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cryptography, security, privacy, databases and knowledge bases, collaborative
and knowledge management systems, data mining, user interfaces, hardware
architecture, resource management, and operating systems. Case studies of
successful knowledge acquisition and problem solving systems are presented.

INSS 898 DIRECTED THESIS RESEARCH
Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion all core courses and advancement to
candidacy.
Credits 3
This course is designed for students in the optional thesis program and is based
on a semester-long research project. The project will involve original or
advanced research effort evaluated by a committee of three faculty members.
Prior approval by a faculty sponsor who supervises the student’s work is
required. The course should be taken as the last course in the program.

Management

MGMT 501 MANAGING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
The focus of the course is on management responsibilities, functions and
requirements common to all complex organizations. In addition, students will
study the legal, political and economic environments that contribute to
similarities and differences between public and private sector endeavors, the
problems with which they are concerned, and the values that influence their
decision-making.

MGMT 503 PLANNING, BUDGETING AND EVALUATION
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course deals with systematic, policy/project formulation and evaluation,
which takes place in formal organizations. It presents the processes and
techniques for strategic planning, resource allocation, and an introduction to
capital facilities planning.

MGMT 511 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course will examine the nature of human behavior in organizations.
Coursework will focus primarily on theories related to individual and group
behavior in organizations. Incorporated into the course content will be an

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