Master of Science in Information Technology Leadership, MS

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Program Objectives

NYUS’s MSITL program prepares students to contribute to the profession of information technology leadership. Upon completion of this program, students are prepared to assume leadership roles in information technology by:

• Exhibiting or demonstrating the information security, business and strategic leadership skills to manage the use of hardware, software, and personnel to effectively support an enterprise information system and align it with an organization’s business practice;
• Summarizing and discussing the ethical and legal responsibilities of organizations as they relate to the use of technology;
• Applying managerial leadership skills, marketing strategies and/or international business concepts, theory, and research to critically analyze and solve technology problems in unpredictable environments.
• Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents and presentations.

Program Outline

To receive a Master of Science in Information Technology Leadership degree, students must earn 36 graduate semester credit hours. In the final semester of their program, students complete a capstone project. Students select two elective courses in this program. Thirty of the program hours must be completed through NYUS. Program requirements are as follows:

Note: Courses in the MSITL program are each eight-weeks in length, and students are normally scheduled for two courses concurrently.

Master of Science in Information Technology Leadership ( 36.0 credit hours )
Major Core Courses ( 30.0 credit hours )
Enterprise Information Systems and Networks	3.0 credit hours
Database Systems and Security	3.0 credit hours
Global E-Commerce and Privacy Assurance	3.0 credit hours
Leadership Development	3.0 credit hours
Human Resources Management	3.0 credit hours
Organizational Change	3.0 credit hours
Information Systems Management	3.0 credit hours
Computer Security	3.0 credit hours
Social, Legal, Ethical Issues and the Internet	3.0 credit hours
Capstone Project Technology Leadership	3.0 credit hours
Elective Courses ( 6.0 credit hours )
Data Warehousing	3.0 credit hours
Service Oriented Architecture	3.0 credit hours
Cloud, Virtualization and Mobile Services	3.0 credit hours
Risk Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment	3.0 credit hours