced Management Information Systems. Prerequisites: MSIS 5313-Production Operations Management, BADM 5003-Computer Applications in Business, ACCT 5103-Financial Accounting and Analysis, STAT 3013-Intermediate Statistical Analysis. Design and use of management information systems in businesses and other organizations. Model building, information resource management and decision support systems.

MSIS 5633 Decision Support and Expert Systems
Technical and managerial issues involved in the evaluation, acquisition, and implementation of advanced technologies, such as decision support systems, expert systems, artificial intelligence, executive information systems, neural networks and others.

MSIS 5643 Advanced Data Base Management
Advanced theoretical and practical foundations. Brief review of classical issues surrounding design, analysis, and implementation of data bases, both from a micro and a mainframe perspective. Current and emerging issues in the data base field. Analysis, design, and implementation of distributed data bases, the object oriented data model paradigm, the use and management of automated design and support tools (e.g., CASE) from a data base perspective, and data security.

MSIS 5653 Advanced Object Oriented Systems Development
Theory and applications for business systems development from an enterprise-wide perspective.

MKTG 5213 Services Marketing
Prerequisite: MKTG 5133-Marketing Management. Services and services marketing with emphasis on services research and services management.

MKTG 5220 Seminar in Marketing
(3-9 credit hours) Prerequisite: MKTG 5133-Marketing Management. Selected topics in marketing. Database marketing, electronic commerce, industrial marketing, product management, strategic marketing planning, international marketing, and services marketing.

MKTG 5313 Marketing Research Methodology
Prerequisite: MKTG 5133-Marketing Management. Research methodology applied to marketing problems. Measurement, survey research, experimentation, and statistical analysis of data.

MKTG 5553 International Marketing Strategy
Prerequisite: MKTG 5133-Marketing Management. An analysis of marketing in the global environment. Environmental effects on international marketing management and corporate strategy decisions.

MKTG 5613 Seminar in Consumer Behavior
Prerequisite: MKTG 5133-Marketing Management or consent of instructor. Psychological, sociological, and anthropological theories related to consumers’ decision processes. Special emphasis on current empirical research in consumer behavior.

MKTG 5713 Seminar in Promotional Strategy
Prerequisite: MKTG 5133-Marketing Management. Promotional problems encountered by a firm and approaches to their solution.

MKTG 5813 Seminar in Channels of Distribution
Prerequisite: MKTG 5133- Marketing Management. Development structure and interrelationships among members of marketing channels involving customer service, physical distribution decisions, and operating policies.

MKTG 5963 Data Mining and Customer Relationship Management Applications
Data mining promises to turn business data into actionable information. Therefore, this course will focus on learning how to use various data mining tools such as neural networks, decision trees, classification and prediction algorithms etc. in the context of most common applications in business sales, marketing, and customer relationship management (CRM). Students will be expected to use state-of-the-art industrial strength data mining software (such as CLEMENTINE by SPSS) to analyze real-world data and make strategic recommendations for managerial actions. The course will use lectures, guest speakers from industry, data analysis using state-of-the-art data mining software, case discussions, exercises and team project.

MKTG 5973 New Product Development
Prerequisite: Admission to MBA program or consent of director. Elements involves in creating and selling a successful new product in a complex environment, including internal organizational and external environmental influences.

MKTG 5983 Data Base Marketing
Prerequisite: MKTG 5133 or consent of the instructor. An information-driven process managed by database technology that enables marketers to develop, test, implement, measure, and adopt customized marketing programs and strategies.

MKTG 5993 Electronic Commerce and Interactive Marketing
Prerequisite: MKTG 5133-Marketing Management or consent of instructor. Digital interactive tools changing the management of markets. The development and impact of electronic interactive marketing for building one-to-one relationships with customers.

TCOM 5012 Telecommunications Laboratory (2 credit hours)
Prerequisite: TCOM 5123-Telecommunications Systems: The Upper Layers, or concurrent enrollment in TCOM 5123 and instructor consent. This course will familiarize students with the hardware used to move voice, data, and video traffic. Data network experiments include: hooking up and getting operational a small LAN, interconnecting these LANs via bridges or routers, and attaching voice and video modules to the LANs. Telephone Network experiments include: installing small PBXs and interconnecting them to the campus phone system and then interconnecting the lab PBXs with crosspoint switches and fiber. Video experiments include: interconnecting and getting operational a small 2 camera studio, then digitizing and transferring the video over the laboratory telephone system. Practical operating aspects and standards of distance transmission devices, switching equipment media for transmitting data, voice, and video signals. Handling information problems within selected environments.

TCOM 5153 International Telecommunications Management
All levels of government regulate telecommunications, from the city that controls the placement of telephone wires up to the nation state which issues licenses to broadcast. Because of the nature of telecommunications and the importance of the information it carries, international politics are also heavily involved. The purpose of this course is to investigate the institutions that affect the use of telecommunications. Some time will be devoted to the various parts of the federal government that are involved in this endeavor, such as the Department of Commerce, the FCC, and the Department of State. The major thrust of the course will be toward the role of international institutions, including the ITU, UNESCO, and the various satellite organizations such as INTELSAT.

TCOM 5173 Global Telecommunications Regulation
Historical review of the classical “PPT (Post, Telephone and Telegraph) Model”, and the development of new competitive environments. Overview of international telecommunications networks and how they are regulated nationally and internationally. Review of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the telecommunications commitments made by members. Emphasis on the European Union as the largest single telecommunications market, along with analyses of regional emerging markets. Review of challenges for the future for both regulatory agencies and telecommunications operators/providers.

TCOM 5213 Telecommunications Systems Analysis, Planning, and Design II
Prerequisites: ECEN 5553-Telecommunications Systems and TCOM 5143-Telecommunications Analysis, Planning and Design I. Covers technical as well as managerial aspects of developing an integrated communications network. While some technical issues are covered, the major emphasis is on systems analysis and design of the communications networks covering voice, data, and video. Managing such a network is also discussed.

TCOM 5233 Applied Information Systems Security
An investigation into the various technical aspects of attacking, and of guarding against attacks and failures in various types of information systems. Course content may vary but will generally include computer, network, and data protection technologies (e.g., firewalls, packet filters, proxy servers, user authentication and validation techniques, encryption, backup methodologies, system and component redundancies, etc). Various threats and attack methods will be examined.

TCOM 5243 Information Technology Forensics
Prerequisite: consent of the department head. This course teaches how to review systems for vulnerabilities and analyze systems that have been breached. The course will cover the many related issues and have a heavy hands-on component.

TCOM 5253 Information Technology Risk Analysis, Planning & Mitigation
Prerequisite: consent of the department head. This course examines factors of risk analysis in information technology and how management can plan to achieve an acceptable level of risk in the face of corporations desiring to open up their networks still further to partners, customers and mobile workers.

TCOM 5273 Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Technology
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TCOM 5310 Advanced Topics in Telecommunications Management
This course covers advanced topics in the interdisciplinary field of telecommunications management such as legal and regulatory issues, electronic commerce, internet and intranet development among others.

TCOM 5350 Advanced Telecommunications Management Lab
Prerequisites: TCOM 5012-Telecommunications Laboratory and permission of MSTM Program Director. Advanced state-of-the-art topics in voice, data, and video. Hands-on network experiments beyond coverage in the required TCOM lab (TCOM 5012).

TCOM 5990 Directed Studies in Telecommunications Management (3-6 credit hours)
Special advanced topics, projects, and independent study in telecommunications management.