ITIS 1200 Freshman Seminar (3) 
Prerequisite: permission of the Department.  An introductory Information Technology course designed to assist students with the transition to college by acquainting them with the University's resources and support, exploring opportunities in the IT field, and developing a strong sense of community within the College of IT and the University as a whole.  The development of learning skills, time management skills, and other life skills, necessary for college success will be emphasized. (Fall) (Days)

ITIS 1203 Survey of Computing (3) 
Introductory course that explores the broad field of computing as it applies to daily life. Topics cover computers of all sizes from handheld devices to super computers; the role of software from operating systems to applications; the software development process; issues of security and privacy on the Internet and the World Wide Web; and possible fields of study within the broad field of information technology. (Spring, Fall)
 

ITIS 1210 Introduction to Web-Based Information Systems (3) 
Introductory course in developing Web pages for both majors and non-majors.  Topics include an introduction to the mechanisms by which the Internet and the World Wide Web operate, general concepts related to Web-based information systems, the design and construction of Web infrastructure including authoring tools, domain registration, legal and ethical considerations, and basic Web security. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)
 

ITIS 2300 Web-Based Application Development (3) 
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Basic concepts for developing interactive web based applications; HTML, client side scripting, server side scripting, user interface design considerations, information security and privacy considerations, system integration considerations. Students will be required to develop working prototypes of web-based applications. (Fall, Spring)
 

ITIS 3100 Introduction to IT Infrastructure Systems (3) 
Prerequisites: ITIS 2300. This course discusses methodologies, tools, and technologies that are important for understanding various IT infrastructure systems such as file storage services, email services, and web services. Focus will be placed on understanding widely-used network infrastructure services and systems, and acquiring basic knowledge in design practices and management of such systems. Can serve as a prerequisite course for ITIS 3200, ITIS 4200. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)
   

ITIS 3106 Structured System Analysis and Design (3) 
Prerequisite: ITCS 1215 or consent of the department. Structured systems development. Strategies and techniques of structured analysis and structured design to produce logical methodologies for dealing with complexity in the development of information systems. (On demand)
 

ITIS 3130 Human-Computer Interaction (3)
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Concepts of the design of the human-machine environment, with special emphasis on human-computer interaction and how people acquire, store, and use data from the environment and from computers. Topics include: analysis, creation and improvement of equipment and environment to make them compatible with human capabilities and expectation; analysis of existing equipment with respect to user usability and interfacing capabilities. (Fall)(Evenings)
 

ITIS 3131 Human and Computer Info Processing (3)
Prerequisite: ITIS 2300, or consent of the department. Overview of methods people use to acquire, store, and use the data they receive from the environment and their implementation of computers. Topics include: perception, pattern recognition, attention, memory, knowledge representation, language, and problem solving. (On demand)
 

ITIS 3132 Information Systems (3)
Prerequisite: ITIS 2300, or consent of the department. Analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of information systems. Topics include: techniques of manipulating data; behavioral component of dealing with the user and integration of technology, procedures, and people. (On demand)
 

ITIS 3200 Introduction to Information Security and Privacy (3)
Prerequisite: ITCS 1215 or consent of the Department. This courses provides an introductory overview of key issues and solutions for information security and privacy. Topics include security concepts and mechanisms; security technologies; authentication mechanisms; mandatory and discretionary controls; basic cryptography and its applications; intrusion detection and prevention; information systems assurance; anonymity and privacy issues for information systems. (Fall, Spring)
 

ITIS 3300 Software Requirements and Project Management (3)
Prerequisite: ITIS 2300 or consent of the Department. Introduction to requirement engineering and project management methodologies. Topics include: requirements elicitation, specification, and validation; structural, informational, behavioral, security, privacy, and computer user interface requirements; scenario analysis; application of object-oriented methodologies in requirements gathering; spiral development model; risk management models; software engineering maturity model; project planning and milestones; cost estimation; team organizations and behavior. Case studies will be used. (On demand)
 

ITIS 3310 Software Architecture and Design (3)
Prerequisite: ITCS 2214 or consent of the Department. Introduction to software design with emphasis on architectural design and design patterns. Models of software architecture. Architecture styles and patterns, including explicit, event-driven, client-server, and middleware architectures. Decomposition and composition of architectural components and interactions. Use of non-functional requirements for tradeoff analysis. Component based software development, deployment and management. A system design language, such as UML, will introduced and used throughout the course. (Fall)
 

