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INSS 887 EMERGING ISSUES IN INFORMATION SECURITY
MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite: INSS 735
Credits 3
Exploration of emerging issues and rapidly evolving technologies in the field of
information security. The course is structured as a research seminar where
students present research papers to the class.

INSS 880 INFORMATION SYSTEMS PRACTICUM
Former course number 680
Prerequisites: Advancement to Candidacy, INSS 540, 550, and 620.
Credits 3
This course provides the student with practical experience in analyzing,
designing, implementing and evaluating an information system in industrial,
governmental, educational, or military environments. The student is assigned a
systems development project where all of the systems development cycles can
be experienced. Students can be placed in practicum sites independently or in
a team to acquire practical experience.

INSS 890 PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR
Former course number 690
Prerequisites: Advancement to Candidacy and passing the comprehensive
examination
Credits 3
This course is a capstone course and is designed to expose the student to the
various areas of information systems in the organization where concepts from
other core courses can be utilized. The focus of this course is on information
science research, policy formation and issues. Students will produce an
analytical/scientific paper within the chosen area of organizational interest.

INSS 895 EMERGING ISSUES IN DIGITAL BUSINESS/KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite: INSS 630
Credits 3
Broad coverage of issues associated with advanced information technologies for
digital business in the era of the knowledge economy. Selected technologies and
their central underlying concepts and functional applications are discussed.
Topics include the Internet, semantic Web, networks, Web Ontology Language
(OWL), Web services, enterprise applications and integration, e-commerce
architectures, supply and value chain management, intelligent systems,

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