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SEMINAR
Former course number 690 Prerequisites: Advancement to
candidacy and passing the comprehensive
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,
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.

Mathematics

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