ITIS 3320 Introduction to Software Testing and Assurance (3)
Prerequisite: ITIS 3200 and ITIS 3300 or consent of the Department. Methods for evaluating software for correctness, and reliability including code inspections, program proofs and testing methodologies. Formal and informal proofs of correctness. Code inspections and their role in software verification. Unit and system testing techniques, testing tools and limitations of testing. Statistical testing, reliability models. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)
 

ITIS 3590 Software and Information Systems Cooperative Education and 49ership Experience (0)
This course is required of Co-op and 49ership students during the semester they are working. Participating students pay a registration fee for transcript notation. Assignments must be arranged and approved in advance. Course may be repeated. Evaluation is satisfactory/unsatisfactory. For more information, contact the University Career Center. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
 

ITIS 3695 Software and Information Systems Cooperative Education Seminar (1)
Required of Co-op students immediately following each work assignment for presentation of reports on work done the prior semester. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
 

ITIS 4166 Network-based Application Development (3)
Prerequisite: ITIS 2300 and ITIS 3200 or consent of the Department.  This course examines the issues related to network based application development.  Topics include introduction to computer networks, web technologies and standards, network based programming methodologies, languages, tools and standards. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)
 

ITIS 4220 Vulnerability Assessment and System Assurance (3)
Prerequisites: ITIS 3200 or consent of the Department. This course discusses methodologies, tools, and technologies that are important for vulnerability assessment and systems assurance.  Topics covered include: ethical hacking techniques, vulnerability assessment, risk assessment/management, finding new exploits, discovering vulnerabilities, penetrating network perimeters, bypassing auditing systems, and assured administration of systems as well as evaluating systems assurance levels.  Focus will be placed on 1) understanding current penetration techniques for networks, operating systems, services and applications; 2) investigating mitigation and defense strategies; and 3) studying legal and ethical considerations.  The course is based on case studies with a strong lab component.  (On demand)
 

ITIS 4250 Computer Forensics (3)
Prerequisites: ITIS 2300 or consent of the Department. The identification, extraction, documentation, interpretation, and preservation of computer media for evidentiary purposes and/or root cause analysis. Topics include techniques for discovering digital evidence; responding to electronic incidents; tracking communications through networks; understanding electronic media, crypto-literacy, data hiding, hostile code and Windows™ and UNIX™ system forensics; and the role of forensics in the digital environment. (On demand)


ITIS 4990 Undergraduate Research (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the department. This course consists of undergraduate research under the supervision and direction of a faculty member. Course may be repeated in subsequent terms for a maximum of 6 hours total. (On demand)


ITIS 5156 Computer-Aided Instruction (3G)
Prerequisite: consent of the department. History of CAI; study of current CAI systems; development of man-machine dialogue; programming tools for CAI; information structures for computer-oriented learning. Advantages/disadvantages/costs of CAI. (On demand)


ITIS 5160 Applied Databases (3G)
Prerequisites: full graduate standing, or consent of department. Identification of business database needs; requirements specification; relational database model; SQL; E-R modeling; database design, implementation, and verification; distributed databases; databases replication; object-oriented databases; data warehouses; OLAP; data mining; security of databases; vendor selection; DBMS product comparison; database project management; tools for database development, integration, and transaction control. (Fall) (Evening)


ITIS 5166 Network-Based Application Development (3G)
Prerequisite: Full graduate standing or consent of the department. This course examines the issues related to network based application development. Topics include introduction to computer networks, web technologies and standards, network based programming methodologies, languages, tools and standards. (Spring) (Evening)


ITIS 5250 Computer Forensics (3G)
Prerequisites: consent of the department. The identification, extraction, documentation, interpretation, and preservation of computer media for evidentiary purposes and/or root cause analysis. Topics include techniques for discovering digital evidence; responding to electronic incidents; tracking communications through networks; understanding electronic media, crypto-literacy, data hiding, hostile code and Windows™ and UNIX™ system forensics; and the role of forensics in the digital environment. (On demand)

ITIS 6112 Software System Design and Implementation (3G)
Prerequisite: consent of the department. Introduction to the techniques involved in the planning and implementation of large software systems. Emphasis on human interface aspects of systems. Planning software projects; software design process; top-down design; modular and structured design; management of software projects; testing of software; software documentation; choosing a language for software system. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)  This course is cross listed as ITCS 6112.


