Department: Information Technology MANA

Code Name Description
MSITM51.525 Programming Fundamentals This course teaches fundamental concepts, ideas, theories, and terminology of computer programming. Students will develop skills in designing, writing computer programs, and applying this knowledge in a real world project. This is a programming inten...
MSITM51.526 Introduction to Quantum Computing This course as a prerequisite will help students acquire skills on Quantum Computing concepts, technology & use cases. The course will guide the students to demonstrate proficiency in the following: History of Quantum Computing, Industry & Business I...
MSITM5325 System Architecture The system architecture course is designed to equip students with the ability to build a comprehensive enterprise solution based on system architecture principles, concepts, and properties. System Architecture is abstract, conceptualization-oriented,...
MSITM5342 Database Management for BusinessAnalysis This course is for students who wish to acquire both a business and technical understanding of database systems; their design, development, management, and application. Topics include techniques involved in determining database requirements, designin...
MSITM5350 Cloud Computing Students learn concepts on cloud infrastructure through AWS/Microsoft Azure/ Topics covered include cloud infrastructure, virtualization, software-defined networks, cloud storage, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, security and privacy issues, ethics, capacity planni...
MSITM5351 Quantum Information Processing This course lays the foundations for understanding and utilizing quantum computing, as well as writing quantum computing programs. Topics covered include the history of quantum computing; current state of the field; potential future applications; qua...
MSITM5352 Quantum Computing Algorithms This course focuses on understanding and implementing the major algorithms of quantum computing, including analysis of their use cases, as well as error correction. In this course, students will get hands-on experience coding quantum algorithms. Top...
MSITM6124 Business Tech Professional Development The Business Tech Professional Development course is a transformative journey designed to equip students with the critical skills, self-awareness, and strategic mindset necessary to thrive at the intersection of business and technology. Students will...
MSITM6125 Business Technology ProfessionalInternship I This course is designed to provide experiential learning through internships wherein students solve real-world business problems using technology. Students will explore how the interaction between management, technology, and leadership provides stron...
MSITM6126 Business Technology ProfessionalInternship II This internship course is a continuation of MSITM 6125. This course contains a field-based service-learning component. Note: This course is the second in a series of three courses (MSITM 6125, MSITM 6126, and MSITM 6127) which must be taken in three...
MSITM6127 Business Technology ProfessionalInternship III This internship course is a continuation of MSITM 6125 and 6126 and is the final course in the internship series. This course contains a field-based service-learning component. Note: This course is the third in a series of three courses (MSITM 6125,...
MSITM6302 Business Intelligence and Data Mining The course focuses on basic principles and concepts of business intelligence and data mining and their applications for making informed business decisions. Topics include data mining theory and methodology, model prediction and assessment, data explo...
MSITM6303 Data Visualization This course focuses on best practices in data visualization and explores topics related to data wrangling, insight modeling, and designing dashboards. This course helps students sharpen their analytical skills as well as develop practical skills usin...
MSITM6305 IoT & Big Data This course will give an overview of IoT - its ecosystem, history, 5G as a driver of IoT devices. Business use cases on IoT and Big Data would be covered. Students will learn how IoT would be a big driver of Big Data and will be exposed to some Big D...
MSITM6306 Artificial Intelligence This course helps students have a strong foundation on the methodologies, technologies, and best practices used in Artificial Intelligence. Topics covered include machine learning, robotics, planning, computer vision, natural language processing, ANI...
MSITM6307 Humanics: Design Thinking This course teaches a problem-solving technique called design thinking which focuses on empathizing and meeting the user's needs with innovative solutions. Topics include defining a problem, ideating and collaboration, crafting user narratives using...
MSITM6308 DevOps This course teaches a set of software development processes, technology, tools, and culture to integrate operational and development teams to deliver applications and services at a high velocity. Students will learn how to combine technical and mana...
MSITM6309 Fintech: Latest Trends and DigitalStrategies FinTech is the integration of financial services and technology to serve customer's changing needs. In this course students will study, learn, ideate, strategize and implement solutions for gaps left by existing financial institutions using FinTech....
MSITM6311 Introduction to Information SecurityManagement The primary emphasis of this course is to study the scope, impact, and magnitude of information technology security on business organizational structure; the use of information systems for developing corporate security strategies, both domestic and i...
MSITM6312 Information Security Privacy, Policy andGovernance This course focuses on important aspects of information security and governance - managing information security policies, roles and responsibilities related to information security, governance of third party relationships, and information security st...
MSITM6313 Information Security Privacy, ProgramManagement and Development This course helps students learn how to establish and maintain information security program in alignment with the information security strategy. Students will be able to identify, acquire and manage requirements to execute the information security pr...
MSITM6314 Information Security Privacy, RiskManagement This course enables students to identify risks, ensure compliance, facilitate integration of risk management into business and IT policies, learn various risk assessment frameworks, monitor the threat landscape and report noncompliance to facilitate...
MSITM6320 Agile Project Management Students have inculcated the agile mindset stemming from Agile/PMBOK values and principles. Popular practices like Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, Scaled Agile, Disciplined Agile are introduced to students. Digital Transformation and Citizen Deve...
MSITM6321 IT Strategy This course gives a blueprint as to how technology supports and shapes the organization's overall business strategy. All aspects of technology management, including risk, capital, human resource, vendor, hardware and software management are covered....
MSITM6322 Technology Consulting This course helps students provide leadership in creation and delivery of technology solutions designed to meet customers' business needs. It helps students shape technical direction and strategies within the organization and for external customers....
MSITM6323 Blockchain This course helps students gain an understanding of blockchain as a disruptor and the various use cases across industries. Topics include distributed ledger technology, distributed applications, social value proposition, Ethereum, asset transactions,...
