MSIT Courses

MSIT CORE Courses (18 credits) UPPERCASE indicates that these courses are required for graduation with an MSIT degree.

MSM602: PROJECT MANAGEMENT I

This course guides leaders through the application of the project management Initiating and Planning processes. Key topics include project selection, scoping, schedule development, risk management, quality assurance, team building and project communication. Students create a comprehensive plan using a project of their choice.

MSIT618: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

The goal of this course is to provide an overview of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and related topics relevant to the business and development of technologies. While the focus of the course is on business systems that incorporate electronic collaboration, e-commerce, and other web-enabled technologies, the principles and topics are applicable to almost any product, service, or system that must be designed. The course includes several projects and activities intended to provide experience and understanding of how to carry out specific techniques, as well as awareness of constraints, trade-offs, and sacrifices that must be made during the design lifecycle of a product or service.

MSM612: DESIGNING WITH WEB STANDARDS

This class will help you understand and implement standards in a professional format. You willl learn how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the widely-supported standard for styling web pages; how to transform word processing documents into structured web documents that will work in tomorrow's browsers; how to write cross-browser compatible, standards-compliant code; and how to use the CSS box model and other advanced techniques to lay out pages.

MSM610: WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Dynamically generated, data-driven Web sites realize the tremendous potential of the Internet for client interaction with information stored at the server. This course introduces students to planning the design of web applications. Students will also work with an open source web application such as Joomla to understand file and database structures, as well as the functioning of a content management system.

MSIT609: CAPSTONE PROJECT

Capstone Projects are the culminating experience to the MSIT program. They demonstrate mastery of the interdisciplinary curriculum and the implementation of a unique MSIT solution to a real-world problem in an organizational setting.

MSIT Electives (12 credits)

MSIT604: Web Design Fundamentals

This course serves as an introduction to HTML to prepare students for the Web Standards course. Basics of image manipulation (via a program such as Adobe Photoshop) and the basics of a web page coding environment (such as Adobe Dreamweaver) are also covered.

MSIT607: Web Accessibility

Making sites accessible to people with disabilities makes for good business practice and in many cases is required by law. This course will demonstrate best coding practices for including users with disabilities in the functioning of your website without compromising the graphic design. These techniques will also ensure that your site will be more accessible to users of assistive technologies such as screen reading systems and alternative input devices.
Pre-requisite or co-requisite: Web Standards or equivalent knowledge.

MSIT620: Marketing 2.0

This course explores the power and practice of Web 2.0 marketing. Including and going well beyond the simple "how to" of integrating social networking sites into your campaign, this course challenges you to approach marketing in a fundamentally different way. Viral marketing techniques and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) help even a small business have a big impact. Learn how to build and sustain powerful economic relationships with your customers for mutual benefit.

MSIT614: Technical Fluency

Every student who graduates from Marlboro must be fluent in the current language of technology. In this course focusing on technical fluency, we will focus on the important “TLAs” (Three-letter Acronyms) of the WWW (World Wide Web). We will look at these concepts from both the technical and business perspectives, considering not only what the term represents but also how it is used in the business world and the social responsibility implications. By the end of the course, students will be able to explain such concepts as RSS, VPN, hub, switch, wiki, blog, SQL, DBA and many more. Moreover, students will have a strategy for maintaining this technical fluency as the Internet continues to evolve.

MSM616: Leadership I

This course explores the various aspects of leading teams, specifically in a Project Management environment. Students will explore internal and external aspects of Project Management while developing better strategies for leading groups of all types. This first semester will focus on identifying and developing internal leadership characteristics. Students will come away with techniques for becoming more productive and a strategy for developing leadership skills within their organization.

MSM616: Leadership II

This course explores the various aspects of leading teams, with a focus in a Project Management environment. Students will explore the internal and external aspects of Project Management while developing better strategies for leading groups of all types. This second semester will focus on leading teams: their inception, development, and continued support in both virtual and non-virtual environment. We will explore new ways of communicating, interacting and understanding the promotion of teamwork. We will investigate new techniques and processes for moving teams to higher and higher levels of productivity.

MSM616: Leadership III

This course will deal with what an individual needs to do to be able to lead within any one part of an organization. The majority of the people who are getting the work done in our large corporations are not the Executive Staff. These individuals have to report up and across, and down as well. This course will explore the needs and requirements of that dynamic, and give suggestions on the best ways to deal with each one of those leadership challenges. Also, we will take a look at some of the latest information on how to make changes stick within an organization.

MSIT617: Entrepreneurship and the New Venture

This course is designed to instruct students on the process of formulating, planning, and implementing a new venture. It introduces the nature of the entrepreneurial endeavor and of the entrepreneur. It looks at the skills and insights required to successfully develop and manage entrepreneurial ventures.

The processes and methods utilized in creating and starting the new venture will be presented and reviewed in lecture, case study, and class team exercise formats.

Entrepreneurial ventures are typically successful team efforts. The course will be organized around entrepreneurial teams, each working to develop and launch a new venture. Ideally, the organizational spark for the teams will come from ideas brought by students. Teams will develop a complete business plan and related presentation materials.

We will use the tools of collaborative teamwork, business plan development, and the "investor" presentation as key forums for exploring the entrepreneurial dynamic. All aspects of a new venture will be studied including: innovation, creation, managing, growth, and exit.

 

* courses from other program concentrations may be considered with program director approval.

 

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