ITIS 6130 Software Requirements Engineering for Information Systems (3G)
Pre-requisite: Full graduate standing, or consent of the Department. Introduction to requirement engineering methodologies. Topics include: requirements elicitation, specification, and validation; structural, informational, behavioral, security, privacy, and computer user interface requirements; scenario analysis; application of object-oriented methodologies in requirements gathering; spiral development models; risk management models; software engineering maturity model. (On demand)


ITIS 6140 Software Testing and Quality Assurance (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 6112 or consent of the Department. Methods for evaluating software for correctness and reliability including code inspections, program proofs and testing methodologies. Formal and informal proofs of correctness. Code inspections and their role in software verification. Unit and system testing techniques, testing tools and limitations of testing. Statistical testing, reliability models. Software engineering maturity model. (On demand)


ITIS 6148 Advanced Object-Oriented Design and Implementation (3G)
Prerequisites: ITCS 6114, 5102, ITIS 6112, or equivalent courses. This course focuses on issues related to the design, implementation, integration, and management of large object-oriented systems. Topics include: object models, object modeling, frameworks, persistent and distributed objects, and object-oriented databases. (Spring) (Alternate Years)  This course is cross listed as ITCS 6148.


ITIS 6163 Data Warehousing (3G)
Prerequisite: ITCS 6160 or equivalent. Topics include: use of data in discovery of knowledge and decision making; the limitations of relational databases and SQL queries; the warehouse data models: multidimensional, star, snowflake; architecture of data warehouse and the process of warehouse construction; data consolidation from various sources; optimization; techniques for data transformation and knowledge extraction; relations with enterprise modeling. (On demand)  This course is cross listed as ITCS 6163. 


ITIS 6164 Online Information Systems (3G)
Prerequisites: ITCS 6114 or consent of the department. The fundamental concepts and philosophy of planning and implementing an on-line computer system. Characteristics of on-line systems; hardware requirements; modeling of on-line systems; performance measurement; language choice for on-line systems; organization techniques, security requirements; resource allocation. (On demand)


ITIS 6167 Network and Information Security (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 5166, ITCS 6166 or equivalent. This course examines the issues related network and information security. Topics include concepts, security attacks and risks, security architectures, security policy management, security mechanisms, cryptographic algorithms, security standards, security system interoperation and case studies of the current major security systems. (Fall) (Evening)


ITIS 6177 System Integration (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 5166 and ITIS 5160, or equivalents. This course examines the issues related to system integration. Topics include: data integration, business process integration, integration architecture, middleware, system security, and system management. (Fall) (Evening)


ITIS 6198 IT Project (3G)
Prerequisite: consent of the department. Complete a team-based project that is originated from an IT organization and approved by the department. 


ITIS 6200 Principles of Information Security and Privacy (3G)
Prerequisite: Consent of the department. Topics include security concepts and mechanisms; security technologies; authentication mechanisms; mandatory and discretionary controls; basic cryptography and its applications; intrusion detection and prevention; information systems assurance; anonymity and privacy issues for information systems. (Fall, Spring) (Evening)


ITIS 6210 Access Control and Security Architecture (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 6200. This course discusses objectives, formal models, and mechanisms for access control; and access control on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems. This course also examines the issues related to security architectures and technologies for authorization. Topics include cryptographic infrastructure, distributed systems security architectures, Internet security architectures, network security architectures and e-commerce security architectures. (Spring) (Evening)


ITIS 6220 Information and System Assurance (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 6200. This course examines the issues related to information and system assurance. Topics include security policy, security threats/vulnerabilities/risks/incidents, assurance requirement, assurance class, evaluation methods and assurance maintenance. (On demand) (Evening)


ITIS 6230 Information Infrastructure Protection (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 6200. This course discusses methodologies, tools, and technologies that are important for protecting information systems and information infrastructures. Topics covered include: techniques, processes and methodologies for information security risk assessment and management, tools and technologies for critical infrastructure protection, methodologies for continuous operation and recovery from disasters. (On demand)


ITIS 6240 Applied Cryptography (3G)
Prerequisite: Full graduate standing or consent of the department. This course provides students with an understanding of modern cryptographic techniques, algorithms and protocols that are of fundamental importance to the design and implementation of security critical applications. The course not only covers standard cryptographic techniques, but also exposes students to the latest advances in applied cryptography. Topics include secret and public key ciphers, stream ciphers, one-way hashing algorithms, authentication and identification, digital signatures, key establishment and management, secret sharing and data recovery, public key infrastructures, and efficient implementation. (On demand)


