To earn a Master of Science in Computer Information Technology, students are required to complete:

•A minimum of 30 graduate credits.
•6 credits in Required Intermediate Core Classes. These classes will be waived if taken as an undergraduate.
•12 credits in Required Advanced Core Classes.
•At least 18 credits in Elective Classes from which a minimum of 9 credits must be in Advanced Electives (600 level classes).
•At least 21 credits in CIT classes from which a minimum of 15 credits must be CIT 600-level classes (these credits include Intermediate Core, Advanced Core and Elective Classes).
•The students without the necessary IT background may be required to take one or two of the available Bridge Classes.

Bridge Courses
Some students entering the MSCIT program may not have the necessary undergraduate background for advanced coursework in Computer Information Technology. The bridge courses will offer an intensive review of IT fundamental domains such as: UNIX, system administration, elements of security, databases, and networks, scripting and web programming, etc. The required courses in this category will be determined, after review of transcripts and consultation with the student, by the MSCIT Admission Committee. The bridge courses do not count toward the 30 graduate credits required for this program.
•CIT 500 - Information Technology Fundamentals
•CIT 501 - Scripting

Intermediate Core Courses
The following two courses are required if they have not already been completed at the undergraduate level. These courses may be waived by the MSCIT Admission Committee, after review of all transcripts and consultation with the student.
•CIT 547 - Network Design/Troubleshooting
•CIT 572 - Database Administration

Advanced Core Courses
The following four courses are all required.
•CIT 668 - System Architecture
•CIT 672 - Advanced Database Administration
•CIT 696 - Best Practices in Information Technology Seminar
•MBI 650 - Information Technology Project Management
Note: MBI 650 prerequisite (MBI 625) is waived for all MSCIT students.

Elective Courses
Students must take at least 18 credit hours of the courses below, at least 9 hours of which must be from the Advanced Elective Classes (600 level). All of these courses must be taken in graduate status. No more than six combined hours of CIT 599 and CIT 699 may be counted toward the degree.
•CIT 530 - Computer Forensics
•CIT 536 - Web Server Administration
•CIT 565 - Storage Administration
•CIT 570 - Advanced Network and System Administration
•CIT 584 - Network Security
•CIT 586 - Three Tier Web Applications
•CIT 594 - Intermediate Graduate Topics: Computer Information Technology
•CIT 599 - Intermediate Independent Study
•CSC 507 - Concepts of Programming Languages
•CSC 533 - Computer Networks
•CSC 550 - Database Management Systems
•CSC 582 - Computer Security
•PHI 510 - Ethics in Information Technology

Advanced Elective Classes are listed below:
•CIT 630 - Advanced Computer Forensics
•CIT 637 - Wireless Networks
•CIT 644 - Web Security
•CIT 661 - Routing
•CIT 662 - Switching
•CIT 677 - Data Mining Tools and Techniques
•CIT 694 - Advanced Graduate Topics: Computer Information Technology
•CIT 699 - Advanced Independent Study
•CSC 645 - Software Interface Design and Human Factors
•CSC 670 - Social Implications of Computing
•CSC 682 - Advanced Computer Security
•COM 700 - Social Informatics
•MBI 615 - Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
•MBI 625 - Information Systems in Organizations
•MBI 630 - Systems Analysis and Design
•MBI 640 - Data Communication, Networking and Security
•MBI 645 - Electronic Commerce
•MBI 647 - ERP Business Process Analysis Using SAP
•MBI 657 - ERP Business Process Integration Using SAP
•MBI 667 - ERP Business Intelligence Using SAP
•MBI 677 - ERP Programming for SAP
•MBI 682 - Information Security & Controls
•MBI 685 - Corporate IS Management

Why not get a Master's in Management Information Systems?

One - It has more of business tie in.

Two - If you want to or already do work for large publicly traded company, your Accountancy degree along with an Information Systems degree might be fairly marketable. As major companies are working to streamline SOX, and other Internal Audits electronically.

The MBI is a 30-semester-hour degree composed of two groups of courses, core and electives (offering four areas of specialization):
•Foundation course(s), if applicable (up to 10 hours)
•Six Core Courses (18 hours)
•Three Elective Courses (9 hours)
•A Capstone course (3 hours)
Foundation Courses
Foundation courses are required for those students admitted to the program with a limited business or programming educational background. The requirement of these courses can be met based on undergraduate/graduate (transcripted) coursework completed.

