Courses Taught

BA 809 – STRAT BUS ARCH (3)
BA 809 focuses on the development and application of business architecture as a holistic discipline that produces a common understanding of the organization that is used to align strategic objectives and tactical initiatives. Business architecture bridges the gap between a company's strategy and its successful execution.A business architecture approach that delivers business value to the enterprise produces several things:- An articulation of the strategic requirements of the enterprise- Models of the future state which illustrate what the enterprise should look like across multiple business viewpoints in support of the business strategy- A road map of the change initiatives required to reach that future state- The requirements, principles, standards, and guidelines that will steer the implementation of change initiativesThe primary purpose of describing the business architecture of an enterprise is to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the business itself. This includes innovations in the structure of an organization, the centralization or federation of business processes, the quality and timeliness of business information, and ensuring that money spent at the project level is in support of the strategicobjectives of the larger enterprise. The course also develops additional capabilities for communicating, explaining, and justifying decisions relating to business architecture.

BA 830 – Emrg Tech Trends in Bus (1)
This course will empower future business leaders to embrace the concepts and bring the state-of-the-art technologies into their organizations to improve the bottom line of their businesses. This course focuses on emerging technologies that are characterized by novelty, relatively fast growth, prominent impact, and uncertainty. They are the tools that can disrupt industries. The appropriate application of emerging technologies can become the foundation of an organizational transformation journey that leads to improved organizational competitiveness. Conversely, the inappropriate application of any technology can lead to business setbacks and failures.

BA 595 – Internship (1)
Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction, including field experiences, practicums, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.

BA 596 – Individual Studies (Variable)

EA 872 – Ea Foundations II (3)
Develops additional capabilities for justifying Enterprise Architecture decision making.

EA 875 – Enterprise Architecture Leadership (3)
Develops additional capabilities for leading, communicating, andimplementing Enterprise Architecture.

IST 402 – Emerging Issues and Technologies (3)
Introduction to emerging issues, technology forecasting and analysis; overview of emerging issues and leading technologies in IST and how they impact information systems, users, the IT labor force and society.

IST 596 – Individual Studies (Variable)
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, that are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

EDTEC 461 – Designing Computer Networks for Education (3)
Applying fundamental concepts of computer networking to design effective networks for educational purposes.

IST 422 – Enterprise Architecture Foundations (3)
Theoretical foundations and practice of enterprise architecture.

IST 496 – Independent Studies (Variable)
Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.

EA 871 – EA 871

EA 497A – IST 497A

IST 497A

IST 871

INSYS 496 – Independent Studies (2)
Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.

IST 421 – Advanced Enterprise Integration: Technologies and Applications (3)
Advanced course on the integration of information technology into systems applications.

IST 496H – Independent Studies (variable)
Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.

IST 296 – Independent Studies (variable)
Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.

IST 420 – Fundamentals of Systems and Enterprise Integration (3)
Introductory course on integration of information technology into different venues, including the planning, development, and implementation of the integration.

IST 440W – Information Sciences and Technology Integration and Problem Solving (3)
Problem-based approach to technology integration by focussing on real-life problems faced by an organization.

IST 443 – IT Professional Services Theory and Practice (3)
Explores and applies the basic concepts, methodologies, tools, and techniques of consulting and professional service organizations in information sciences and technology.

IST 497B – IT Consulting (3)
Special topics course.

IST 220 – Networking and Telecommunications (3)
Introduction to digital network topologies; transmission media, signal modulation, digital packet switching and routing, systems integration, communications management, and security.

IST 497C – Project Management of Information Systems (3)
Special topics course.

INSYS 461 (3)
Applying fundamental concepts of computer networking to design effective networks for educational purposes.

Selected Publications

Research Impact and Media Mentions

Editorships