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Credit Hours: 2

Pre Requisite: As Advised

The objective of Independent Study course is to enable a student to pursue the study of an academic topic of interest or do research under the supervision of a faculty member. Upon successful completion of study or research, the student will be eligible for award of 2 course credits. The topic of study or research must be recommended by the supervisor and approved by the Dean of the School.

Students undertaking Independent Study must have completed their prescribed program of study or should be studying in their final semester.

The deliverable of the Independent Study course will comprise a Dissertation of least 7,000 words to be submitted at the conclusion of the Course. The Supervisor will evaluate the Dissertation and award a final grade.

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BUS-502 Mathematical And Statistical Analysis

Credit hours: 3

Pre requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

This course offers a unique opportunity for students to exercise both mathematical and statistical techniques in an integrated fashion to analyze the complex real life data in order to get more reliable outcomes. It covers process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of highlighting useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision making.

Knowledge of mathematical analysis is covered through different theories of differentiation, integration and analytic functions. Statistical aspects regarding data collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data will also be discussed in detail.

CSC-502 Information Management & Security

Credit hours: 3

Pre requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

This course covers theoretical and modeling issues in information retrieval. Students are taught automatic indexing, techniques for searching and ranking output, retrieval output evaluation, classical and user-oriented approaches to automatic classification, relevance feedback, distributed retrieval, document filtering, cross-language retrieval, role of decision models and machine learning, in particular learning by observation and learning by induction, in the above processes. Along with information retrieval, course includes topics from information rise governance rather than leaving it solely to technical people as in the past. This section of course is intended to introduce students to Enterprise Information Security from a management perspective and will mainly focus on planning, policy development, project and program management aspects of information security. It aims to provide a thorough description of the most important issues and questions that have to be addressed in security management of information systems rather than the security technology and implementation issues.

MGT-501 Project Management Practice

Credit hours: 3

Pre Requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

This course is designed to provide an overview of the emerging challenges for today’s project manager by focusing on strategic project management issues. The practical issues will be explored to understand the most effective project management practices and how these can be compared between industries. In-depth discussion about risk management and change management is a significant part of this course as this plays a vital role in maximizing project impact and success. This course also covers how stakeholders can act as potential `success factors` or pose a risk for project failure. To convey course content, lectures, class discussions, case studies, and visiting speakers will be used.

csc – 503 Entrepreneurship in IT

Credit Hours: 3

Pre Requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

This course aims to provide a hands-on introduction to the scalable venture creation process for students with a strong interest in technology entrepreneurship. It directly addresses the concerns of students wishing to become entrepreneurs in the near or more distant future. It covers how entrepreneurs must devise strategies for their businesses effectively. It also simulates the business management experience by requiring students to communicate and defend their ideas through a sound business plan for a high-tech startup.

BUS-501 Business Methods

Credit Hours: 2

Pre Requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

This course is designed to introduce the student to each of the functional areas of business, including administration, marketing, finance, production, and human resources management. The students will appreciate the interrelationships of these business areas and ethical issues in the business environment. Other topics include: the legal requirements of business, the globalization of markets, workforce diversity, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

CSC – 501 IT Methods

Credit Hours: 2

Pre Requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

This course provides an overview of the Computers, IT & major application areas for these technologies. In addition, this course introduces Databases, Logic and Design Methodology of software application, Software Engineering and Software development methods. Brief discussion on Software Development Life Cycle and Computer Networks & Security will help student appreciate the importance of IT technologies.

BUS-503 Business Process Modeling

Credit Hours: 3

Pre Requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

This course provides a high-level overview of the current business process management (BPM) methodologies and software products. In addition, discussion on the infrastructure technologies will address the limitations of current commercial technology and extend the scope and mission of BPM systems to support increased business process automation in complex real-world environments. It also covers how distributed object management and customized transaction management can support further advances in the commercial state of the art in this area.

CSC – 504 E-Business Systems And Strategies

Credit Hours: 3

Pre Requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

This course aims at providing students with a complete introduction to the world of electronic business, with a balanced coverage of business and technical topics. Students are introduced to both the theory and practice of doing business over the Internet and the World Wide Web.

Topics covered in this module include the evolution of e-business from operational, technical and strategic perspectives, E-Commerce business models and technologies, digital products, B2C and B2B applications, and E-Transformation, and other issues such as security and E-Payment.

BUS-505 Business Research Methods

Credit Hours: 3

Pre Requisite: Nil

Course Objective:

Objective of this course is to develop a thorough understanding of students towards field of research, examine in depth the research process, to introduce the various aspects of doing scientific and business research providing practical advice and insight in the field and to achieve maximum capability to write and read research documents.

The course will discuss basic paradigms of research which include theoretical, qualitative, quantitative, computational and experimental research paradigms. The course is designed to teach the method of selection of research areas and topics, extracting or formulating a research questions, planning and budgeting of research. Students will be required to read literature, write reviews, conduct surveys and analyze the results. Reading, Writing and analyzing techniques will be taught in the course. Class discussions will be held regularly in which students will be expected to participate actively. At the end of the course all students will be required to submit a term paper, research report about all the research conducted throughout the semester.

CSC-601 ERP Systems Implementation

Credit Hours: 3

Pre Requisite: Business Process Modeling (BUS-503)

Course Objective:

This course provides an overview of ERP Systems and current implementation methodologies and software product. Businesses world-wide have focused on improving business processes for the past two decades. In their efforts to use information technology more efficiently in facilitating business processes, we have seen the emergence and intensification of Enterprise Systems, and more recently, Extended Enterprise Systems such as Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM), and Business Intelligence. ERP systems incorporate state-of-the-art technology, providing a comprehensive teaching tool for business and for information systems. This course will prepare graduate students for positions as both technical and business consultants in the ERP field.

PRJ-601 Thesis – Analysis And Design

Credit Hours: 3

Pre Requisite: Business Research Methods (BUS-505)

PRJ – 602 Thesis – Implementation

Credit Hours: 3

Pre Requisite: Thesis – Analysis And Design (PRJ-601)

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