2021-2022 Graduate Catalog w/ May Addendum 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
2021-2022 Graduate Catalog w/ May Addendum [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Systems Engineering and Management, M.S.


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The 36-semester hour graduate program in Information Systems Engineering and Management (ISEM) is designed to educate the leaders who can plan, architect, integrate, and manage the systems needed to support the modern digital enterprises. Graduate studies in ISEM cut across the following three active areas of work:

  • Information Systems - latest technologies and approaches (e.g. web-based components, mobile computing and wireless communications, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies);
  • Systems Engineering - systems thinking and emphasis on systems instead of individual components; enterprise architectures consisting of people, processes and technologies; and
  • Management - business strategies, entrepreneurship, planning integration, security, governance, global enterprises, and agile enterprises.

ISEM is a flexible and interdisciplinary program that emphasizes the enterprise architecture, planning and management issues at global levels. An ISEM student may specialize in the following areas: artificial intelligence, business intelligence, digital government, digital health, digital transformation, entrepreneurship, information security, smart cities, software engineering, systems development, and technology management as part of their individualized concentration.

Program Goals

ISEM graduates are able to:

  • Formulate and implement business strategies;
  • Articulate knowledge of various system components associated with digital enterprises;
  • Recognize the interrelationship between various system components;
  • Formulate the design and planning processes involving information, engineering, and management systems; and
  • Lead the management for primary operational functions within modern enterprises.

*Current work experience is a requirement for successful learning during the full course of your MS degree program. If you are an F1 student, eligible CPT authorization is required for work placement. If you cannot work, you must submit a Waiver of Required Work Experience to your program lead.

Information Systems Engineering and Management Requirements


The following courses comprise the Master of Science in Information Systems Engineering and Management program - 36 semester hours. The semester hour value of each course appears in parentheses ( ).

Complete the following Core courses (15 semester hours)


Complete the following experiential courses - 6 semester hours:


Complete one of the following Concentrations:


Four Concentrations are offered:

  • Individualized (15 semester hours)
  • Next Generation Technologies (15 semester hours)
  • Quantum Information Sciences (15 semester hours)
  • Techpreneurship (15 semester hours)

 

*The student can choose a course from any of the Master of Science programs 

**If the course is taken to meet ISEM Core requirement, then the student must select a different course as an elective from any of the Master of Science programs

Individualized Concentration (15 semester hours)


The Master of Science in Information Engineering and Management (ISEM) student can choose courses totaling 15 semester hours of credit from any of the graduate programs at Harrisburg University. This option allows the ISEM student to build their own customized specialization and concentration. Although the ISEM student can take any courses from any graduate program, they are encouraged to choose electives that focus on their professional area of specialization. In addition, the ISEM student is expected to use the concepts learned in these electives to strengthen their capstone courses. Suggested elective courses that focus on specialization areas such as Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Digital Enterprises, Digital Technologies, Information Security, Smart-Cities, Technology Management, and many others are listed in the ISEM Student Guide available at www.ngecenter.org (ISEM Corner) or by contacting the student’s ISEM advisor or program lead.

Next Generation Technologies Concentration (15 semester hours)


Complete the following courses - 15 semester hours:

Quantum Information Sciences Concentration (15 semester hours)


Complete the following courses - 15 semester hours:

Techpreneurship Concentration (15 semester hours)


Complete the following courses - 15 semester hours:

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