Information Technology Leadership, MS
Program Description
The Master of Science in Information Technology Leadership (MSITL) is a career oriented multi-disciplinary program designed to provide students with the required competencies in management and technology. This program provides the foundations of information technology and business leadership skills needed for managers to be successful in the 21st Century. Core competencies include leadership, human resources, project management, communications, technical management and strategic planning.
Program Objectives
Keiser University’s MSITL program prepares students to contribute to the profession of information technology leadership. Upon completion of this program, students are prepared to assume leadership roles in information technology by:
- Exhibiting or demonstrating the information security, business and strategic leadership skills to manage the use of hardware, software, and personnel to effectively support an enterprise information system and align it with an organization’s business practice;
- Summarizing and discussing the ethical and legal responsibilities of organizations as they relate to the use of technology;
- Applying managerial leadership skills, marketing strategies and/or international business concepts, theory, and research to critically analyze and solve technology problems in unpredictable environments.
- Demonstrating professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents and presentations.
Prerequisites for Major Courses
Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution in an information technology related field.
Note: Courses in the MSITL program are each eight-weeks in length, and students are normally scheduled for two courses concurrently.
Applicants with degrees outside of IT may be considered with a minimum of two years of professional work experience in the field.
Program Outline
To receive a Master of Science in Information Technology Leadership degree, students must earn 30 graduate semester credit hours. In the final semester of their program, students complete a capstone project. Students select one elective course in this program. Twenty-four of the program hours must be completed through Keiser University. Program requirements are as follows:
Master of Science in Information Technology Leadership Major Courses (27.0 credit hours)
| Required Major Core Courses (27.0 credit hours) | |
| Enterprise Information Systems Networks | 3.0 credit hours |
| Database Systems and Security | 3.0 credit hours |
| Global E-Commerce and Privacy Assurance | 3.0 credit hours |
| Organizational Change | 3.0 credit hours |
| Information Systems Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Computer Security | 3.0 credit hours |
| Data Warehousing | 3.0 credit hours |
| Cloud, Virtualization and Mobile Services | 3.0 credit hours |
| Capstone Project Technology Leadership | 3.0 credit hours |
| Elective Courses (3.0 credit hours) | |
| Risk Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment | 3.0 credit hours |
| Leadership Development | 3.0 credit hours |
| Cross Cultural Management | 3.0 credit hours |
| Social, Legal, Ethical Issues and the Internet | 3.0 credit hours |
| Service Oriented Architecture | 3.0 credit hours |
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