ITIS 6342 Information Technology Project Management (3G)
Prerequisite: Consent of the department. Introduce the student to problems associated with managing information technology projects involving, particularly, integration of systems, development of client-specific solutions, and project justification. The course will move beyond the classic techniques of project management and integrate communication software/systems, multi-site, multi-client facilities projects, cultural issues involved with managing interdisciplinary teams, and the effect of rapid technological obsolescence on project justification, funding and continuance. (Spring)


ITIS 6362 Information Technology Ethics, Policy, and Security (3G)
Prerequisite: HADM 6152 or MBAD 6121 or MPAD 6120. Management of Information technology involves understanding the broader issues of ethics, Policy and Security. The growth in Internet usage and E-commerce require IT professionals to consider issues pertaining to data protection, regulation, and appropriate use and dissemination of information. The course is designed to be team-taught by professionals in the field. (Fall)


ITIS 6400 Principles of Human-Computer Interaction (3G)
Prerequisite: Full graduate standing, or consent of the department. This course will be an introduction to Human-Computer Interaction practice and research. The course will include topics on the perceptual, cognitive, and social characteristics of people, as well as methods for learning more about people and their use of computing systems. We will cover the process of interface design, methods of design, and ways to evaluate and improve a design. The course will also highlight a number of current and cutting-edge research topics in Human-Computer Interaction. The course will be a balance of design, sociological/psychological, and information systems elements. (Spring)


ITIS 6880 Individual Study (1-3G)
Prerequisites: At least 9 graduate ITCS/ITCS hours and consent of department. With the direction of a faculty member, students plan and implement appropriate objectives and learning activities to develop specific areas of expertise through research, reading, and individual projects. May be repeated for credit. (On demand)


ITIS 6991 Information Technology Thesis(1-2G)
Prerequisite: Full standing in the Masters of Science in Information Technology program and consent of the department. Graduate thesis research. A detailed exploration of an area of information technology chosen for thesis research. May be repeated for credit but no more than six hours may be applied to the M.S. degree requirements.(Fall, Spring, Summer)


ITIS 7313 Readings in IT (1G)
Pre-requisite: HADM 6152 or MPAD 6160 or MBAD 6121. May be taken concurrently. Independent study of a problem or application domain in applications of Information Technology culminating in a written case study. The course is designed to focus the new certificate student on current applications and best practices in Information technology within their area of experience or interest. (Fall, Spring)


ITIS 8112 Software System Design and Implementation (3G)
Prerequisite: consent of the department. Introduction to the techniques involved in the planning and implementation of large software systems. Emphasis on human interface aspects of systems. Planning software projects; software design process; top-down design; modular and structured design; management of software projects; testing of software; software documentation; choosing a language for software system. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)  This course is cross listed as ITCS 8112.


ITIS 8130 Software Requirements Engineering for Information Systems (3G)
Pre-requisite: Full graduate standing, or consent of the Department. Introduction to requirement engineering methodologies. Topics include: requirements elicitation, specification, and validation; structural, informational, behavioral, security, privacy, and computer user interface requirements; scenario analysis; application of object-oriented methodologies in requirements gathering; spiral development models; risk management models; software engineering maturity model. (On demand)


ITIS 8140 Software Testing and Quality Assurance (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 6112 or consent of the Department. Methods for evaluating software for correctness and reliability including code inspections, program proofs and testing methodologies. Formal and informal proofs of correctness. Code inspections and their role in software verification. Unit and system testing techniques, testing tools and limitations of testing. Statistical testing, reliability models. Software engineering maturity model. (On demand)
 

ITIS 8148 Advanced Object-Oriented Design and Implementation (3G)
Prerequisites: ITIS 6112, or equivalent courses. This course focuses on issues related to the design, implementation, integration, and management of large object-oriented systems. Topics include: object models, object modeling, frameworks, persistent and distributed objects, and object-oriented databases. (Spring) (Alternate Years) This course is cross-listed as ITCS 8148.


ITIS 8156 Computer-Aided Instruction (3G)
Prerequisite: consent of the department. History of CAI; study of current CAI systems; development of man-machine dialogue; programming tools for CAI; information structures for computer-oriented learning. Advantages/disadvantages/costs of CAI. (On demand)


ITIS 8163 Data Warehousing (3G)
Prerequisite: ITCS 6160 or equivalent. Topics include: use of data in discovery of knowledge and decision making; the limitations of relational databases and SQL queries; the warehouse data models: multidimensional, star, snowflake; architecture of data warehouse and the process of warehouse construction; data consolidation from various sources; optimization; techniques for data transformation and knowledge extraction; relations with enterprise modeling. (On demand) This course is cross listed as ITCS 8163.