Foundation courses include:
•ACC 605 - Introduction to Financial Accounting 2
•FIN 605 - Fundamentals of Finance 2
•MKT 625 - Marketing Management 3
•MBI 605 - Information Systems Development Software 3
Core Courses

All the six core courses and one capstone course are required for all students.
MBI 625 - Information Systems in Organizations 3
MBI 630 - Systems Analysis and Design 3
MBI 635 - Database Management Systems 3
MBI 640 - Data Communication 3
MBI 645 - Electronic Commerce3
MBI 650 - Information Technology Project Management 3
MBI 685 - Corporate IS Management (Capstone) 3

Elective Courses
Students will be required to complete three elective courses from the following list of courses.
MBI 655 - Advanced Business Application Programming
MBI 660 - Data Warehousing and Data Mining
MBI 665 - Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems
MBI 670 - Object-Oriented Software Engineering
MBI 675 - Enterprise Workflow Design & Reengineering
MBI 680 - Global Information Technology and Systems
MBI 682 - Information Security & Controls
MBI 692 - Information Systems Research
MBI 694 - Special Topics in Information Systems

Information Technology Management Specialization (3 courses)
MSIS 665 - Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems
MSIS 675 - Enterprise Workflow Design and Reengineering
MSIS 680 - Global Information Technology & Systems
MSIS 682 - Information Security and Controls

Information Systems Development Specialization
MSIS 655 - Advanced Business Application Programming
MSIS 660 - Data Warehousing & Data Mining
MSIS 670 - Object-Oriented Software Engineering

Information Technology Audit Specialization
MSIS 682 - Information Security and Controls
ACC 625 - Accounting for Management
ACC 640 - Advanced Auditing

Information Technology Entrepreneurship Specialization (3 courses)
MSIS 675 - Enterprise Workflow Design and Reengineering (required)
ENTP 640 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (required)
ENTP 670 - Managing Growth and Entrepreneurship in Organizations
ENTP 696 - Entrepreneurship Field Studies

Other Electives:
MSIS 692 - Information Systems Research
MSIS 694 - Topics on Information Systems ( A Special Topics course may be substituted in an applicable specialization area.)

Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Resource Planning
Business Informatics (BIS) combines the two key areas of business management and computer technology. Nowhere is this more apparent and useful than in the area of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

To earn the Certificate in Enterprise Resource Planning, a student must complete three of the following four classes:
•MBI 647 ERP Business Process Analysis using SAP
•MBI 657 ERP Business Process Integration using SAP
•MBI 667 ERP Business Intelligence using SAP
•MBI 677 ERP Programming using SAP/NETWEAVER

Plus
•MBI 685 Corporate Information Systems Management

this strikes me as really good advice.

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Also, would this certificate be worth anything other than the paper it's written on?

respectfully, CTO is not realistic for people who arent essentially ex-engineers. CTOs who are not ex-engineers or are poor ex-engineers do not go far, and they inflict massive turnover on their managers until someone says enough is enough and shitcans them.

the one thing i have to say about gunning for a PM position is that you should make sure youre good at it first. i have a friend who does PM, he gets six digit severance packages just to keep him from working for the competition for 12 months. hes also amazing at his job. hes also the only PM ive ever met in my life who gets that kind of respect, because none of the others, not one, could carry his jockstrap.

if you have the temperament for it and can get results out of underpaid, underappreciated misfit antisocial shut-ins, PM is your ticket to ride.

I guess it depends on the company. I would assume you are right on the CTO for smaller and medium sized companies. I work for a very large company and our top two or three layers of technology people are business people. They are so far removed from any real technology work that they are just managing people and budgets.

LoL @ underappreciated misfit antisocial shut-ins.....so so true.

Thanks for the replies. If I end up taking the GRE in the next few days instead of finding a way to back door the program, then I'll post my score. I'm sure there are very few people who decide to take it then actually sit for it a couple days later so prepare for what will most likely end in an epic fail trip report.

a lot of techish certs have really high failure rates. suggestion: loads of free courseware online, consider setting up a safe,
sandboxed environment (another discussion entirely really) and warezing a fuckton of training guides. shit does help.