M.S. in Computing and Business

The program requires the completion of 30 credits.

Students with non-computing STEM background may be accepted and required to take the following bridge courses (CS 506 may count toward the credits required for the MS degree):

Bridge Courses
CS 280Programming Language Concepts3
CS 332Principles of Operating Systems3
CS 505Programming, Data Structures, and Algorithms3
CS 506Foundations of Computer Science3
Total Credits12
Business Core
ACCT 615Management Accounting3
FIN 600Corporate Finance I3
HRM 601Managing Organizational Behavior in Technology-Based Organizations3
MRKT 620Global Marketing Management3
Computer Science Core
CS 610Data Structures and Algorithms3
CS 631Data Management System Design3
CS 634Data Mining3
CS 656Internet and Higher-Layer Protocols3
Electives
Select two of the following: 16
CS 632
Advanced Database System Design
CS 652
Cognitive Cloud Networking - Architectures and Applications
CS 661
Systems Simulation
CS 696
Network Management and Security
ECE 644
Wireless Communications: Fundamentals to 5G
FIN 624
Corporate Finance II
FIN 626
Financial Investment Institutions
FIN 634
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring
FIN 641
Derivatives Markets
FIN 650
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Theory
IS 634
Information Retrieval
IS 681
Computer Security Auditing
MGMT 630
Decision Analysis with Quantitative Modeling
MGMT 635
Data Mining and Analysis
MGMT 650
Knowledge Management
MIS 625
Management Strategies for E-Commerce
YWCC 691
Graduate Capstone Project 2
Total Credits30
1

 Only one from SOM

2

Counting YWCC 691 towards the elective credits requires the program director’s prior approval. In addition, it needs to be completed with an external partner (industry, lab, or government), or with a faculty only if the same faculty is not the student’s MS project or MS thesis advisor.