Master of Science in Information Systems

The MS in Information Systems requires the successful completion of 33 credits of study, which includes 11 courses at 3 credits each. Students will enroll in 2, three-credit-hour seminars for the first 5 terms, with the final term requiring only 1 course.

For applicants who do not hold a bachelor’s degree in science, computer science, mathematics, or information systems, or do not have a strong quantitative background, Norwich offers preparatory courses that are designed to prepare students for the Master of Science in Information Systems coursework. Preparatory course available include courses in statistics, data science and information systems. Students must satisfactorily pass the preparatory course(s) in order to be admitted into the information systems degree program. Preparatory courses do not satisfy degree requirements. Speak with your admissions advisor to learn more.

Our graduates can:

• Manage the full development lifecycle for information systems projects.
• Assist people who lack the technical knowledge to identify and solve problems within a selected application domain.
• Identify and manage the resources that sustain an organization’s technical infrastructure.
• Manage the strategic alignment of the information services organization using corporate strategy and objectives.
• Use quantitative evaluation techniques with large datasets to analyze organizational questions.
•  Solve problems within a selected application domain (e.g. health care, education, manufacturing).

• Collaboration, Teamwork, and Ethics

  IS500 3 credit hours

  This course examines the frameworks of ethics, from an individual to an organizational perspective. All coursework is designed to create opportunities for ethical outcomes in all personal, professional, and organizational endeavors. Building effective teams involve selecting team members with individual skills along both technical and interpersonal dimensions, and a mix of skills across all members as appropriate for the task. Once created, team leaders and members need to shape and monitor team processes, starting with the team launch. Students will develop and apply skills and knowledge related to performing as effective team leaders and collaborators, and understanding the role of culture in teams.

• Statistical Concepts

  IS501 3 credit hours

  This course examines the basic statistical techniques needed for business decision making in areas such as operations management, quality improvement, marketing research, finance, and general management. The course examines collection and presentation of data, frequency distributions, basic probability, statistical inference, and regression. Students use statistical software for data presentation and analysis.

• Data Analytics Methods

  IS502 3 credit hours

  This course prepares students to gather, describe, and analyze data, and use advanced statistical tools to make decisions on operations, risk management, finance, marketing, etc. Analysis is done targeting economic and financial decisions in complex systems that involve multiple partners. Topics include probability, statistics, hypothesis testing, regression, clustering, decision trees, and forecasting. This course uses statistical software called R. 

• Information System Analysis and Design

  IS503 3 credit hours

  This course examines the specifications of the information systems development process. The course covers fundamental topics on two main stages of information systems development life cycle: analysis, and design. Students will become familiar with techniques to investigate, collect, organize, and structure requirements for an information system, as well as understanding how to design different components of the information system to satisfy the requirements.

• Executive Leadership for Information Systems

  IS504 3 credit hours

  This course examines leadership principles and strategies to lead the digital transformation of organizations, manage information technology projects, implement process improvements, and execute enterprise system and integration across an organization.

• Governance, Risks, and Controls

  IS505 3 credit hours

  This course examines the principles of information systems audit, IT audit tools, audit procedures to help in the detection and prevention of security breaches, and fraud. Examined also are solutions that can be used to prevent information loss or costly business interruptions, the role of information technology governance in business organizations,  reporting requirements, and industry standards for IT Governance.