ITIS 8164 Online Information Systems (3G)
Prerequisites: ITCS 6114 or consent of the department. The fundamental concepts and philosophy of planning and implementing an on-line computer system. Characteristics of on-line systems; hardware requirements; modeling of on-line systems; performance measurement; language choice for on-line systems; organization techniques, security requirements; resource allocation. (On demand)


ITIS 8167 Network and Information Security (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 6112, ITCS 6166 or equivalent. This course examines the issues related network and information security. Topics include concepts, security attacks and risks, security architectures, security policy management, security mechanisms, cryptographic algorithms, security standards, security system interoperation and case studies of the current major security systems. (Fall) (Evening)


ITIS 8177 System Integration (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 5166 and ITIS 5160, or equivalents. This course examines the issues related to system integration. Topics include: data integration, business process integration, integration architecture, middleware, system security, and system management. (Fall) (Evening)  


ITIS 8200 Principles of Information Security and Privacy (3G)
Prerequisite: Consent of the department. Topics include security concepts and mechanisms; security technologies; authentication mechanisms; mandatory and discretionary controls; basic cryptography and its applications; intrusion detection and prevention; information systems assurance; anonymity and privacy issues for information systems. (Fall, Spring) (Evening)


ITIS 8210 Access Control and Security Architecture (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 8200. This course discusses objectives, formal models, and mechanisms for access control; and access control on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems. This course also examines the issues related to security architectures and technologies for authorization. Topics include cryptographic infrastructure, distributed systems security architectures, Internet security architectures, network security architectures and e-commerce security architectures. (Spring) (Evening)


ITIS 8220 Information and System Assurance (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 8200. This course examines the issues related to information and system assurance. Topics include security policy, security threats/vulnerabilities/risks/incidents, assurance requirement, assurance class, evaluation methods and assurance maintenance. (On demand) (Evening)


ITIS 8230 Information Infrastructure Protection (3G)
Prerequisite: ITIS 8200. This course examines the issues related to information and system assurance. Topics include security policy, security threats/vulnerabilities/risks/incidents, assurance requirement, assurance class, evaluation methods and assurance maintenance. (On demand) (Evening)


ITIS 8240 Applied Cryptography (3G)
Prerequisite: Full graduate standing or consent of the department. This course provides students with an understanding of modern cryptographic techniques, algorithms and protocols that are of fundamental importance to the design and implementation of security critical applications. The course not only covers standard cryptographic techniques, but also exposes students to the latest advances in applied cryptography. Topics include secret and public key ciphers, stream ciphers, one-way hashing algorithms, authentication and identification, digital signatures, key establishment and management, secret sharing and data recovery, public key infrastructures, and efficient implementation. (On demand)


ITIS 8342 Information Technology Project Management (3G)
Prerequisite: Consent of the department. Introduce the student to problems associated with managing information technology projects involving, particularly, integration of systems, development of client-specific solutions, and project justification. The course will move beyond the classic techniques of project management and integrate communication software/systems, multi-site, multi-client facilities projects, cultural issues involved with managing interdisciplinary teams, and the effect of rapid technological obsolescence on project justification, funding and continuance. (Spring)


ITIS 8362 Information Technology Ethics, Policy, and Security (3G)
Prerequisite: HADM 6152 or MBAD 6121 or MPAD 6120. Management of Information technology involves understanding the broader issues of ethics, Policy and Security. The growth in Internet usage and E-commerce require IT professionals to consider issues pertaining to data protection, regulation, and appropriate use and dissemination of information. The course is designed to be team-taught by professionals in the field. (Fall)

ITIS 8400 Principles of Human-Computer Interaction (3G)
Prerequisite: Full graduate standing, or consent of the department. This course will be an introduction to Human-Computer Interaction practice and research. The course will include topics on the perceptual, cognitive, and social characteristics of people, as well as methods for learning more about people and their use of computing systems. We will cover the process of interface design, methods of design, and ways to evaluate and improve a design. The course will also highlight a number of current and cutting-edge research topics in Human-Computer Interaction. The course will be a balance of design, sociological/psychological, and information systems elements. (Spring)