MSITM6324 CeDeFi, DeFi This course is for students wishing to explore CeDeFi, DeFi potential use to change the world of money and finance. Decentralized Finance specializes in advancing FinTech services on smart contract enabled ledgers. The course covers a review of DeFi,...
MSITM6326 Enterprise Web Development WithJavascript & Angular The JavaScript and Angular based web development course is about designing and building websites and applications that are focused on the needs of the enterprise. Using modern coding styles and techniques, students will learn to structure application...
MSITM6327 Product Innovation Product Innovation course is designed to equip students with the skills necessary to execute innovation as a repeatable process, specifically business model innovation and product innovation, while also touching on other types of innovation. Students...
MSITM6328 The Metaverse The Metaverse is a concept and idea with roots stretching back decades, though the term was first used 30 years ago and the technology is just becoming mainstream. This course is designed to equip students with knowledge about the burgeoning concept...
MSITM6330 Digital Ethics This course gives an introduction to ethics and explores the social, legal, and cultural issues arising from current and emerging technologies. Technologies considered include AI, self-driving cars, cryptocurrencies, blockchains, cybersecurity, IoT,...
MSITM6331 AI Revolution: Transforming the DIgitalLandscape The AI Revolution course is designed to equip students to future-proof organizations and transform the world. Students will gain a profound understanding and the capability to shepherd their organizations through this AI-led revolution. This course b...
MSITM6332 User Experience Principles Students will explore how design facilitates the interaction between management, technology, and leadership for creating new products, experiences and solutions. Students will learn the basics of User Experience (UX) and how they can solve real world...
MSITM6333 User Experience Analytics This course is designed to provide the required tools to measure the User Experience. These metrics allow students solve real world business problems using technology with a user-centric approach with quantitative evidence. Students will learn about...
MSITM6334 Customer Experience Intimacy Students will explore how design facilitates the interaction between management, technology, and leadership for creating an awesome customer experience (CX). Students will learn the basic concepts of CX, CX intimacy, design and improvement, customer...
MSITM6335 UX Design and Strategy Students will learn how Design facilitates the interaction between management, technology, and leadership for creating new products, experiences and solutions through experience design (XD). They will learn the latest trends in experience design and...
MSITM6339 Product Management The Product Management course is designed to equip students to create an enduring product vision and develop market strategy for products.The focus will be on product management process from product strategy to specification, execution, launch, and g...
MSITM6341 Python This course is an introduction to the Python programming language for students planning to take the Business Intelligence and Analytics concentration. Topics include data types, control flow, object-oriented programming, graphical user interface-driv...
MSITM6353 Quantum Computing Application This course focuses on applications and current challenges in quantum computing. Current software development tools will be used for hands-on experience. Topics will be covered among the following: variational quantum eigensolver, quantum approximat...
MSITM6354 Quantum Information Science Capstone The capstone project gives students the ability to take knowledge and theory learned in the Quantum Information concentration and apply it in a real-world setting. Students have the opportunity of experiential learning and putting into practice how Q...
MSITM6355 Cloud Security and Compliance Cloud Security and Compliance delves into the intricacies of securing cloud infrastructures against evolving cyber threats while meticulously adhering to multifaceted regulatory frameworks. In an era where data integrity and legal compliance are para...
MSITM6356 Cloud Architecture and Design The Cloud Architecture & Design course prepares students to thrive in the dynamic landscape of cloud technology, bridging the gap between IT and management while meeting the growing demand for skilled cloud architects. Students will gain a deep under...
MSITM6357 Cloud Infrastructure and Networking The Cloud Infrastructure & Networking course offers students an immersive exploration of the foundational pillars that underpin modern cloud operations. Through a blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practical experience, students will unravel...
MSITM6360 AI Techniques for Data Scientists The course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of advanced AI techniques and their applications in the context of data science for information technology and management. The course will cover theoretical foundations, ha...
MSITM6361 Deep Learning The Deep Learning course, infused with a Judeo-Christian worldview and ethical foundation, aims to equip students with a solid understanding of deep learning techniques and their practical applications in the realm of information technology and manag...
MSITM6362 AI Enterprise Strategy andImplementation - Building a Center ofExcellence in AI The AI Enterprise Strategy & Implementation course is designed to offer participants a strategic blueprint for integrating AI into their organizations, going beyond mere adoption to achieving transformative results. This course dives deep into the co...
MSITM6363 AI Governance, Risk and Compliance(including Legal) The 'AI' Governance, Risk & Compliance course provides an in-depth exploration of the intricate challenges and opportunities presented by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the contemporary business landscape. This cou...
MSITM6364 Generative AI Use Cases - PracticalApproaches for Greater Success The Generative AI use case course is designed to cultivate future IT and business leaders who can navigate the evolving AI frontier with both expertise and moral clarity. The course provides a comprehensive exploration of Generative AI and its myriad...
MSITM6391 Independent Study in MSITM Independent Study courses are devised by professors to permit students to explore material not offered in regularly scheduled courses.
MSITM6393 Cloud Security and Compliance This is an experimental course and is not listed in the current version of the Dallas Baptist University Undergraduate Catalog or Graduate Catalog. Experimental courses are identified by a '9' as the third digit of the course number (e.g., ENGL 2390)...
MSITM6394 Generative AI Use Cases - PracticalApproaches for Greater Success This is an experimental course and is not listed in the current version of the Dallas Baptist University Undergraduate Catalog or Graduate Catalog. Experimental courses are identified by a '9' as the third digit of the course number (e.g., ENGL 2390)...